Fresh off our Cy Coleman show of last week, we have a verrrry varied hour for you of classic musical theatre, with just a sprinkling of quirky cult numbers...from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to that old warhorse, Hello Dolly, to my new favorite, "Just One Step," from Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World, an off-Broadway production from 1995. That last one is all about a woman literally on the edge, of her apartment building, yelling at her husband (and of course his name is MURRAY!)...fantastic. Will she jump? Listen and see!
I've added a Movie Musical Corner to this week's show, and we'll hear George Guetary sing "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" from An American in Paris...do you remember the pink steps he walked up BACKWARD and WHILE SINGING? What a talent. Betty Garrett battles a skinny Frank Sinatra in "It's Fate, Baby, It's Fate," and Marilyn and Jane sing that iconic "Little Rock" ditty.
Hope you can listen in, and tap along!
Don't Rain on My Parade (Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl)
Bye Bye Baby (Carol Channing, Jack McCauley, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
Mamie is Mimi (Cholly Atkins, Honi Coles, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady)
Sarah Brown Eyes (Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Ragtime)
Not Every Day of the Week (Bob Dishy, Liza Minelli, Flora the Red Menace)
It's Today (Angela Lansbury, Mame)
Hello, Dolly! (Carol Channing, Hello, Dolly!)
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (Georges Guetary, An American in Paris)
It's Fate, Baby, It's Fate (Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
A Little Girl from Little Rock (Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes)
I Just Can't Wait (Orson Bean, Subways are for Sleeping)
Just One Step (Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World)
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