Frank Loesser’s masterpiece, The Most Happy Fella, is a gorgeous meditation on our longing for human connection, made only more poignant by the isolation of 2020–21.

Most Happy, originally developed as a full production for SummerScape 2020, was presented during SummerScape 2021 as a concert version under the summer sunset.

Loesser’s lyrical score is performed by seven female and non-binary voices backed by thirteen musicians. Most Happy is conceived by director Daniel Fish, along with Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci—his musical collaborators from the Tony Award-winning Bard SummerScape production ofOklahoma!—giving audiences a new way to experience the songs of an American musical treasure.

Credits

Conceived and directed by Daniel Fish

Music arrangements by Daniel Kluger and Nathan Koci

Vocal arrangements by Nathan Koci and Daniel Fish

Orchestrations by Daniel Kluger

Featuring Mikaela Bennett, Tina Fabrique, Jules Latimer, April Matthis, Erin Markey, Mallory Portnoy, Mary Testa, and The Resonance Collective Jazz Orchestra