What do you know about the stage (and quasi-stage) work of The Pre-Fab Four?
1. Davy Jones was in the original Broadway cast of this Dickens-based musical. (The cast appeared on the same Feb. 9, 1964 telecast of the Ed Sullivan show as the Beatles.)
2. David Jones and Micky Dolenz co-starred in the London premier of this stage musical adapted from a Harry Nilsson TV special.
3. Davy Jones was Vince Fontaine in the first national tour of the 1994 Broadway revival of this 1970s Off Broadway sensation.
4. Micky Dolenz co-starred in a regional revival of Stephen Schwartz’s regal anti- war musical at the Goodspeed opera house.
5. As the first major project of his Pacific Arts production company, Michael Nesmith released this “book with a soundtrack”—not quite a musical, but more than a concept album.
6. Micky Dolenz played. the same role as Davy Jones once had in a national tour of this Broadway musical.
7. Michael Nesmith taped stand-up performances by L.A.-based comics for this NBC series based on his earlier clip anthology Elephant Parts.
8. Peter Tork was one of the first celebrities to take part in comedy sketches on this long-running New Jersey-based vaudevillian variety show, ostensibly for children, hosted by Floyd Vivino.
9. Micky Dolenz had a solo 45 based on the works of William Shakespeare.
10. Among Micky Dolenz’s stage directing credits is the London premiere of the live adaptation of this Alan Parker gangster film.
11. Davy Jones returned to the musical in which he’d first achieved stardom, in a different, much older and even more villainous role.
12. Michael Nesmith’s current project involves real-time live performances streamed online under this title.
13. Micky Dolenz did an entire album of Broadway showtunes.
Answers in a future post.