Playlist For Sunday, June 25, 2023: Color It Gay!

Holy Moly! June is almost over? I've been biking over hill and dale, oblivious to the date and... Man, there really is a time warp! From May 1 to January 2nd, the calendar pages just fly, like they do in old movies. So much going on: social "dos", beach weekends, recreation a go go, trips near and far, outside stuff (NOT gardening, NEVER gardening)...and holidays. It all comes crashing down, of course on January 2nd, when we realize we have 3-4 months of The Gulag to face down, and the tempo of life gets molasses-y. Like a decent schmear on a bagel, fun stuff should be spread (with maximum coverage) throughout the year, right? Right.

 

 

But before one more second of June swooshes past, I want to do a Gay Pride Salute on 2 On The Aisle. Of course, every month is Gay Pride Month on Broadway, so we're always saluting it. Huzzah! But this Sunday, we'll spotlight all the colors of that Rainbow Flag...musical blues, red, pink, green, black and white (like that wonderful cookie!), plus rainbow songs annnnnd La Cage Aux Folles. 

 

 https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a27789288/rainbow-pride-flag-meaning/

 

Gene Barry doing his Cage Aux Folles best, with Les Cagelles

 

 

Judy perhaps contemplating a rainbow (flag)?

 

 

 

 And not to forget "Mama, A Rainbow" from Minnie's Boys

(yup, that's Shelly Winters as Minnie and her motley crew)!

 

 

I DO have to add a disclaimer: The Jazz Fest will be in full swing when this edition airs. And because of that, there will be a couple of jazz "breaks" within the program, live coverage brought to you by Jazz90.1's DJs at the booth on Jazz St. Soooo that means my playlist might be tweaked due to time constraints. Apologies for that, but we want to keep you informed about all the festival doings.

Oh, and new music is coming! I just ordered Shucked and Kimberly Akimbo...and will debut them IF they come up to our high standards. Definitely tardy in that way, not having tossed these new shows at you before now, content as I am with the Comdens, Greens, Stynes, and R&Hers. Calling me "historic" is a nice way to say, "Kim, you're out of touch", but thanks for keeping that to yourself. :)

See you for that salute on Sunday! Wear something that glows/huzzahs in the dark. :) 

 

We Are What We Are (George Hearn, The Cagelles, La Cage Aux Folles)

Shaking The Blues Away (Doris Day, Love Me Or Leave Me)

Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (Zach Braff, Betsy Wolfe, Bullets Over Broadway)

Be Like The Bluebird (Joel Grey, Anything Goes)

Coffee, Black (Daniel H. Jenkins, Jon Cypher, Ensemble, Big)

That Old Black Magic (Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Bus Stop)

 My White Knight (Sutton Foster, The Music Man)

The Red Blues (Henry Lasco and "The Russians", Silk Stockings)

At The Red Rose Cotillion (Terence Cooper, Pamela Gale, Where's Charley?)

I'd Rather Be Blue (Fanny Brice, My Man)

Homesick Blues (Carol Channing, Ensemble, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

Black And Blue (Nell Carter, Company, Ain't Misbehavin')

The Color Purple (LeChanze, Elisabeth Withers, The Color Purple)

Blackout (Company, In The Heights)

Colored Lights (Liza Minnelli, The Rink)

Color And Light (Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Sunday In The Park With George)

Think Pink! (Kay Thompson, Funny Face)

Somewhere That's Green (Kerry Butler, Little Shop Of Horrors)

Green Finch And Linnet Bird (Sarah Rice, Sweeney Todd)

Buddy's Blues (Mandy Patinkin, Follies)

Mama, A Rainbow (Daniel Fortus, Shelly Winters, Minnie's Boys)

Alice Blue Gown (Debbie Reynolds, Irene)

Lavender Blue (Burl Ives, So Dear To My Heart)

Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz)

A Little More Mascara (George Hearn, La Cage Aux Folles)