This year marks the 55th anniversary of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents鈥� Anyone Can Whistle, which premiered on Broadway April 4, 1964. The cult favorite show (which lasted just nine performances and 12 previews), starring Lee Remick, Harry Guardino, and Angela Lansbury, includes such numbers as 鈥淢e and My Town,鈥� 鈥淭here Won鈥檛 Be Trumpets,鈥� 鈥淎nyone Can Whistle,鈥� 鈥淓verybody Says Don鈥檛鈥� and 鈥淲ith So Little To Be Sure Of.鈥�
Anyone Can Whistle tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to save her failing town鈥攁 miracle that brings a nurse and her charges from the local asylum, as well as a mysterious man who is supposed to sort things out when the inmates run amok.