After a tryout at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, the musical adaptation of I Remember Mama opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on May 31, 1979. Based on John Van Druten’s 1944 play, itself an adaptation of “Mama’s Bank Account” and other stories Kathryn Forbes, the musical explored the life of a Norwegian family in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Liv … Read More
1985 Studio Cast
The original 1979 Broadway cast of I Remember Mama did not record a cast album, so for several years there was no audio recording of Richard Rodgers’ final Broadway score. In 1985, That’s Entertainment Records assembled a new cast to remedy that problem with an original studio cast recording. Sally Anne Howes, best known to film audiences as Truly Scrumptious … Read More
I Remember Mama
For his 40th and final score, Richard Rodgers turned to a play he and Oscar Hammerstein II had produced on Broadway 35 years earlier. John Van Druten’s 1944 hit I Remember Mama, about a Norwegian family’s survival in turn-of-the-century San Francisco, had become a modern classic. Rodgers’ collaborators, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, were riding high after the success of … Read More