Playlist For Sunday, June 16, 2024: Do the (Tony) Hustle!

Recent Brain Droppings: 

1.) Tis the season of long bike rides. I'm talkin' pushing the (pedal) envelope towards that century mark. BUT every time I get to around 65 miles, all I can think of is "why" ...as in WHY did you plan a gosh darn 86 mile trek to Bim Bom Bay? Of course, then I stop and eat a Pay Day and turn on my soundtrack (50s? 70s? Broadway?) and ...I still think the thoughts, but pant and puff home.

That's me with the 'kerchief! Old Paint is pretty zippy.

2.) During the pandemic, I followed a zillion You-Tubers. Like the ones who show you how to crochet with wire or make vegan cheese or water fast for 40 days. I'm finding I don't need them anymore. Like, what was I thinking? Do I really need to make earrings out of cheese and wire? Well, basically back then I'd watch anything. Jettison. Now.

 

 

 3.) I still have critters in my "roof" ...like bad upstairs neighbors that I had in NYC, only with no attitude, just teeth. Broom handle knocking works for about 30 seconds. I mean, it really sounds like these guys are black-walnut bowling. Bocci at 3am. What the...

4.) Annnnd I'm still doin' the Tony Hustle! 37 more musicals this coming Sunday, though I DID leave one out. I guess true Broadway-philes will notice the omission immediately, but it's a show I knew was not worth ordering a CD of (2 hints: Juke-boxy and centered on dance) and I couldn't find a You-Tube edition that was sound-worthy. Ah well...at least that omission will make room for 1 brand new musical that's favored to win the 2024 award. So there. 

Meanwhile, Jazz 90.1 is in the middle of a short but sweet fund raiser. Trying to meet that June 30th deadline, financial-goal-wise. Our members (like you!) are super generous every pledge drive, but if you can find it in your heart (and in your checking account) to add a couple more pennies to our "coffers", that would be wonderful. 

As always, THANKS and see ya for Part 2 of our Tony Quest (we ride at DAWN! I mean, at 3) on Sunday, and maybe at the Jazz Fest, right? I'll be boothing it. Come see me! 

Masquerade (Ensemble, The Phantom Of The Opera)

Waitin' For The Sun To Shine (Daniel Jenkins, Big River)

Off To The Races (George Rose, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood)

Do You Hear The People Sing? (Michael Maguire, Ensemble, Les Miserables)

Overture: Gotta Dance/Papa, Won't You Dance With Me (Company, Jerome Robbins Broadway

You Gotta Look Out For Yourself (Scott Waara, Ensemble, City Of Angels)

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

Naughty Baby (Jodi Benson, Harry Groener, Crazy For You)

Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Chita Rivera, Kiss Of The Spider Woman)

Loving You (Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Passion)

The Perfect Year (Patti LuPone, Kevin Anderson, Sunset Boulevard)

Seasons Of Love (Company, Rent)

We'll Meet Tomorrow (Company, Titanic)

They Live In You (Samuel E. Wright, The Lion King)

Dancin' Dan/Me And My Shadow (Ben Vereen, Company, Fosse)

Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? (Brad Oscar, The Producers)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (Sutton Foster, Ensemble, Thoroughly Modern Millie)

(It's) Hairspray (Clarke Thorell, Hairspray)

The Avenue Q Theme (Company, Avenue Q)

Whatever Happened To My Part? (Sara Ramirez, Spamalot)

Big Girls Don't Cry (Ensemble, Jersey Boys)

The Song Of Purple Rain (Lauren Pritchard, Spring Awakening)

Champagne (Karen Olivo, Lin Manuel Miranda, In The Heights)

Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher (Santino Fontana, Ensemble, Billy Elliot)

Everybody Wants To Be Black On A Saturday Night (Company, Memphis)

Hello! (Company, The Book Of Mormon)

Say It To Me (Steve Kazee, Once)

Charlie's Soliloquy (Stark Sands, Kinky Boots)

You're A D'ysquith (Jane Carr, Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder)

Ring Of Keys (Sydney Lucas, Fun Home)

The Schuyler Sisters (Leslie Odom Jr., Renee Elise Goldsberry, Philippa Soo, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Hamilton)

Anybody Have A Map (Rachel Bay Jones, Ensemble, Dear Evan Hansen)

Omar Sharif (Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit)

When The Chips Are Down (Chris Sullivan, Nabiya Be, Hadestown)

Shut Up And Dance With Me (Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit, Moulon Rouge)

A Strange Loop (Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop)

Great Adventure (Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo)

Kaleidoscope (Maleah Joi Moon, Hell's Kitchen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playlist For Sunday, June 9, 2024: Tony, Let's Haul It!

Well, this past Saturday (June 1st) I celebrated an anniversary...13 years ago that day, I moved out of NYC. It took 1 U-Haul, driven by my cousin, and 1 SUV (the old large kind) to hold books, plants, clothes, lamps, "art", and a piano. About 150 miles north, the U-Haul stopped hauling, and we sat on a Thruway shoulder waiting for a rescue (4 hours, 88 degrees), which "hauled" the defunct "U" to Colonie, just north-ish of Albany, for a replacement. 

 

Not the actual U-Haul in question, but you get the "picture".

So I stopped being a New Yorker on the 1st, and became an Upstater on the 2nd. I guess the powers-that-be saw it necessary for me to take a longer decompression time, specifically in an Albany Comfort Inn, with Pizza Hut "fuel", to go from City to Country Mouse. Why those powers thought Albany an appropriate decompression venue, and not Skaneateles or the casino at Verona, I'll never know. 

This is me, lounging in my pink feathers about the barn.

 

And just this year, I can now say I've spent half of my life in each location. Half Park Ave., half Green Acres. The pendulum will now swing in the upstate direction, unless I move to Iceland and spend 34 years THERE! 

All this to say, I'm embarrassed by my absence on Broadway. Here it is again, Tony Awards time, and I regret to say I haven't seen 1 of the nominees for Best Musical. (I did see Merrily We Roll Along, but that's a Revival nom. Doesn't count.) Soooo with all that ignorance of the NEW, I've planned a challenge for myself. Let's play alllll of the past Best Musical Tony Winners since the category was launched, starting in 1948 and going all the way to 2023.

 

One of the first Tony Award Ceremonies, held at the Waldorf Astoria

(perhaps that's Carol Haney, at Table 49???),

and (below) the money clip awarded to the male winners,

pre-trophy!

 

That's 77 musicals. This week, 37 (tho my new favorite number is 34). The following, 40? We WILL do this, do not think we can't. I'll just have to shut up and spin. Mostly it'll be in a tight chronological order. Notice I said mostly. That could change.

But tune in and count down...If we can't make it to this year's red carpet, we can reminisce about the old ones. They'll sound just as good, as long as we vacuum. :)

 

We Open In Venice (Alfred Drake, Patricia Morrison, Harold Lang, Harold Lang, Kiss Me Kate)

Bloody Mary (Ensemble, South Pacific)

Guys And Dolls (Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, Douglas Deane, Guys And Dolls)

Shall We Dance (Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, The King And I)

Ohio (Rosalind Russell, Edie Adams, Wonderful Town)

The Olive Tree (Alfred Drake, Kismet)

The Pajama Game (Ensemble, The Pajama Game)

Heart (Jean Stapleton, Ensemble, Damn Yankees)

Get Me To The Church On Time (Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady)

Till There Was You (Barbara Cook, Robert Preston, The Music Man)

Look Who's In Love (Richard Kiley, Gwen Verdon, Redhead)

Edelweiss (Theodore Bikel, The Sound Of Music)

Gentlemen Jimmy (Eileen Rodgers, Fiorello!)

A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Dick Gautier, Bye Bye Birdie)

I Believe In You (Robert Morse, Ensemble, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)

Lovely (Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)

Miracle Of Miracles (Austin Pendleton, Fiddler On The Roof)

Dulcinea (Richard Kiley, Man Of La Mancha) 

Finale (David Burns, Carol Channing, Company, Hello, Dolly!)

Cabaret (Liza Minnelli, Cabaret)

My Own Morning (Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!) 

Welcome To The Theatre (Lauren Bacall, Applause)

The Lees Of Old Virginia (Ron Holgate, 1776)

The Little Things You Do Together (Elaine Stritch, Ensemble, Company)

Send In The Clowns (Glynis Johns, A Little Night Music)

I'd Like To Be A Rose (Raul Julia, Clifton Davis, Two Gentlemen Of Verona)

Man Say (Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Raisin)

Mean Ole Lion (Ted Ross, The Wiz) 

The Joint Is Jumpin' (Ensemble, Ain't Misbehavin') 

Sing! (Don Percassi, Renee Baughman, A Chorus Line)

Tomorrow (Andrea McArdle, Annie)

Wait (Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd)

Only With You (Raul Julia, Nine) 

Getting Out Of Town (Carol Cooke, Joseph Bova, 42nd Street) 

Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Patti LuPone, Evita)

Memory (Betty Buckley, Cats)

The Best Of Times (George Hearn, Company, La Cage Aux Folles)