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Mame (original Broadway cast recording)

original Broadway cast recording

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ140317290 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mame is an album containing a recording of the 1966 Broadway musical Mame made by its original cast, with Angela Lansbury in the title role. The album was released by Columbia Masterworks on June 3, 1966.

Critical reception

In his retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann called the original Broadway cast recording of Mame "a terrific cast album". The editors of AllMusic rated it four stars on a scale of five.

Chart performance

The album reached number 23 on the Billboard's Top LPs chart.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mame (original Broadway cast recording)” as original Broadway cast recording. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966. The account is most persuasive where Mame, original and Broadway can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as original Broadway cast recording. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q140317290. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1966.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  2. Expand the search: follow Mame (original Broadway cast recording) primary sources, Mame (original Broadway cast recording) archive and Mame research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mame (original Broadway cast recording)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.