The production originated in 1966 as one of the series of summer musicals then being presented at Lincoln Center. It subsequently moved to Broadway before being videotaped in a 90-minute version for television. It is the only one of the series of Lincoln Center musicals presented at that time (the others were "The Merry Widow", "The King and I", "Carousel", "Kismet", "Show Boat", "South Pacific", "West Side Story" and "Oklahoma!") to have been adapted for television and presented in that medium with its stage cast.
