Back from Philly. Man, I love city energy! Didn't realize how much I missed Grit. (And Gritty! Who is now also a tree ornament. :)) I really think I'm meant to retire to a metropolis. No car, no driving in snow, no pesky suicidal varmints running into your vehicle, no car insurance (do I hate cars?)...and plenty of cheesesteaks (probably cheese CAKES, as well). Actually, Pat's and Geno's should sell cakes along with their "steaks", am I right? I'd buy 'em!
Three blocks from my daughter's digs...Pat's!
And below, the reason I went to P-town:
My daughter's graduation (okay, YES, from Clown School).
Broadway's had a challenging couple of weeks, starting-then-stopping performances, agog with break-through Covid cases. Hamilton closed til post Xmas...Doubtfire's been off and on (mostly "off" if you've read the reviews), and Company's crazed with myriad mishaps, including food poisoning, broken fingers and falling glass? Stay home and listen to radio, whydoncha? It's (probably) safer!
Meanwhile, I'm typing this BEFORE Christmas, but of course you'll be hearing this playlist AFTER, so I'm bidding a fond adieu to all that Xmas Music. It works for awhile, but like treacle tarts and Turkish Delight, it can melt your molars (or tear off your caps, pick one) after too many "doses." So this Sunday, it'll be ONWARD to new days, new windows, trying to remember (did I actually CLOSE that new window?), "Walking" (yup, gotta get in those 10 million steps in 2022, right?), and a Champagne Chaser. Sort of a multi-themed show, just because that's my brain on Cheesesteaks.
Straight from that "wardrobe": Turkish Delight.
Looks harmless enough, right? Don't be fooled.
So let this be my Happy New Year to all you Broadway-philes out there. May we stay vertical (and let the stats go horizontal), and thin-ISH, and moving. Keep a mouthful of teeth (for steaks and cakes), and positive (in the GOOD way). XO
There's A New Day Coming (Karen Ziemba, Brooks Ashmanskas, Ensemble, Bullets Over Broadway)
Everything Old Is New Again (Max Von Essen, Call Me Old Fashioned)
It's A New World (Judy Garland, A Star Is Born)
Open A New Window (Angela Lansbury, Mame)
My New Celebrity Is You (Jessica Molaskey, Dave Frishberg, At The Algonquin)
Let's Start The New Year Right (Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn)
The Perfect Year (Patti LuPone, Kevin Anderson, Sunset Boulevard)
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Harry Connick, Jr., When My Heart Finds Christmas)
Walking Happy (Norman Wisdom, Louise Troy, Company, Walking Happy)
(Walking) Among My Yesterdays (Robert Goulet, The Happy Time)
Love Walked In (Bobby Short, Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For Gershwin)
I Don't Want To Walk Without You (Elaine Stritch, Stritch)
When I Go Out Walking With My Baby (John Davidson, Kathryn Crosby, State Fair)
Cakewalk Your Lady (Joseph Webster, Ensemble, The Coffee Club Orchestra, St. Louis Woman)
The Lambeth Walk (Robert Lindsay, Emma Thompson, Me And My Girl)
Double Talk Walk (Instrumental, City Of Angels)
Walk Like A Man (John Lloyd Young, Ensemble, Jersey Boys)
Walking In The Rain (Anika larsen, Jarrod Spector, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
You Walk With Me (Jason Danieley, Romain Fruge, The Full Monty)
If He Walked Into My Life (Angela Lansbury, Mame)
Try To Remember (Jerry Orbach, The Fantastiks)
I Remember It Well (Maurice Chevalier, Hermoine Gingold, Gigi)
I Remember That (Clarke Thorell, Andrea Burns, Saturday Night)
Fancy Forgetting (Ruth Altman, Eric Berry, Paul McGrane And His Bearcats Orchestra, The Boy Friend)
Something To Remember You By (Leo Reisman's Orchestra, Vocals By Frank Luther)
I Don't Remember You (Robert Goulet, The Happy Time)
It's Today (Angela Lansbury, Mame)
The Night They Invented Champagne (Karin Wolfe, Daniel Massey, Maria Karnilova, Gigi)
Drinkin' Shoes (Jim Wann, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, John Foley, Pump Boys And Dinettes)
Champagne (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, In The Heights)
The Last Night Of The Year (Tom Wopat, Consider It Swung)
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