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April 26, 2005
To list or not to list, there is no question.
As pale Diana now doth yield to Phoebus,
So would Stage Left fain glide upon the Ether
And take up now the KDHX mantle,
With Chuck Lavazzi, helmsman of our rigger,
His compass set in manner bold for Shakespeare.
On April 23rd was born our Will,
The Bard of Avon whom we honor still.
Alas, the second half of this week's show was from the air untimley ripp'd due to a technology malfunction - hence the abbreviated play list.
PLAYLIST
| Selection |
Source |
Performer(s) |
Comments |
| Movie Preview |
The Reduced Shakespeare Company Radio Show |
The
Reduced Shakespeare Company |
Mr. T. IS Othello! |
| Just Like Romeo and Juliet |
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic
Era, 1965-1968 |
Michael and the Messengers |
This is from 1967 if memory serves. There was no
actual "Michael" in the group, so members took turns
being Michael. |
| Mystery Dance |
My Aim is True |
Elvis Costello |
Well, it starts with Romeo and Juliet, anyway. |
| Shakedown |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Zulma Diaz |
Puck rejoices in his capacity for mischief. Music
and lyrics for this yet-to-be-produced rock musical (loosely based
on the Shakespeare comedy) are by George Griggs. |
| Let's Fall in Love |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
George Griggs, Jim Calder, David Singleton, Joseph
R. Holland, III |
Since it's a rock musical, Bottom the other "mechanicals"
have a band instead of a production of "Pyramus and Thisbe".
As they play for the Duke's wedding, everybody dances and Puck
has the final word. |
| Oberon and Titania |
Il Sogno |
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael
Tilson Thomas |
It's back to Elvis Costello, this time as a composer.
Il Sogno (The Dream) is the score for a ballet based on
A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Costello wrote it for the Italian
company Alterballetto. |
| Puck 2 |
Il Sogno |
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael
Tilson Thomas |
Puck shows his brasher and more spiteful side. |
| The Face of Bottom |
Il Sogno |
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael
Tilson Thomas |
Bottom and his fellow players try to rehearse but
Puck changes Bottom in to a donkey and everyone scatters. |
| Balcony Scene - Tonight |
Leonard
Bernstein's New York |
Audra McDonald,
Mandy Patinkin; Orchestra
of St. Luke's conducted by Eric Stern |
From West Side Story (1957) based, of course,
on Romeo
and Juliet. Interestingly enough, the show was originally
to be titled East Side Story and was to concern a Jewish boy's
star-crossed romance with an Italian Catholic girl. |
| Tonight (Quintet and Chorus) |
West Side Story (OC 1957) |
Chita Rivera, Larry Kert, Mickey Calin, Carol Lawrence,
Company |
This occurs just before The Rumble, the violent
dance sequence that concludes Act I. |
| Part 1 |
Shakespeare's Lost Comedie |
The Firesign
Theatre |
Three Weird Cooks serve up some prophecies to Prince
Edmund and the Archbishop of Pflegm; a ghost serves as a plot
device; Edmund Edmund is served history's first exploding cigar. |
Acronyms and other mysteries defined:
OC: Unless otherwise indicated,
the Original Cast recording of a Broadway show, along with the date. OS: Unless otherwise indicated, the Original
Soundtrack recording of a film, TV show, etc.
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