What? You Don’t Know Carol Burnett As…
Calamity Jane? Remedy your ignorance, pardner. The “Calamity Jane” stage musical originated as an adaption for live performance of “Calamity Jane,” the 1953 movie musical from Warner Bros. which had starred Do-dee Day. First produced in 1961, the stage musical “Calamity Jane” features six songs not heard in the original movie. Carol Burnett did it on stage before it was taped live by CBS and broadcast in 1963.
