| Taxi Number: Come up to My Place |
On the Town (LP cast, 1960s) |
Nancy Walker, Chris Alexander |
Based on Bernstein's Fancy Free ballet from 4/1944; opened 12/28/1944; b'way debut for Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Jerome Robbins; Green & Alexander were in OC. |
| The Great Lover |
Bernstein: the Royal Collection (CD, 1991) |
NY Philharmonic, Bernstein |
Recorded in 1963 |
| Opening: New York, New York |
On the Town (LP cast, 1960s) |
Adolph Green, John Reardon, Chris Alexander |
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| Lonely Town: Pas de deux |
Bernstein: the Royal Collection (CD, 1991) |
NY Philharmonic, Bernstein |
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| Carried Away |
On the Town (LP cast, 1960s) |
Betty Comden, Adoloph Green |
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| Times Square: 1944 |
Bernstein: the Royal Collection (CD, 1991) |
NY Philharmonic, Bernstein |
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| Night Club Sequence |
On the Town (LP cast, 1960s) |
Betty Comden, Adoloph Green, Nancy Walker, Chris Alexander |
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| Interview with Jack Lane, Stages (10:30) |
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| Doin' the New Low Down |
Follies, Scandals, and Other Diversions (LP, 1977) |
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Don Redman Orchestra |
From Blackbirds of 1928, recorded 12/29/1932; show billed as a distinctive and unique entertianment with an all-star cast of 100 colored artists; others in 30,33,39; Robinson dubbed His Royal Nimbleness by critic Gilbert Gabriel |
| Bojangles of Harlem |
Swing Time (OS, 1936) |
Fred Astaire |
Collected on Starring Fred Astaire (LP, 1973) |
| The Production Code |
Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine (OC, 1980) |
Company |
Music by Frank Lazarus, book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh; successful off-b'way musical; 1st act is homage to movies in general and songwriter Richard Whiting in particular; 2nd act is musical version of Chekov's The Bear as done by the Marx Brothers. |
| Interview with, appearing as in The Tap Dance Kid at the Black Rep (11:00) |
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| Overture |
Oklahoma (OC, 19?) |
Orchestra |
Opened 3/31/1943 at St. James theatre, prod. by Theater Guild, ran 2,212 perf., record held until My Fair Lady, 1956; first R&H collaboration, first book musical by Agnes DeMille |
| Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' |
Oklahoma (OC, 19?) |
Alfred Drake |
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| Surrey with the Fringe on Top |
Oklahoma (OC, 19?) |
Alfred Drake |
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| Interview with Tim Ocel, directing Arianna at OTSL (11:30, recorded) |
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| You who pretend to sleep.. |
Faust (CD, 1991) |
Richard Leech, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson |
Act IV, sc. 5--Faust sings a mocking love serenade outside Marguerite's home. |
| Introduction |
Katya Kabonova (CD, 1989) |
Zdenek Svela, Jitka Pavlova, Vienna Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras |
From 1921; along with Cunning Little Vixen (1923) and The Makroplous Affair (1925), reflects different stages of his (unrequited) love for Kamile Stosslova, whom he met during WW I. She was 38 yrs his junior and didn't appreciate him or his music. |
| Interlude I |
Katya Kabonova (CD, 1989) |
Vienna Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras |
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| Interlude II |
Katya Kabonova (CD, 1989) |
Vienna Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras |
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| Unworthy of Your Love |
Assassins (OC, 1991) |
Greg Germann, Annie Golden |
Songs of dysfunctional love by John Hinckley (failed Reagan assassin) and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (failed Ford assassin) |
| The Ballad of Guiteau |
Assassins (OC, 1991) |
Patrick Cassidy, Jonathan Hadary |
Assassin of Garfield; "I am Going to the Lordy" is an actual poem by Guiteau. |
| The Ballad of Booth |
Assassins (OC, 1991) |
Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber |
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