A little something for everyone this week, from 70s classics like A Chorus Line and Applause, to our Movie Musical Corner with silk lingerie and Moses "supposing" all over the place, to a Robert Preston Festa! Loved him in Victor/Victoria especially, and it was unfortunate that he passed away before that movie-turned-stage show could open on Broadway. He would have been incredible (sorry, Tony Roberts...there is no comparison).
We'll also hear from a little known show called Plain and Fancy, the first Amish-based musical comedy. Hmmmm...well, I like one of the songs at least, sung by the second banana girlfriend (played by Shirl Conway), a dame from the city, plunked down in the little town of "Bird in Hand"...It's a Helluva Way to Run a Love Affair.
I also tossed in a gavotte and the frug! Strange bedfellows, but it all works!
Applause (Bonnie Franklin, Ensemble, Applause)
I Can Do That (Wayne Cilento, A Chorus Line)
Sing! (Don Percasse, Renee Baughman, A Chorus Line)
Nothing (Priscilla Lopez, A Chorus Line)
Ascot Gavotte (Ensemble, My Fair Lady)
Rich Man's Frug (Instrumental, Sweet Charity)
The Sadder But Wiser Girl (Robert Preston, The Music Man)
A Well Known Fact (Robert Preston, I Do! I Do!)
Gay Paree (Robert Preston, Victor/Victoria)
I Promise You a Happy Ending (Robert Preston, Mack & Mabel)
It's a Helluva Way to Run a Love Affair (Shirl Conway, Plain and Fancy)
Reviewing the Situation (Clive Revill, Oliver!)
Beautiful Girl (Jimmy Thompson, Singin' in the Rain)
Satin and Silk (Janis Paige, Silk Stockings)
Moses Supposes (Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain)
Everything Old is New Again (Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz)
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