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Brigadoon
Cover of original cast recording
MusicFrederick Loewe
LyricsAlan Jay Lerner
BookAlan Jay Lerner
Productions

Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe.[1] The song "Almost Like Being in Love", from the musical, has become a standard. It features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon.

The original production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre[2] on Broadway in 1947 and ran for 581 performances. It starred David Brooks, Marion Bell, Pamela Britton, and Lee Sullivan. In 1949, Brigadoon opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End and ran for 685 performances; many revivals have followed. A 1954 film version starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, and a 1966 television version starred Robert Goulet and Peter Falk.[3][citation needed]

Background

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Lyricist and book writer Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe had previously collaborated on three musicals; the first, Life of the Party, closed during pre-Broadway tryouts, and the second and third, What's Up? and The Day Before Spring, had met with moderate success.[4] Inspired by Rodgers and Hammerstein's successful collaborations Oklahoma! and Carousel, they created Brigadoon, about a magical village in the Scottish highlands.[5]

Like Oklahoma! and Carousel, Brigadoon included a serious love story as the main plot and a lighter romance as subplot.[6] Thematically, the musical depicted the contrast between empty city life and the warmth and simplicity of the country, focusing on a theme of love transcending time.[4][7] Agnes de Mille, who had previously choreographed Oklahoma! and Carousel, was hired as choreographer, and her work for Brigadoon incorporated elements of traditional Scottish folk dance: a traditional sword dance, a chase scene, and a funeral dance.[4][5]

Though Lerner and Loewe originally took Brigadoon to producer Billy Rose, Cheryl Crawford was the producer who actually brought Brigadoon to Broadway.[4] Lerner explained the change in producer by saying: "The contract which [Billy Rose] wished us to sign negated Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves."[4] Under Loewe's guidance, Ted Royal received a sole orchestrator credit for his work on the original production. His atmospheric arrangements have been frequently used for the revivals.[8]

Though the Highland village of Brigadoon is fictional, it is named after the (Lowland) Brig o' Doon, a bridge located south of Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland,[9] which is the setting for the final verse of Robert Burns's poem "Tam o' Shanter".

The New York Times's theater critic George Jean Nathan wrote that Lerner's book was based on a German story, published in 1860 by Friedrich Gerstäcker, later translated by Charles Brandon Schaeffer, about the mythical village of Germelshausen that fell under a magic curse.[10][11] However, Lerner denied that he had based the book on an older story, and, in an explanation published in The New York Times, stated that he did not learn of the existence of the Germelshausen story until after he had completed the first draft of Brigadoon.[12][13] Lerner said that in his subsequent research, he found many other legends of disappearing towns in various countries' folklore, and he pronounced their similarities "unconscious coincidence".[12]

Plot

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Act I

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New Yorkers Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas have travelled to the Scottish Highlands on a game-hunting vacation, but they get lost on their first night out. They begin to hear music ("Brigadoon") coming from a nearby village that does not appear on their map of the area. They head over there to get directions back to their inn and find a fair in progress ("McConnachy Square"), with villagers dressed in traditional Scottish tartan. Andrew MacLaren and his daughters arrive at the fair to purchase supplies for younger daughter Jean's wedding to Charlie Dalrymple. Archie Beaton's son Harry madly loves Jean and is depressed at the thought of her marrying another, unable to find comfort in Maggie Anderson's devotion to him. One of the girls asks Jean's older sister Fiona when she'll marry, and Fiona answers she's waiting for the right person ("Waitin' for My Dearie").

Tommy and Jeff wander into the village and ask where they are; Archie informs them that they are in "Brigadoon". Fiona invites the wanderers to have a meal and rest at the MacLaren home. Flirtatious dairymaid Meg Brockie immediately falls for Jeff and leads him off. Charlie Dalrymple appears, rejoicing in his impending nuptials. He shares a drink with Tommy, toasting to a Mr. Forsythe whom he thanks for "postponing the miracle". When Tommy asks what that means, Fiona shushes him and leads him away as Charlie celebrates the end of his bachelorhood ("Go Home with Bonnie Jean"). Tommy tells Fiona that he has a fiancée, Jane, in New York, but he's in no hurry to marry her, and Fiona reveals that she likes Tommy very much. Tommy insists on accompanying Fiona to gather heather for the wedding ("The Heather on the Hill"). Meanwhile, Meg takes Jeff to a place in the forest with a shack and a cot. She tells him she's "highly attracted" to him, but he spurns her advances, wanting only to sleep. She reflects on her "eventful" love life ("The Love of My Life").

At the MacLarens', Jean's friends help her pack her things to move into Charlie's home ("Jeannie's Packin' Up"). Charlie arrives to sign the MacLarens' family Bible. He wants to see Jean; told that it's bad luck to see her on the wedding day, he begs for her to come out anyway ("Come to Me, Bend to Me"). Tommy and Fiona return with a basket full of heather, and Fiona goes upstairs to help Jean dress for the wedding. Jeff arrives wearing a pair of Highland trews (trousers); apparently his own pants have been damaged on a "thistle". Jeff finds that Tommy is so happy that he can barely contain it ("Almost Like Being in Love"). Tommy notices that all the events listed in the family Bible, including Jean's wedding, are listed as if they had happened 200 years earlier. When he asks Fiona about this, she sends him to the schoolmaster, Mr. Lundie.

Fiona, Tommy, and Jeff arrive at Mr. Lundie's home, where he relates a story that the two New Yorkers can hardly believe: to protect Brigadoon from being changed by the outside world, 200 years ago the local minister prayed to God to have Brigadoon disappear, only to reappear for one day every 100 years. All citizens of Brigadoon are forbidden to leave the town, or it will disappear forever. Tommy asks hypothetically if an outsider could be permitted to stay. Mr. Lundie replies, "A stranger can stay if he loves someone here – not jus' Brigadoon, mind ye, but someone in Brigadoon – enough to want to give up everythin' an' stay with that one person. Which is how it should be. 'Cause after all, lad, if ye love someone deeply, anythin' is possible."[14]

The group leaves to go to the wedding, which opens with the clans coming in from the hills. Mr. Lundie marries Charlie and Jean, and they perform a traditional celebratory wedding dance. Sword dancers appear, led by Harry, and they perform an elaborate dance over their weapons. All the town joins in the dance, but it abruptly halts when Jean screams as Harry tries to kiss her. In anguish over Jean's wedding, he announces that he's leaving the town (which would end the miracle, causing Brigadoon to disappear forever into the Highland mists) and sprints away.

Act II

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The men of the town, including Tommy and a reluctant Jeff, frantically try to find Harry before he can depart the town ("The Chase"). Suddenly an agonized scream is heard. Harry, who appears to have fallen on a rock and crushed his skull, is found dead by the other men. Deciding not to tell the rest of the town until the next morning, the men carry Harry's body away. Fiona and her father arrive to see if everything is all right. As Mr. MacLaren leaves, Tommy sees Fiona, and they embrace. She reveals her love for him, and he tells her he believes he feels the same way ("There But For You Go I"). Fiona reminds him that the end of the day is near, and Tommy tells her he wants to stay in Brigadoon with her. They go to find Mr. Lundie.

Meanwhile, in the village, Meg tells about the day her parents were drunkenly married ("My Mother's Wedding Day"), and the townsfolk dance until the sound of Highland pipes pierces the air. The gaiety is interrupted as Archie Beaton enters carrying Harry's body, led by the pipers playing a lament. Maggie, who loved Harry, performs a funeral dance for her unrequited love. The men of Brigadoon help Archie carry his son to the burial place.

Tommy finds Jeff and announces his intention to stay. Jeff thinks the idea is absurd and argues with Tommy until he has convinced him that Brigadoon is only a dream. Jeff also reveals that he tripped Harry and accidentally killed him. Fiona and Mr. Lundie arrive, and Tommy, shaken by Jeff's confession, tells Fiona that he loves her, but he can't stay; he still has doubts ("From This Day On"). Fiona tells Tommy, as she fades away into darkness, that she will love him forever.

Four months later, Jeff is drinking heavily at a hotel bar in New York. Tommy, who has been living on a farm in New Hampshire, enters and greets Jeff, but is still in love with Fiona and cannot stop thinking about her. His fiancée Jane Ashton, a beautiful socialite, talks to him about their impending wedding, but everything she says causes him to hear Fiona's voice and dream of Brigadoon ("Come to Me, Bend to Me" (reprise) and "Heather on the Hill" (reprise)). Tommy tells Jane that he cannot marry her, and she argues with him, but he continues to daydream about his true love ("Go Home With Bonnie Jean" (reprise) and "From This Day On" (reprise)). Jane leaves, and Tommy tells Jeff that he wants to return to Scotland, although he knows the village will not be there.

The pair return to the spot where they found Brigadoon and, as they expected, see nothing there. Just as they turn to leave, they hear the music again ("Brigadoon"), and Mr. Lundie appears and says, "My my! You must really love her. You woke me up!" Tommy waves goodbye to Jeff and disappears with Mr. Lundie into the Highland mist to be reunited with Fiona.

Musical numbers

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† Added in 1980 revival
‡ Moved to Act II in 1980 revival

Productions

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The show opened in Philadelphia pre-Broadway (tryout) at the Forrest Theatre on February 24, 1947, for two weeks.[15] The original Broadway production, directed by Robert Lewis and choreographed by Agnes de Mille, opened March 13, 1947, at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where it ran for 581 performances.[2] It starred David Brooks as Tommy, George Keane as Jeff, Marion Bell as Fiona, Lee Sullivan as Charlie, Virginia Bosler as Jeannie, James Mitchell as Harry, and Pamela Britton as Meg.[16] The concertmistress of the orchestra was noted American violinist Joan Field. De Mille won the Tony Award for Best Choreography, and Bell and Mitchell won the Theatre World Award. The show returned to Philadelphia post-Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on Monday, September 6, 1948, for two weeks.[17] The production then enjoyed an extended North American tour.

The musical's original West End production opened on April 14, 1949, at Her Majesty's Theatre, running for 685 performances. It starred Philip Hanna as Tommy, Patricia Hughes as Fiona, James Jamieson as Harry, and Noele Gordon as Meg. Bruce Trent took the leading role in 1949 at His Majesty's Theatre. Two telegrams, one from impresario Emile Littler and another where the signature is difficult to identify, to Bruce Trent are dated 24 February 1949.

David Brooks reprised his role of Tommy in the Summertime Light Opera's production in Houston, Texas in 1950, with Gregg Juarez as Jeff and Dorothy MacNeil of the New York City Opera as Fiona. Stage direction was by John Brownlee, principal baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, and the musical director and conductor was Frederick Fennell of the Rochester Eastman Kodak Symphony.

The musical was revived at New York City Center in May 1950.[18] It was revived on Broadway seven years later, directed by George H. Englund and choreographed by De Mille, opening on April 15, 1957, at the Adelphi Theatre, where it ran for 24 performances. The cast included David Atkinson, Helen Gallagher, Patricia Birch, and Marilyn Cooper. Another Broadway revival, directed by John Fearnley and choreographed by De Mille, opened on January 30, 1963, at New York City Center, where it ran for 16 performances. The cast included Peter Palmer, Russell Nype, Sally Ann Howes, and Edward Villella. It was Tony-nominated for Best Actress in a Musical (Howes), Best Direction of a Musical, and Best Conductor and Musical Director.[18]

The next Broadway revival, directed by Vivian Matalon and choreographed by De Mille, opened on October 16, 1980, at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 133 performances and eight previews. The cast included Meg Bussert, Martin Vidnovic, and John Curry. Vidnovic received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Bussert earned a Tony nomination and won the Theatre World Award, and the production was Tony-nominated for Best Reproduction.[18]

New York City Opera staged the musical in 1986 and 1991.[19]

The musical was revived in the West End at the Victoria Palace Theatre, opening on October 25, 1988, and closing August 5, 1989, starring Robert Meadmore (Tommy), Jacinta Mulcahy, and Lesley Mackie. The director was Roger Redfarn and de Mille's dances were rechoreographed by Tommy Shaw. The Times reviewer noted that those dances were "the main source of the magic".[20][21]

In 2014, a major revival was staged at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Directed and choreographed by Rachel Rockwell, with a revised book by Brian Hill, Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called the production "a first-class revival that boasts an infectious buoyancy of spirit and a welcome absence of postmodern flourishes".[22] This version with the revised book by Hill was staged at the Shaw Festival in 2019.[23]

The 2017 Melbourne production by The Production Company at the State Theatre, with Rohan Browne, Genevive Kingsford and Nancye Hayes and directed by Jason Langley, updated the setting of the world outside Brigadoon to contemporary times.[24]

A staged concert was presented at New York City Center from November 15 to 19, 2017, with Stephanie J. Block as Meg Brockie, Aasif Mandvi as Jeff Douglas, Kelli O'Hara as Fiona and Patrick Wilson as Tommy Albright. It was directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.[25] Reviews for this production were uniformly positive.

Characters and original cast

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Character Broadway
(1947) 		West End
(1949) 		Broadway
(1950) 		Broadway
(1957) 		Broadway
(1963) 		Broadway
(1980) 		West End
(1988) 		U.S. National Tour
(1992) 		U.S. National Non-Equity Tour (1993) Irish Repertory Theatre
(2010) 		Chicago
(2014) 		Melbourne
(2017) 		New York City Center
(2017)
Tommy Albright David Brooks Philip Hanna David Atkinson Peter Palmer Martin Vidnovic Robert Meadmore John Schneider Tim Eastman Jason Danieley Kevin Earley Rohan Browne Patrick Wilson
Fiona MacLaren Marion Bell Patricia Hughes Virginia Oswald Sally Ann Howes Meg Bussert (as Fiona MacKeith) Jacinta Mulachy Elizabeth Walsh Connie Mae Kurtz Melissa Errico Jennie Sophia Genevive Kingsford Kelli O'Hara
Jeff Douglas George Keane Hiram Sherman Peter Turgeon Scott McKay Russell Nype Mark Zimmerman Robin Nedwell Mark Zimmerman Tony Yadzinski Don Stephenson Rod Thomas Luke Joslin Aasif Mandvi
Harry Beaton James Mitchell James Jamieson Elliot Sullivan Matt Mattox Edward Villella John Curry (as Harry Ritchie) Ian MacKenzie Stewart Angelo Fraboni Michael Stiver Ciarán Sheehan Rhett Guter Joel Granger Robert Fairchild
Meg Brockie Pamela Britton Noele Gordon Susan Johnson Helen Gallagher Anne Fraser Elaine Hausman Lesley Mackie Jennifer Allen Jennifer True Christine Ebersole Maggie Portman Elise McCann Stephanie J. Block
Charlie Dalrymple Lee Sullivan Bill O'Connor Jeffrey Warren Robert Rounseville Harry Snow Stephen Lehew (as Charlie Cameron) Maurice Clarke John Clonts Christopher Cheaney A. J. Shively Jordan Brown Matthew Manahan Ross Lekites
Mr. Lundie William Hansen Ivor Barnard Fred Stewart John C. Becher Frank Hamilton (as Mr. Murdoch) Leonard Maguire John Newton Len Cariou Roger Mueller (as Mrs. Forsythe) Nancye Hayes Dakin Matthews
Andrew MacLaren Edward Cullen Roy Russell Donald McKee Russell Gaige Frank Milan Jack Dabdoub (as Andrew MacKeith) Fraser Kerr Michael Mulheren J.R. Stuart Jim Brochu Craig Spidle Rich Hebert
Jean MacLaren Virginia Bosler Bunty Kelley Ann Deasy Virginia Bosler Mollie Smith (as Jean MacKeith) Jo-Anne Sale Antonia Franceschi Kathleen Kibler Bonnie Fraser Olivia Renteria Stefanie Jones Sara Esty
Angus McGuffie Walter Scheff Peter Dyneley Angus Cairns Guy Gurdon Daniel P. Hannafin Kenneth Kantor (as Angus McMonies) David McEwan David Bryant Colin O'Brien Christopher Lynn Michael Aaron Linder Nelson Gardner David Scott Purdy
Archie Beaton Elliot Sullivan John Rea Thaddeus Clancy Elliot Sullivan John Carver Casper Roos (as Donald Ritchie) Jamie Miller-Coburn John Wilkerson C. David Morrow Gordon Stanley Joseph Foronda Stephen Hall Jamie Jackson
Jane Ashton Frances Charles Janet MacFarlane Winifred Ainslee Sloan Simpson Kelly Stevens Betsy Craig Carrie Ellis Beth Zumann Denene Mulay Kerry Conte Emily Rohm Madison Stratton
Stuart Dalrymple Paul Anderson Roy Roser James Schlader (as Mr. Cameron) Ralph Meanley Larry Adams Andrew Kroenert
Maggie Anderson Lidija Franklin Noelle de Mosa Lidija Franklin Jenny Workman Marina Eglevsky (as Maggie Abernathy) Sorkina Tate Camille de Ganon Erin Eagen Katie Spelman Karla Tonkich Patricia Delgado
Frank John Paul Freddie Costello Jack Emrek Felice Orlandi Mark Herrier Tony Stansfield Mark Ankeny Colin O'Brien Richard Strimer (as Frankie) Emma Clark Nicholas Ward
Sandy Dean Jeffrey Warren Wilfred Johns Douglas Rideout John Dorrin William Kennedy Michael Cone Scott Davies Larry Parrish Preston Misner George Keating Jensen Overend Peyton Crim

Adaptations

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Film

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Main article: Brigadoon (film)

A Cinemascope film version of Brigadoon, directed by Vincente Minnelli, was released by MGM in 1954 with Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse in leading roles.

Television

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On October 15, 1966, a television film version was broadcast on ABC.[citation needed][26] This version won five Primetime Emmy Awards.[27]

The 1966 television version used a modernized, abbreviated script that accommodated much more of the score than the 1954 film version had, though the entire production ran only ninety minutes with commercials. "My Mother's Wedding Day" was restored to this version, though "Once in the Highlands", "Jeannie's Packin' Up", and "The Love of My Life" were still absent. In this version, Tommy and Jeff were participating in an auto race when their car stalled just outside Brigadoon.

The TV film starred Robert Goulet as Tommy, Peter Falk as Jeff, and Sally Ann Howes as Fiona. Also appearing were Finlay Currie, in one of his last roles, as Mr. Lundie, Edward Villella as Harry Beaton, and Marlyn Mason as Meg.[citation needed][26] The TV film was directed by Fielder Cook.[citation needed]

The 1966 telecast of Brigadoon has not been shown since its 1968 rebroadcast, nor has it ever been released on videocassette or DVD. It may, however, be viewed on the Internet Archive[28] and on YouTube.[29] In addition, the soundtrack of this TV adaptation was released by Columbia Records (under its "Columbia Special Products" banner) on the same year as the original broadcast.

Schmigadoon!

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Main article: Schmigadoon!

Schmigadoon! is a musical comedy television series which premiered on Apple TV+ on July 16, 2021. The series title indicates an ironic take on Brigadoon, while the premise offers an update of the plot.[30]

Reception

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Brigadoon opened to very positive reviews with praise for its originality, and for integration of song and story, though some critics had minor points of criticism.

Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times praised the musical's integration, saying: "For once, the modest label 'musical play' has a precise meaning. For it is impossible to say where the music and dancing leave off and the story begins. Under Bob Lewis's direction all the arts of the theatre have been woven into a singing pattern of enchantment".[7] Atkinson also emphasized Agnes de Mille's contributions as choreographer: "Some of the dances are merely illustrations for the music. One or two of them are conventional, if lovely, maiden round dances. But some of them, like the desperate chase in the forest, are fiercely dramatic. The funeral dance to the dour tune of bagpipes brings the footstep of doom into the forest. And the sword dance, done magnificently by James Mitchell, is tremendously exciting with its stylization of primitive ideas".[7]

Robert Coleman of the New York Daily Mirror said: "It took courage to produce Brigadoon, an unconventional musical show of marked originality... [that] still manages to pack a tartan full of popular appeal".[7] In the New York Herald Tribune, Howard Barnes pronounced Brigadoon: "A bonny thing for Broadway, a scintillating song and dance fantasy that has given theatregoers reason to toss tamoshanters in air".[7] Robert Garland of the New York Journal American particularly praised Pamela Britton as Meg Brockie: "Pamela Britton escaped from both M.G.M. and Frank Sinatra in time to be tough as a Scottish temptress, and rough as a singer of raffish songs".[7] He also opined that Russian choreographer George Balanchine should watch Brigadoon to learn how a musical should be choreographed. Ward Morehouse of The New York Sun deemed it "A stunning show", saying: "It has whimsy, beguiling music, exciting dancing – and it has a book.... Brigadoon is by far the best musical play the season has produced, and it is certainly one of the best within my entire play-going experience".[7]

John Chapman of the Daily News enjoyed the dances but thought there were too many and that they interrupted the story: "Just when I get pleasantly steamed up about the love of Mr. Brooks and Miss Bell, I don't want to be cooled off by watching a herd of gazelles from Chorus Equity running around".[7] He particularly praised William Hansen's performance as Mr. Lundie, declaring that he "is so irresistibly able to persuade you that if there isn't a village named Brigadoon, there ought to be".[7]

Louis Kronenberger of PM said: "the musical fantasy [Brigadoon] not only has charm; it shows a good deal of independence... its charm must lie less in any story it tells than in the general mood it creates; and it has created that mood by fusing a number of theatre elements as densely as possible".[7] Kronenberger, however, disliked the ending, calling it "an outright blunder" done "in the corniest Broadway fashion".[7]

Richard Watts Jr. of the New York Post wrote: "I have seen other musical comedies that I enjoyed more, but few for which I have a deeper admiration".[7] He opined that Lerner and Loewe's score for The Day Before Spring the previous year was better than theirs for Brigadoon, explaining that: "If my first emotion last night was admiration rather than sheer enjoyment, it was because the proceedings seemed to me more marked by taste and style than by emotional warmth in book and music, but there is no denying that the authors have matured as theatrical craftsmen".[7]

Recordings

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The following list of recordings is based on John Kenrick's discography for the site Musicals 101.[31]

In media

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References

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  33. ^ "The Stars at Night". Star Trek: Lower Decks. Season 3. Episode 10. October 27, 2022. Paramount+.

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