Hugh Martin Timothy Gray Beatrice Lillie - High Spirits Original Broadway Cast (16 tracks) +Album Reviews
| 11/07/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "I would imagine it took a lot to impress Noel Coward. When Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray came to him with a musical version of his delightful supernatural comedy "Blithe Spirit," he was prepared to dismiss it. After hearing the score, however, Coward not only gave them the rights, but agreed to direct it on Broadway. "It is quite brilliant," he wrote to a friend. Who am I to disagree with Noel Coward? "High Spirits" is indeed a witty and tuneful delight, one of the great "forgotten" musicals. I don't know if the show actually worked onstage, but the albu...
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