First off, Happy Thanksgiving...but of course you know I can't do a sappy ThanksGIVING show, right? Plus how many Thanks-y Broadway songs are there? Scrooge has one. Annie, maybe a half. There's a "Thank Heaven" in Gigi for Alfred or Maurice to warble. And Bob Hope/Shirley Ross have that "Thanks for the memories" going on...but other than that? Not much in terms of Thanksgiving Carols. Somebody really dropped the ball on this holiday. It's a turkey.
So we're going to drop the THANKS entirely, and just do GIVE. And GIMME. And GOT. How's that for carving a new theme, when the one you're handed is half-baked, or more appropriately, half-roasted? Plenty of Gimmes and Gots on Broadway, right? More than one 2-hour show can handle. I might have to do a Part 2.
And BTW, what are you doing on Thanksgiving? A small masked gathering? A Zoomed, virtually-shared feast? A brown-bagged "pick up and get outta here" spatch-cocked version? Or the whole shootin' match, with 50 plus relatives, risk-it-all jello molds and corn casseroles? Do tell. But don't really. I'll probably be a.) trying out a recipe for vegan-friendly Mushroom Wellington, or b.) phoning in a pizza order (hold the cheese, hold the pepperoni, double up on the kale). Definitely watching "A Miracle On 34th Street", re-watching Only Murders In The Building (nice Broadway references there), and maybe Diehard. To get me in the holidaze daze. :)
I HAVE ordered a blue aluminum Christmas Tree. A short one, nothing too too, but I've always wanted one. If I can't go somewhere exotic to celebrate, I'll save thousands of dollars, spend $27.50 on a tacky glow-in-the-dark tannenbaum, some Paula's Donuts ornaments (yes, I have a vision) (see Cheektawaga, NY), and call it a day. The ornaments may double as earrings, so it's a win win there! :)
Meanwhile, GIVE a hoot (and a side dish), GET a whole lotta love back, and enjoy your tribe, whomever/wherever they might be! XO 'til then.
Gimme Gimme (Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Max Von Essen, I'm Old Fashioned)
Give Them What They Want (John Lithgow, Gregory Ybara, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (Zach Braff, Betsy Wolfe, Bullets Over Broadway)
The Prince Is Giving A Ball (Ensemble, Cinderella)
Give A Little Whistle (Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Pinocchio)
Give The Little Lady A Great Big Hand (Elaine Stritch, Goldilocks)
Give A Man Enough Rope (Keith Carradine, The Will Rogers Follies)
Something's Gotta Give (Jack Jones)
Give Him The Ooh-Lah-Lah (Sutton Foster, Take Me To The World)
Give It All You Got (Susan Johnson, Ensemble, Oh Captain!)
Give A Little, Get A Little (Dolores Gray, Two On The Aisle)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Judy Garland, Judy In Love)
If I Could Give You More (Harry Connick, Jr., Blue Light, Red Light)
I'd Give It All For You (Brooks Ashmanskas, Andrea Burns, Songs For A New World)
Give Up (A Little Friendly Advice)(Moya Angela, Margo Seibert, In Transit)
You Got Me (Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Cris Alexander, Adolph Green, On The Town)
I'm All I've Got (Michele Lee, Bravo Giovanni)
You Gotta Look Out For Yourself (Tim Walton, Ensemble, City Of Angels)
I've Still Got My Health (Ethel Merman, Panama Hattie)
You've Got That Thing (Tam Mutu, Scarlet Strallen, The New Yorkers)
What Has She Got (Faith Prince, Redhead)
I've Gotta Crow (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)
You've Got Possibilities (Linda Lavin, It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman)
I've Got You To Lean On (Angela Lansbury, Anyone Can Whistle)
I Got It From Agnes (Tom Lehrer, Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer)
The Man That Got Away (Judy Garland)
I Got Rhythm (Ethel Merman, Girl Crazy)
Got A Bran' New Suit (Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire, The Band Wagon)
Ya Got Trouble (Robert Preston, The Music Man)
Use What You Got (Sam Harris, The Life)
You Gotta Get A Gimmick (Alison Fraser, Lenora Nemetz, Marilyn Caskey, Gypsy)
Got To Be There (Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five)
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