My "new" find this week was discovering "Sweet Smell of Success," produced in 2002, with John Lithgow. I certainly knew the movie, made in 1957, with Burt Lancaster as JJ Hunsecker and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, and loved it, so I was a bit afraid of a musical based on what seems a very un-musical plot. Some of the music works, like "Welcome to the Night," with 50's energy and orchestration, but some just gets WAY talky and plot driven, and hence loses some of its musicality. But still cool to discover. Hope you can tune in!
Welcome to the Night (John Lithgow and Ensemble, Sweet Smell of Success)
Heart (Nathaniel Frey and Ensemble, Damn Yankees)
Politics and Poker (Howard DaSilva and Ensemble, Fiorello!)
It's a Perfect Relationship (Judy Holliday, Bells are Ringing)
I'm Just Taking My Time (Sydney Chaplin, Subways are for Sleeping)
Bread (Cast, The Baker's Wife)
Food, Glorious Food (Cast, Oliver!)
Why We Like Spelling (Cast, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
Don't Be The Bunny (John Cullum and Cast, Urinetown: The Musical)
What Does He Want of Me (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Man of La Mancha)
There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This (Ensemble, Sweet Charity)
Nightclub Sequence (Ensemble, On the Town)
Wrong Note Rag (Roz Russell, Edie Adams, Wonderful Town)
Kids (Paul Lynde, Kay Medford, Bye Bye Birdie)
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