Mame (Angela Lansbury Broadway Baseline)

Jerry Herman and Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee’s 'Mame' stands as an undisputed titan of the golden-era American musical comedy stage, universally celebrated for possessing one of the most sophisticated, brassy scores in lyric theater history. The breathtaking plot follows a glamorous, fiercely independent New York bohemian eccentric whose roaring twenties playground is upended when she inherits her young nephew, fighting the conservative establishment to teach him to live. Most famously validated in its historic premiere directed by Gene Saks, the original production permanently launched a young Angela Lansbury into superstardom.