In the Times obit, it's mentioned that Danny and Rebecca met on the show "Time and Again, " which Skip wrote with Jack Viertel, though they started dating the following year, (That production must have had something in the air- Howard McGillin met his now-spouse at a reading of the show.).
Here's Rebecca's audio of Skip's song "Fairy Tale Life" from that production
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQJomzIbPZA
Rebecca is also quoted: “I wish I had branched out a little more,” she said cheerily. “Maybe played a bitch or something.”
After she had done "Darling of the Day" at the York, Rebecca had mentioned that, and I wrote what was really a very detailed treatment built around her, and then a fuller story, which Bill Connington, Ellen Schwartz and Skip Kennon really developed directly for her. We did a reading of the first act in 2008.mainly to see how she felt about the material.
Money had been there for a workshop, but it was the usual manner large-cast theater projects have of losing momentum, as people's schedules don't allow them to turn down other work until there's a deal in place.
Rebecca recorded the lead role for us on our demos with a lot of members of the cast from that reading.
This was one of my favorite moments where she played "against type."
And I'll Seal It With a Kiss - sung by Rebecca Luker
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