Divine Dames and Luxe Ladies !

Here's to the LADIES!

Bea Arthur above as Vera Charles in the 1966 production of 

Mame...

and below Dame Angela a'perch a lady moon, 

wreaking havoc (and reeking gin) no doubt!

We'll hear "The Man In The Moon (Is A Lady)" come Sunday.

 Julie Andrews had her Broadway debut in 

   The Boy Friend, back in 1954.  

   Those "Perfect Young Ladies" included

                Julie as Polly (in the center), Ann Wakefield, and Millicent Martin.                          

Dear lord.

Elaine Stritch and...who's in the bear suit?

Not Don Ameche, surely! They couldn't pay him enough!

Goldilocks was a sure fire flop, back in 1958...

All about a silent picture star 

and a rather tyrannical silent picture director,

played respectively by Elaine and Don.

That photo above is the stuff of nightmares,

and, I guess, so was the show. :)

We'll hear "Give The Little Lady (A Great Big Hand)".

Judy Blazer's done a plethora of Off and On Broadway,

including The Fantasticks, Me & My Girl (below as Sally),

Titanic, Lucky Stiff, Candide...well, the list goes on.

We'll hear her on the studio cast recording of Babes In Arms,

"The Lady Is A Tramp".

Yvonne Adair and Carol Channing

starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,

before it even THOUGHT of becoming a movie musical

with Rosalind Russell and Marilyn Monroe.

Music, of course, by Jule Styne and Leo Robin.

We'll sample the title song!