The Winter Doldrums have arrived (they just stopped by for a cuppa joe, unannounced and definitely uninvited. Next they'll be asking for an air mattress, pate en croute and Twinkies).
Above, YES.
Below, NO!
I was just sitting there staring at my calendar, and in they walked, miring me in doomy gloom. This is NOT my favorite time of the year. On January 1, I always begin my "Count Down To Spring" (well, April 1, to be on the safe side), a mere 90 days to go. As I type this, we have 79 left. Time doesn't fly in this season, and neither do my depressing house guests. They do a slow shuffle (unfortunately not in the direction of Buffalo), never change their socks, and order out on my dime. UGH.
I know, I know, I should take up a winter sport. That would give me a reason to adore this freezing little piece of the year...or crochet my loved ones obnoxious afghans to while away the hours (or tat a doily)(or is that D'Oyly?)(and does anyone still wear a doily?). Jesus, let me just sit here in my mire, will ya? (It's an upholstered mire, comfy for sure, but the springs are all blown, so it's a bitch to get out of.) But I have no aptitude for winter sports, be it skiing, curling, or hockey-ing. I get chilblains (look it up) just tap-dancing in an air-conditioned studio.
The only thing that works for me during EL LIMBO de Winter (sounds like a character from Rebecca, right?), is theatre. And we don't have that right now, do we? No new musicals to rake over the co...I mean, appreciate. Not a lot of new backstage drama to read about. Not a lot of anticipation for the new season. Soooooo that's why I've been looking backwards: To anniversaries of opening nights, birthdays of the "greats", and just oldie goldies in general.
I hope you're still amused. With rare exception, the Golden Age of Broadway remains my favorite era of musicals. So forgive me if I swamp you THIS WEEK with The Merm, The Happy Time, The Hello Dolly, Andrea Martin, and Danny Kaye...whose birthdays and opening nights are on the (50 Shades of) gray horizon. Same-o, same-o, but still good-o, good-o. No apologies!
Gotta go. My house guests are threatening to play Toss The Cat. And make s'mores. And binge Bridgerton. Only 78 to go...
The Happy Time (Robert Goulet, The Happy Time)
Corner Of The Sky (Mathew James Thomas, Pippin)
On The Right Track (Ben Vereen, John Rubenstein, Pippin)
Love Song (Mathew James Thomas, Rachel Bay Jones, Pippin)
No Time At All (Andrea Martin, Pippin)
Funny/The Duck Joke (Andrea Martin, Lannyl Stephens, My Favorite Year)
He Vas My Boyfriend (Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein)
There's No Business Like Show Business (Ethel Merman, There's No Business Like Show Business)
Friendship (Ethel Merman, Bert Lahr, Anything Goes)
Anything Goes (Ethel Merman, Anything Goes)
Heat Wave (Ethel Merman, Panama Hattie)
An Old-Fashioned Wedding (Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Annie Get Your Gun)
Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk (Eddie Albert, Allyn McClerie, Miss Liberty)
Swing Me An Old Fashioned Song (Shirley Temple, Little Miss Broadway)
I'm Old Fashioned (Fred Astaire, You Were Never Lovelier)
Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please (Ethel Merman, Panama Hattie)
Ugly Duckling (Danny Kaye, Hans Christian Anderson)
Civilization (Danny Kaye, The Andrews Sisters)
Life Could Not Better Be (Danny Kaye, The Court Jester)
Ninety Again! (Danny Kaye, Two By Two)
Put On Your Sunday Clothes (Company, Hello, Dolly!)
Elegance (Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan, Jerry Dodge, Sondra Lee, Hello, Dolly!)
It Only Takes A Moment (Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan, Hello, Dolly!)
Before The Parade Passes By (Carol Channing, Company, Hello, Dolly!)
Tomorrow Morning (Robert Goulet, Michael Rupert, David Wayne, The Happy Time)
The Life Of The Party (David Wayne, The Happy Time)
A Certain Girl (Robert Goulet, Ensemble, The Happy Time)
Heart (Jean Stapleton, Ensemble, Damn Yankees)
Find Yourself A Man (Jean Stapleton, Kay Medford, Danny Meehan, Funny Girl)
All In The Family Theme (Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor, All In The Family)
Welcome To Transylvania (Ensemble, Young Frankenstein)
Roll In The Hay (Sutton Foster, Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein)
Together Again (Roger Bart, Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein)
Puttin' On The Ritz (Roger Bart, Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein)
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