Tom Foolery

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Tom Foolery is a revue musical produced by Cameron Mackintosh and is based on the words and music of Tom Lehrer. It includes many of his songs, and several that until recently have not been commonly available. Lehrer himself was brought in as a consultant, and played two songs from this revue (and from his many albums) at a Cameron Mackintosh celebration called Hey, Mr. Producer. One song is available on a video tape of the same name. There are also two cast recordings that have been released. One is produced by the original London cast (Robin Ray, Jonathan Adams, Martin Connor and Tricia George) , and was produced in two editions, one with a red, and one with a white cover. The other much rarer one was produced by the Canadian cast.