Both Sally Ann Howes and Edward Villella had previously played their roles in the 1963 Broadway revival of "Brigadoon".
The original Broadway production of "Brigadoon" opened at the Ziegfeld Theater on March 13, 1947 and ran for 581 performances.
Founded by John Kenley, "The Kenley Players" Equity Summer Stock Theatre Company provided productions featuring Broadway, film, and television personalities in the Western-mid-belt cities. The summer stock network of theaters included Dayton, Akron, the largest populated city of Columbus, Warren, (Ohio), and Flynt, (Michigan). Robert Goulet, (with his wife Carol Lawrence), appeared in productions including "Man of La Mancha" (1959), "Pajama Game" (1959), "Belles Are Ringing" (1959), "Dream Girl" (1959), "Meet Me In Saint Louis" (1960), Rogers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" (1960), "Carousel" (1960) when Robert Goulet performed the leading male role of "Billy Bigelow."
In the late summer of 1959, Robert Goulet was introduced to librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Lowe, who were having difficulty casting the role of Lancelot for their stage musical production of "Camelot." Impressed by Goulet's voice and talent, Lerner and Lowe signed the virtual newcomer to perform the role opposite Richard Burton (King Arthur) and Julie Andrews (Queen Guenevere). "Camelot" the musical opened in Toronto, Canada, in October, 1960.
Robert Goulet and Norman Rosemont formed the production company, titled ROGO, to produce television entertainment musicals, in 1966, 1967, 1968, as yearly staged musical-production specials. ROGO was formed to produce television musical specials for the ABC-TV's Saturday night prime-time network programming, which "bumped" weekly anchors, at the 8:00-10;00 p.m., the seasonal scheduled network-programming. The normal Saturday prime-time scheduled anchors were "The Lawrence Welk Show" - a 60 minute variety musical program - and the Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach produced "The Hollywood Palace," a 60 minute variety hour. ROGO was sponsored by the Armstrong Flooring and Ceilings advertising division, "The Armstrong Circle Theatre" - which had been a staple for prime-time television specials for the networks of CBS-TV and NBC-TV. During the 1966-1967 season, ABC-TV had embarked upon transitioning from their "Black & White" broadcast transmission - to a "Video-Color" - programming. broadcast format, causing CBS-TV to follow the ABC network package for a full COLOR transmission. The first Lerner and Lowe Broadway musical, "Brigadoon" - was the first Special, which was broadcast the week after ABC's 'the Bat Man' star Adam West, hosting his first "The Hollywood Palace," featuring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - followed, the next week, with host Phyllis Diller's "The Hollywood Palace."