An early Holiday Edition? Just when I said I wanted that intermission (that limbo) between tofurkey and fruitcake to last long and longer? Well, it's all because I'll be "jetting" away for an extended Fah La La time and won't be able to do a holiday show later. It has to happen soon, like now, as in this coming Sunday.
So that will require early chestnut roasting, early Bing-ing, and much too early (possibly teeth breaking) "Hard Candy." Nonetheless, we'll try to hit all the usual Christmas suspects, like White Christmas, Holiday in Plaid, Be A Santa and Turkey Lurkey (a distant cousin of tofurkey?), plus surprises like Christmas Island by Leon Redbone (once called "Crosby on Quaaludes"), an Elvis "carol", and as always, Allan with his very traditional Twelve Gifts of Christmas (the Japanese transistor radio...what a treat!).
That Lurking Turkey from Promises, Promises,
with Baayork Lee, Donna McKechnie, and Margo Sappington.
Carlin Glynn (right), ready for Hard Candy...Gena Ramsel as Shy (with the hair),
and on the right, ???
The Plaid Tidings dudes, ready to Talk Christmas/Cool Yule...
Would anyone of the present generation even know how to turn one of these on?
So apologies to be leaving you over the holidays, but know that I WILL BE BACK with Broadway. Enjoy your time to the utmost, raise a toddy for me, look for that seat (on the aisle, fireplace nook, or rocking chair), and leave me a cookie out on Xmas Eve. I might "Be A Santa!"
Happy Holidays/Let Yourself Go (Brian d'Arcy James, Jeffry Denman, White Christmas The Musical)
Twelve Days To Christmas (Clerks and Customers, She Loves Me)
We Need A Little Christmas (Angela Lansbury, Sab Shimono, Frankie Michaels, Jane Connell, Mame)
Turkey Lurkey Time (Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee, Margo Sappington, Promises, Promises)
Christmas Island (Leon Redbone)
Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley)
Calypso Christmas (Ensemble, Holiday In Plaid)
Snow (Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee White Christmas)
Sisters (Rosemary Clooney, Trudy Stevens, White Christmas)
The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing (Danny Kaye, White Christmas)
Count Your Blessings (Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, White Christmas)
White Christmas (Company, White Christmas)
Lovers On Christmas Eve (James Naughton, Joanna Gleason, I Love My Wife)
Talk Christmas/Cool Yule (Ensemble, Holiday In Plaid)
(I'm Spending) Hanukah in Santa Monica (Tom Lehrer, The Remains Of Tom Lehrer)
Five Pound Box Of Money (Pearl Bailey)
Johnny, It's Cold Outside (Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Home For Christmas)
Christmas Mem'ries (Barbra Streisand, Christmas Mem'ries)
Ring Them Bells (Liza Minnelli, Liza With A Z)
I Hear Bells (Loni Ackerman, George Lee Andrews, Margery Cohen, Starting Here, Starting Now)
I Can Hear The Bells (Marissa Jaret Winokur, Kerry Butler, Hairspray)
Be A Santa (Sydney Chaplin, Subways Are For Sleeping)
Pine Cones And Holly Berries (Laurence Naismith, Janis Paige, Here's Love)
That Man Over There (Paul Reed, Here's Love)
The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas (Allan Sherman, For Swingin' Livers Only!)
Hard Candy Christmas (Pamela Blair, Donna King, Lisa Brown, Ensemble, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas)
Winter Song (Leslie Odom, Jr., Simply Christmas)
Another Winter In A Summer Town (Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Three Wishes For Christmas (Tony Yazbek, Gypsy)
What Good Is Being Cranky (When It's Christmas Time)(Ann Hampton-Callaway, Hope Of Christmas)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis)
