So I'm full of vim (which used to be a detergent, right?) and vigor (which DIDN'T used to be a detergent) due to a.) something I think is the SUN shining presently thru the crack in my curtains, and b.) 2 new offerings for this Sunday's show: The Band's Visit and Patti LuPone's Don't Monkey With Broadway. It's sorta like being on a Broadway opioid, having these 2 (both wonderful) brand spanking new CDs in my hands. Because let's just say it, every track is THAT good. (*Side note: most CDs I buy (for $22.50 "Like New!") engender disappointment and a side helping of that uncomfortable feeling of rip-offedness...not so this time. Just hurrah!)
The Band's Visit, with music by David Yazbek, really shows the composer's roots: he's Lebanese by way of Italy. Egyptian, Israeli ...the music just makes you want to order falafel takeout. I mean that in the nicest way possible. I was already a fan (Women On The Verge, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty), but now I am a FAN. Tony Shaloub stars, as the conductor in the "Sergeant Pepper Suit", along with Katrina Lenk, and John Cariani. Whisking away to NYC in 2 weeks to see it, that's how much I'm crushing. (That AND Hamilton. Yeah. Go Me. :))
And Patti, in a big Broadway musical tribute that she's touring with. Hie Thee to the Box Office of the Eastman, if you haven't already gotten your tickets for her April 29th performance! Currently reading her memoir, and man. She has Done It All. The CD is a tour of iconic Broadway. You can just sort of climb in, pull up the covers, and dream away.
And I'd be totally remiss if I didn't include a tribute to Nanette Fabray, who passed away just a week ago, so along with hot off the press, we'll honor an actress who did it all back in the day. Did she write a memoir? Please say yes. Still searching.
Vim and Vigor in check, but circling. :)
Please Don't Monkey With Broadway (Patti LuPone, Don't Monkey With
Broadway)
A Wonderful Day Like Today (Cyril Ritchard, The Roar Of The Greasepaint,
The Smell Of The Crowd)
It's A Lovely Day Today (Walter Charles, Melissa Errico, Call Me Madam)
Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon (Dawn Upshaw, Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers And
Hart)
Not Every Day Of The Week (Bob Dishy, Liza Minelli, Flora The Red Menace)
Waiting (The Residents Of Bet Hatikva,The Band's Visit)
Welcome To Nowhere (Katrina Lenk, John Cariani, Etai Benson,
The Band's Visit)
The Beat Of Your Heart (Andrew Polk, John Cariani, Alok Tewari,
George Abud, The Band's Visit)
Itgara'a/Something Different (Tony Shaloub, Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit)
Louisiana Hayride (Nanette Fabray, The Bandwagon)
How Soon Will I Be Seeing You? (Nanette Fabray)
Sweet Music (Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, The Bandwagon)
Triplets (Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, The Bandwagon)
Got A Bran' New Suit (Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire, The Bandwagon)
They Love Me (Nanette Fabray, The President)
Good Morning, Good Day (Daniel Massey, Barbara Baxley, Jack Cassidy,
Nathaniel Frey, She Loves Me)
That'll Be The Day (Mens Ensemble, The Happiest Girl In The World)
Once-A-Year-Day (John Raitt, Janis Paige, Company, The Pajama Game)
Those Were The Good Old Days (Ray Walston, Damn Yankees)
It's Today (Ann Hampton-Callaway, Liz Callaway, Sibling Revelry)
Come To The Supermarket (In Old Peking)(Barbra Streisand, The Barbra
Streisand Album)
Muqin (Harriet Harris, Ken Leung, Francis Jue, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Singapore Sue (Joseph R. Sicari, Company, Dames At Sea)
Give Them What They Want (John Lithgow, Gregory Jbara, Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels)
Here I Am! (Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Dirty Rotten Number (John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels)
Island (Sherie Rene Scott, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown)
Model Behaviour (Laura Benanti, Women On The Verge)
My Crazy Heart (Patti LuPone, Ensemble, Women On The Verge)
If (Patti LuPone, Don't Monkey With Broadway)
Anyone Can Whistle (Patti LuPone, Don't Monkey With Broadway)
Back On Top (Patti LuPone, War Paint)
Give My Regards To Broadway (Patti LuPone, Don't Monkey With Broadway)
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