Dec. 29: New Year's Time

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By the way, I'm at First Night Spokane on Friday night, being Ethel Merman in the Ignite community theatre's "Hysterical Squares" 7-9 p.m. at the library. See you there!

I'm Marching Along With Time - Ethel Merman, American Legends Series: You're the Top (Pro-Arte Records)
Timeless To Me - John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Hairspray (Movie) (New Line Records)
Where Are the Snows? - Mary Martin; Robert Preston, I Do! I Do! (RCA)
As on Through the Seasons We Sail - Don Ameche; Hildegarde Neff, Silk Stockings [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Among My Yesterdays [From the Happy Time] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook's Broadway! (DRG)
All the Wasted Time [Parade] - Brent Carver; Carolee Carmello, Broadway in Love (RCA)
In Whatever Time We Have [Children of Eden] - Jennifer Paz, Jose Llanas, Awakening (Lml Music)
My Time of Day - Peter Gallagher, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
Seasons of Love - Original Broadway Cast, Rent [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Dreamworks)
The Time Warp [The Rocky Horror Picture Show] - Richard O'Brien, Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Ti (Rhino/WEA)
The Schmuel Song - Norbert Leo Butz, The Last Five Years (Image)
Time - Malcolm Gets; Norm Lewis, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
Time and Music - Keith Byron Kirk; Malcolm Gets, A New Brain (RCA Victor Records)
The Perfect Year [From the Musical Sunset Boulevard] - Elaine Paige, Sweet Memories Disc 1 (Music Club Records)
This Time Next Year - Original Los Angeles Cast, Sunset Boulevard [Original Los Angeles Cast] Disc 1 (Decca Broadway)
The Next New Year - Cast of Cabaret with Susan Egan, Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)
Auld Lang Syne - Original Los Angeles Cast, Sunset Boulevard [Original Los Angeles Cast] Disc 1 (Decca Broadway)

Dec. 22: Broadway & Hollywood Christmas Tunes

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Carol of the Bells - Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
12 Days To Christmas - Cast, She Loves Me [1993 Broadway Revival Cast] (Varese Sarabande)
We Need a Little Christmas [Ma - Angela Lansbury; Jane Connell;, A Child's Celebration of Broad (Sony Classical)
A Simple Christmas Memory (It's a Wonderful Life musical) - Joe Machota, Tina Maddigan, Cast of Mamma Mia, Carols For A Cure 2001 (Rock-It Science)
Christmas Eve [From She Loves - Yvette Lawrence, Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products)
Lovers on Christmas Eve - Joanna Gleason, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
Silver Bells - Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell, Lemon Drop Kid (Bci / Eclipse)
Yuletide, Park Avenue - Betty Garrett/Vocal Septet, Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Music)
Pine cones and holly berries - Laurence Naismith, Janis Paige, Here's Love (Sony Classical)
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis [Rhino] (Turner)
Christmas Bells - Cast, Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (DreamWorks)
Hard Candy Christmas - Pamela Blair, Donna King, Louise Quick-Bowen, Lisa Brown, Becky Galke, Jan Merchant, Carol Chambers, Marta Sanders, De ra Zalking, Joan Ellis, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [Original Cast] (MCA)
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher - Cast, Billy Elliot: The Musical (Decca Broadway)
Mister Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Rhino)
Turkey Lurkey Time - Cast, Promises, Promises [2010 Broadway Revival Cast] (Sony Masterworks)
The Twelve Steps Of Christmas - Janet Metz, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Christmas Day - Edward Winter; Julane Stites; Kay Oslin; Neil Jones; Rita O'Connor, Promises, Promises [EMI/ Rykodisc] (Rykodisc)
White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn (MCA Special Products)

Dec. 15: Carols for a Cure 2010

Each year, the creative minds behind the Carols for a Cure series amaze me. The styles are as varied as the musical genres represented on Broadway. Actually, one of the great tracks that didn't make this year's show is the indie-rock What Child Is This from Next To Normal's real-life husband-wife team of Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley. Maybe next year's show will feature it and the similar-vein music from the Spring Awakening cast. Happy Holidays!
The website is BroadwsayCares.com. Besides these CDs, they have solo albums from Broadway artists, DVDs of shows, and a ton of really neat gifts, including the snowglobes.

Pat-a-Pan - Cast of Mary Poppins, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010
The Holly And The Ivy - Cast of AIDA, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen - Cast of Dracula, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
In The Bleak Midwinter - Cast of The Producers, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
O Tannenbaum - Young Frankenstein, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Jul, Jul, Stradlande Jul (Wonderful Peace) - Cast of A Little Night Music with Bernadette Peters, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
Tu Scendi d'alle Stelle - Cast of Jersey Boys, Broadway's Carols for a Cure V (Rock-It Science)
Carol of the Bells - Lion King, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
Los Peces en el Rio - In the Heights, Carols for a Cure 10 2008 (Rock-It Science)
¡Vengan! - Cast of In The Heights, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
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We Need a Little Christmas/The Best of Times - Cast of La Cage Au Folles with Kelsey Grammer, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Cast of Spamalot, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Joy to the World - Cast of My Fair Lady, Broadway's Carols for a Cure Vol. 12 - 2010 (Rock-It Science)
What I Don't Want For Christmas - Rick Crom, Carols For A Cure 2002 (Rock-It Science)
Mary's Lullaby - Cast of Wicked - 1st Ntl Tour, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
The Colors Of Christmas - Cast of Kiss Me Kate, Carols For A Cure 2000 (Rock-It Science)
White Christmas - Bernadette Peters, Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)

Dec. 8: Chanukah

Shalom - Mimi Benzell; Robert Weede, Hebrew National Kosher Classics (RCA)
Miracle of Miracles - John Cariani, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
Milk and Honey/Independence Day Hora - Jerry Herman, Milk and Honey [Bonus Track] (DRG)
Shabbos - Jacqueline Antaramian, Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical
Wedding - Original Broadway Cast, The Grand Tour
Jewish Wedding Song (Mazel Tov) - Julie Andrews, Thoroughly Modern Millie [film]
Year of the Child - Cast, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast]
If That's What It Is - Soundtrack, 13 [Original Cast]
Jason's Bar Mitzvah - Cast, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Today You Are a Man - Cast, Wedding Singer
You Won't Succeed on Broadway - David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python's Spamalot
Don't Forget the Pepper - Debie Gravitte, The Odd Potato
The Chanukah Party - , Caroline, or Change (Original Broadway Cast) Disc 2 (Hollywood Records)
The Dreidel Song - Scott Wise, The Odd Potato
My Mother's Menorah - Judy Kaye, The Odd Potato
Light One Candle - Cast of Fiddler On The Roof, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
We Are Lights - Cast of Wicked, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
The Blessing Of The Candles - Phyllis Newman, Carols For A Cure 2002 (Rock-It Science)
Shalom Rav - Cast of Mamma Mia, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)

Dec. 1: Snow

Marshmallow World - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Bette Midler, Cool Yule (Columbia)
Snow - Crosby, Bing & Danny Kaye, White Christmas (Universal)
Sleigh Ride - Jennifer Simard, Casey Nicholaw, Valierie Wright, A Christmas Survival Guide
Jingle Bells - Cast of Wicked, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
Here's Where It Begins - , The Story of My Life [Original Broadway Cast] (Ps Classics)
Angels in the Snow - , The Story of My Life [Original Broadway Cast]
Snow Song (Striking 12) - Cast of Light In The Piazza, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 7 (Rock-It Science)
The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom) - Jim Cummings, Piglet's Big Movie
Ice - Ralph Blane, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast]
Slippin' On the Ice - Animaniacs,
Baby It's Cold Outside - Frank Loesser, Frank Sings Loesser
Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry, Christmas For Children
The Snowman's Got a Sweetheart - Sammy Fain, Sammy Sings Fain...Again (Koch International)
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Anastasia Barzee; Brian d'Arcy James; Ensemble; Jeffry Denman; Karen Morrow; Meredith Patterson, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
I Never Has Seen Snow - Audra McDonald, How Glory Goes (Elektra/Asylum)
Winter Was Warm - Victoria Clark,
A Winter's Tale - Elaine Paige, Christmas (Rhino/WEA)
Cold - , Whistle Down the Wind [Original Cast Recording] Disc 1 (Polydor)
Steam Heat - ,

Nov. 24: The Immigrant Experience

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Melt Us - Bernie West; Betty Oakes; David Thomas; Mort Marshall; Ray Bolger, All American [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Lady's Maid - Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
A Hundred Million Miracles - Lea Salonga, Flower Drum Song [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Simply Free - Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical (Ghostlight)
Lift the Wings - Aine Ui Cheallaigh, Riverdance (Decca U.S.)
Wayfaring Stranger - Traditional, Tintypes (DRG)
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor - Allyn McLerie, Miss Liberty (Sony Classical)
Chop Suey - Juanita Hall; Patrick Adairte, Flower Drum Song [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Thanksgiving / Family Traditions - Fay Ann Lee; Paolo Montalban; Christine Toy Johnson; Mimosa, Heading East - Premier Cast Recording (DINK RECORDS)
That's America - Becca Daniels Noyes, David Holloway, Max Quinlan, The Christmas Schooner (Louisa May Alleycat Music)
Brand New World - Julia Migenes, Josh Blake, Rags (Columbia)
Pacienca y Fe (Patience and Faith) - Olga Merediz, Company, In the Heights (Ghostlight)
America - Rita Moreno; George Chakiris, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] (Sony Classical/Legacy)

Nov. 17 Coming Soon

Nov. 10: Soldiering On

Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning [From This Is the Army] - Irving Berlin, American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Collection)
This Is the Army Mr. Jones - Company; Cpl. Wm Roerich; Henry Jones; Sydney Robin, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howards International)
That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear - Cross, Pvt. James, This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast]
The Army's Made a Man Out of Me - All-Soldier Orchestra, This is the Army (Original All-Soldier Cast); Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Records)
How About a Cheer for the Navy - [entire Company], This Is the Army [Original Broadway Cast] (Howards International)
The Navy Gets The Gravy But The Army Gets The Beans - Jerry Lewis, At War With The Army (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet [From Broadway Rhythm] - MGM Studio Chorus/Nancy Walker/Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals Disc 1
Join the Waves - Betty Hutton,
The Sailor of My Dreams - Bernadette Peters, Dames at Sea [Original Cast] (That's Entertainment)
I'm in Love with a Soldier Boy - Dyan McBride, Something for the Boys [1997 Cast] (Original Cast Record)
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen - All-Soldier Orchestra; Earl Oxford; Soldier Chorus, This is the Army (Original All-Soldier Cast); Call Me Mister (Original Cast Members) (Jasmine Records)
Something For The Boys - Ethel Merman, I Get A Kick Out Of You
Tomorrow You Belong To Uncle Sammy - Cass Daley,
They're Either Too Young Or Too Old - Bette Davis,
I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now (Ziegfeld Follies of 1919) - Eddie Cantor, The Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 2 (Pearl)
What Can You Do with a General? - Brian d'Arcy James; Jeffry Denman; Karen Morrow, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
No Goodbyes - Maxene Andrews/Patty Andrews, Over Here!
Some Other Time - Adolph Green; Betty Comden; Cris Alexander; Nancy Walker, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)

Nov. 3: To Life!

To Life - Chaim Topol; Maurice Lane; Paul Whitsun-Jones; Villagers, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
I Got Life - Gavin Creel, Hair [2009 Broadway Revival Cast] (Razor & Tie)
Don't Rain on My Parade - Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl [Original Soundtrack] (Columbia)
Everybody Says Don't - Harry Guardino, Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
I'll Be Here Tommorrow - Joel Grey, The Grand Tour
Before the Parade Passes By - Carol Channing, Celebrate Broadway, Vol. 1: Sing Happy
Open a New Window [From Mame] - Angela Lansbury, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 1 (Sony Music Distribution)
The Best of Times - George Hearn/Elizabeth Parrish/Ensemble, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast]
Hand Me the Wine and the Dice - Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Aspects of Love [Original London Cast] Disc 2 (Polydor)
I'm Goin' to Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen, Tintypes
No Time At All - Irene Ryan, Pippin OBC (Decca)
Who Am I? - Linda Eder, Peter Pan [2005 Studio Cast] (Koch International)
Secret O' Life - Liz Callaway, Passage of Time (PS Classics)
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise) - Valarie Pettiford, Fosse [Original Broadway Cast]
For Now - Ann Harada; Jennifer Barnhart; John Tartaglia; Jordan Gelber; Natalie Venetia Belcon; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)

Pledge Drive

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Oct. 13: Pirrrrrates!

Talk like a Pirate Day was a full month ago, and Disney's Pirates OTC #4 isn't coming 'til next spring, so why pirates NOW? Because of Spokane Children's Theatre's How I Became a Pirate over at the Masonic Center. Ahoy thar! Listen through PRX

Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry - Kevin Kline/Rex Smith/Stephan Hanan, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Oh, Better Far to Live and Die - Kevin Kline, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Elektra/Asylum)
History of the Pirate - Judy Garland, The Pirate (Sony)
Mack The Black - Judy Garland, The Pirate (Sony)
Treasure Island - Robert Newton, Treasure Island ()
Talk Like a Pirate - Mary Hollis Inboden, How I Became a Pirate ()
The Song of the Pirates - Cast, An Awfully Big Adventure: The Best of Peter Pan, 1904-96 ()
Pirate Song - Daniel Narducci, Peter Pan [2005 Studio Cast] ()
Pirate Song - Moose Charlap, Peter Pan [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
A Pirate's Life - Disney, Peter Pan [Disney Soundtrack] (Disney)
Song of the Pirates /The Elegant Captain Hook - Gregory Jbara; Lee Wilkof, Musical Adventures of Peter Pan ()
The Plank - Cast, Peter Pan [Original 1950 Broadway Cast] (Varese Sarabande)
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) (Disneyland) - Mellomen, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 3 (Disney)
Professional Pirate - Tim Curry, Muppets Treasure Island ()
Batten Down the Hatches - Original Cast, How I Became A Pirate! ()
Green Teeth - Original Cast, How I Became A Pirate! ()
Don't Shake Hands with a One-Eyed Pirate - Gunnar Madsen, Ants in My Pants (G-spot)
The Pirate Song - Ray Stevens, #1 With a Bullet ()
With Cat-Like Tread, upon Our Prey We Steal - Pirates and Police and Hanan, Stephan, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Elektra / Wea)
Pirate Jenny - Ellen Greene, The Threepenny Opera ()
Hoist the Colours - Cast, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ()

Oct. 6: South Pacific

Okay, can I be honest and say that the last 24 hours have been hell? Sorry that it spilled into today's show. My announcing tracks got out-of-order (Pauolo Szot is NOT Mandy Patinkin!!!), nobody looked at my playlist when choosing the music for Jim's lovely interview with David Pittsinger a few minutes before (of ALL the Ezio Pinza songs they had to pick the same one?!) and I couldn't get my formatter to work. I think I'll crawl into a hole now....

Here's the information of what at least was supposed to play today, just not as pretty as I'd like. Audio on PRX

Twin Soliloquies Paige O'Hara, Justino Diaz South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
A Cockeyed Optimist Paige O'Hara South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
Some Enchanted Evening Paulo Szott South Pacific [2008 Broadway Cast]
Bloody Mary Company South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Mary and Lootellan Pat Suzuki; Sean McDermott South Pacific (First Complete Recording) Disc 1
Bali Ha'i Juanita Hall South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
My Girl Back Home Bill Lee South Pacific [1958 Film]
Bali Ha'i (Reprise) Eleanor Calbes South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Younger than Springtime Mandy Patinkin The Sweetest Sounds (South Pacific operatic)
There Is Nothin' Like a Dame Robert Pastorelli, Men South Pacific [ABC Movie]
Wash That Man Right Outa … Florence Henderson South Pacific [1967 Lincoln Center Cast]
Hello, Is That a New American Song? - Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
A Wonderful Guy Mitzi Gaynor South Pacific [1958 Film]
Twin Soliloquies reprise Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szott South Pacific [2008 Broadway Cast]
Happy Talk Lillias White South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
Got to Be Carefully Taught Jason Danieley South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
This Nearly Was Mine Ezio Pinza South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Honey Bun Mary Martin South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Finale Act II Alex de Castro; Alexio Barboza; Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall

Sep 22: Fall 2010 Preview

The problem with having a day job, a side business, an acting hobby, a family AND a radio show is that something falls through the cracks. I have been insanely busy this week and almost didn't get this show done in time 8-} I will put up links to these shows next week (fingers crossed). There are a few shows I SHOULD have mentioned with today's show, apologies to the following three groups:

Spokane Symphony is bringing to town an evening with Looney Tunes Music, Halloween weekend. This is at the Fox with a matinee on Sunday, costume contests included.

Lake City Playhouse is doing a holiday production of the ever-popular Taffetas pseudo-'50s girl group.

Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre will do a holiday production of Forever Plaid ("Plaid Tidings"), the pseudo-'50s boys group.
Starring: Jadd Davis, Robbie French, Andrew Ware Lewis, and Max Mendez
December 17th, 18th, and 19th at 7:30pm

Things I mentioned in today's show:

Evita, Lake City Playhouse
Going on now...

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Spokane Civic Theatre
Starts this weekend...

South Pacific, Best of Broadway Series
Oct 6-9, 2010

Liza Minnelli, Best of Broadway Add-On
Fri., Oct. 15, 2010 8:00pm

Capitol Steps
Wed., Oct. 27, 2010 7:30pm

STOMP
Nov. 5-6, 2010
8:00pm

Playlist is here in the comments section

Sep 15: Bing Crosby

True Love - Bing Crosby, High Society [film]
Bluebirds and the Blackbirds - Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys, King of Jazz
Just One More Chance - Bing Crosby, One More Chance
Please - Bing Crosby, Big Broadcast
At Your Command - Bing Crosby, I Surrender Dear
Where The Blue of the Night - Bing Crosby, Blue of the Night
We'll Make Hay While The Sun Shines - Bing Crosby, Going Hollywood
Moonstruck - Bing Crosby, College Humor
You're The Top - Bing Crosby; Ethel Merman, Anything Goes
Thanks/Buckin' the Wind - Bing Crosby; Nat Finston & Paramount Studio Orchestra, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1 (Smithsonian Collection)
Love in Bloom - Bing Crosby, Love in Bloom
Put It There Pal - Bing Crosby, Road to Utopia
Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby, Road to Morocco
Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby, Going My Way
Lazy - Bing Crosby; Bob Crosby & His Orchestra, Holiday Inn (Universal Special Products)
Moonburn - Bing Crosby, Anything Goes
Well Did You Evah - Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, High Society (Rhino)

Sep 8: School Daze

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Three Little Maids from School Are We (The Mikado) - William Schwenk Gilbert, Topsy-Turvy (Sony Classical)
Second Grade - Marcus Allen Cooper, Personals (JAY)
Teaching Third Grade - Nancy Linari, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Welcome to Kindergarten, Mrs. Johnson [A...My Name Is Alice] - Barbara Walsh; Heather MacRae, My Name Will Always Be Alice ()
The Best of All Possible Worlds - Deborah St.Darr; Lewis J. Stadlen; Mark Baker; Maureen Brennan; Sam Freed, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 ()
Nobody tells me How - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
School Song - Animaniacs, Chalkboard Bungle ()
Silent E - Tom Lehrer, Tom Lehrer Revisited ()
Conjunction Junction - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's World - , ()
Wakko Sings American Capitols - Jess Harnell, ()
ABC-DEF-GHI - Big Bird, Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music (Disk 1) ()
I'm Just a Bill - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Amendment (Parody) - Jack Sheldon, Schoolhouse Rock ()
Yakko's Universe - Rob Paulsen, ()
Elements song - Tom Lehrer, ()
That's Mathematics - Tom Lehrer, ()
Inchworm - Danny Kaye, ()
What Do You Do With a B.A. in English? - John Tartaglia, Avenue Q (BMG)
Breathe - Mandy Gonzalez, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Dear Old Shiz - Stephen Schwartz, Wicked (Decca)
Bull Dog [Yale College, 1911] - Thomas Hampson, Cole Porter: Night and Day ()
Grand Old Ivy - Robert Morse; Rudy Vallée, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Original Cast] (RCA)
Bright College Days - Tom Lehrer, ()
I Wish I Could Go Back to College - John Tarteglia; Rick Lyon; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)

Thoughts from Blanche DuBois

Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire has been turned into a film (Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh) and an opera (Frederika Von Stade). Soon, Ignite Community Theatre presents a reader's theatre presentation, and Blanche DuBois will be played by... me.

I've been spending a lot of time in Blanche's skin, and her desire for "magic" and "soft colors." She walks a delicate line between reality and the fantasy world of what SHOULD happen - her 'descent into madness' is her refusal to accept harsh reality.

Remember in the original book of the Wizard of Oz, to enter the Emerald City you had to put on green-tinted glasses. (They bring this back in Wicked, Elphie and Glinda wear green glasses with the other Ozians in "One Short Day.") I imagine Blanche has her own glasses on, with all the soft colors of the rainbow, and by the end she's reduced to a quivering mess when those virtual glasses are torn off.

There are so many characters that do their best to escape reality, or try to twist reality to fit their needs. I listened to Everything's Coming Up Roses from Gypsy today, and thought of Mama Rose, her first step into a similar form of madness, going to make one of her daughters a 'star' no matter the cost. At least she has a little redemption at the end, unlike Blanche.

I hope to see you at Streetcar Named Desire Sep. 10 & 12. Friday night at Gonzaga's Foley Library, Sunday afternoon at the Blue Door Theatre on Garland.

Sep 1: Labor Day

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All the Live Long Day - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
Nine to Five - Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, Charlie Pollock, Stephanie J. Block and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
The Company Way - Gerry Vichi; Matthew Broderick, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What a Waste - Gregg Edelman; Ken Barnett; Ray Wills, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast] ()
Miss Marmelstein - Barbra Streisand, I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Sony)
A Secretary Is Not a Toy - Company; Jonathan Freeman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [New Broadway Cast] (RCA)
The Speed Test - Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan, Thoroughly Modern Millie [OBC] (RCA)
Dentist - Steve Martin, Little Shop of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] (Geffen)
Barber's Song - Jamie Torcellini, Man of La Mancha [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor Group)
The Contest - Joaquin Romaguera, Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 ()
Training Montage (The Train Must Be Fed) - Edward Earle; Elva Kellogg; Joseph Karnes; Judy Garland; Marjorie Main; Selena Royle; Virginia O'Brien, Harvey Girls (Soundtrack Factory)
It's An Art - Stephen Schwartz, Working revised ()
Ballad Of A Social Director - Sidney Armus, Wish You Were Here (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ()
A Mover's Life - Lenny Baker, Joanna Gleason, lene Graff, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
The Mason (Demo) - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Something to Point To - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)

Aug 25: Sailing

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A Whale of a Tale [From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea] - Kirk Douglas, Classic Disney, Vol. 1 (Walt Disney/EMI)
Fathoms Below - Cast, The Little Mermaid [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
When Our Ship Comes Sailing In - Adam Arkin; Patrick Cassidy; Robert Westenberg, Oh, Kay! [Original Soundtrack] (Roxbury)
Sailing at Midnight - Philip Chaffin, Warm Spring Night (P.S. Classics)
Sail Away/In a Boat on the Lake With You - Graham Payn; Pat Kirkwood, Ace of Clubs (Bayview)
Sailing/Set Those Sails - Cast Recording, Make Me A Song (Ghostlight)
In the Same Boat Completed - Karen Ziemba, Cast, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
Cotton Blossom - Chorus, Show Boat [1962 Studio Cast] (Sony)
Coney Island Boat - Cast, By the Beautiful Sea (DRG)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat - Walter Bobbie, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor Broadway)
On a Slow Boat to China - Liz Callaway, Anywhere I Wander: Liz Callaway Sings Frank Loesser (Varese Sarabande)
Old Man River - Paul Robson, Showboat ()
Blow High, Blow Low - Jerry Orbach, Carousel [1965 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
Muddy Water - Daniel Jenkins, Ron Richardson, Big River (Decca U.S.)
My Ship - Patti LuPone, Patti LuPone Live! (Highlights) (RCA)
A Ship Without a Sail - Dawn Upshaw, Sings Rodgers & Hart (Nonesuch)
No Moon - Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
I Want to Row on the Crew/Sailor's Chantey - Dale Hensley; Larry Cahn; Leslie Feagan; Rex Everhart; Steve Steiner, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
There'll Always Be A Lady Fair - Bryan Landrine, Michael B Wailing, Bruce Hubbard, Del-Bourree Bach, Anything Goes (First Recording of the Original 1934 Version) (EMI Classics)
There's No Cure Like Travel/Bon Voyage - Alec Timerman; Michele Pigliavento, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)

Aug 18: Scoundrels & Villains

He's a Tramp - Peggy Lee, Lady and the Tramp [Disney] (Disney)
Public Enemy Number One - Cast, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway R (RCA Victor Broadway)
Sue Me - Faith Prince; Nathan Lane, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
A Powerful Thing - Gregory Harrison; Ronn Carroll, Steel Pier [Original Cast] (RCA)
Me and My Town - Angela Lansbury; Harvey Evans; Larry Roquemore; Sterling Clark; Tucker Smith, Anyone Can Whistle [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
It Depends on What You Pay - Harvey Schmidt, The Fantasticks [2006 Off Broa (Ghostlight)
What's Wrong With That? - Cast, Rags ()
(The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs - Michelle Pfeiffer, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] ()
Those Were the Good Old Days - Ray Walston, Damn Yankees [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
We Can Do It - Matthew Broderick; Nathan Lane, The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Easy Street - Barbara Ervin; Dorothy Loudon; Robert Fitch, Annie [Original Broadway Cast] [Remastered] ()
Bon Voyage - Lewis J. Stadlen, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 2 ()
Lonely Room - Oklahoma, ()
Crooked Path/Some Have, Some Have Not - Barre; David Elledge; Ensemble; Henry Grossman; Timothy Jerome; Walter Willison; William Ryall, Grand Hotel, The Musical ()
The Gun Song - Jonathan Hadary/Lyn Greene/Patrick Cassidy/Terry Mann, Assassins [1991 Original Cast Recording] ()
The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit) - Larry Byden, The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
The Seven Deadly Virtues - Roddy McDowall, Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Razzle Dazzle - James Naughton, Chicago [RCA] (RCA)

Aug. 11: Married

Man and Wife [From I Do! I Do!] - Liz Larsen; Sal Viviano, Lost in Boston II Unsung Musicals (Colosseum)
Married - Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford, Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
Making a Home - , March of the Falsettos [Original Cast] (DRG)
Life With Harold - Emily Skinner, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Boys and Girls Like You and Me - Cast, State Fair [Original Broadway ()
You Rule My World - John Conlee; Kimberly Grigsby; Marcus Neville; Ted Sperling, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
You Rule My World (Reprise) - Annie Golden; Emily Skinner; Kimberly Grigsby; Ted Sperling, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
It's the Going Home Together - Priscilla Gillette; Stephen Douglass, Golden Apple [Original Cast] (RCA)
Near to You - Shannon Boliin; Stephen "Tebes" Douglass, Damn Yankees [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
He Plays the Violin - Betty Buckley; Rex Everhart; William Daniels, 1776 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
A Husband, a Wife - Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, Inka Dinka Doo [MCA] (Universal Special Products)
Guess We May as Well Stay Married Now [From I Do! I Do!] - Glory Crampton; Guy Haines, Lost in Boston II Unsung Musicals (Colosseum)
I Love My Wife - David Garrison, I Do I Do [1996 Cast] ()
Marriage Tango - Melissa Weil; Robert Roznowski, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
The Little Things You Do Together - Barbara Walsh, Kristin Huffman, Keith Buterbaugh, Raul Esparza, Cast, Company (Revival) ()
Sorry - Grateful - Keith Buterbaugh, Fred Rose, Bruce Sabeth, Company (Revival) (Nonesuch)
I Love My Wife - Lenny Baker, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (DRG)
(You're) Timeless to Me - Dick Latessa; Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Do You Love Me? - Chaim Topol; Miriam Karlin, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] ()

Aug. 4: I Love to Cry at Weddings

I'll Marry the Very Next Man [From Fiorello] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook's Broadway! ()
Shopping Around (Remastered - 1996) - Sheila Bond, Wish You Were Here (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ()
Marry the Man Today - Faith Prince; Josie DeGuzman, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
Marry Me - Jason Alexander, Rink [Original Broadway Cast] (Jay)
I Chose Right - Todd Graff, Baby [Original Broadway Cast 1999] (Jay)
Being Alive - Dean Jones, Broadway Sings The Blues: The Party's Over
I Can Do Better Than That - Sherie René Scott, The Last Five Years (Image)
A Marriage Proposal - Cast, March of the Falsettos [Original Cast] ()
Grow Old With Me - Stephen Lynch, Wedding Singer (Sony)
Getting Married Today - Heather Laws, Company (Revival) (Nonesuch)
Get Me to the Church on Time - Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast] [2002 Bonus Tracks] (Sony Mid-Price)
I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean - Tommy Carlisle, Bridgadoon [ABC Television] ()
I Love to Cry at Weddings - Company, Sweet Charity [Original Broadway Cast #1] ()
Always a Bridesmaid - Melissa Weil, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change ()
All the Dearly Beloved/Together Forever/I Do! I Do! - Mary Martin; Robert Preston, I Do! I Do! (RCA)
One Hand, One Heart - Matt Cavenaugh; Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story (Sony Masterworks Broadway)

Auditions for Musicals

Spokane Civic Theatre: West Side Story In Concert Fundraiser
Monday, July 26 at 6:30 P.M. at Civic's Main Stage, 1020 N Howard Street.
Director Yvonne A.K. Johnson is looking for 12-15 men and 12-15 women (appearing ages 16+) for a two-night special concert production on Oct. 29 & 30. (The role of Maria will be played by Andrea Dawson and the role of Tony by Michael Muzatko. All other roles will be filled by audition.)
Audition packets are available at the box office, open Monday through Friday from 10 to 5:30 P.M.
Participants will be expected to perform the following:
Men - #2 "Jet Song," #8 "Cool"
Women - #7 "America," #13D "Somewhere," #12 "I Feel Pretty"
Spokane Civic Theatre: BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story
Monday, August 2 at 6:30 P.M. and Tuesday, August 3 at 6:30 P.M. at Civic's Main Stage, 1020 N Howard Street
Director Yvonne A.K. Johnson is looking for 10 men (appearing to be ages 18 - 50)
8 - 10 women (appearing to be ages 18 - 50)
Some required to play a musical instrument. People of color are strongly encouraged to audition. Ability to play a musical instrument is required for some roles and helpful for most. Some musicians/roles will be cast in advance based upon the complexity of the talent combination.
Participants will be expected to perform a verse and a chorus from a contemporary musical or a 1950s rock 'n' roll song in addition to cold readings from the script. Bring your own music. An accompanist will be provided. Dress for freedom of movement.
Performances September 24 to October 24, 2010)

Lake City Playhouse: Evita
August 2, 3, 4 6:30 p.m. at Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E Garden Ave in Coeur d'Alene.
Director Abbey Crawford and music director Carolyn Jess are looking to cast these roles:
Magaldi - sleazy, to look late 30's early 40s
Peron - dignified, to look mid 40s-mid 50s
Che - rebel, politico, to look 18-25
Eva - self assured, smart, striking, to play ages 16-32
The Mistress - to appear as a teen
12 to 16 member Chorus/Ensemble - various roles
Children may audition for the Act 2 Children Chorus
Be prepared to sing a 1 minute song that is NOT a selection from the production. No CD's and No A Cappella allowed - Must provide your own sheet music. Wear appropriate clothing for dance and movement.
Production dates: Sep 17-Oct 10

Spokane Childrens Theatre: How I Became a Pirate!
Auditions Aug 22 at 4pm, Aug 23 at 6pm, St. Aloysius School, 611 East Mission Avenue.
Director Buddy Todd is looking for four teen to adult men and one teen to adult woman to play pirates. He is also seeking one 8-12 year old boy (or girl to play a boy).
Bring sheet music for a one minute song from any show and dress comfortably for movement auditions. Auditioners should check out the hilarious picture book by Melinda Long with illustrations by Spokane’s own David Shannon for inspiration!
Show Dates: Oct 9-24.

Liberty Lake Community Theatre: Burgertown
Auditions Aug 26 at 6:30p, Aug 28 at 3p, at 1421 Meadowwood Lane, Suite 130 in Liberty Lake. Director Jennifer Ophardt wants a cast of nine with parts open to persons age 15 and older.
Performances are slated for December.

Spokane Civic Theatre: White Christmas
Monday, September 13 (children 6:30 - 7:30 P.M. only) (adults 7:30 - 9:30 P.M.)
Tuesday, September 14 (adults only 6:30 - 9:30 P.M.
at the Spokane Civic Theatre - Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre, 1020 N Howard Street
(Dean Street entrance)
Director Troy Nickerson is looking for:
12 - 15 men (appearing to be ages 18 -65)
12 women (appearing to be ages 18 - 65)
2 girls (ages 9 - 12)
2 boys (ages 9 - 12)
Participants will be expected to perform a verse and a chorus from a classic musical in addition to cold readings from the script. Bring your own sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. Dress for freedom of movement.
Show runs November 19 - December 19

Spokane Civic Theatre Studio: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sunday, December 5 at 6:30 P.M., Monday, December 6 at 6:30 P.M.
at the Spokane Civic Theatre - Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre, 1020 N Howard Street
(Dean Street entrance)
Director Kathie Doyle-Lipe is looking for:
4 women (appearing to be between ages 20-50)
5 men (appearing to be between ages 20-50)
Participants will be expected to perform a verse and a chorus from a contemporary musical. Bring your own sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. Dress for freedom of movement.
Performances January 28 - February 20

Been a while...

Sorry about the delay in getting up playlists and audio. First I had a computer meltdown, then a few weeks later my dad unexpectedly passed away. I can honestly say he was Matinee's biggest fan. If he wasn't in Spokane to hear it live, he would tune in via the internet. I didn't know if anyone else actually wanted to hear it online so I had no extra push to get my shows up. I had the pleasure of bumping into one listener, Toni, who reminded me that yes, people do want to hear the Matinee other times than Wednesdays at 11! I have the added frustration of a full-time job now (wait - that's a frustration?!?!) so I don't have my afternoons to play with playlists and posts about the show. Anyway, thank you to those who sent condolences and support. There'll be some changes before too long - a new way to hear the Matinee, especially. Hang in there, I hear you!

Mar 31: Songs of God

I'll Walk With God - Mario Lanza, The Student Prince/The Desert Song (RCA)
The Lord's Prayer - Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina! The Sound of Freedom [Original Soundtrack] ()
Grateful Children - Adrian Zmed; Stephanie Mills, Children of Eden (RCA)
The Lord Is Good to Me (Melody Time) - Dennis Day, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 1(Disney)
God Help the Outcasts [Hunchback of Notre Dame] - Kerry Butler, Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust
The Pagan Ave Maria - Tina Arena, Notre Dame De Paris (Sony)
Children of God - Girls, Jane Eyre [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
All for the Best - David Haskell; Victor Garber, Godspell [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Arista)
Mysterious Ways - Chantylla Johnson, Zipporah G. Gatling, Cast, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
The Color Purple - Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Simon Zealotes - Tony Vincent, Jesus Christ Superstar [London Revival Cast] (Sony)
Tower of Babble - Godspell, Godspell (Varese Sarabande)
Learn Your Lessons Well [From Godspell] - Samantha Shaw, I Won't Grow up: Broadway for Kids (Jay)
Do Ya Wanna Go to Heaven - Big River,
See How They Done My Lord - Salome Bey, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Everybody Has His Own Way - Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Michael Gray, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
All Good Gifts - John Michael Tebelak, Godspell [2001 National Touring Cast Recording] (DRG)
In the Beginning - Company, Children of Eden [Original Cast Highlights] (RCA Records)

Mar 24: Beauty

How Lovely to Be a Woman - Susan Watson, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Gorgeous - Barbara Harris, The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Lovely - Ruthie Henshall, Carol Burnett, Cast, Putting It Together (Image Entertainment)
If a Girl Isn't Pretty - Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl [Original Soundtrack] (Columbia)
Stepsisters Lament - Cast, RH Cinderella ()
A Stud and a Babe - Jennifer Simard; Robert Roznowski, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
Decorate the Human Face (Colette College) - JoAnn Cunningham, Show Goes On (DRG)
Lovely to Look At [From the 1935 Film Roberta] - Adrienne Angel, An Evening with Dorothy Fields (DRG)
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody - John Steel, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian)
Raving Beauty - Cast, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Beautiful Girls - Paul Bentley, Company, Follies [Original London Cast] ()
When You Got It, Flaunt It - Cady Huffman; Matthew Broderick; Nathan Lane, The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
I Enjoy Being a Girl [From Flower Drum Song] - Pat Suzuki, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 1 (Sony Music Distribution)
Dance: Ten; Looks: Three - Jessica Lee Goldyn, A Chorus Line [2006 Broadway Cast] (Sony)
The Goods radio edit - Kimberly Grigsby; Ted Sperling, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Some Girls - Jerry Dixon, Once on This Island [RCA] (RCA)
Too Beautiful for Words - Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple [Original Broadway Cast] (Angel)
Beautiful in You - Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade [2007 Cast]
Big, Blonde and Beautiful - Mary Bond Davis, Hairspray [Original Cast] (Sony Classical)
Big, Blonde and Beautiful - Queen Latifah, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)

Mar 17: Songs about Music

Sing Happy - Liza Minnelli, Broadway Divas (RCA)
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy - Al Jolson, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy: At Warner Bros. 1926-1936 (Turner)
Sing for Your Supper - Rebecca Luker, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Debbie Gravitte, The Boys from Syracuse [1997 Concert Cast] (DRG)
Carnegie Hall (Do-Do-Re-Do) - Chorus, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Do-Re-Mi - Mary Martin, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 4
Sing! - Revival cast, A Chorus Line [2006 Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Scales and Arpeggios - Liz English; Dean Clark; Gary Dubin, Songs from the Aristocats (Walt Disney)
The Girl in 14g - Kristin Chenoweth, Let Yourself Go (Sony)
Wrong Note Rag - Audra McDonald, Kim Criswell, Wonderful Town [1999 Studio Cast] (EMI Classics)
The Big Beat - Janie Sell; Maxene Andrews; Patty Andrews, Over Here! (Sony Classical)
Seventy Six Trombones - Chorus, The Music Man [Original Soundtrack]
I Love a Piano - Brian d'Arcy James; Jeffry Denman; Meredith Patterson; Women, White Christmas [Original Studio Cast] (Ghostlight)
It's a Grand Night for Singing - Ron Raines, Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
New Music - Studio Cast, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
The Sound of Muzak - Patrick Scott Brady, Closer Than Ever [Original Cast] Disc 1 (RCA)
If I Sing [From Closer Than Ever] - Richard Maltby, Jr., If I Sing: The Songwriters Album (Ps Classics)
Thank You For The Music - Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia
Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly, S Wonderful (Pegasus)

Mar 10: Ben Vereen

When Ben Vereen appears with the Spokane Symphony, he says the first half of the show will be part of a new project he's writing, "From B to B," tracing his journey from his childhood in Brooklyn through the world of Broadway. The second half will be his tribute to Sammy Davis Jr, one of the many influences in his performing life. He talked about Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Fosse, Bert Williams, and other influences on his long and active performing life with me last week.
Magic To Do - Ben Vereen, Pippin [OBC] (Decca)
Heaven On Their Minds - Ben Vereen, Jesus Christ Superstar OBC
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Ben Vereen, Fosse [WNET]
No Time At All - Irene Ryan, Pippin [OBC] (Decca)
Rhythm Of Life - Sammy Davis Jr, Sweet Charity
Clap Hands Here Comes Charley - Ben Vereen, Funny Lady
New Man - Ben Vereen, Grind
More on Ben Vereen:
Biography from PBS's Stars Over Broadway
The "accident" Ben Vereen talks about

Mar 3: Kurt Weill (Lite)

Barbara Song - Bea Arthur, Threepenny Opera OOBC
Sing Me Not a Ballad [From the Firebrand of Florence] - Lotte Lenya, Lotte Lenya Sings American & Berlin Theater Songs of Kurt Weill (Sony)
Speak Low [From One Touch of Venus] - Mary Martin with Kenny Baker, American Musical Theater: Show (Smithsonian Collection)
My Ship - Dawn Upshaw, I Wish It So (Elektra/Asylum)
September Song - Ron Raines, Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
Bilbao Song
Tschaikowsky and Other Russians [From Lady in the Dark] - Danny Kaye, American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 2 (Smithsonian Collection)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Kristin Chenoweth, Let Yourself Go (Sony)
It Never Was You - Megan Mullally, Megan Mullally
Lost in the Stars - Todd Duncan, Lost in the Stars
Here I'll Stay - Felicia Sanders, American Songbook Series: Alan (Smithsonian Collection)
A Boy Like You [From Street Scene] - Lotte Lenya, Lotte Lenya Sings American & Berlin Theater Songs of Kurt Weill (Sony)
The Saga of Jenny (Lady in the Dark) - Weil, Berlin to Broadway
I Don't Love You - Michael Cerveris, Donna Murphy, Lovemusik
Alabama Song - Ute Lemper, Weill
Surabaya Johnny - Patti LuPone, Patti LuPone Live! (Highlights) (RCA)