The Mad Show – Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording 1966
The recorded sketches and songs of The Mad Show are self-explanatory.
Linda Lavin MacIntyre Dixon Dick Libertini Paul Sand Jo Anne Worley Music by Mary Rodgers Lyrics by Marshall Barer, Larry Siegel, and Steven Vinaver Book by Larry Siegel and Stan Hart Musical Director: Sam Pottle Percussionist: Danny Epstein Production Conceived and Directed by Alfred E. Neuman
Before there was South Park and The Book of Mormon, there was Mad Magazine, and The Mad Show, a genuinely hysterical revue which innocuously opened at the off-Broadway Theatre de Lys, in New York City, on January 9, 1966. The show was the brainchild of Larry Siegel and Stan Hart, who had conceived it as a series of skits written in the same spirit of zany humor that pervaded the magazine itself; they enlisted Mary Rodgers, daughter of composer Richard Rodgers, to write the music; and they brought in several lyricists to create the words, including famously one Esteban Rio Nido, a nom de plume for Stephen Sondheim, whose sole contribution, "The Boy From…," was a sly parody of the popular hit "The Girl From Ipanema," delivered with a straight face by Linda Lavin. Others who had their own solo moments in the hilarious evening included JoAnn Worley, best known for her antics on the TV show, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and Paul Sand. The Mad Show had a long run of 871 performances. First LP release: January 24, 1966