Even tho the frost isn't on the pumpkin. Even tho the leaves are merely muted on the old sugar maple out in my backyard (I'd give foliage color a 4.5 out of 10 this year, unless it goes to 11). Even tho my sweaters remain firmly smushed and wrinkly (the opposite of irony!) in my dresser drawer, and I've yet to buy (and sample) that stale bag of candy corn. Even tho alllll those sure-fire signs are missing, it's Fall and time for the Jazz 90.1 Fall Pledge Drive! Whoo-hoo! (Note pushy enthusiasm. Note party-esque attitude. Note note.)
Ginger, flashing the coins!
So time to fling aside the composer/lyricist series we've got going, and play the comedic, the silly, the popular, and the blockbuster kinda Broadway, which will in turn enthuse and exhort you to join up, become a member, and/or just plain DONATE to a station that plays everything from Big Band to Fusion, Blues Old, Blues New, Blues Funky, and Blues Blue...to Computer talk, Sinatra, Standards, Jazz (both Smooth AND Chunky varieties!) and Broadway.
Rob Linton (our infamous station manager) told us just recently (at our semi-annual meeting...appropriately zoomed, but mandatory) that something like 86% of the money we operate Jazz 90.1 on comes from listeners. Not the cruise along the Nile event. Not the underwriters. Not the concert gigs (when they CAN happen). Nope. LISTENERS do it, with their faithful donations. Incredible. Almost 50 years of running on contributions from people like you. It's a miracle, right? A virgin birth. From little nickel and dime supporters to an occasional "big fish", it's enough to keep the wolf from the (stage) door.
More Ginger, this time with Lucy and Ann in Stage Door.
(And who knew she could play the uke? Ginger could do it ALL.)
So here's the deal: Call me on Sunday with that nickel! OR OR OR make an online donation during 2 On The Aisle, and make me feel all warm and fuzzy. That's how I'll know you think Broadway at its Best and Jazz 90.1 warms YOUR cockles, too. I'll be on with Otto and his Festa from noon to 2 (doing the Otto and Kim Show), take a break for a latte or 7, then come back strong, if alone, from 3 to 5 with 2OTA. Show us some love, and onward we'll go into another year of Musical Merriment. I promise. :))))
Comedy Tonight (Nathan Lane, Company, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)
I'm All Alone (Tim Curry, Michael McGrath, Spamalot)
Alone At A Drive-In Movie (Barry Bostwick, Grease)
I Can't Do It Alone (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago)
Back On Top (Patti LuPone, War Paint)
Opening Number (Santino Fontana, Company, Tootsie)
Alto's Lament (Megan Hilty)
Broadway Boogie Woogie (Carolee Carmello, A Class Act)
What's Gonna Happen (Sarah Stiles, Tootsie)
Omar Sharif (Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit)
Answer Me (Adam Kantor, Company, The Band's Visit)
Positively Absolutely (The Six Jumping Jacks)
Sweepin' The Clouds Away (Maurice Chevalier, Paramount On Parade)
A Cigarette And A Silhouette (Mildred Bailey)
Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? (Brad Oscar, The Producers)
Her Is (Carol Haney, Stanley Prager, The Pajama Game
Gee, Officer Krupke (Ensemble, West Side Story)
Miss Marmelstein (Barbra Streisand, I Can Get It For You Wholesale)
Don't Monkey With Broadway (Fred Astaire, George Murphy, Broadway Melody Of 1940)
Lullaby Of Broadway (Jerry Orbach, Wanda Richert, 42nd Street)
Give My Regards To Broadway (Patti LuPone, Don't Monkey With Broadway)
I'm Flying (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)
Let's Fly Away (Scarlett Strallen, Tam Mutu, The New Yorkers)
Jet Set (Aaron Tveit, Ensemble, Catch Me If You Can)
Running Wild (Company, Bullets Over Broadway)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Prisoners Of Love (Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, The Producers)
Goodbye! (Ensemble, The Producers)
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