The musical — based on the Jules Verne novel “Around the World in 80 Days” — was a flop and never properly recorded. A handful of songs were featured in a very abridged performance on The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air.
Porchlight Music Theatre will utilize the only surviving recording of a portion of “Around the World.’ In addition, Porchlight Artistic Director Michael Weber will talk with Wellesnet administrator Ray Kelly about the Broadway production’s history.
All six episodes are included in the set.
She is survived by two children.
The past 12 months have been a rewarding time for Orson Welles’ fans. Sure, a completed The Other Side of the Wind is still a dream and no one has discovered Welles’ cut of The Magnificent Ambersons, but there was much to celebrate. • First, there was the discovery of silent footage intended for use […]
Audiences in London and now in New York are enjoying a semi-staged production by The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust of the ill-fated Orson Welles and Cole Porter musical Around the World. The play premiered on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on May 31, 1946, with a cast and crew of 150 people. Welles returned from […]
Editor’s note: Orson Welles and Cole Porter’s “Around The World” was recently staged as a benefit in London’s Sadler’s Wells. It will come to New York City’s Mint Theater on December 6-12. By SETH ALEXANDER THÉVOZ LONDON – In later years, Orson Welles observed that his short-lived musical adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World […]
Orson Welles and Cole Porter’s “Around The World,” now being staged as a benefit in London’s Sadler’s Wells, will come to New York City’s Mint Theater in December The performances, running Deceember 6-12, are fundraising events for Britain’s The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust. This production marks the first time “Around the World” will be seen […]
Shortly before the April 28, 1946 opening of AROUND THE WORLD in Boston, Orson Welles called Harry Cohn in Hollywood to get a loan for the costumes he needed to open his new show. As most Welles followers know, the result of that call was a loan from Cohn that allowed the show to go on. It […]