Playlist For Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020: Plighting Troths.

Nah, this isn't the Valentine's Day edition. I'll save all that syrupy stuff for February. And it isn't June, that month that supposedly attracts weddings like flies to whipped cream and baloney (tho experts NOW tell us October is THEE month for nuptials these days!). Nope, I just recently ran into a lot of "Getting Married Today" (or NOT!) songs and thought to string 'em together in a playlist, like Christmas lights (still) on the porch.

 They look pretty happy, right?

Cuz usually they're bright and chipper (like those leftover lights), just what we need in this Gulag-y time of the year. Hearts and flowers, shoes (ouch!) and rice (bird seed?), hope and huppahs, love springing eternal in Vegas, in Napa, on the lower East Side and Grosvenor Square, on airplane wings, next door, at tea time, or in the silhouette of a cigarette...all via Broadway.

And for those not inclined to walk down ANY aisle (despite my saving you a seat!), there'll be a Frank Loesser corner, with Frank doin' his own Guy/Doll thing...and a little Sondheim niche, with Stevie Anecdotes about Company. Plus our very popular Old Timey nook (corner, niche...nook!) with Mildred Bailey, Red Nichols, The Captivators, and Jack Buchanan stopping everything for that cuppa. So a little something for everybody! Except football fans. :)

 Jack can come to tea anytime!

So grab a hankie, it'll be by turns sentimental and snarky, so you'll want to prepare. I Do, I Do....on Broadway! 


Betsy's Getting Married (Brynn O'Malley, Honeymoon In Vegas)
Marry The Man Today (Faith Prince, Josie de Guzman, Guys And Dolls)
If Momma Was Married (Leigh Ann Larkin, Laura Benanti, Gypsy)
Don't Marry Me (Larry Blyden, Miyoshi Umeki, Flower Drum Song)
Getting Married Today (Beth Howland, Steve Elmore, Company)
I Don't Know His Name (Barbara Cook, Barbara Baxley, She Loves Me)
My Dear Rosabella (Jo Sullivan, Susan Johnson, The Most Happy Fella)
The Boy Next Door (Judy Garland, Meet Me St. Louis)
Fugue For Tinhorns (Frank Loesser, Milton DeLugg, Sue Bennett,
       An Evening With Frank Loesser)
Sue Me (Frank Loesser, An Evening With Frank Loesser)
Organization Man (Frank Loesser, An Evening With Frank Loesser)
The Company Way (Robert Morse, Sammy Smith, How To Succeed In
       Business Without Really Trying)
Marry With Me (Carol Brice, The Grass Harp)
I've Decided to Marry You (Lauren Worsham, Lisa O'Hare, Bryce Pinkham,
       The Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder)
Get Me To The Church On Time (Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady)
A Cigarette, A Silhouette (Mildred Bailey, Red Norvo and His Orchestra)
Puttin' On The Ritz (Phil Spitalny Orchestra)
Building A Nest For Mary (Red Nichols and The Captivators)
A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich, And You (Jack Buchanan, Gertrude Lawrence,
       Charlot's Revue)
Everything Stops For Tea (Jack Buchanan, Come Out Of The Pantry)
Marry Me A Little (John Barrowman, Putting It Together)
Multitudes Of Amys (Mathew Scott, Sondheim On Sondheim)
Happily ever After (Tom Wopat, Sondheim On Sondheim)
Being Alive (Dean Jones, Company)
I Love My Wife (Robert Preston, I Do! I Do!)
I Love My Wife (James Naughton, Lenny Baker, I Love My Wife)
An Old-Fashioned Wedding (Ray Middleton, Ethel Merman, Annie Get Your
       Gun)
Let's Have A Simple Wedding (David Christmas, Bernadette Peters,
       Dames At Sea)
It Shoulda Been You (Chip Zien,Tyne Daly, Ensemble, It Shoulda Been You)
I Love To Cry At Weddings (Ensemble, Sweet Charity)
I Do, I Do In The Sky (Kecia Lewis-Evans, Company, The Drowsy Chaperone)
Always A Bridesmaid (Jennifer Simmard, I Love You, You're Perfect,
       Now Change)
Me And My Girl (Robert Lindsay, Emma Thompson, Me And My Girl)