May 27: Comedy Songs

Comedy Tonight - Nathan Lane, Company, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [Angel]
Professional Showbizness Comedy - Andrea Martin; Ensemble; Tom Mardirosian, My Favorite Year (RCA)
Johnny One Note - Melissa Rain Anderson, Babes in Arms [1999 New York Cast Recording] (DRG)
Is It a Crime - Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
The Rumor - Bea Arthur; Ensemble; Leonard Frey, Fiddler on the Roof OBC (RCA Victor Broadway)
We Both Reached for the Gun - James Naughton, D. Sabella, Ann Reinking, Chicago [RCA] (RCA)
Gee, Officer Krupke! - Jets Cast; Kieran Daniels, West Side Story [Leicester Cast] (Curtain Call)
Shipoopi - Buddy Hackett; Ensemble, The Music Man [Original Soundtrack] (Warner Bros.)
Lydia the Tattooed Lady - Groucho Marx, At the Circus (Raven)
Adelaide's Lament - Faith Prince, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
You Gotta Get a Gimmick - Jule Styne, Gypsy [2008 Broadway Revival Cast] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive] Disc 1 (Time Life)
Schadenfreude (edited for radio) - Avenue Q
Friendship [From Du Barry Was a Lady] - Bert Lahr; Ethel Merman, American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian)
Brush up Your Shakespeare - First Man & Second Man, Kiss Me, Kate [1999 Broadway Revival Cast]

Mar 20: Mothers

Momma, Momma, Momma - Elliott Gould; Lillian Roth, I Can Get It for You Wholesale [Original Soundtrack] (Sony)
Tomorrow's Mothers Day [Cut from Gypsy]
Glamorous Life - Elaine Tomkinson, A Little Night Music
Mother Darling - Erin Davie, Christine Ebersole, Bob Stillman, Matt Cavenaugh, Grey Gardens: A New Musical (PS Classics)
Piano Lesson/If You Don't Mind My Saying So - Pert Kelton; Shirley Jones, The Music Man [Original Soundtrack] (Warner Bros.)
Tina's Mother - Joan Ryan, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Our Little World - Julia McKenzie; Mary Lincoln, Into the Woods [London Cast] (BMG)
Swinging Song/Thomas - Victoria Clark, Fifteen Seconds of Grace (P.S. Classics)
Your Mother and Mine - Disney’s Peter Pan
My Best Girl - Broadway Cast, Mame - 1966 Broadway
Mamma A Rainbow Minnies Boys - Michael Digioia, Another Look
My Son - Christine Ebersole, Patrick Wilson, Bright Lights, Big City [Original Cast] (Sh-K-Boom)
Slipping Through My Fingers - Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia
The Portrait [A...My Name Is Alice] - Barbara Walsh, My Name Will Always Be Alice (Original Cast Record)
I Don't Know Where She Got It - Lillian Hayman; Robert Hooks, Hallelujah, Baby! (Sony Classical)
Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Marissa Jaret Winokur; Nikki Blonsky; Ricki Lake, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)

Shows and Showtunes in the Region

The BEST place to find arts events is at spokanearts.org, but there are several events outside the county of Spokane that are still of interest to musical theater lovers. The region’s schools are also doing some incredible work. If you want to add a musical theater-related event, please email me.

Lake City Playhouse presents Big River from May 8 to May 23 at Lake City Playhouse. The tale of Huck Finn and Joe's epic journey down the Mississippi with excellent music by Roger Miller

Spokane Civic Theatre presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum from May 15 to Jun 14 at Main Stage. Stephen Sondheim's silly but popular romp through Greek farce

Spokane Children's Theatre presents Heidi from May 16 to May 31 at Spokane Community College Lair.

Spokane Civic Theatre Academy presents Rent: The School Edition from May 30 to May 31 at Main Stage.

Best of Broadway presents Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol from 1-Sep to Sep 6 at INB Performing Arts Center.

Spokane Civic Theatre presents Pirates of Penzance from Sep 25 to Oct 25 at Main Stage.

Spokane Children's Theatre presents Disney's High School Musical 2 from October to at TBA.

Spokane Civic Theatre presents Chess in Concert from Oct 30 to Oct 31 at Main Stage.

Best of Broadway presents Disney's The Lion King from Nov 11 to Dec. 6 at INB Performing Arts Center.

Spokane Civic Theatre presents Tuna Christmas/Best Christmas Pagent Ever from Nov 20 to Dec 20 at Main Stage.

Spokane Civic Theatre presents Curtains from Jan 15 to Feb 7 at Main Stage.

Best of Broadway presents Avenue Q from 11-Feb to Feb 14 at INB Performing Arts Center.

Spokane Civic Theatre presents Spitfire Grill from Mar 17 to Apr 11 at Firth Chew Studio Theatre.

May 6: Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters is on stage again in the Spokane area, this time at Northern Quest Casino Sunday May 10 (Mother's Day). In honor of the diva, here's an hour of songs from her career. She is also reading from her children's book Broadway Barks on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Valley Barnes & Noble.

Star Tar - Bernadette Peters, Dames at Sea [Original Cast] (That's Entertainment)
There's Something About You - Bernadette Peters; David Christmas, Dames at Sea [Original Cast]
Musical Moon/Oh, You Wonderful Boy/All Aboard for Broadway - Jerry Dodge, Betty Ann Grove, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, George M! [Original Cast] (Sony)
Time Heals Everything (Mack and Mabel) - Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.: Live at Carnegie Hall (Angel)
Sunday in the Park with George - Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Tell Me on a Sunday - Bernadette Peters, Song & Dance - The Songs [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Unexpected Song [Song and Dance] - Bernadette Peters, Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Disc 1 (404 Music Group/Phillips)
Stay with Me - Bernadette Peters; Pamela Winslow, Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Last Midnight - Bernadette Peters, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 4
No More - Bernadette Peters, The Goodbye Girl [Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] (Angel)
Some People - Bernadette Peters, Sondheim, Etc.: Live at Carnegie Hall (Angel)
The Gentleman is a Dope - Bernadette Peters, Bernadette Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein (Angel)
I Haven't Got a Worry in the World - Bernadette Peters, Bernadette Loves Rodgers and Hammerstein (Angel)
Not a Day Goes By - Bernadette Peters, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall Disc 2 (RCA)