Playlist For August 1, 2021: Sand Between My Toes

Back! Tanned, sandy, and 5 pounds up! All to be expected when you vacation for 8 days on the Jersey Shore, I guess. Fresh seafood, cinnamon buns, pink gin, consecutive beach days, late morning lie-ins, and mom-daughter heart to hearts. It was a great 8 days.

 

 But now back to reality, back on the bike, back on the scale, and back to Broadway. What other theme can we have but "The Sun, Sea, And Surf" Edition? Sea songs, farmer tans, deep oceans, "My Ship", and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" chanteys. So that means you should lather on your SPF 30,000, park yourself on a blanket, and fend off those starving seagulls for 2 hours of beachy Broadway. 

 

 

 Join me. I'll save you some salt water taffy and a sandy seat on the shore...I mean On The Aisle! :) 

 

On A Sunday By The Sea (Jason Alexander, Company, Jerome Robbins' Broadway)

By The Beautiful Sea (Ensemble, Some Like It Hot)

By The Sea (Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd)

The Call Of The Sea (Bobby Van, No, No, Nanette)

The Sea Song (Shirley Booth, By The Beautiful Sea)

Life Does A Man A Favor (When It Leads Him Down To The Sea)(Tony Randall, Oh, Captain!)

Sailor's Chanty (There'll Always Be A Lady Fair)("The Quartet", Anything Goes)

Dames At Sea (Company, Dames At Sea)

The Moon Is On The Sea (Ensemble, Oh, Kay!)

Under The Sea (Samuel E. Wright, The Little Mermaid)

Peach On The Beach (Susan Watson, No, No, Nanette)

Lazy Afternoon (Kaye Ballard, The Golden Apple)

Song On The Sand (Gene Barry, La Cage Aux Folles)

The Advantages Of Floating In The Middle Of The Sea (Mako, Pacific Overtures)

Papi Hears The Ocean (Etai Benson, The Band's Visit)

How Deep Is The Ocean (Kelly O'Malley, Stephen Bogardus, White Christmas)

Sun's Gonna Shine (Carmen Cusack, Dee Hoty, Stephen Bogardus, Bright Star)

There Will Be Sun (Ensemble, Groundhog Day)

Let The Sun Shine In (Company, Hair)

Little Mary Sunshine (Eileen Brennan, Little Mary Sunshine)

I Got The Sun In The Morning (Betty Hutton, Annie, Get Your Gun)

Sunshine (Yvonne Adair, Eric Brotherson, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

The Sun Has Got His Hat On (Robert Longden, Me And My Girl)

Spread A Little Sunshine (Leland Palmer, Pippin)

Out Of The Sun (Tony Danza, Honeymoon In Vegas)

On The Good Ship Lollypop (Shirley Temple, Bright Eyes)

Bon Voyage (Ensemble, Anything Goes)

Sail Away (James Hurst, Sail Away)

My Ship (Gertrude Lawrence, Lady In The Dark)

There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (Damon Evans, Cynthia Hamon, Porgy And Bess)

Coney Island Boat (Shirley Booth, By The Beautiful Sea)

Farmer Tan (Mark Hardwick, Pump Boys And Dinettes)

Surfin' U.S.A. (The Beach Boys, Surfin' U.S.A.)

In The Same Boat (David Hyde Pierce, Curtains)

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Harry Belafonte)

Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (Walter Bobbie, Guys And Dolls)

Not Just For Jekkies!

Jekyll & Hyde has had a LOT of productions...2 on Broadway. The original production ran for almost 4 years and starred Robert Cuccioli, Linda Eder and Christiane Noll (below).

It didn't make money, which seems hard to believe with such a long run, but its cultish fans are myriad and call themselves "Jekkies".

Music was by Frank Wildhorn (The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War, Dracula??), and lyrics by Leslie Bricesse (of Stop The World and Roar of the Greasepaint fame).

Above, the Broadway revival of 2013, starring Deborah Cox as the "cliche in a corset", to quote Charles Isherwood, and Constantine Maroulis (that's him waaaay at the top, uncomfortably attached to a chair).

Mr. Isherwood, in his NYTimes review, went on to say that, despite the smoke and mirrors "hokum" that pervades the show, he'd experienced "a happy goosepimple or two as Mr. Maroulis and Ms. Cox let loose during their impassioned solo songs."

On Sunday (7/11/21), we'll hear "Facade" which has (some say) a Carmina Burana feel, "No One Knows Who I Am", and "This Is The Moment."

 

Playlist For Sunday, July 11, 2021: Grind it, Mazeppa!

Ugh...back to work. I thought I retired about 2 years ago, but it seems the daily grind (bicycle gear reference, coffee reference, annnnnnd that "9 to 5" slog reference) won't let me go. The 4th Of  July hiatus has come and gone, folks, so that means we better make the best of the next 7 or 8 weeks of SUMMER! It'll be gone in a Bob Fosse snap.

 They did that movie 40 years ago? Holy cats!

 

This week's edition is...well, a 2 headed monster. Pretty apt for 2 On The Aisle, wouldn't you say? Act 1 will be filled with 1 classic (Pippin), 1 not so classic (a bit of a flop, actually, unless you're a Maury Yeston fan: Death Takes A Holiday), and 1 "never before heard on THIS program before" musical (Jekyll & Hyde). Act 2 will be devoted to Jerry Herman, cuz it's his birthday on July 10, so natal day huzzahs and baked goods for Jerry! Expect the usual suspects. 

 

Robert Cuccioli played Dr. Jekyll originally, but David Hasselhoff (above) replaced him. Behind him, a portrait of Edward Hyde.

Evidently the tied-backed hair versus loose locks 

signaled the change of characters.

Below Carol and Jerry doing their 2 headed monster pose,

"rehearsing" Dolly.

 

Also, I want to let you know that this will be the last LIVE 2 On The Aisle for July. I'll be back sporadically in August, carving out a couple of mini bike trips into that month's calendar. Otherwise, recorded shows. SORRY, but gotta take advantage of sun/fun/bike-able times! I'll be posting pics of said trips on my Facebook page (the Kim Corcoran one), so you can follow my travels/travails there if you wanna point and laugh. :) 

 

Meanwhile, have a gin fizz for me, watch those tan lines (bike shorts do NOT make for a pretty swimsuit presentation, lemme tell ya), and enjoy these lazy hazy crazy days. 

 

Overture (Instrumental, Mame)

Corner Of The Sky (John Rubinstein, Pippin)

Kind Of Woman (Jill Clayburgh, Pippin) 

No Time At All (Irene Ryan, Pippin)

Facade (Ensemble, Jekyll & Hyde)

No One Knows Who I Am (Linda Eder, Jekyll & Hyde)

This Is The Moment (Robert Cuccioli, Jekyll & Hyde) 

Alive! (Kevin Early, Death Takes A Holiday)

Life's A Joy (Simon Jones, Death Takes A Holiday)

Finale (Kevin Early, Jill Paice, Death Takes A Holiday)

You I Like (Michael Feinstein, Jerry Herman, Grand Tour)

I'll Be Here (Joel Grey, The Grand Tour)

Marianne (Michael Feinstein, The Grand Tour)

A Little More Mascara (George Hearn, La Cage Aux Folles)

La Cage Aux Folles (George Hearn, Elizabeth Parrish, Ensemble, La Cage Aux Folles)

It Takes A Woman (Cab Calloway, Hello, Dolly!)

Ribbons Down My Back (Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!)

Hello, Dolly! (Carol Channing, Hello, Dolly!)

Shalom (Robert Weede, Mimi Benzell, Milk And Honey)

Miss Spectacular (Debbie Gravitte, Miss Spectacular)

The Next Time I Love (Fia Karin, Parade)

I Won't Send Roses (Bernadette Peters, Mack And Mabel)

Dear World (Angela Lansbury, Ensemble, Dear World)

Each Tomorrow Morning (Angela Lansbury, Dear World)

That's How Young I Feel (Angela Lansbury, Mame)

The Man In The Moon (Bea Arthur, Mame)

It's Today (Angela Lansbury, Mame)