Cute Baby Tricks

One of KPBX's underwriting representatives has a grandson who started loving musical theater at an early age (18 months).

First, start singing Oklahoma. Get to the part "We know we belong to the land, and the land we belong to is grand, And when we say..." He chimes in with a nice loud "Ey!"
You continue on with "A-yip-i-o-ee" and he comes in with "Ay!" at the right time, and with much enthusiasm. It is very charming.

Got any cute kid moments related to showtunes?

Aug 29: Alan Jay Lerner

Oh, Come to the Ball - Alan Jay Lerner , American Songbook Series: Alan Jay Lerner Smithsonian Collection
We Must Have a Ball - Thomas Hampson , Bernstein: A White House Cantata Deutsche Grammophon
Waitin' for My Dearie - Carol Richards , Brigadoon Turner
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) - Julie Andrews , Golden Memories of Stage & Screen Reader's Digest Music/ Sony Music
The Simple Joys of Maidenhood - Julie Andrews , Camelot Sony
Little Prince - Richard Kiley , The Little Prince Decca
I Remember It Well - Hermione Gingold/Maurice Chevalier , American Songbook Series: Alan Jay Lerner Smithsonian Collection
Gigi - Louis Jourdan , Gigi Turner
One More Walk Around the Garden - Bernie Knee/Gordon Ramsey/Howard Ross , Carmelina Take Home Tunes
Let's Go Home - David Holliday , Coco Decca US / MCA
Anyone Who Loves [from Dance a Little Closer] - Brent Barrett , The Alan Jay Lerner Album Fynsworth Alley/Varese Sarabande
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - John Cullum , Golden Memories of Stage & Screen Reader's Digest Music/ Sony Music
How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know ... - Fred Astaire/Jane Powell , Steppin' Out: Astaire at MGM Sony
Another Autumn - Rufus Smith/Tony Bavaar , Paint Your Wagon RCA

Aug 22: Leonard Bernstein

Come Up to My Place - Judy Blazer/Mandy Patinkin Leonard Bernstein's New York Nonesuch
You Got Me - Adolph Green/Betty Comden/Chorus/Cris Alexander/Nancy Walker On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] Sony Classical
Carnegie Hall (Do-Do-Re-Do) - Chorus On the Town [Original Broadway Cast] Sony Classical
Build My House - Marcia Henderson Peter Pan [Original 1950 Broadway Cast] Varese Sarabande
Dream With Me [Cut from Peter Pan] - Glory Crampton Musical Adventures of Peter Pan Varese Sarabande
Ohio - Edith Adams/Rosalind Russell American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 3 Smithsonian Collection
Conga! [From wonderful Town] - Rosalind Russell Broadway: The Great Original Cast Recordings Disc 1 Sony Mid-Price
What a Waste - Richard Muenz, Dawn Upshaw, Donna Murphy Leonard Bernstein's New York Nonesuch
Wrong Note Rag - Audra McDonald, Kim Criswell Wonderful Town [1999 Studio Cast] EMI Classics
Best of All Possible Worlds - Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Kurt Ollmann, June Anderson, Della Jones Bernstein Conducts Candide Disc 1 PolyGram
Glitter and Be Gay - Barbara Cook Smithsonian Collection of American Musical Theater, Vol. 4: Shows, Songs and Stars Smithsonian Collection
Undetermined quintet from Candide (was SUPPOSED to be the Old Lady's Tango, mislabeled on the CD) - Cast Bernstein Conducts Candide Disc 1 PolyGram
Maria - Mike Eldred West Side Story: The Original Score Naxos American
One Hand, One Heart - Jim Bryant/Marni Nixon West Side Story [Expanded Original Soundtrack] Sony Classical/Legacy
Lud's Wedding - Leonard Bernstein Bernstein: A White House Cantata Deutsche Grammophon
My New Friends - Dawn Upshaw I Wish It So Elektra/Asylum

Aug 15: New-ish Releases

No One Is Alone - No One is Alone and You're What I Need Barbara Cook , DRG
Kurt Weill in America - It Never Was You Jeff Harnar, Andrea Marcovicci and The River is so Blue Maude Maggart, Andreasong
Face the Music: Original New York Cast - How Can I Change My Luck? Walter Bobbie, Mike Masters, JD Webster; and Manhattan Madness Jeffry Denman, Ensemble, DRG
110 in the Shade [2007 Original Cast] - Old Maid Audra McDonald, Melisande Steve Kazee, P.S. Classics
Curtains - Thataway! Karen Ziemba; It's a Business Debra Monk, EMI Manhattan Records
The Pirate Queen - Here on This Night Stephanie J. Block, Hadley Fraser , Sony Classics
Hairspray Motion Picture Soundtrack - Timeless To Me John Travolta, Christopher Walken; Big Blonde and Beautiful Queen Latifah, New Line Records

Aug 8: August Showcase

The showcase - an excuse to listen to some otherwise overlooked stars.

Helen Morgan - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man , American Musical Theatre: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 1 Smithsonian
Helen Morgan - Bill [From Show Boat] , Broadway: The Great Original Cast Recordings Disc 1 Sony Mid-Price
Jan Clayton - If I Loved You [From Carousel] , Ultimate Broadway Disc 1 Arista
Billie Burke - Come Out, Come Out , The Wizard of Oz [Rhino Original Soundtrack] Turner
Bert Lahr with Jack Haley, Sr./Judy Garland/Ray Bolger - If I Only Had the Nerve , The Wizard of Oz [Rhino Original Soundtrack] Turner
Bert Lahr - The Clown , Two on the Aisle [Original Broadway Cast] Uptown/Universal
Jill Haworth - Don't Tell Mama , Cabaret [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] Sony
Marcia Lewis - When You're Good to Mama , Chicago [RCA] RCA
Dee Hoty with James Naughton - The Tennis Song , City of Angels [Original Broadway Cast] Columbia
Dee Hoty - My Big Mistake , The Will Rogers Follies [Original Cast] Columbia
Faith Prince - Holding the Ground , Falsettoland [Original Off-Broadway Cast] DRG
Faith Prince, women - Take Back Your Mink , Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] RCA Victor
Peter Gallagher - Luck Be a Lady , Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] RCA Victor
Antonio Banderas - Oh! What a Circus , Evita [Motion Picture Soundtrack] Disc 1 Warner Bros.
Sarah Brightman - Don't Cry for Me Argentina , Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Broadway Polydor

Aug 1: Cole Porter

A collection of fun songs from the genius lyricist and composer Cole Porter.

You're the Top - Cole Porter From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter Disc 1 Smithsonian Collection
You Don't Know Paree - Howard McGillin Fifty Million Frenchmen New World
Who Said Gay Paree? [Can-Can - Unused] - Thomas Hampson Cole Porter: Night and Day EMI
Paree, What Did You Do to Me? - Chorus Fifty Million Frenchmen New World
I Love Paris - Maurice Chevalier From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter Disc 4 Smithsonian Collection
You Irritate Me So - Hildegarde From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter Disc 2 Smithsonian Collection
Please Don't Make Me Be Good - Karen Ziémba Fifty Million Frenchmen New World
I'm Getting Myself Ready for You - Randy Graff, John McMartin High Society [Original Broadway Cast] DRG
It's De-Lovely - Anne Francine/Howard McGillin/Kathleen Mahoney-Bennett Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast] RCA
I Get a Kick Out of You (Anything Goes) - Ethel Merman Composers on Broadway: Cole Porter Decca
Anything Goes - Kim Criswell Anything Goes (First Recording of the Original 1934 Version) EMI
So in Love [From Kiss Me Kate] - Diana Montague Greatest Love Songs From Musicals MCI Musicals
Where Is the Life That Late I Led? - Alfred Drake Kiss Me, Kate [1959 Capitol Studio Cast] Angel
Too Darn Hot - Stanley Wayne Mathis Kiss Me, Kate [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] DRG