Richard Kiley & The Cast Of Man Of La Mancha "The Impossible Dream" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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  • @TomElvisSmith
    @TomElvisSmith 8 місяців тому +49

    One of the most legendary performances from the Sullivan show! The musical "Man of La Mancha", the story of Don Quixote, was struggling to find an audience when Sullivan went to see it. He loved it and devoted 11 minutes to the musical on this episode and featured three songs. This exposure caused the show to take off. The performances left a big impression on audiences when first aired, and my grandfather mentioned it many times while I was growing up. I will tell him about this post (which, actually, I do about most of the posts anyway :)). This is where the song "The Impossible Dream" originated. Another part of this performance was posted over a year ago here and can be found by looking for "Man Of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)". Thank you for this great performance!

    • @exenx2995
      @exenx2995 8 місяців тому

      Yawn.........

    • @jasonplatt2228
      @jasonplatt2228 8 місяців тому +8

      Thank you for your wonderful comments. My late mother was a huge fan of Richard Kiley and I think it was mostly because of this performance. Some people only know Richard Kiley from his guest-starring role on Columbo as a villain so I'm so glad that this performance is posted.

    • @TomElvisSmith
      @TomElvisSmith 8 місяців тому +7

      @@jasonplatt2228 You're welcome, and thank you for your kind response! I don't think there are too many videos of Kiley posted, and this is one reason why the Sullivan archive is so important. It holds a lot of rare footage of seldom-seen performers. It's wonderful that this video is available now to show his talents!

    • @obscureshowtunes
      @obscureshowtunes 8 місяців тому

      Wrong.@@exenx2995

  • @ardiffley-zipkin9539
    @ardiffley-zipkin9539 8 місяців тому +34

    My Dad and I saw The Man of La Mancha with Richard Kiley on Broadway. He was magnificent. Spending time with my Dad was wonderful.

  • @lonestarfriend
    @lonestarfriend 8 місяців тому +29

    Fantastic singing voice from Mr. Kiley.

  • @tomheinle1049
    @tomheinle1049 7 місяців тому +18

    Richard Kiley's performance is the standard to which I hold all other versions of this song, and no matter how good they may be they will never top this one.

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 8 місяців тому +28

    the original versions of musical numbers are rarely surpassed by other artists...here is the perfect example of why this is true

    • @canalcksofficial1745
      @canalcksofficial1745 8 місяців тому

      Só vi 2 versões desta música que pra mim são dignas de emoção, é a versão do Elvis e a do Andy Williams.

    • @carloschavarria3027
      @carloschavarria3027 Місяць тому +1

      Um... this is the original actor. The one who originated the role on Broadway in 1965.

  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 8 місяців тому +12

    I've watched this clip a dozen times. It's magnificent.

  • @Kw1161
    @Kw1161 8 місяців тому +9

    Thanks for brightening up my day! Mr Kiley had a superb voice, accompanied by an excellent cast!
    Have a great day!

  • @lonestarfriend
    @lonestarfriend 8 місяців тому +11

    What a production. Well done.

  • @Tif91522
    @Tif91522 8 місяців тому +7

    Thanks For Sharing This ❤
    I Love The Production ❤

  • @canalcksofficial1745
    @canalcksofficial1745 8 місяців тому +7

    What a pearl, that's why I still believe in the power of music to return to the past, this is a masterpiece, what a beautiful interpretation

  • @jonsampiro
    @jonsampiro 2 місяці тому +3

    "Bony, hollow faced, eyes that burn with the fire of inner vision."

  • @bartpeeters380
    @bartpeeters380 8 місяців тому +3

    Could you please post Connie Francis ' breathtaking performance of this song on this channel? A lot of us have been waiting for that upload for a long time, Thank you.

  • @mike-jx8jc
    @mike-jx8jc 4 місяці тому +2

    This was written for him and you tell when you hear anyone else attempt to sign it. Perhaps James Morris might to do it as well but it is for a bass and any further up the register just doesn't work..

  • @lesleymcshanemitchell9651
    @lesleymcshanemitchell9651 4 місяці тому +4

    Reduces me to tears every time I hear it

  • @davidbowden796
    @davidbowden796 2 місяці тому +2

    For as long as Ed's show was on, people across the country were able to get a glimpse of the best that Broadway had to offer. He gave the public an introduction to culture and true entertainment that only NYC could offer. A great host and a great promoter as well.

  • @canalcksofficial1745
    @canalcksofficial1745 8 місяців тому +4

    Que pérola, é por isso que ainda acredito no poder da música de retornarmos ao passado, isso é uma obra prima que bela interpretação

  • @dreadfulspiller8766
    @dreadfulspiller8766 8 місяців тому +6

    He should have been in the movie instead of Peter O'Toole.

    • @joshburdick2464
      @joshburdick2464 8 місяців тому +5

      Yeah, they tend to do that. Go with the more bankable star in their view they did the same thing with Hello, Dolly! and Carol Channing.

    • @jameslamendola7843
      @jameslamendola7843 8 місяців тому +5

      Kiley was supposed to be in the movie.
      I believe he was already signed up.
      Then the production changed directors, producers, and I believe shooting location.
      And Kiley was dropped.
      In an interview years later he said he was so angry, he went to his Connecticut home and chopped wood for hours.

    • @hnc52
      @hnc52 8 місяців тому +4

      ​@@joshburdick2464 Lucille Ball in Mame instead of Angela Lansbury!

    • @k.v.c.c.7619
      @k.v.c.c.7619 8 місяців тому +2

      Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity instead of Shirley MacLaine too.

    • @k.v.c.c.7619
      @k.v.c.c.7619 8 місяців тому +4

      And Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady instead of Audrey Hepburn.

  • @BrothaReefFBA
    @BrothaReefFBA 8 місяців тому +5

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @aresee8208
    @aresee8208 5 місяців тому +2

    It's always nice to see audio and visual recordings of numbers from Broadway shows with their original casts.

  • @joygiawebb5202
    @joygiawebb5202 8 місяців тому +3

    Exquisite❤

  • @dulceasawhill5448
    @dulceasawhill5448 2 місяці тому +1

    I saw this play with Richard Kiley in London in 1969!! Made a huge impression on me!!!

  • @zyrians
    @zyrians 8 місяців тому +2

    Linda eder

  • @timothysmith7888
    @timothysmith7888 Місяць тому

    Ok, SOMEONE has to bring this up! This was LIVE television, and, this company of Broadway professionals, brilliantly averted what might have been a massive train wreck during the Reprise/Finale of The Impossible Dream (The Quest)! As staged in the actual production (which was performed without an Intermission), Don Quixote sings of his Quest: The Impossible Dream (in the middle of the show). Then, an hour and eleven numbers later, all the prisoners (the majority of the company), begin to sing the Quest as their fellow prisoner, Miguel de Cervantes y Sevedra, the author of Don Quixote de La Mancha, is led to face Inquisition (true story!), where he may or may not be burned at the stake).
    For the Ed Sullivan Show, the Creatives (happily) decided to jump right from Don Q's solo (where the song is introduced), to the end of the story, in order to include the powerful finale. Normally, the show's female star, Joan Diener (Female Prisoner/Aldonza/Dulcinea), would clearly hear the intro of the solo guitar, strumming out of total silence. On the Ed Sullivan Show, we can hear that the guitar comes in DURING the tail end of the applause, and, as a result, it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to hear! Consequently, Ms. Diener, unclear WHERE the guitar is in the score, commits to an entrance, but, unfortunately, she has already missed her cue and begins singing three bars (3 counts of 3), LATE! Evidently, Ms. Diener cannot hear the guitar, and the guitarist cannot hear HER! The two never do find each other, but, very quickly, it becomes clear to those familiar with the score, that the guitar and Ms, Diener are in two different places in the music.
    This reprise builds, adding one voice at a time, and the second, third and possibly fourth solo voices to join in, know there is something off, but, like the pros that they are, they take their cues from the star of the show, Ms. Diener! To the keen observer, It is obvious by the expressions on their faces, that they know they are not with the music, but NOT ONE OF THEM BREAKS CHARACTER! And, just when it seems like the whole thing is going to crash, the balance of the ensemble - who have not yet joined in and who have had a minute to listen and figure out where the instrumentalists are in the score - JUMP IN ON THEIR CORRECT CUE, WITH THE ORCHESTRA, helped along by Providence as there is a VERY obvious and up-lifting KEY CHANGE that gets everyone on the same downbeat of the same measure! And, with a great rush of relief, their powerful voices soar through the last glorious phrase and the company saves the day! It was soooooooo close to ending very, VERY Badly! So, the last minute SAVE makes it all the more POWERFUL!

  • @fallenhero3130
    @fallenhero3130 6 місяців тому +2

    Who is playing Dulcinea?

  • @Martin-es8mb
    @Martin-es8mb 16 днів тому

    Peter O'Toole and Sophia L in the movie version of the musical.

  • @maryw4609
    @maryw4609 8 місяців тому +2

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @bh5606
    @bh5606 8 місяців тому +2

    Chilling….

  • @hemming57
    @hemming57 Місяць тому

    This is the end of the show, where Don Quixote and Sancho are arrested to face the Spanish Inquisition.

  • @nheng6913
    @nheng6913 4 місяці тому

    Excellent performance and voice, just discovered him as Bohanan, a faith healer, in a Gunsmoke episode

  • @sarahostrinsky4595
    @sarahostrinsky4595 Місяць тому

    Thank you. Fantastic!

  • @IfearGod.
    @IfearGod. 8 місяців тому

    Heard this song on britains got talent

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 8 місяців тому +3

    Excellent! That song always brings tears to my eyes! 🥲😍 The woman who spoke at the beginning looked familiar. Anyone recognize her?

    • @TomElvisSmith
      @TomElvisSmith 8 місяців тому +8

      Joan Diener, who played Dulcinea.

    • @StephanieJeanne
      @StephanieJeanne 8 місяців тому +1

      @@TomElvisSmith Thank you!☺️

    • @TomElvisSmith
      @TomElvisSmith 8 місяців тому +1

      @@StephanieJeanne You're welcome! 😀

    • @obscureshowtunes
      @obscureshowtunes 8 місяців тому +1

      I question if that is Joan Diener; the original Aldonza/Dulcenea. She looks too young.
      Diener was on Broadway in the early 50s.
      Plus the voice at the end doesn't sound anything like the OBC recording.
      @@TomElvisSmith

    • @TomElvisSmith
      @TomElvisSmith 8 місяців тому +2

      @@obscureshowtunes In the one part of this segment that has not been uploaded yet, Joan sings "What Do you Want From Me?" from the musical. Several sources state her appearance on this episode, so I'm guessing if that part is uploaded, you will see that it is her. From my research, I have found this Sullivan performance is one of the only videos of the original cast.

  • @TheCSTERN
    @TheCSTERN 8 місяців тому +3

    Saw this on Broadway, loved every second of it and Kiley was excellent.

  • @leslielearnorth
    @leslielearnorth 2 місяці тому

    This is our song we patriots

  • @exenx2995
    @exenx2995 8 місяців тому

    Like watching paint dry............

    • @obscureshowtunes
      @obscureshowtunes 8 місяців тому +6

      Wrong.

    • @Lava1964
      @Lava1964 8 місяців тому

      Culture is wasted on some people. Oxygen is wasted on some people.

    • @kevingoins9858
      @kevingoins9858 7 місяців тому +1

      Then scroll on and don't comment

    • @exenx2995
      @exenx2995 7 місяців тому

      @@kevingoins9858 It's ok if you like to watch people with no talent but I would rather watch paint dry any day than this clown.

    • @exenx2995
      @exenx2995 7 місяців тому

      @@kevingoins9858 This guy is worse than Robert Goulet. No wonder Elvis shot the TV screen looking at BS like this.

  • @TheCSTERN
    @TheCSTERN 5 місяців тому +1

    Saw it on Broadway front row $4.75