"A gentlemen never falls wildly in love," sang Mr. Darcy in his solo in the 1959 musical "First Impressions." (Go ahead, take a moment and try to picture it.) The show, with music and lyrics by Bo Goldman, Glenn Paxton, and George Weiss and a script by Abe Burrows, was also based on Jerome's adaptation and cast screen and stage actress Polly Bergen as Lizzy and Hitchcock actor Farley Granger as Darcy. The musical took its name from Austen's original choice for the title for her novel and ran for a little more than two months.
