Ever hear of "Fade Out Fade In?" Not the screenplay directions, the Jule Styne/Comden and Green musical of 1964...it starred Carol Burnett and Jack Cassidy and Tina Louise (yup, Gilligan's Ginger). Despite getting great reviews, it flopped when Carol got a case of "new television show on the horizon"-itis and tried to walk out, but then they sued her, and that left a bad taste in everybody's play bill, and it fizzled. There's a couple of goodies, music wise in that show, but I had to dig for 'em, let me tell you.
There's also some iconic songs mixed into this week's list, from Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls, and Kiss Me Kate, and of course something by Elaine Stritch (can't get enough of her!).
Hey Big Spender (Female Ensemble, Sweet Charity)
Not for the Life of Me (Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ensemble, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Aquarius (Ensemble, Hair)
Madeline (Ensemble, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris)
I Won't Send Roses (Robert Preston, Mack & Mabel)
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered (Vivienne Segal, Pal Joey)
I Got the Sun in the Morning (Ethel Merman, Annie Get Your Gun)
You're Just in Love (Tyne Daley and Lewis Cleale, Call Me Madam)
Never Never Land (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)
I Can See It (Jerry Orbach, Kenneth Nelson, The Fantasticks)
Tom Dick or Harry (Lisa Kirk, and Male Ensemble, Kiss Me Kate)
Sue Me (Sam Levene, Vivian Blaine, Guys and Dolls)
Call Me Savage (Carol Burnett, Fade Out Fade In)
The Beast in You (Elaine Stritch, Goldilocks)
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