This week I learned that the making of "Do I Hear a Waltz?" was anything but copacetic. The one and only time Richard Rogers dained to work with Stephen Sondheim...Oscar H. had passed away and Rogers (momentarily) thought he could work with Sondheim. Arthur Laurents who had written the play it would be based on, Time of the Cuckoo, was signed to adapt/do the book. (This play from 1952 was later made into "Summertime," the movie with Katherine Hepburn.) Well, it seems things did NOT go smoothly. Rogers was drinking heavily, hiding vodka bottles in the toilet tank, etc.; he called Sondheim's lyrics several 4-letter words, and banned Laurents from the rehearsals. Despite this, the show managed to open and even have a bit of a run. So hey, we'll play it!
Another goodie: From Juno, featuring Melvyn Douglas..."Daarlin' Man," which is so Irish you start salivating for a pub and pint. And then a pretty "Azure Te," or Paris Blues as it's also called...sung by Five Guys Named Moe, at their most romantic.
Enjoy!
Opening to Brigadoon (Cast, Brigadoon)
Daarlin' Man (Melvyn Douglas and Jack MacGowran, Juno)
The Family Solicitor (Timothy Jerome, Me & My Girl)
Ya Got Trouble (Robert Preston, The Music Man)
A Little Brains, A Little Talent (Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees)
Do I Hear A Waltz? (Elizabeth Allen, Do I Hear A Waltz?)
The Little Things You Do Together (Elaine Stritch and Cast, Company)
Azure Te (Cast, Five Guys Named Moe)
They Just Keep Movin' the Line (Megan Hilty, Bombshell)
A Little Bit in Love (Edie Adams, Wonderful Town)
Lovesick (Sherie Rene Scott, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)
Singapore Sue (Joseph R. Sicari, Dames at Sea)
Lila Tremaine (Carol Burnett, Fade Out- Fade In)
Gold and Goldberg (Adam Grupper, Stuart Zagnit, The Wild Party)
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