Playlist For Sunday, April 2, 2023: Sighing for Cy

Brain Droppings on this, the last week of frickin' March:

1.) I've started Instacarting. Not the ordering, the actual shopping FOR Instacart folks. And man, the stuff people eat! Not to judge, but the judgement is floooowwwwing! Frozen food, chips (exponential chips...how the hell many do they even make?), cookies, crackers, more chips, no fruit, no fresh anything. Jesus, I feel like an ascetic, organic, gruel-eating nun by comparison.

 

I have actually NEVER had this much food in a cart.

 2.) The wind. Speaking from wind experience, I fear for my roof. A few years back, I lost a large part of it (see below). My garbage can is already in Morton.

 

Roofs do not belong on the ground.

 

3.) Finally signed up with a financial consultant. In 24 hours, I've gone from dreaming of a townhouse in Philly to thinking I may need to rent out a room of this 200 year old, drafty cobblestone. Oh, and go back to eating gruel.

4.) Pledge Drive time is around the corner. Kneeling on rice time. Rice purchased (while Instacarting). Now I just need new knees. Or at least knee pads. (I'm kidding. It's actually a pretty fun time.)

 

Let's deny all of this reality though, with a Cy (a sigh?)...Seymour (Cy) Coleman, jazzy composer he. Cy started out a child prodigy who, at the age of 9? 11?, performed piano recitals in "halls" (like the Carnegie kind). Then he decided to play jazz, and snap! He had a trio and/or a quartet and played gigs and recorded. Then he decided to compose pop songs (ever hear of "Witchcraft", which he must have had a talent for?)(how 'bout "The Best Is Yet To Come"? It was!). And THEN he landed on Broadway, turned west, and voila, Musical Theatre Land. Little Me, Wildcat, Sweet Charity, City Of Angels, Barnum, On The Twentieth Century.  So let's immerse ourselves in Cy (Sigh). 

Plus we'll hear a little of Doris, cuz they say it's her birthday. And Debbie! Her natal day is this week, as well.

Doris Mary Kappelhoff, born April 3, 1922...

 

...and Mary Frances Reynolds, April 1, 1932. 

 

 

So hopefully a pretty yummy show. I'll bring the frozen tater tots, you bring the bugles, and we'll sigh for Cy...and Doris and Deb...together. See ya then!

Seesaw (Ensemble, Seesaw)

I've Got Your Number (Swen Swenson, Little Me)

Little Me (Virginia Martin, Nancy Andrews, Little Me)

Real Live Girl (Ensemble, Little Me)

Hey, Look Me Over (Lucille Ball, Wildcat)

Use What You Got (Sam Harris, The Life)

I Love My Wife (Lenny Baker, James Naughton, I Love My Wife) 

It's Magic (Doris Day, Romance On The High Seas)

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Doris Day)

Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea (Romance On The High Seas, Doris Day)

Stranded (John Cullum, Ensemble, On The Twentieth Century)

Never (Madeline Kahn, John Cullum, On The Twentieth Century)

Five Zeros (Imogene Coca, George Coe, Dean Dittman, John Cullum, On The Twentieth Century)

Prologue - Theme (James Naughton, City Of Angels)

Lost And Found (Rachel York, City Of Angels)

You Can Always Count On Me (Randy Graff, City Of Angels)

Double Talk Walk (Instrumental, City Of Angels)

You Gotta Look Out For Yourself (Scott Waara, The Angel City 4, City Of Angels)

Big Spender (Ann Reinking, Ensemble, Sweet Charity/Fosse)

Rich Man's Frug (Instrumental, Sweet Charity)

The Rhythm Of Life (Sammy Davis, Jr., Sweet Charity)

Give A Man Enough Rope (Keith Carridine, The Will Rogers Follies)

No Man Left For Me (Dee Hoty, The Will Rogers Follies)

Will-a-mania (Ensemble, The Will Rogers Follies)

Aba Daba Honeymoon (Debbie Reynolds, Carleton Carpenter, Two Weeks With Love)

Good Morning (Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Singin' In The Rain)

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Debbie Reynolds, Irene)

You Are My Lucky Star (Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Singin' In The Rain)

We've Got It (Ken Howard, Michele Lee, Seesaw) 

Welcome To Holiday Inn (Michele Lee, Seesaw) 

It's Not Where You Start, It's Where You Finish (Tommy Tune, Seesaw)