Feb 10: Recordings & Videos Sale

The Sale is on Saturday and Sunday at the Masonic Center. I'll be there on Saturday afternoon selling raffle tickets. See you there!

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Paige O'Hara, South Pacific (First Complete Recording)
The Story of Lucy and Jessie - , Follies In Concert
Almost Like Being In Love - Robert Goulet, Sally Ann Howes, Bridgadoon [ABC Television]
What's The Use Of Wondering - Mary Grover, Carousel [ABC Television]
Wunderbar - Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Kiss Me Kate [ABC Television]
Mahitabel - Carol Channing, archy and mahitabel
It Ain't Necessarily So - Decca Symphony Orchestra; Eva Jessye Choir; Todd Duncan, Porgy & Bess] (MCA, Angel)
Send In The Clowns [Live] - Barbara Cook, Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim: Live at Carnegie Hall Disc 2
Good Time - Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Requiem for Evita/Oh What a Circus - Colm Wilkinson, Julie Covington, Evita [Original Studio Cast] Disc 1
Another Suitcase in Another Hall - Madonna, Evita [Motion Picture Soundtrack] Disc 1 (Warner Bros.)
Stranger in Paradise - Alfred Drake, Kismet [Original Broadway Cast] (Naxos Musicals)
Standing on the Corner [From The Most Happy Fella] - Alan Gilbert; John Henson; Roy Lazarus; Shorty Long, Broadway Showstoppers, Vol. 2 (Sony Music Distribution)
Johnny One Note - Judy Garland, Words and Music

Feb 3: If You Were Gay

Probably the most comprehensive essay about gays and musical theater is at musicals101.com. Many thanks as always to John B. Kenrick for his insight.
As I say in this show, I've only scratched at the surface of gay musicals. Here's a near-complete list: queermusicheritage.us/gaymus.html.

Gay Paree - Robert Preston, Victor/Victoria [Original Soundtrack] (GNPD)
The Misfit's Lament - Chad Miller, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
Masculinity - Jerry Herman, La Cage aux Folles [Original C (RCA)
There! Right! There! - Michael Rupert, Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast) (Ghostlight)
Lookin' at Me - Kirby Tepper, Gay 90's Musical [Original Cast] (Colosseum)
Gay Today - Alfredo Alvarez, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
Coming Out - Alfredo Alvarez, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
We Kiss in a Shadow - Cheyenne Jackson; Michael Feinstein, The Power of Two (Harbinger Records)
If You Were Gay - John Tartaglia; Rick Lyon, Avenue Q (BMG)
Too Gay for You/Too Het'ro for Me - Bryan Batt, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back (DRG)
And the Ship Sails On - Kirby Tepper, Gay 90's Musical [Original Cast] (Colosseum)
I'll Cover You - Jonathan Larson, Rent [Original Soundtrack] Disc 1 (Warner Bros.)
Searchin' for a Euphemism - James Wesley; Thomas E. Schultheis, Bed, Boys & Beyond (Original Cast Record)
What Would I Do? - Michael Rupert, Stephen Bogardus, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
I Am What I Am - George Hearn, La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast] (RCA)

Jan 27: Show Business #2

You Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night - Brad Oscar; Gary Beach; Matthew Broderick; Nathan Lane; Roger Bart, The Producers [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Instructions to the Audience - Nathan Lane/Brian Stokes Mitchell, The Frogs ()
Audition Sequence: They're Playing Our Song - Gerard Alessandrini, Forbidden Broadway ()
Opening/Who Do They Know? - Gerard Alessandrini; Michael McGrath; Toni Di Buono, Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2 (DRG)
Climbing Uphill - Sherie René Scott, The Last Five Years (Image)
I Hope I Get It - Company, A Chorus Line [Original Broadway Cast] (Beat Goes On)
An Original Musical - Jeff Bowen, [title of show] (Ghostlight Records)
Keep It Gay - Cast, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
Another Op'nin', Another Show - Cast, Kiss Me, Kate [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Applause - Bonnie Franklin; The Gypsies, Applause [Original Broadway Cast] (Universal)
Show Off - The Drowsy Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone (Golden Fairy)
Born to Entertain - Lindsay Ridgeway, Ruthless [Los Angeles Cast] (Colosseum)
Let Me Entertain You - Jule Styne, Gypsy [50th Anniversary Edition Original Broadway Cast] ()
Smile, Girls [Cut from Gypsy] - Patti LuPone, Gypsy [2008 Broadway Revival Cast]Disc 1 (Time Life)
What Kind of Man? - Debra Monk, Michael McCormick, Jason Danieley, Karen Ziemba, Curtains ()
The Show Biz - Jim Corti; Lynnette Perry, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
It's a Business - Debra Monk, Cast, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
Give My Regards to Broadway - Joel Grey, George M! [Original Cast] (Sony)

Jan 20: Kander & Ebb

All I Need (Is One Good Break) - Liza Minnelli, Flora the Red Menace ()
Mein Herr - Natasha Richardson, Cabaret [1998 Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
I Don't Care Much - John Kander, Fred Ebb, Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
I Don't Remember You [From the Happy Time] - Ron Raines, So in Love With Broadway (Jay)
The Butterfly - John Cunningham; Lorraine Serabian Carmen Alvarez; Chorus, Zorba [Angel] (CCT)
70, Girls, 70 - Company, 70, Girls, 70 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
How Lucky Can You Get - Barbra Streisand, Fully Lady (Sony)
All That Jazz - Chita Rivera, Company, Chicago [Original Broadway Cast] (Arista)
Hot Honey Rag - Orchestra, Chicago (RCA)
Theme from New York, New York - Cast, And the World Goes 'Round (RCA)
Sara Lee - Jim Walton, And the World Goes 'Round (RCA)
Gimme Love - Chita Rivera, Cast, Kiss of the Spider Woman [Original Soundtrack] ()
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer - Chita Rivera, Rink [Original Broadway Cast] (Jay)
Sometimes a Day Goes by (Woman of the Year) - Brent Barrett, The Kander and Ebb Album (Varese Sarabande)
No, My Heart (Hay Fever) - Brent Barrett, The Kander and Ebb Album (Varese Sarabande)
I Miss the Music - Jason Danieley, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
Second Chance - Daniel McDonald; Karen Ziémba, Steel Pier [Original Cast] (RCA)

Calendar of Events

Jan 13: Season Preview

Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun [1999 Broad (Angel Records)
They Say It's Wonderful - John Raitt; Mary Martin, Annie Get Your Gun [TV Soundtrack] (Angel)
Show People - Debra Monk, David Hyde Pierce,, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
Coffee Shop Nights - David Hyde Pierce, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
Wide Open Spaces Finale - Karen Ziemba, Cast, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
The Colors of Paradise - Garrett Long, Liz Callaway, Spitfire Grill (Triangle Road)
Shoot the Moon - Phyllis Somerville, Spitfire Grill (Triangle Road)
I'll Be Your Eyes - , Little House on the Prairie ()
Prairie Moves - , Little House on the Prairie ()
Last Supper - Ted Neeley, Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Motion Picture Soundrack) (Decca U.S.)
It's Privilege to Pee - Hunter Foster; Ken Jennings; Megan Lawrence; Nancy Opel; Rachel Coloff; Rick Crom; Spe, Urinetown (RCA)
Run, Freedom, Run! - Hunter Foster; Ken Jennings; Lawrence Street; Megan Lawrence; Rachel Coloff; Rick Cro, Urinetown (RCA)
It Sucks to Be Me - Ann Harada; Jennifer Barnhart; John Tartaglia; Jordan Gelber; Natalie Venetia Belcon, Avenue Q (BMG)
The More You Ruv Someone - Ann Harada; Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q (BMG)

Jan 6: R&H Films

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning - Gordon MacRae, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
I Cain't Say No - Gloria Grahame, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
Don't Marry Me - Jack Soo, Flower Drum Song (Decca)
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: Music From The (Angel Records)
Shall I Tell You What I Think of You - Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, The King and I (Columbia)
Love Look Away - Marilyn Horne, Flower Drum Song (Decca)
Younger than Springtime - Bill Lee, South Pacific (RCA)
You'll Never Walk Alone - Claramae Turner, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair - Mitzi Gaynor, Golden Memories of Stage & Screen 2 (Sony Music)
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top - Gordon MacRae; Shirley Jones, Oklahoma! [MCA/Capitol] (Snapper)
June Is Bustin' Out All Over - Cast, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
I Have Confidence - Julie Andrews, The Sound Of Music (RCA/Legacy)
Shall We Dance - Marni Nixon, Deborah Kerr, The King and I (Columbia)

Dec. 30: The Next New Year

New Year's Eve, It's - Animaniacs, Animaniacs ()
Somebody's Going to Throw a Big Party - Chorus, Fifty Million Frenchmen (New World Records)
03 A Wonderful Party - Ira Gershwin, Lady, Be Good! (Roxbury)
Oh, Come to the Ball - Alan Jay Lerner, American Songbook Series: Alan Jay Lerner (Smithsonian Collection)
Welcome to My Party - Toni Collette, The Wild Party [LaChiusa] [Broadway] (Decca Broadway)
Raise The Roof - Original Cast, Wild Party (Lippa) (RCA Victor Broadway)
The Life Of The Party - Idina Menzel, Wild Party (Lippa) (RCA Victor Broadway)
The Life of the Party - David Wayne, The Happy Time (RCA)
Fun Life - Original Broadway Cast, Nervous Set (DRG)
Hey There, Good Times - Lenny Baker, Joanna Gleason, lene Graff, James Naughton, I Love My Wife [Orig. Cast] (Disques Swing)
Once-A-Year Day! - Janis Paige/John Raitt, The Pajama Game [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Bonus Tracks] (SONY CLASSICS)
Well Did You Evah? - Household Staff; Mike, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Party Song - Original Broadway Cast, Nervous Set (DRG)
Cocktail Counterpoint - Gene Barry; Jay Garner; Jon Weiner; Merle Louise; William Thomas, Jr., La Cage aux Folles [Original Cast] (RCA)
Wasn't It Fun? - Ralph Blane, Meet Me in St. Louis [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
The Party's Over - Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
Where Did the Good Times Go? [From Over Here!] - Emily Skinner, Believe: The Songs of the Sherman Brothers (Fynsworth Alley)
The Happy New Year Blues [From the Music Box Revue] - Vicki Lewis, Broadway Christmas (Varese Sarabande)
Auld Lang Syne - The San Francisco Cast of The Phantom of the Opera, Christmas Center Stage (Cabanna Boy)
The Perfect Year [Sunset Boulevard] - Patti LuPone, Now & Forever - Disc 3 (Decca Broadway)
New Year [film] - Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn [Film] (MCA)
The Next New Year - Cast of Cabaret, Carols For A Cure 1999 (Rock-It Science)
Seasons of Love - Jonathan Larson, Rent [Original Soundtrack] Disc 1 (Warner Bros.)

Dec. 23: Santa Baby!

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Fred Astaire, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Rhino / Wea)
Santa's Family - John Goodman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Movie (Goodtimes Ent.)
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Finale) - Burl Ives, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (MCA Special Projects)
Abundance and Charity - Michael Mandell/Walter Charles, A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] (Sony)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop - Cast of Grease, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
Reindeer Boogie/Jingle Bells - Roger Bart, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Santa's Gonna Rock and Roll - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Swing, Mister Santa Claus, Swing - Cast of The Music Man, Carols For A Cure 2000 (Rock-It Science)
I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Sally Mayes, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Santa Baby (New Faces) - Eartha Kitt, The Best Christmas Ever (Virgin Records Us)
Surabaya-Santa - Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World (RCA Victor Broadway)
Santa Comin' Caroline - Caroline, or Change (Original Cast), Caroline, or Change (disk 2) (Hollywood Records)
I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus - Marcus Neville, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
The Man With the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For) - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Too Fat To Fit (from Pete 'n' Keely) - Cast of The Producers, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Car (Rock-It Science)
Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus? - Barbara Cook; Jerome Courtland; Personnel; The Executives, Flahooley (DRG)
That man over there - Cast, Here's Love (Sony)
Be a Santa [From Subways Are for Sleeping] - Guy Haines; Michelle Nicastro, Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products/Varese Sarabande)

Here's a great bit of trivia - Santa Baby is really a Broadway song, introduced by Eartha Kitt in the revue "New Faces." It was so popular that she was able to record it. The rest is history.

Dec. 16: Happy Holidays

The show from last year was played inadvertently. So here is a link to listen to the show that should have been. Happy Holidays!

Dec. 9: Carols for a Cure Vol. 11

All of these CDs are available at BroadwayCares.org, benefiting the Actors Fund and assistance to those with HIV/AIDS.

Enchanted Silent Night - South Pacific, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Bring A Torch Jeannette Isabella - Mary Poppins Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Simco)
What Child is This/The First Noel - The Arvada Center, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Da Pacem Domine - Hair, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Cool Jingle Bells - West Side Story Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Rock-It Science)
Incredible Phat (The Coldest Night of the Year) - Billy Elliot, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Campana Sobre Campana - In the Heights Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Simco)
Rod's Christmas - John Tartaglia, Carols for a Cure, Vol. V (Disc 1) (Rock-It Science)
Holiday Lament (The Fruitcake Song) - Cast of The Lion King, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)
Something Must Be Wrong with My Mistletoe - Cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Holiday Story - Susan Blackwell for [title of show], Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 8 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Peace On Earth/The Little Drummer Boy - The Lion King Cast, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 1 (Simco)
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow - The Little Mermaid, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Here We Come A-Caroling - Rosie's Broadway Kids, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
Joy to the World - Terri White of Finian's Rainbow, Carols for a Cure Vol. 11 Disc 2 (Rock-It Science)
O Tannenbaum - Cast of The Producers, Carols For A Cure 2001 (Rock-It Science)
Shalom Rav - Cast of Mamma Mia, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols For A Cure Volume 6 (Rock-It Science)

Dec. 2: Movicals

The Glamorous Life - Judy Kahan, A Little Night Music (That's Entertainment/ Sony)
Life With Harold - Emily Skinner, The Full Monty [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
What Was a Woman to Do - Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Ghostlight)
The Cake I Had - Mary Louise Wilson, Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens: A New Musical (PS Classics)
Forget About the Boy - Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie (RCA Victor Broadway)
The New Girl in Town - Brittany Snow, Hairspray [2007 Soundtrack] (Universal Classics)
The Boy Next Door - Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis [Rhino] (Turner)
I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore (Gigi film then stage) - Maurice Chevalier, Gigi [Rhino] (Turner)
True Love - Melissa Errico, Daniel McDonald, High Society [Original Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Crazy World - Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria [Original Cast] (PolyGram)
The Fall - Cheyenne Jackson, Company, Xanadu on Broadway (PS Classics)
Suddenly Seymour - Hunter Foster/Kerry Butler/Trisha Jeffrey, Little Shop of Horrors [2003 Cast] (DRG)
What You Want - Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast), Legally Blonde (Original Broadway Cast)
You Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night - Cast, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
Spamalot - Knights Of The Round Table edit - Cast, Spamalot (Decca)

Nov. 25: Food, Glorious Food

Food Glorious Food - Cast, Oliver! [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (RCA)
Be Our Guest - Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Beauty and the Beast (Special Edition Soundtrack) (Disney)
Bread - Cast, Baker's Wife [Original London Cast] Disc 1 (Jay)
Crumbs in My Bed - Marsha Kramer, Great American Backstage Musical (Aei)
I Can Cook Too - Nancy Walker, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
Honey in the Honeycomb - Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Cabin in the Sky [Rhino/Angel] (Rhino)
Dieter's Prayer - Amanda McBroom, Live from Rainbow & Stars (DRG)
Mabel's Prayer edit - Dioni Michelle Collins, Fame [Original Cast Recording] (DRG)
Sara Lee - Jim Walton, And the World Goes 'Round (RCA)
The Worst Pies in London - Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 1 (RCA)
A Little Priest - Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd [2005 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 2 (Nonesuch)
A Real Nice Clambake - Barbara Ruick/Cameron Mitchell/Claramae Turner/Mixed Chorus & Orchestra/Robert Rounseville, Carousel [Original Soundtrack] (Angel)
Suppertime - Roger Bart, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
Sing for Your Supper - Rebecca Luker, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Debbie Gravitte, The Boys from Syracuse [1997 Concert Cast] (DRG)

Nov. 18: Lebo M

Grasslands Chant (Busa) - Lebo M., The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
The Lioness Hunt - Lebo M., The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
Song for the Children - Lebo M., Lion King, Vol. 1 & 2 Disc 2 (Festival)
Lala (precursor to Endless Night) - Lebo M, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney)
Shadowland - Heather Headley/Tsidi Leloka, The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
Noyana - Lebo M, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney)
Mother Africa [Power of One] - Lebo M, Zimmer, H.: The Wings of a Film (Decca)
Spirit Of Africa - Chorus, Congo (Sony)
Windsong - Chorus, Mighty Joe Young (Hollywood Records)
Back to the Species - Lebo M, Born to be Wild
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Lebo M., Lion King 1 1/2 (Disney)
One By One - Lebo M
The Circle of Life - Carmen Twillie, Lebo M, The Lion King (Walt Disney)

Illness

The Matinee continues to be on hiatus as I treat a medical condition. Many thanks to Verne Windham for picking 'encore' episodes to air. As soon as I can I will produce more episodes.

What have I got? It seems to be a brain/spinal-fluid leak, causing a constant headache whenever I'm in an upright position. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is more common than you might think, but seems to be under-diagnosed. I'm grateful to my friend and former vocal coach, Scarlett, for letting me know about her experience with it, I think that sent my doctors down the right path in treating this.

Oct. 28: Horror Flicks On Stage

Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors) - Davis, Sheila Kay/Jennifer Warren/Leilani Jones, Little Shop of Horrors [1979 Original Cast Recording] (Geffen)
Finale Ultimo (Don't Feed the Plants) - Alan Menken, Little Shop of Horrors [2003 Cast] (DRG)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Let Me Hear You Scream - Cast, Texas Chainsaw Musical!
All The Men in My Life - Cast, Evil Dead: The Musical
Look Who's Evil Now radio edit - Cast, Evil Dead: The Musical
You Tore My Heart Out - Cast, Toxic Avenger
Who Will Save New Jersey - Cast, Toxic Avenger
The Blob - Five Blobs, The Blob
Hold Me Bat Boy - Cast, Bat Boy [London cast]
The Brain - Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] (Decca)
Join the Family Business - Kevein Ligon, Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] (Decca)
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Addams Family - The Ventures, TV Show Theme Songs: Television Greatest Hits
Science Fiction Double Feature - Richard O'Brien, Rocky Horror Picture Show

Oct. 7: Egotistical Songs

C'Est Moi - Robert Goulet, Camelot [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Me - Burke Moses, Susan Egan, Beauty and the Beast [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Special Edition] (Universal)
Gaston - Cast, Beauty and the Beast [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Special Edition] (Universal)
Why? 'Cause I'm a Guy - Danny Burstein/Robert Roznowski, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Varese Sarabande)
I've Gotta Crow - Mary Martin, American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 3 ()
Practically Perfect - Cast, Mary Poppins [Original London Cast] (Walt Disney)
Perfectly Marvelous - John Benjamin Hickey/Natasha Richardson, Cabaret [1998 Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Life Is Happiness Indeed - Lewis J. Stadlen/Mark Baker/Maureen Brennan/Sam Freed/St. Darr, Deborah, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 ()
Perfect Isn't Easy (Oliver & Company) - Bette Midler, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 2 (Disney)
I Feel Pretty - Marni Nixon/Suzie Kaye/Yvonne Othon/Jo Anne Miya, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] ()
Popular - Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked (Decca)
Wonderful - Joel Grey, Idina Menzel, Wicked ()
Joseph's Dreams - Cast, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [Original Broadway] (Chrysalis)
I Invented Myself - Robert Preston, Ben Franklin in Paris ()
Springtime for Hitler - John Barrowman, Gary Beach, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack (Sony)

Sep 30: New York City

Come Up to My Place - Judy Blazer/Mandy Patinkin, Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch)
Christopher Street - Ken Barnett, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Manhattan - Dawn Upshaw, Sings Rodgers & Hart (Nonesuch)
What More Do I Need? [From Saturday Night] - Andréa Burns, A Deeper Shade of Red (PS Classics)
Manhattan Madness - Jeffry Denman, Ensemble, Face the Music: Original New York Cast (DRG)
Manhattan Downbeat - Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire at MGM Disc 1 (Turner/Rhino)
NYC - Alicia Morton/Andrea McArdle/Audra McDonald/Victor Garber, Annie [Original Television Soundtrack] (Sony)
Theme From New York New York - Liza Minnelli, Finest (Emd Int'l)
The Last 'i Love New York' Song - Original Off-Broadway Cast, Mayor, The Musical (Harbinger)
New York - Cast, The Nervous Set (DRG)
Another Hundred People - Angel Desai, Company (Revival) (Nonesuch)
There Is Life Outside Your Apartment - John Tartaglia/Jordan Gelber, Avenue Q (BMG)
Broadway Baby (Follies) - Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch at Liberty (DRG)
Broadway, My Street - Beau Tilden/Bobbi Tremain/Goldye Shaw/Henrietta Jacobson/Joey Faye/Lillian Hayman/Lloyd Harris/Thomas Anderson, 70, Girls, 70 [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony Classical)
New York, New York - Ensemble, Leonard Bernstein's New York (Nonesuch)

Sep 23: Gilbert & Sullivan

I haven't forgotten about playlists, I'm struggling with time and tech issues. Sorry!

Sep. 16: The Oldest Profession

Rats, I can't get my database/music program to output the playlist today. I'll keep working on the technical details to get a playlist up as soon as possible. The archive of the show is posted, however - the link is at the upper right.
Yeah, this show isn't about being in polite company. I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Sep 9: Labor - Unsatisfying Jobs

When Frederic Was a Little Lad - Estelle Parsons, The Pirates of Penzance [Original Broadway Cast] [CD] Disc 1 (Elektra / Wea)
What a Waste - Gregg Edelman; Ken Barnett; Ray Wills, Wonderful Town [2003 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Take a Job - Nathan Lane; Randy Graff, Do Re Mi [DRG 1999 New York Concert Cast] (DRG)
An English Teacher - Chita Rivera; Dick Van Dyke, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Movin' Up/In Numbers - Original 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 (Varese Sarabande)
Just a Housewife - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
The Work Song - Peggy Powers, Kay Lande, Alan Cole, Eric Carlson, Cinderella [Drive] (Drive Archive)
Whistle While You Work (Snow White) - Adriana Caselotti, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 1 (Disney)
Happy Working Song - Amy Adams, Enchanted (Disney)
Cleanin' Women - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] ()
Bread and Freedom - Cast, Rags ()
The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square - Camille Saviola; Steven Sutcliffe, Ragtime [Original Cast Recording - RCA] (BMG)
Millwork - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Deep into the Ground - Original Cast, Billy Elliot [Original London Cast] (Decca Broadway)
If I Could've Been - Original Cast, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)

Sep 2: Jewish Culture & Religion Center Stage

Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars (Irving Berlin) - New Budapest Orpheum Society, Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano: Jewish Cabaret Popular and Political Songs 1900-1945
Second Hand Rose - Fanny Brice, Star Spangled Rhythm [Smithsonian] Disc 1 (Smithsonian)
Hard to be a Prince - Yiddish Theatre Hamlet & Other Actors, Rags (Columbia)
Kol Nidre - Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Jason Danieley, South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall (Decca Broadway)
If You Could See Her (The Gorilla Song) - Joel Grey, Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
Meeskite - Jack Gilford, Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
If I Were a Rich Man - Zero Mostel, Fiddler on the Roof OBC
Sabbath Prayer - Chaim Topol; Company; Miriam Karlin, Fiddler on the Roof [Original London Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony Classical)
The Family Way - Bambi Linn; Elliott Gould; Harold Lang; Ken Leroy; Lillian Roth; Marilyn Cooper, I Can Get It for You Wholesale [Original Soundtrack] (Sbme Special MKTS.)
Jewish Wedding Song - Julie Andrews, Thoroughly Modern Millie [film]
Jason's Bar Mitzvah - Cast, Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] (DRG)
Today You Are a Man - Cast, Wedding Singer
The King of Broadway - Nathan Lane, The Producers [2005 Soundtrack] (Sony)
You Won't Succeed on Broadway - David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python's Spamalot (Decca)

Upcoming Shows

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.

Best of Broadway presents Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol from Sep 1 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 Oct 9 to Oct 25 at SCC Lair Auditorium.

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 Curtains from Jan 15 to Feb 7 at Main Stage.

Best of Broadway presents Avenue Q from Feb 11 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.

Best of Broadway presents Little House on the Prairie starring Melissa Gilbert from Apr 8 to Apr 11 at INB Performing Arts Center.

Spokane Civic Theatre presents Annie Get Your Gun from May 21 to Jun 20 at Main Stage.

Aug 19: Frank Loesser

NPR has done some lovely interviews with family members about Frank Loesser. The 'Heart and Soul' of Frank Loesser, Jo Sullivan Loesser On Her 'Guy', and A 'Most Happy' Discovery: Loesser's Demo Tapes.

Playlist coming soon - Computer problems this week keep me from posting the audio or the playlist yet.

Aug. 12: Too Darn Hot

This episode is cursed. Both times I've played it, the traditional summer weather has cooled off - yeah it's RAINING today. That's what I get for scheduling my programs two months in advance. Oh well, we can PRETEND it's hot. The music file will be posted later. Thanks for listening!

Summertime (Porgy And Bess) - Kiri Te Kanawa, Kiri Sings Gershwin (Angel)
Summertime in Heidelberg - Mario Lanza, The Student Prince/The Desert Song (RCA)
Gonna Be Another Hot Day - Stephen Douglass; Townspeople, 110 in the Shade [Original Broadway Cast] (That's Entertainment)
The Sun Has Got His Hat On - Jane Summerhays; Nick Ullett, Me & My Girl [MCA] (MCA)
Sunday in the Park with George - Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast] (BMG/Image)
Just the Two of Them/Song of a Summer Night - Keith Kaldenberg, The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Sony Classical)
Evening in Summer - Pat Kirkwood; Sylvia Cecil, Ace of Clubs (Bayview)
On the Front Porch [From Summer Magic] - Burl Ives, The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
Too Darn Hot - Stanley Wayne Mathis, Kiss Me, Kate [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Heat Wave - Ben Selvin; Ethel Waters, Great American Songwriters, Vol. 4: Irving Berlin (Rhino)
Blame It On The Summer Night - Julia Migenes, Rags (Columbia)
The Girls of Summer - Suzanne Henry, Marry Me a Little (RCA)
The Song of Purple Summer - Cast, Spring Awakening (Decca)
Piragua - Eliseo Roman, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Ain't it awful, the heat Street Scene - Weil, Kurt Weill - Berlin to Broadway (Paramount Records)
Summer Nights - John Travolta; Olivia Newton-John, Grease [Original Soundtrack] (Polygram International)

Aug 5: Sailing

We Sail the Seas - American Sailors, Ben Franklin in Paris (Angel Records)
Fathoms Below - Alan Menken, The Little Mermaid [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
When Our Ship Comes Sailing In - Adam Arkin; Patrick Cassidy; Robert Westenberg, Oh, Kay! [Original Soundtrack] (Roxbury)
There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - Anne Brown; Avon Long; Decca Symphony Orchestra, Porgy & Bess] (Membran)
Sailing at Midnight - Philip Chaffin, Warm Spring Night (PS Classics)
As on Through the Seasons We Sail - Don Ameche; Hildegarde Neff, Silk Stockings [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Sail Away/In a Boat on the Lake With ... - 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)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat - Walter Bobbie, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
Old Man River - Paul Robson, Showboat; Broadway Musical Series (Prism)
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)
Pirate Jenny - Marianne Faithfull, The Seven Deadly Sins (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's No Cure Like Travel/Bon Voyage - Alec Timerman; Michele Pigliavento, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)

July 29: Sherman Brothers

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious [From Mary Poppins] - Julie Andrews, Walt Disney Presents The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
Substitutiary Locomotion [From Bedknobs and Broomsticks] - Angela Lansbury; Cindy O'Callaghan; Dave Tomlinson; Ian Weighill; Roy Snart, Classic Disney, Vol. 4 (Disney International)
Tiggers - Jim Cummings, The Tigger Movie (Walt Disney)
Tall Paul - Annette Funicello, The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
Let's Get Together [From the Parent Trap] - Hayley Mills, Classic Disney, Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic (Disney)
You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette, Dreamin': Very Best of Johnny Burnette (Collectables)
Things I Might Have Been - Kitty Wells, Queen of Country Music (Bear Family)
Winnie the Pooh [From Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree] - Soundtrack, Walt Disney Presents The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
The Ugly Bug Ball [From Summer Magic] - Burl Ives, Classic Disney, Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic (Disney)
The Aristocrats - Maurice Chevalier, Walt Disney Presents The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
Makin' Memories - Disney Singers, Walt Disney Presents The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room (Disneyland's The Enchanted Tiki Room) - Thurl Ravenscroft, Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 (Walt Disney Records)
There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow - They Might Be Giants, Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney Records)
Do You Remember Me - Shelby Flint, Snoopy Come Home (Paramount)
It Changes - Chad Webber, Snoopy Come Home (Paramount)
Hushabye Mountain - Dick Van Dyke, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Rykodisc)
Doll on a Music Box-Truly Scrumtious (Reprise) - Emma Williams, Michael Ball, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Original London Cast] (Mr. Bang Bang Records)
Feed the Birds - Original London Cast, Mary Poppins [Original London Cast] (Walt Disney Records)
Over Here! - Maxene Andrews; Patty Andrews, Over Here! (Sony Classical)
The Good-Time Girl (V.D. Polka) - Patty Andrews, Over Here! (Sony Classical)
Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce (The Tigger Movie) - Jim Cummings, The Tigger Movie (Walt Disney)
Fundamental Friendapendability - Linda Ercoli, Snoopy Come Home (Paramount)

July 22: Spanish Rose

May I Set the Stage? - Plácido Domingo, Man of La Mancha (Erato)
Buenos Aires - Madonna, Evita [Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Warner Bros.)
All You Have to Do Is Wait - Shawn Elliott, City of Angels [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Muchacha - Judy Holliday; Peter Gennaro, Bells Are Ringing [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (Sony)
Castle in Spain (Babes in Toyland) - Ray Bolger, The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song Disc 3 (Disney)
Spanish Rose - Chita Rivera; Townspeople, Bye Bye Birdie [Original Broadway Cast Recording] (Sony Classical)
Satin Summer Nights - Marc Anthony, Songs from The Capeman (WEA)
Sunday Afternoon - Ednita Nazario, Songs from The Capeman (WEA)
Where Is Love? (Oliver) - Natalie Toro, Latin Broadway (Varese Sarabande)
Un Mejor dia Vendra - Emilio Hernandez, Working [Original Cast Recording] (Varese Sarabande)
Me Siento Hermosa - Josefina Scaglione; Jennifer Sanchez; Danielle Polanco; Kat Nejat, West Side Story (Sony Masterworks Broadway)
Un Hombre Asi/I Have Love - Karen Olivo; Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story (Sony Masterworks Broadway)
Carnaval del Barrio radio cut - Cast, In the Heights (Ghostlight)

July 15: Leonard Bernstein

New York, New York song - Adolph Green; Cris Alexander; John Reardon; Michael Kermoyan, On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] (Sony)
Lonely Town (On The Town) - Ron Raines, Broadway Passion (That's Entertainment)
My Darlin' Eileen - Men's Chorus, Wonderful Town [1999 Studio Cast] (EMI Classics)
Wrong Note Rag - Audra McDonald, Kim Criswell, Wonderful Town [1999 Studio Cast] (EMI Classics)
Conga! (Wonderful Town) - Rosalind Russell, Broadway: The Great Original C (Sony Mid-Price)

Who Am I - Marcia Henderson, Peter Pan [Original 1950 Broadway Cast] (Columbia Rec)
Dream With Me [Cut from Peter Pan] - Glory Crampton, Musical Adventures of Peter Pan (Varese Sarabande)
What a Movie (Trouble In Tahiti) - Dawn Upshaw, The World So Wide ()
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 (Original Cast Record)
Oh Happy We - Mark Baker; Maureen Brennan, Candide [1974 Broadway Revival Cast] Disc 1 (Original Cast Record)
I Am Easily Assimilated (Candide) - Christa Ludwig, Bernstein on Broadway (Deutsche Grammophon)
Maria - Jim Bryant, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] (Sony Classical/Legacy)
Seena (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) - Bruce Hubbard, American Classics Leonard Bernstein (EMI Records Ltd.)
Spring Will Come Again (Skin of Our Teeth) - Linda Eder, Daniel Narducci, Bernstein's Peter Pan (Koch Int'l Classics)
My New Friends - Dawn Upshaw, I Wish It So (Elektra/Asylum)

July 8: New Releases

Allegro - Norbert Leo Butz; Patrick Wilson; Liz Callaway, Rodgers & Hammerstein: Allegro Disc 2 (Masterworks Broadway)
Tonight (Quintet) - Company, West Side Story (Sony Masterworks Broadway)
Blue Skies It's A Lovely Day Today - Malcolm Gets, Melissa Errico, The Journey Home (PS Classics)
Mrs. Remington - Malcolm Gets, The Story Of My Life (PS CLASSICS)
The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened - Cast, Road Show (Nonesuch)
I Know It's Today - Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical (Decca)
My Romance/Danglin' - Sutton Foster, Wish (Ghostlight)
My Own Best Friend (from Chicago) - Liza Minnelli, Liza's at the Palace (Hybrid / Sire)
Xanadude - Cast, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab (DRG)
The Lamest Place in the World - Allie Trimm, 13 [Original Cast] (Ghostlight)
Just Another Day radio edit - Cast, Next To Normal (Sh-K-Boom)
I Got Life - Gavin Creel, Hair (2009 Broadway Cast) (Ghostlight)
Let the Sun Shine In - Cast, Hair (2009 Broadway Cast) (Ghostlight)

July 1: Immigrant Experience

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 Millon Miracles - Lea Salonga, Flower Drum Song [2002 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Simply Free - Adam Heller, The Immigrant: A New American Musical (Ghostlight)
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor - Allyn McLerie, Miss Liberty (Sony Classical)
Liift the Wings - Aine Ui Cheallaigh, Riverdance (Decca U.S.)
Success - Peter Friedman, Ragtime [Original Broadway Cast Disc 1] (RCA Victor Broadway)
Greenhorns - Company, Rags (Columbia)
That's America - Becca Daniels Noyes, David Holloway, Max Quinlan, The Christmas Schooner (Louisa May Alleycat Music)
Chop Suey - Juanita Hall; Patrick Adairte, Flower Drum Song [Original Broadway Cast] (Columbia)
Yankee Boy - Larry Kert, Rags (Columbia)
Pacienca y Fe (Patience and Faith) - Olga Merediz, Company, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
America - Rita Moreno; George Chakiris, West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] (Sony Classical/Legacy)