Playlist for June 19, 2016: Blame it on a summer night...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...we had the Tonys, we had death...tap and rap 24 hours after a horrific shooting. It makes no sense, neither the act nor the acting which followed too quickly.  Yes, you could say not canceling the Tonys flies in the face of acts like this, and celebrates our rights and our stance against terrorism. But the other side of that "medallion" is stopping the silliness and standing, in silence, remembering, honoring...but, well, the sponsors wouldn't like more than 60 seconds of  that now, would they?

I'd had this 2 On The Aisle show carved out well before the events of last weekend, so it isn't as timely as I'd like...it celebrates summer and classic Broadway...as if nothing had happened. After a week, we move on, right? We put it on the back burner, and try to block it.  A stiff upper lip and forge ahead. But something has to be done, more than a slap ball change.

Night Song (Sammy Davis, Jr., Golden Boy)
Summer Nights (Barry Bostwick, Carole Demas, Grease)
Get Happy (Judy Garland, Summer Stock)
The Girls Of Summer (Suzanne Henry, Marry Me A Little)
Summertime (Lena Horne, Porgy And Bess)
Blame It On The Summer Night (Teresa Stratus, Rags)
Lazy Afternoon (Kaye Ballard, The Golden Apple)
Up A Lazy River (Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway)
Lazy (Marilyn Monroe, There's No Business Like Show Business)
The Sea Song (Shirley Booth, Ensemble, By The Beautiful Sea)
By The Beautiful Sea (The Society Syncopators, Some Like It Hot)
By The Sea (Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd)
Mame (Charles Braswell, Ensemble, Mame)
If He Walked Into My Life (Angela Lansbury, Mame)
Gooch's Song (Jane Connell, Mame)
I'm On My Way (Rufus Smith, Ted Thurston, Ensemble, Paint Your Wagon)
How Can I Wait? (Nola Fairbanks, Paint Your Wagon)
Wandrin' Star (James Barton, Paint Your Wagon)
There's A Coach Comin' In (Company, Paint Your Wagon)
Starting Here, Starting Now (Loni Ackerman, Margery Cohen, George Lee
        Andrews, Starting Here, Starting Now)
Flair (George Lee Andrews, Starting Here, Starting Now)
One Step (Company, Starting Here, Starting Now)
Parlez-Moi D'Amour (Lucienne Boyer, The Moderns)
My Heart And I (Marin Mazzie, Misia)
La Valse Moderne (Instrumental, The Moderns)
La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf)
My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Mary Martin, Leave It To Me!)
Not My Father's Son (Billy Porter, Stark Sands, Kinky Boots)
Butter Outta Cream (Aaron Tveit, Tom Wopat, Catch Me If You Can)