Another in our on-going series of shows featuring music from local productions.
This week: Anyhing Goes (Goldenrod Showboat), State
Fair (Stages) and
Hair (New Line Theatre)
PLAYLIST
| Selection |
Source |
Performer(s) |
Comments |
| I Get a Kick Out of You |
Anything Goes (Revival Cast, 1987) |
Patti LuPone |
Anything Goes (music and lyrics by Cole Porter)
opened on 11/21/1934 and ran for 420 performances. The idea came
to producer Vinton Freedley while relaxing on a fishing boat off
Pearl Island in the Gulf of Panama. He fled there in 1933 to
avoid creditors after the failure of his musical Pardon
My English earlier that year. |
| All Through the Night |
Anything Goes (Revival Cast, 1962) |
Hal Linden, Eileen Rogers |
Although best known for his television and film work—especially the
Barney Miller series (ABC, 1975—1982)—Linden
also has substantial Broadway credentials. He appeared in (among others)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Subways
Are For Sleeping, The Apple Tree and a
revival of The Pajama Game in 1973. His Tony-winning
performance in The Rothschilds (1970) led to the offer
of the lead in Barney Miller. For more information, see his bio at
nyalumni.com/bio.html. |
| Friendship |
Anything Goes (Revival Cast, 1987) |
Patti LuPone, Bill McCutcheon |
This revival of Anything Goes ran 804 performances,
nearly twice as long as the original 1934 production. |
| Let's Misbehave |
Anything Goes (Revival Cast, 1962) |
Eileen Rogers, Kenneth Mars |
From the 1962 revival, which ran 239 performances and included some
Porter songs not in the original, including this one. Mars is best known
for his outrageous comedy roles in Mel Brooks films, among others. |
| Anything Goes |
Anything Goes (Revival Cast, 1987) |
Patti LuPone |
LuPone, of course, first attained Broadway stardom in
Evita (1979). She got a New York
Drama Desk award and Tony Nomination for this performance. |
| Blow, Gabriel, Blow |
Anything Goes (Revival Cast, 1987) |
Patti LuPone |
LuPone's other New York stage credits include The
Cradle Will Rock, Oliver!,
Master Class (as Maria Callas), and
Pal Joey. She also created the role of
Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard in London
in 1994. Her complete biography can be found at
www.pattilupone.net/bio.html. |
| It's a Grand Night for Singing |
Ron Raines: Broadway Passion |
Ron Raines, National Symphony Orchestra cond. by John Owen Edwards |
From State Fair. Raines first gained national
attention as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1983 revival of Show Boat on Broadway
(a role he later reprised here at the Muny). He has appeared in numerous
off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. |
| Boys and Girls Like You and Me |
Where Have We Met Before?&3151;Forgotten Songs from Broadway,
Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley |
Judy Garland and George Stoll's Orchestra |
Originally part of the score for Oklahoma!,
the song was cut during tryouts in New Haven (when the show was still
titled Away We Go!). It didn't appear again
until 1996, when it was interpolated into a Broadway revival of
State Fair. This was released in 1944
as the "B" side of a recording of "The Trolley Song" from
Meet Me in St. Louis. |
| It Might as Well Be Spring |
Ike Quebec: It Might as Well Be Spring |
Ike Quebec (tenor sax), Freddie Roach (organ),
Milt Hinton (bass), Al Harewood (drums) |
From State Fair. Recorded in 1961.
Quebec was active in the 1940s and recorded extensively for Blue Note,
but went into semi-retirement in the 1950s. He returned to recording
and performing in the 1960s. |
| I Believe in Love |
Hair (OC 1968) |
Melba Moore and Company |
This and the next two songs were cut from the original LP version of
the original cast recording because of time constraints. They appear on
the CD re-issue. |
| Going Down |
Hair (OC 1968) |
Gerome Ragni and Company |
Ragni is co-author of the book and lyrics. |
| Electric Blues |
Hair (OC 1968) |
Paul Jabara and Company |
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| The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) |
Hair (OC 1968) |
James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore, Company |
Rado is the other co-author of the book and lyrics. Composer Galt
MacDermot played electric piano in the band. |
