As I type this, I can see grass. I can see clumps of mud plowed up and over some prehistoric piles of snow. Ice over mud. Mud over snow. And a weather system as ambivalent as a Stephen Sondheim lyric. Sorry Grateful? Nah, more like You Could Drive A Person Crazy. Or Barthelona, April!
Should I stay or should I go now?
In fact, Ambivalence could be a 2 hour theme, right? Another excuse to play Steve. Not Jerry. Jerry's a parade, a train, a mission statement. Steve...well, maybe, but not really. A Parade? Uh...
BTW, has anyone reading this actually SEEN the new gender switching version of Company? Scuttlebutt surrounding the show is Sorry Grateful. Mixed. LuPone with an exclamation point, Lenk with a menza menza. The fact that promos for this revival are alllll over my social media make it sound desperate for ticket buyers. Same-ish for That Music Man. Jackman's Great. Jackman's Not So Great. Sutton's not a soprano. Sutton's so great. Someone please send out a scout on an Appaloosa to course it out, will ya? Send word back. Need the real dirt. All I read For Sure are the nutty ticket prices: $700 to hear that T rhymes with P and that stands for...old news.
Patti vs Katrina
Hugh vs Sutton
I'm complaining when I shouldn't be. My social life is popping...3 events in 1 week? Holy Post Pandemic, Batman, I don't know if I can deal with this whirl! Plus as promised, the prodigal daughter returneth in 1 week, so we'll be concocting a 2 On The Aisle full of duel in the sun Broadway critiques, rants, and raves. And we'll toss all of it at you over the airwaves come March 6!
But more to the matter at hand: This week's playlist celebrates 8, count 'em 8, Broadway Birthdays (that's a lotta cake. And me on Keto?), plus an Opening to commemorate, which is sorta like a birthday of a show, right? I've missed several February natal days, so I have to pay the piper and let the piper play. From Stritch to Peters to Mostel to Ebersole and more, I guess we'll get mighty tired of that irritating birthday song. But so be it. See you on Sunday, and remember: It's BYOBC. Bring Your Own Butter Cream. :)
I'm Still Here (Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch At Liberty)
It's A Business (Debra Monk, Curtains)
Tips (Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, Pump Boys And Dinettes)
Everybody's Girl (Debra Monk, Steel Pier)
The Hostess With The Mostess (Tyne Daly, Call Me Madame)
Nice (Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, It Shoulda Been You)
Mr. Goldstone, I Love You (Tyne Daly, Gypsy)
Can't Stop Talkin' About Him (Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Let's Dance)
You Can't Get A Man With A Gun (Betty Hutton, Annie Get Your Gun)
Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancin' In A Hurry (Betty Hutton)
Free (Zero Mostel, Brian Davies, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)
If I Were A Rich Man (Zero Mostel, Fiddler On The Roof)
Sid, Ol' Kid (Jackie Gleason, Ensemble, Take Me Along)
But Yours (Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie, Take Me Along)
Melancholy Serenade (The Jackie Gleason Orchestra)
Take Me Along (Jackie Gleason, Walter Huston, Take Me Along)
The Revolutionary Costume Of The Day (Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens)
World Weary (Christine Ebersole, Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward)
Pink (Christine Ebersole, War Paint)
Time Heals Everything (Bernadette Peters, Mack And Mabel)
Sooner Or Later (Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.)
No One Is Alone (Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.)
Are You Having Any Fun? (Elaine Stritch, Stritch)
I Want A Long Time Daddy (Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch At Liberty)
If You Hadn't, But You Did (Elaine Stritch, Stritch)
Later Than Spring (Elaine Stritch, Sail Away)
Christopher Street (Ensemble, Wonderful Town)
One Hundred Easy Ways (Rosalind Russell, Wonderful Town)
Conga! (Rosalind Russell, Ensemble, Wonderful Town)
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