Tis May, finally...that Lusty Month that Julie sings about...and that calls for a couple of seasonal selections! Love "What A Game" from Ragtime, all about that American pastime of baseball, but man, did I have to do some editing! Don't worry, I kept all the "spitting" in. A couple of new (to me) musicals, Chess and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be showing up for the first time. One of the writers of Chess, Bjorn Ulvaeus, was part of ABBA (!) and that explains EVERYTHING!
And then there's the Brotherhood of Man...from How To Succeed. Rudy Vallee expected to be able to sing some of his old "hits" in the production. They nixed that! And the little book that J. Pierpont reads ("How to Succeed") actually exists...written by Sheppard Mead, still in print (for a hefty sum on Amazon), and subtitled "The Dastard's Guy." New favorite word.
The Lusty Month of May (Julie Andrews, Camelot)
Six Months Out of Every Year (Shannon Bolin, ensemble, Damn Yankees)
What A Game (Mark Jacoby, Alex Strange, Ragtime)
With Every Breath I Take (Kay McClelland, City of Angels)
Maybe This Time (Liza Minelli, Cabaret)
Bosom Buddies (Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Mame)
Brotherhood of Man (Robert Morse, ensemble, How to Succeed)
Merano (Ensemble, Chess)
Moonfall (Patti Cohenoor, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
I'm Not a Well Man (Barbra Streisand, Jack Kruschen, I Can Get It for You
Wholesale)
Old Folks (Ensemble, 70 Girls 70)
Mr. Goldstone, I Love You (Ethel Merman, Gypsy)
Officer Krupke (Russ Tamblyn and Ensemble, West Side Story)
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