Darryl Maximilian Robinson Recalls Best Leading Actor In A Musical Tony Award Winner Robert Goulet In 'The Happy Time'

Remembering "The Happy Time."
Theatre Lovers and Supporters,
Sometimes a great musical theatre production failure on Broadway can still provide ample enjoyment, true pleasure and creative insight to the enthusiastic audiences that supported the effort.
A case in point is the multiple 1968 Tony Award-winning David Merrick presentation of "The Happy Time," which captured numerous nominations, including Best Musical, and won honors for Best Choreography and Best Direction for the legendary Gower Champion, and Best Leading Actor In A Musical for its star, the late, great Robert Goulet as photographer Jacques Bonnard. This performance in "The Happy Time" is the sole acting and musical role by Goulet in his multi-decade career to earn him such a high honor.
Based on the successful play "The Happy Time" by Samuel Taylor, this David Merrick offering had all the elements to make it a smash hit, yet after 23 previews and 286 performances on the Great White Way, even with a book by noted playwright N. Richard Nash ( "The Rainmaker" ), and a 1968 Tony Award-nominated score by John Kander and Fred Ebb ( "Cabaret," "Chicago" ), "The Happy Time" became the very first Broadway musical production to lose over a million dollars.
Happily for "The Happy Time," some moments of this glorious and award-winning Broadway musical failure have been preserved.
Here are 1968 Tony Award Best Leading Actor In A Musical Winner Robert Goulet as Jacques Bonnard, 1968 Tony Award Best Leading Actor In A Musical Nominee David Wayne as Grandpere Bonnard and 1968 Tony Award Best Featured Actor In A Musical Nominee Mike Rupert as Bibi Bonnard in a musical and scene segment of "The Happy Time" at The Annual Tony Awards.
Enjoy.

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