My own birthday (birth-MONTH) shenanigans were evidently not enough. No, I must make merry with OTHER birthdays, Broadway Birthdays. Like Barbara Cook's and George S. Irving's and Nanette Fabray's. And Grand Openings (of Broadway musicals, not grocery stores...I draw the line at attending those), like Take Me Along and Grey Gardens. See, I can carve a playlist and a half with fodder like that. But times is hard, Sweeney...times is hard!
Thank the gods for foliage, that's all I can say. Cuz damp and dank have been IT around here. No delightful crisp in the air. No sizzling cider bubbling in my veins. Just hard (French) pressed joe, not a Crispy Creme in sight. Sigh. Feeling a tang of self-pity and morose melancholia this afternoon (I may swoon)(that's why I have a fainting couch) due to the weather and the lack of zzzzzip (or the lack of community property)(or the feeling I'm getting too old)(pick one, maybe both).
So I'll work on zzzzzipping myself UP by Sunday, okay? Pinky promise. I'll spin Faith Prince (Bells Are Ringing), Iggy Wolfington (who?? Shipoopi!), some of my acerbically Stritchy friend (nope, never met her, but I just KNOW she could bite!), a little Jackie Gleason (that hornswoggler), and maybe jump on a hayride with Nanette. That would sure do the trick! But meanwhile can I just LIVE inside The Band Wagon? Me and Oscar could drink at the piano/bar and play chopsticks til the cows come home, and then "I'll Go My Way By Myself". It's a quarter to 3 (in the afternoon) and there's no one in the place, except ...wait! I will zzzzzip yet! Pinky promise.
Come Sunday's Broadway at its Best!
Till There Was You (Barbara Cook, Robert Preston, The Music Man)
Independent (Marc Kudisch, Bells Are Ringing)
It's A Simple Little System (David Garrison, Ensemble, Bells Are Ringing)
Mu-Cha-Cha (Faith Prince, Julio Augustin, Bells Are Ringing)
Just In Time (Marc Kudisch, Faith Prince, Bells Are Ringing)
I Know A Guy (Corey Cott, Ensemble, Bandstand)
Have I Got A Guy For You (Patti LuPone, Ensemble, Company)
A Guy What Takes His Time (Marlene Dietrich)
A Guy Like You (Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)
Sid, Ol' Kid (Jackie Gleason, Ensemble, Take Me Along)
Nine O'Clock (Robert Morse, Take Me Along)
But Yours (Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie, Take Me Along)
Take Me Along (Walter Pigeon, Jackie Gleason, Take Me Along)
They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me (George S. Irving, Irene)
I'm A Tingle, I'm A Glow (George S. Irving, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
The Butler Song (George S. Irving, Enter Laughing)
How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)? (Nanette Fabray)
They Love Me (Nanette Fabray, Mr. President)
Louisiana Hayride (Nanette Fabray, The Band Wagon)
The Revolutionary Costume For Today (Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens)
World Weary (Christine Ebersole, Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward)
Another Winter In A Summer Town (Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens)
That's My Boy (Elaine Stritch, Stritch)
I Never Know When (Elaine Stritch, Goldilocks)
Useless Useful Phrases (Elaine Stritch, Sail Away)
The Label On The Bottle (Barbara Cook, The Gay Life)
Will He Like Me? (Barbara Cook, She Loves Me)
Oh, Happy We (Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville, Candide)
Long Before I Knew You (Barbara Cook, Bells Are Ringing)
The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl For Me (Robert Preston, The Music Man)
The Wells Fargo Wagon (Ensemble, The Music Man)
Goodnight My Someone (Barbara Cook, The Music Man)
Shipoopi (Iggy Wolfington, The Music Man)
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