Back LIVE this Sunday...with three musicals that are new to the show. First, "The Gay Life," from 1961 (subsequently renamed "The High Life"), a Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz creation, all about the love life of a Viennese dilettante at the turn of the century. It starred Barbara Cook, Jules Munshin, and Walter Chiari, the latter of whom could hardly speak (let alone, sing!) English and was (mis?)cast mainly because of his swarthy good looks. Not enough POW reviews to keep it solvent, but a couple of worthy Dietz/Schwartz tunes...we'll hear "Why Go Anywhere at All?" this week...and more subsequently.
A new Sondheim goody, from "Evening Primrose," a 1966 production created for television... Anthony Perkins (yup, that Psycho guy) and Charmian Carr starred. She was fresh from her role as Liesl in the movie version of "The Sound of Music"...remember? Well, here she sings a wonderful rendition of "I Remember."
At the other end of the spectrum, we have a tune from "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," with music by that "Women on the Verge" composer, David Yazbek. It's yummy. :)
Hello Dolly! (Carol Channing, et.al., Hello Dolly!)
We're in the Money (Ensemble, 42nd Street)
Money Money (Liza Minelli, Joel Gray, Cabaret)
Who's Got the Pain? (Gwen Verdon, Ensemble, Damn Yankees)
Dance at the Gym (Instrumental, West Side Story)
Why Go Anywhere at All? (Jeanne Bal, The Gay Life)
Why Do the Wrong People Travel? (Elaine Stritch, Sail Away)
I Remember (Charmian Carr, Evening Primrose)
I Loved You Once in Silence (Julie Andrews, Camelot)
He'll Never Know (Mark Lynn-Baker, Jay Goede, A Year with Frog and Toad)
Kite (Gary Burghoff, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
The Party's Over (Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing)
Dirty Rotten Number (John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
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