The great surprise about The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N—whose opening night was interrupted at intermission with the harrowing news that MLK Jr. had been assassinated—is that its score has its charms and is better than the show's mixed reception would suggest.
It was a charm show and it needed raves to survive. It ran all of 29 performances. And as I said, no cast recording was made, but a live tape survives of the OBC. Lonny Price directed an off-Broadway revival in 1989. A modest score that got away.
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N was one of four musicals featured in my dissertation. I later turned the research into a cabaret featuring quite a few of the songs from the musical. I hope to keep the project going in the next year. I love this show.
Tom Bosley?!