Playlist For Sunday, June 2, 2019: Shy and retiring. Well, not shy.

Well, I've just rationalized my last imaginary number. Graphed my last absolute value inequality. No more doubling formulas. Or permutations. Or if a train leaves Albuquerque at 9am going 70 mph kinda thoughts. I have retired mathematically. Maybe not in too many other ways, but that side of my brain can now take a Valium and stop number crunching. :)

So a life of leisure awaits, right? Can't quite believe that! There's still Broadway playlists to conjure, bikes to ride, boas to flaunt, and all the usual albatrosses hanging around my neck (they're much heavier and less colorful than boas, and the feathers stick to your lip gloss). I can't imagine (imaginary numbers!!!) hanging about with my feet up, eating bon bons, taking train rides (TRAIN RIDES!), and doing absolutely (absolute value!!!) nothing. That's just not me.

I think Elaine (below)

is more my "retired style"...:)

But this week has been nuts...so we'll have a Soup To Nuts edition of 2 On The Aisle. A couple of new (to me!) shows like God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Brooklyn (the musical, not the borough), along with some old standby favorites...the floppier the better, in my book! Plus a new CD from Max Von Essen, who you may remember in An American In Paris on Broadway a couple of seasons ago (he won a Tony for that one!).

And speaking of Tony Awards...June 9th is Tony Sunday, so we'll celebrate it with songs from the nominees and past winners as well!

Now pardon me, that box of bon bons (and my Barcalounger) await!


The North Strand (Ensemble, Once)
Gold (Steve Kazee, Ensemble, Once)
Abandoned In Bandon (Andy Taylor, Once)
If You want Me (Cristin Milioti, Steve Kazee, Once)
Gold (Company, A Capella)
Not For The Life Of Me (Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Sutton Foster, Ensemble, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
What Do I Need With Love (Gavin Kreel, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Long As I'm Here With You (Sheryl Lee Ralph, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
On This Night Of A Thousand Stars (Max Von Essen, Call Me Old Fashioned:
      The Broadway Standard)
Chain Of Love (Audra McDonald, The Grass Harp/Sing Happy)
Cheer Up Charlie (Leslie Odom, Jr., Leslie Odom, Jr.)
Shimmy Like They Do In Paree (Max Von Essen, Call Me Old Fashioned: The
      Broadway Standard)
Thirty Miles From The Banks Of The Ohio/Look Who's Here (Santino
      Fontana, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater)
Cheese Nips (Brynne O'Malley, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater)
Since You Came To This Town (Ensemble, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater)
Heart Behind These Hands (Cleavant Derricks, Ensemble, Brooklyn
      The Musical)
I Never Knew His Name (Eden Espinosa, Brooklyn The Musical)
Love Me Where I Live (Ramona Keller, Brooklyn The Musical)
He Had Refinement (Shirley Booth, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn)
Make The Man Love Me (Johnny Johnston, Marcia Van Dyke, A Tree Grows
      In Brooklyn)
Welcome To Brooklyn (Lainie Kazan, Evan Pappas, Ensemble, My Favorite Year)
A Little More Mascara (George Hearn, La Cage Aux Folles)
Song On The Sand (Gene Barry, La Cage Aux Folles)
We Are What We Are (Ensemble, La Cage Aux Folles)
You've Got Possibilities (Linda Lavin, It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superman!)
Girls Like Me (Carol Lawrence, Subways Are For Sleeping)
Steady, Steady (Michele Lee, Bravo Giovanni)
Butter Outta Cream (Aaron Tveit, Tom Wopat, Catch Me If You Can)
Stuck Together (Strange But True) (Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz,
      Catch Me If You Can)
Jet Set (Aaron Tveit, Ensemble, Catch Me If You Can)