Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Mar 30 - Live at KPBX!

Spring is here which means... PLEDGE DRIVE! Before you run off screaming, I have bunches of tickets to give away via Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre and Best of Broadway. Tune in and call 328-5729 in Spokane, outside Spokane call 1-800-328-5729. Pledge and be entered to WIN TICKETS!
Plus, to be honest, it shows me that people are actually listening and that this time it takes is truly appreciated and worth it. Thank you!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mar 23: Stephen Sondheim

Happy Birthday Stephen Sondheim!
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Lovely - Ruthie Henshall, Carol Burnett, Cast, Putting It Together (Image Entertainment)
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid - Lewis J. Stadlen, Nathan Lane, Mark Linn-Baker, Ernie Sabella, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [Angel] (Angel)
Everybody Says Don't (Anyone Can Whistle) - Timothy Nolen, Sondheim Disc 1 (BMR)
The Miller's Son - D. Jamin Bartlett, A Little Night Music (Sony)
Kiss Me - Lauren Molina, Benjamin Magnuson, Sweeney Todd [2005 Broadway Revival Cast] (Nonesuch)
Everybody Loves Louis - Bernadette Peters, Sunday in the Park with George (RCA)
What Can You Lose? - Judy Kuhn, Unsung Sondheim (Fynsworth Alley)
Goodbye for Now [From Reds] - Liz Callaway, Unsung Sondheim (Fynsworth Alley)
Send in the Clowns [A Little Night Music] - Judi Dench, Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Disc 2 (404 Music Group)
God - , Sondheim on Sondheim [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (P.S. Classics)
I Remember [Evening Primrose] - Megan Mullally, The Sweetheart Break-In (SELEC (Supreme Music Program)
Losing My Mind [Follies] - Michael Ball, Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical (404 Music Group/Phillips)
Loving You - Donna Murphy; Jere Shea, Passion [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Angel Records)
No One is Alone - Barbara Cook, No One Is Alone (DRG)
You Could Drive a Person Crazy - Original Cast Recording, Company [1996 London Revival Cast] (RCA)
Finishing the Hat - Mandy Patinkin, Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Our Time - Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along [1994 Off-Broadway Revival Cast] (Colosseum)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Mar 16: Happily Ever After

Since I'm opening Hansel & Gretel this Saturday, and was just cast last night in the subsequent Snow White (just make sure there's a "w" when you say "witch") I have fairy tales on the mind. And they lived happily ever after.

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Little Lady Make Believe - Eddie Cantor, Cocktail Hour Disc 1 (Columbia River Entertainment Group)
Hello, Little Girl - Cast, Into the Woods (Nonesuch)
I Know Things Now - Danielle Ferland, Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Giants in the Sky - Benjamin Wright, Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Jack and the Beanstalk - Archie Andrews; Hattie Jacques; Julie Andrews; Peter Brough; Peter Madden, Once Upon a Time (Sepia Recordings)
Castle on a Cloud - Cast, Les Miserables [Red Ink Original London Cast] Disc 1 (First Night/Relativity/Red Ink)
Once upon a Time - Daniel McDonald; Melissa Errico, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Two Fairy Tales - Craig Lucas; Suzanne Henry, A Collector's Sondheim Disc 2 (RCA Victor Broadway)
Johnny One Note - Melissa Rain Anderson, Babes in Arms [1999 New York Cast Recording] (DRG)
Some Day My Prince Will Come [From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs] - Adriana Caselotti, Classic Disney, Vol. 1 (Walt Disney/EMI)
True Love's Kiss (As Used in the Film Enchanted) - Amy Adams; James Marsden, Enchanted [Original Soundtrack] (EMI Music Distribution)
Agony - Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods (Nonesuch)
I Know It's Today - Leah Greenhaus, Shrek: The Musical (Decca)
Happily Ever After - Carol Burnett, Once upon a Mattress [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (MCA)
The Wheel Goes Round - Valerie Vigoda, Sleeping Beauty Wakes (PS Classics)
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (Three Little Pigs) - Billy Bletcher; Dorothy Compton; Mary Moder; Pinto Colvig, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 1 (Disney)
When You Wish Upon a Star - Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards, Pinocchio [Disney] (Disney)

Friday, March 11, 2011

Calendar of Musical Theatre Events

Kaleidoscope Festival presents Drowsy Chaperone at Spokane Civic Theatre Main Stage, Mar 11-Mar 11: 7:00p - one-hour competition version, plus the play Artistic Inspiration.
Lake City Playhouse presents And The World Goes Round at Lake City Playhouse, Mar 11-Mar 12: A collection of Kander & Ebb songs including Cabaret and Chicago
Kaleidoscope Festival presents 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Spokane Civic Theatre Main Stage, Mar 12-Mar 12: 2:00p - one-hour competition version, plus the plays Wildwood Park and All My Sons
Best of Broadway presents 9 to 5 at INB Performing Arts Center, Mar 24-Mar 27: Dolly Parton's movical
Best of Broadway presents Cats at INB Performing Arts Center, Apr 23-Apr 24: Cats does have 9 lives…
Best of Broadway presents Wicked at INB Performing Arts Center, May 18-May 29: Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West were roommates in college
Spokane Civic Theatre presents The Full Monty at Main Stage, May 20-Jun 19: Hysterically funny musical about family and friendship as out-of-work "real guys" prep a strip show
Lake City Playhouse presents Urinetown at Lake City Playhouse, May 27-Jun 19: Terrible title, thought-provoking comic musical
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre presents Wizard of Oz at NIC Schuler Performing Arts Center, Jun 9-Jun 19: We're off to see the Wizard…
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre presents A Little Night Music at NIC Schuler Performing Arts Center, Jun 30-Jul 10: A lovely Stephen Sondheim waltz-fest
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre presents Once On This Island at NIC Schuler Performing Arts Center, Jul 21-Jul 31: Carribean fairy tale where love and death collide
Spokane Civic Theatre presents BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story at Main Stage, Jul 22-Jul 31: Summer revival of last fall's musical production
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre presents The Sound of Music at NIC Schuler Performing Arts Center, Aug 11-Aug 21: The hills are alive
Civic's Summer Camp presents Footloose at Spokane Civic Theatre Main Stage, Aug 12-Aug 19: Young students in Civic's summer camp perform

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

There's No Business Like Show Business

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Willkommen - Joel Grey, Cabaret (Sony)
Welcome to the Theatre - Lauren Bacall, Applause (Decca U.S.)
There's No Tune Like a Show Tune - , Front Row Center: The Broadway Gold Box, 1935-1988 Disc 4 (Decca)
Lullaby of Broadway - Winifred Shaw, Dick Powell, Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals Disc 1 (Rhino / Wea)
Broadway Baby - Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, Gala Concert for Hal Prince Disc 2 (Tristar/First Night Records)
Broadway Boogie Woogie - Carolee Carmello, A Class Act: A Musical About Musicals (RCA)
A Summer in Ohio - Sherie Ren?cott, The Last Five Years
Nothing - Priscilla Lopez, A Chorus Line [Original Broadway Cast] (Beat Goes On)
She's No Longer a Gypsy - Cast, Applause (Decca U.S.)
There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway - Mel Brooks, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
Opening Night - Company, The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Backstage Babble - Len Cariou, Cast, Applause (Decca U.S.)
Show People - Debra Monk, David Hyde Pierce, Cast, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
I Hate Musicals - Rita McKenzie, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Jeanette's Showbiz Number - Kathy Freeman; Kimberly Grigsby; Ted Sperling; The Men, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast]
Life upon the Wicked Stage - Jan Hunter, Show Boat [1971 London Revival Cast] [Highlights] (Delta)
Make 'Em Laugh - Donald O'Conner, Singin' In the Rain (Turner)
I Want to Make Magic - Gavin Creel, Fame [Original Cast Recording] (DRG)
There's No Business Like Show Business - John Raitt; Mary Martin, Annie Get Your Gun [TV Soundtrack] (Angel)

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

March 2: Lerner & Loewe

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Once in the Highlands/Brigadoon - M-G-M Studio Orchestra & Chorus, Brigadoon [Original Soundtrack] [CBS Special Products Bonus Tracks]
Almost Like Being in Love - David Brooks; Marion Bell, Brigadoon [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA Victor)
There But for You Go I [From Brigadoon] - Ron Raines, Brigadoon - So in Love With Broadway (Jay)
They Call the Wind Maria [From Paint Your Wagon] - Ron Raines, Paint Your Wagon - So in Love With Broadway (Jay)
I Talk to the Trees - Tony Bavaar, Paint Your Wagon [Original Broadway Cast]
Show Me - Julie Andrews; Leonard Weir, My Fair Lady [Original London Cast] [Bonus Track] (Sony Classical)
Playback: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe [#][*] - Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast] [2002 Bonus Tracks]
Playback: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe [#][*] - Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast] [2002 Bonus Tracks]
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face [From My Fair Lady] - Jonathan Pryce, My Fair Lady - Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron MacKintosh Disc 1
On the Street Where You Live [From My Fair Lady] - Henry Wickham, Greatest Love Songs From Musicals
Get Me to the Church on Time - Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady [Original London Cast] [Bonus Track] (Sony)
Playback: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe [#][*] - Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast] [2002 Bonus Tracks]
If Ever I Would Leave You - Ron Raines, Camelot - Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
Camelot - Richard Burton, Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Before I Gaze at You - Julie Andrews, Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Playback: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe [#][*] - Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady [Original Broadway Cast] [2002 Bonus Tracks]
Gigi - Louis Jourdan, Gigi (Turner)
Thank Heaven for Little Girls - Alfred Drake, Gigi [Original Cast] (RCA)
The Night They Invented Champagne - Betty Wand; Hermione Gingold; Leslie Caron; Louis Jourdan, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 3 (Smithsonian Collection)
Be Happy - Donna McKechnie, The Little Prince [Original Soundtrack] (Decca)
Little Prince - Richard Kiley, The Little Prince [Original Soundtrack] (Decca)
You Haven't Changed at All [from the Day Before Spring] - Brent Barrett/Lauren Bacall, The Alan Jay Lerner Album