"Flora the Red Menace" was the debut of not only Liza (with a Z) Minelli, but also the first time John Kander and Fred Ebb worked together (1965). Liza was just 19, and sounded at that point in her career more like a young Barbara Streisand, who the show was rumored to have been written for. AND she won a Tony for it. At 19. Not too shabby. So I'm playing a duet that features her with Bob Dishy: "Not Every Day of the Week." Also in the line up is a selection from "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," which is a big favorite of mine: "A Stud and a Babe." That whiny spoken intro is the best.
Put On Your Sunday Clothes (Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Channing, and
and cast, Hello Dolly)
If They Could See Me Know (Gwen Verdon, Sweet Charity)
Te Voglio Bene (Kathi Moss, Nine)
Bidin' My Time (Mary Martin, Girl Crazy)
Mister Cellophane (John C. Reilly, Chicago)
By the Sea (Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd)
Four Black Dragons (Cast, Pacific Overtures)
Chanson (Jill Marin, The Baker's Wife)
A Light in the Dark (Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal)
Not Every Day of the Week (Liza Minelli, Bob Dishy, Flora the Red Menace)
A Stud and a Babe (Robert Roznowski, Jennifer Simard, I Love You, You're
Perfect, Now Change)
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