One of my happiest memories involves sitting third-row center gazing up at Barbara Cook—then 76—as she revisited "Ice Cream"—in the original key—in Mostly Sondheim.
A favorite Barbara Cook story: "Ice Cream" was an out-of-town replacement. She heard it once and insisted it go into the show that same night (She figured since her character was writing a letter she could have the lyrics with her) They made it happen. And she stopped the show.
By the way, I'm not sure when or why "Ice Cream" became "Vanilla Ice Cream" but the former was how the song was billed for the original Broadway and London productions. It must be grand knowing me.
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@kevinddaly I've never heard that before. What song did it replace?