 Also in 1970 Nelson returned to Broadway in the lead role in "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen", a musical adaptation of "The Teahouse of the August Moon".It was a critical and commercial disaster, closing after only 19 performances.After settling in England in 1971, he played opposite Cleo Laine in "Showboat" and "Colette" on the West End stage, and appeared in "Annie" and "42nd Street".