Does anyone still read blogs? Seems like everyone wants VLOGS, videos, podcasts or Youtube channels...not boring old text, with photos that don't move or sing or scream at you. But I'll keep posting them, just so you Broadway "junkies" can have a pre-show look at a playlist, and see what this dame in dreaming up.
I'm typing this on the 4th Of July, which seems like a bit of a downer this year. What with Supreme Court "shenanigans" (that's putting it mildly), I find it's pretty ill-timed to celebrate with sparklers, bbqs, and strawberry shortcake. I'd rather wear black and drink heavily, but hey! That's sorta normal for me. :)
In a way, that's why I chose NOT to do a live show this weekend. I wasn't "in the mood" to broadcast another Yankee Doodle Doo 2OTA. Not this year.
I WILL, however, muster plenty of passion for this coming Sunday's show: Openings, as in opening numbers! Often over-the-top, knock-your-socks-off, full company numbers that leave you panting. And clapping! Some opening songs, course, can be low key-ish, and there'll be a sprinkling of those, so we can catch our breath, but you better have a gallon or 7 of O2 at hand and maybe a candy bar (I prefer PayDays) for energy restoration from 3-5pm. All those kick-lines and jazz hands take a toll.
Meanwhile, enjoy your short work week and/or your patio/fire escape/tar beach, cuz it's SUMMER. January is only a half hour away, and we need to soak this season up NOW. Pour the G&T, eat the guac, and for the gods' sake, let the weeds grow!
Good Morning, Baltimore (Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray)
Another Op'nin, Another Show (Don Mayo, Ensemble, Kiss Me, Kate)
Rock Island (Paul Reed, Ensemble, The Music Man)
Why Can't The English (Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady)
The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd (Company, Sweeney Todd)
Company (Dean Jones, Ensemble, Company)
Hello! (Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, The Book Of Mormon)
Wilkommen (Joel Grey, Cabaret)
West Side Story (Instrumental, West Side Story)
All That Jazz (Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Chicago)
Theme From City Of Angels (James Naughton, City Of Angels)
Waiting (Nancy Walker, Do Re Mi)
Wall Street (Tamara Long, Dames At Sea)
Fallin' (Robert Klein, They're Playing Our Song)
Chanson (Jill Martin, The Baker's Wife)
There Will Be Sun (Ensemble, Groundhog Day)
Waiting (Katrina Lenk, Andrew Polk, John Cariani, Etai Bensen, Ensemble, The Band's Visit)
Magic To Do (Patina Miller, Company, Pippin)
Welcome To The Renaissance (Michael James Scott, Ensemble, Something Rotten!)
When You're An Addams (Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Ensemble, The Addams Family)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Company, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
Use What You Got (Sam Harris, The Life)
Prologue/Little Shop Of Horrors (DeQuina Moore, Trisha Jeffrey, Carla Hargrove, Little Shop Of Horrors)
We Dance (Company, Once On This Island)
Blood Done Signed My Name (Ron Taylor, Gretha Boston, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues)
Circle Of Life (Tsidii Le Loka, Company, The Lion King)
Prologue (Company, Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet)
In Transit (Margo Seibert, Mona Angela, Telly Leung, Company, In Transit)
Alexander Hamilton (Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manual Miranda, Company, Hamilton)
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