We're back live this coming Sunday, May 25, and I think it's time to try a few new things (mixed liberally with old favorites, of course!). 1776 was a musical no one thought would ever succeed...based on a few weeks of arguing in hot, buggy, summer-smelly Philadelphia. There is even a 30 minute lull between one song and the next (in Act 2?), which is sort of a record. Shouldn't it just be a straight play, "they" all asked?....But it succeeded beyond anyone's imaginings, and received a Tony for Best Musical. William Daniels played an irascible John Adams, Howard DaSilva was Benjamin Franklin, and Betty Buckley in the role of Martha Jefferson.
And then we'll do a mini-tribute of sorts to NYC...there are of course MANY songs about New York, and I was tempted to do an entire show of them, but not everyone may be enthralled with this town as I. Actually I love OLD New York, as I romanticize the heck out of it. Now, not so much...and to that end, we'll hear from On the Town, Hazel Flagg, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
And then Paducah, an ode to small towns everywhere... "see" you Sunday! :)
Steam Heat (Ensemble, The Pajama Game)
Sit Down, John (William Daniels, Ensemble, 1776)
Cool, Cool Considerate Men (Paul Hecht, Ken Howard, Ensemble, 1776)
Gentleman Jimmy (Eileen Rodgers, Fiorello!)
One the Side of the Angels (Nathaniel Frey, Bob Holiday, Patricia Wilson, Fiorello!)
While the City Sleeps (Billy Daniels, Golden Boy)
Being Good (Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!)
New York, New York (Ensemble, On the Town)
Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York (Jack Whiting, Hazel Flagg)
Nothing is New in New York (Ensemble, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Only in New York (Sheryl Lee Ralph, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Shuffle Off to Buffalo (Joseph Bova, Karen Prunczik, Ensemble, 42nd Street)
Chicago, Illinois (Lesley Ann Warren, Victor/Victoria)
Paducah (The Shoe String Revue)
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