Three Wishes for Jamie (1952 Original Broadway Cast)
Maybe "The Army Mule Song" isn't exactly Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Soliloquy," butThree Wishes for Jamieis still worth hearing for the voice of the great John Raitt (Carousel,The Pajama Game).  It's aBrigadoon-ish fantasy about a Irishman granted three wishes by a fairy queen, and the songs by Ralph Blane (Meet Me in St. Louis) might remind you of other songs of the time: "My Heart's Darlin'" ("If I Loved You"), "Goin' on a Hayride" ("The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"), "It Must Be Spring" ("Spring Is Bustin' Out All Over").  The excellent liner notes explain the show's long trip to Broadway, where it ran for only 92 performances in 1952.  Ann Jeffreys (Street Scene) co-stars as Jamie's American wife, Maeve Harrigan.--David Horiuchi