By Peter Filichia -- These days, there are some small recording companies that occasionally record cast albums for musicals that last a week or less. But paradoxically, in the Golden Age of Broadway Musicals " roughly considered to be 1943 to 1965 -- there weren't many. You may have assumed that the first was Anyone Can Whistle (nine performances in 1964) or, if you include operas that had played Broadway, Gian-C…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:37PM on August 22, 2011