 He had better luck with his next show, the Lerner and Loewe musical "Paint Your Wagon".Additional Broadway credits include "Kismet", "The Happiest Girl in the World", "The Girl in Pink Tights", "The Most Happy Fella", "Li'l Abner", "I Had a Ball", "Luther", "Gantry", "Onward Victoria", and perhaps his best-known role, Edgar Allan Rich in "Celebration".Thurston reprised his "Li'l Abner" role in the film version.