Aug 31: What A Waste

What a Waste - Richard Muenz, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy, Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch)
Take a Job - Nathan Lane; Randy Graff, Do Re Mi [DRG 1999 New York Concert Cast]
An English Teacher - Chita Rivera; Dick Van Dyke, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Movin' Up/In Numbers - Cast, Adding Machine (P.S. Classics)
Scrap - Jason Danieley; John Conlee; Kimberly Grigsby; Patrick Wilson; Romain Frugé; Ted Sper, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
The Job Application - Karen Morrow, Lost in Boston, Vol. 4
Just a Housewife - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording]
The Work Song - Peggy Powers, Kay Lande, Alan Cole, Eric Carlson, narrated by Shirley Brown, Cinderella [Drive]
The Work Song Cinderelli [Cinderella] - George Bruns, Disney Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty [Original Soundtrack]
Cleanin' Women - Lynne Thigpen, Working [Original Cast Recording]
Money Isn't Everything Dance - Orchestra, Rodgers & Hammerstein: Allegro
At The End Of The Day - Cast, Les Misérables [2010 Cast Album] Disc 1
Bread and Freedom - Cast, Rags
The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square - Judy Kaye, Steven Sutcliffe, Ensemble, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1]
Deep into the Ground - Original Cast, Billy Elliot [Original London Cast] (Decca Broadway)
Barrett's Song - Brian d'Arcy James, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
Millwork - Cast, Working, musical play
Racing With The Clock - Cast, Harry On Broadway, Act I
Around Here - Allison Janney and Ensemble, 9 To 5 - The Musical (Original Cast Recording) (Dolly Records)
In the Heights - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Company, In the Heights Disc 1
If I Could've Been - Lynne Thigpen, Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording]

Another relevant lost musical: I Can Get It For You Wholesale

While prepping next week's Labor Day episode, I listened more to "I Can Get It For You Wholesale," the show that's usually remembered for Barbra Streisand's first Broadway role ("Miss Marmelstein"). It came out the same time as the satirical look at business "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," where the lead is cute and endearing. The businessman in Wholesale is the opposite - cold and determined, essentially ending up almost alone (except for his devoted mother and girlfriend.) One synopsis to the story states "The ending does not necessarily imply that simplicity and goodness are the best rewards but only that Harry is neither ruthless nor cunning enough to attain his goals." Which also goes hand in hand with the latest research from Cornell. Could be one of those shows that gets more relevant with time.

Aug 24: Fall Season Preview for Spokane/CdA

Disclaimer: I am not paid by anybody to promote shows (yet?) Seriously, I just love theater, especially musical theater. I do shows with my daughter at Spokane Children's Theatre, and my hubby does lighting designs for Interplayers. The full calendar of events is here.
And Spamalot holds a special place for me 'cuz I won a contest to see the Broadway production. The YouTube version went a bit haywire, looking for the original...

Tradition - Full Company, Fiddler on the Roof [2004 Broadway Revival Cast] (PS Classics)
What Do I Need with Love? - Gavin Creel, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA)
Gimme Gimme - Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast) (RCA)
Brave Enough for Love - Marla Schaffel; James Barbour; Ensemble, Jane Eyre [Original Broadway Cast] Monks Chant/He Is Not Dead Yet - Cast, Monty Python's Spamalot ()
I'm All Alone - Tim Curry, Men, Monty Python's Spamalot (Decca)
Soul Man - The Blues Brothers, Briefcase Full Of Blues ()
Witchcraft (Digitally Remastered) - Frank Sinatra, Mi Collection - Volume 2 ()
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Andrews Sisters, ()
Welcome to Transylvania - Paul Castree, Jack Doyle, Kevin Ligon, Brian Shepard, Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] ()
Listen to Your Heart - Sutton Foster, Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] (Decca)
One Jump Ahead - Brad Kane, Aladdin [Original Soundtrack] [Disney] [1992] (Disney)

Fall Spokane & Cd'A Calendar

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Audition: Spokane Childrens Theatre Aladdin

Musicals and Staged Concerts:
Lake City Playhouse presents Fiddler on the Roof at Lake City Playhouse, Sep 16-Oct 9: Theme of family and an ever-changing world make this a timeless favorite
Spokane Civic Theatre presents Thoroughly Modern Millie at Main Stage, Sep 23-Oct 23: 1920s-style modern musical loosely based on the film
Spokane Children's Theatre presents Disney's Aladdin at Spokane Falls Community College, Oct 15-Oct 23:
Spokane Civic Theatre presents Jane Eyre - In Concert at Main Stage, Oct 28-Oct 29: Concert fundraiser based on the Charlotte Bronte novel
Best of Broadway presents Spamalot at INB Performing Arts Center, Nov 11-Nov 11: Find your grail!
Best of Broadway presents Blues Brothers Revue at INB Performing Arts Center, Nov 13-Nov 13: Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty a.k.a. Jake & Elwood
Best of Broadway presents Come Fly Away at INB Performing Arts Center, Nov 17-Nov 20: Frank Sinatra's recorded vocals to a live big band and hot dancing
Interplayers presents Sisters of Swing at Interplayers, Dec 1-Dec 17: Story of the Andrews Sisters
Best of Broadway presents Young Frankenstein at INB Performing Arts Center, Dec 15-Dec 18: Mel Brooks sophomoric Broadway musical
Lake City Playhouse presents Rent at Lake City Playhouse, Jan 13-Jan 29: The rock sensation that revitalized Broadway goes to a small stage
Spokane Civic Theatre presents The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at Main Stage, Jan 13-Feb 4: These 'pretty women' have lots of heart against a spitefiul televangelist
Best of Broadway presents Beauty and the Beast at INB Performing Arts Center, Jan 26-Jan 29: Disney's Tale as Old as Time

Aug 17: The Sound of Music

Having trouble displaying a pretty playlist due to a hard drive meltdown. Here's the 'ugly' list:

The Trapp Family Singers Early One Morning An Evening of Folk Songs with the Trapp Family Singers
The Trapp Famiy Singers The Sound of Music The Sound of Music
Patti Cohenour Preludium: Dixit Dominus/Morning Hymn/Alleluia Sound of Music [1998 Broadway Revival Cast]
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Eileen Farrell; Erich Kunzel; Frederica Von Stade; Janet Stubbs; Kimberly Barber; Sandra Graham Maria The Sound of Music [1988 Studio Cast]
Rebecca Luker I Have Confidence Sound of Music [1998 Broadway Revival Cast]
Rebecca Luker; Andrea Bowen; Ashley Rose Orr; Matthew Ballinger; Natalie Hall; Ryan Hopkins; Sara Zelle; Tracy Alison Walsh Do-Re-Mi Sound of Music [1998 Broadway Revival Cast]
Jeanne Menke; Neil Jones Sixteen Going on Seventeen The Sound of Music [1988 Studio Cast]
Julie Andrews My Favorite Things The Sound Of Music - 45th Anniversary Edition
Orchestra Laendler The Sound of Music
The Sound Of Music; London Palladium; Ensemble So Long, Farewell (Bolero) - The Sound Of Music/London Palla The Sound Of Music - London Palladium Cast Album 2006
Kurt Kasznar; Marion Marlowe How Can Love Survive? The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Eunice Gasket; Harold Kasket; Roger Dann No Way to Stop It The Sound of Music [Original London Cast]
Lesley Garrett Climb Ev'ry Mountain The Sound Of Music - London Palladium Cast Album 2006
Mary Martin; Theodore Bikel An Ordinary Couple The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Lauri Peters; Mary Martin Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) The Sound of Music [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]
Julie Andrews; Bill Lee; Charmian Carr; Heather Menzies; Nichola Do-Re-Mi (reprise) The Sound Of Music - 45th Anniversary Edition
Connie Fisher The Lonely Goatherd The Sound Of Music - London Palladium Cast Album 2006
The Trapp Famiy Singers Edelweiss The Sound of Music

Aug. 10: Rodgers & Hammerstein Films

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning - Gordon MacRae, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
It's a Grand Night for Singing (Reprise) - Vivian Blaine; William Marshall, State Fair
Don't Marry Me - , Flower Drum Song
It Might as Well Be Spring - Louanne Hogan, State Fair (Varese Sarabande)
Mister Snow - Barbara Ruick, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
Do Re Mi - Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music (Film) (BMG/RCA)
A Puzzlement - Yul Brynner, The King and I (Soundtrack)
Shall I Tell You What I Think - Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, The King and I (Columbia)
Younger Than Springtime/Bali Hai - Bill Lee for John Kerr, South Pacific [1958 Film]
Love Look Away - Marilyn Horne, Flower Drum Song
You'll Never Walk Alone - Claramae Turner, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
June Is Bustin' Out All Over - Cast, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right - Mitzi Gaynor, Golden Memories of Stage & Scr (Sony Music)
The Surrey With the Fringe on - Gordon MacRae; Shirley Jones, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
I Have Confidence - Julie Andrews, The Sound Of Music (RCA/Legacy)
Shall We Dance - Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, The King and I

Aug 3: Based on the Life of...

Why? - Nicol Williamson, Rex [Original Cast] (RCA)
A Puzzlement - Yul Brenner, The King And I (Decca Broadway)
But, Mr. Adams - Brent Spiner, 1776 [New Broadway Cast] (TVT)
Anything You Can Do - Doris Day, Robert Goulet, Annie Get Your Gun
I Ain't Down Yet - Bill Starr; Bob Dalley; Sterling Clark; Tammy Grimes, The Unsinkable Molly Brown [Original Broadway Cast]
There Is A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute - Jim Dale;Peter Howard - Jim Dale, Barnum
Rose's Turn - Bette Midler, Gypsy [Television Soundtrack] (Atlantic)
Conquering New York - Orchestra, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast]
Maria - Beamish; Constance Shacklock; Gilbert; Lynn Kennington, The Sound of Music [Original London Cast] (Angel)
Give a Man Enough Rope - Keith Carradine, The Will Rogers Follies [Original Cast] (Columbia)
Musical Comedy Man - Jerry Dodge, Betty Ann Grove, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, George M! [Original Cast] (Sony)
The 1st Class Roster - Matthew Bennett, Victoria Clark, Cast, Titanic: A New Musical (RCA)
The Crime of the Century - Ensemble; Lynnette Perry, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (BMG)
What Does a Man Do...? - Anne L. Nathan, Assassins [Original Broadway Cast] (PS Classics)
A New Argentina - Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, Mandy Patinkin, Evita [Premiere American Recording]