Flora the Red Menace (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Flora the Red Menace is the cast recording of the 1965 musical of the same name released by RCA Victor in May 1965. The musical, which opened on Broadway on May 11, 1965, tells the story of Flora Meszaros, an aspiring fashion designer, and her romance with Harry Toukarian, a Communist party member, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression. The show marked the Broadway debut of 19-year-old Liza Minnelli and the first stage collaboration of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. RCA Victor recorded the album two days before the Broadway opening, aiming to release it immediately after critics' reviews and capitalize on them. Prior to the album's release, Capitol issued the single "A Quiet Thing", which received praise from Billboard. Music critics praised the score by Kander and Ebb, and highlighted the performances of the cast. Commercially, the recording charted on both the Billboard 200 and the Cash Box Top 100 Albums charts. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_t...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)