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Pippin: His Life and Times (TV 1981)At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life. Director:David SheehanWriter:Roger O. Hirson (musical) |
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Pippin
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Catherine
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Berthe
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Joanie P. Oneill | ... |
Player
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Debra Phelan | ... |
Player
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Linda Haberman | ... |
Player
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Kate Wright | ... |
Player
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Allison Williams | ... |
Player
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John Mineo | ... |
Sword Bearer
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Charles Lee Ward | ... |
Peasant
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Lee Mathis | ... |
Beggar
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Frank Mastrocola | ... |
Noble
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At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.
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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Sung by William Katt and Leslie Denniston
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The first Broadway musical to be videotaped in live performance for television broadcast. The Mary Martin version of "Peter Pan" was broadcast live in 1955 and 1956, and videotaped in 1960, but all these telecasts were done at the NBC television studios, not in a theatre before a live audience. See more »Quotes
The leading player: Sweet summer evenings, sapphire skies, feasting your belly, feasting your eyes. Simple joys have a simple voice that says time is living's prize. And wouldn't you rather be a left-handed flea, a crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea, a newt on the root of a banyan tree, a fig on twig in Galilee, than a man who never learns how to be free?See more »
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"Love Song"Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Sung by William Katt and Leslie Denniston
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I LOVE THIS MUSICAL (and this version in particular). I wish it would come back to Broadway and have Ben Vereen as the Leading Player again. Even though he is older, he would still be amazing. William Katt was great, Martha Raye was brilliant, and Benjamin Rayson was top notch as well.
To the reviewer who said the ending is lacking: They did that on purpose. It is supposed to be anticlimactic. If you paid any attention to the rest of the show you would have realized how brilliant the ending is. They even say at the end that it is a 'musical comedy.' The ending is the funniest joke in the whole show.
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