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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:33:16 -0400 
From: Russell Ian Lehrer <rl2a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: holiday songs from shows
	<BuCDHG.1K9@news.udel.edu>

Some more holiday numbers:

Valentine's Day:  "Dear Love" from FLORA, THE RED MENACE ("Dear love,
won't you please be my Valentine?"), "Romance, Romance" from
ROMANCE/ROMANCE

May Day (Russian Revolution): "Sign Here" from FLORA ("You're a
communist, here sign")

August:  "Steam Heat" from PAJAMA GAME or "Too Darn Hot" from KISS ME,
KATE, "Lazy Afternoon" from THE GOLDEN APPLE, "Blame It on the Summer
Night" from RAGS

June:  "Getting Married Today" from COMPANY, "Marry the Man Today" from
GUYS AND DOLLS, "I Belive in Marriage" from WHAT ABOUT LOVE?

November:  tons of political songs here.  Check FIORELLO, OF THEE I
SING, LET 'EM EAT CAKE

Columbus Day:  sardonically appropriate would be "The Best of What This
Country's Got (Was Taken from the Indians)" from WHOOP-UP

September: "Spetmber Song" from KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY

Baseball Season:  "The Baseball game" from FLASETTOS

Lincol's Birthday: "Abie-Baby" from HAIR, "Ballad of Booth" from ASSASSINS

-Russ
From: chu@acsu.buffalo.edu (John C. Chu)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: holiday songs from shows
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:32:01 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1992Sep9.164847.22869@bnr.ca> panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton) writes:
>SHE LOVES ME: "12 days to Christmas". Definitely a funny song. Ensemble
>rather than a solo. Another song which could be about Christmas
>shopping is the 2nd (3rd?) in the show in which you hear snippets of 
>about 3 different conversations between customers and sales clerks strung
>together with hilarious effect.

Sounds When Selling


					john
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From: Herberg_David@tandem.com (David Herberg)
Subject: Re: holiday songs from shows
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc.
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:59:44 GMT



My additions to the discussion:

July, Thanksgiving, or New Year's:
   "76 Trombones from" _Music Man_
   "I Love a Parade" from _Hello Dolly_

The year in general:
   "If Ever I Would Leave You" from _Camelot_

Springtime:
   "Ascot Gavotte" from _My Fair Lady_
   "Get Me to the Church On Time" also from _My Fair Lady_

Christmas:
   "New Deal for Christmas" from _Annie_

Leap Year:
   "When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold" from _Pirates of Penzance_

David Herberg, Herberg_David@tandem.com
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From: pjm6z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Dave Lister)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre,rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: A movie version of Les Mis???
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:54:37 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Sep9.175806.23103@rock.concert.net> black@jazz.concert.net (Rob Black) writes:
>Has anyone heard anything about a movie version to be made of Les Miserables?
>
>It seems like I remember reading this somewhere but I haven't heard or read
>anything since. Any help would be appreciated!
>
>
>Rob Black                    black@concert.net            Raleigh, NC

The program I picked up in London when I saw Les Mis this summer had a little 
mention of the Les Mis movie in the Cameron Mackintosh bio.  It said that he
was currently in pre-production and that it was to come out in the summer
of 93.  Who knows.  I went and checked my program from a '90 national tour
and in the back it had the picture of Cosette and has the caption:
                    "In 1993 she goes to the cinema"

Dave Lister
lister@virginia.edu

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Date: Mon,  7 Sep 1992 17:43:40 -0400 
From: Michael Voytko <mv2b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: What Musical...

I recently attended a memorial service for a director that I had known,
and one of the speakers sang a song as a tribute. I had never heard it
before, and can't remember most of it, but the song was about
persevering through a difficult journey, and knowing "...the ones I love
will be waiting/at the end of the road." The "end of the road" was a
recurring line in the song. I asked a friend if he knew where this song
came from, and he could not remember the show, but told me he knew it
was from an off-Broadway musical that wasn't too well-known.

Based on my limited information, can anyone tell me what the name of the
song is and what show it is from? I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks!
Mike Voytko
mv2b@andrew.cmu.edu
From: ian.evans@bville.gts.org (Ian Evans) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Joseph
Date: 15 Sep 92 03:02:00 GMT
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Reply-To: ian.evans@bville.gts.org (Ian Evans) 

Rumour has it that Trechak said to All regarding
Joseph...

TK>I have heard a rumor that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
TK>Dreamcoat is returning to Broadway starring none other than
TK>Donny Osmond as Joseph.  Can anybody confirm or deny this?

The Donny Joseph opened in Toronto and is currently in the Twin Cities. 
It'll be back in T.O. at Xmas time and from there should be moving to
Vancouver if my grapevine (I work for Phantom, produced by the same co.
LIVENT) is correct.

The grapes also say that ALW wants to mount his own production of it in NYC
and won't let Garth do it there.  I imagine Garth will do his best to keep
Donny, and considering how long he's been able to keep Colm, don't expect
to see Donny leaving LIVENT too soon.

BTW, the Joseph soundtrack (Toronto vocals on British music trax) is
now in the stores.

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From: nolan@tssi.com (Michael Nolan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: I Hate Hamlet
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:33:42 GMT
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ntraven@wuntvor.norman.ok.us (The Night Raven) writes:

>     Did anyone out there catch the original broadway production of "I Hate
>Hamlet?" What did you think of it?

I didn't catch the original cast, but I saw the show on Broadway.  It is
what is usually referred to as a 'tour de force' for person playing the role
of Barrymore's ghost, IF that person can pull it off.  On B'way, it worked.
(On the other hand, I think the role played by Celeste Holm was either a
poor role or she was bored with it by the time I saw it.)

The play itself is one of the funniest I've seen (on or off Broadway) in
several years.
---
Mike Nolan
nolan@tssi.com
From: SM0777@SPRINGB.BITNET (Scott Richardson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: holiday songs from shows
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:50:56 GMT

As an active volunteer for the Springfield (Illinois) Muni
Opera, I am presently working on the revue our group will
present at our city-wide New Year's Eve celebration of
the arts.  Our theme for this year's presentation is:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS: A trip through the Calendar with the
Best of Broadway.

My question to everyone is this: Know any good songs?

I am looking for songs that both directly relate to holidays
and seasons or seasonal activities (i.e. "We Need A Little Christmas"
from Mame, or "I Love to Cry at Weddings" from Sweet Charity for
the wedding season, etc) as well as indirectly (i.e. "Sit Down You're
Rocking the  Boat" for Columbus Day).

As you may guess, I am trying to keep this as UNTRADITIONAL as possible.
I am looking for songs from every holiday and season from April Fool's Day
to Groundhog Day to Arbor Day to Football Season to Cold and Allergy Season,
I think you get the drift.

Any suggestions you may have would be appreciated... I'll let you know
what the final line-up works out to be...

THANKS!
Scott Richardson
sm0777@springb.bitnet
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From: todd@sdsc.edu (T. Todd Elvins,,45128)
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Subject: Soundtrack: Moby Dick. Letter from the Picadilly Theater
Keywords: Soundtrack moby dick musical theater
Date: 10 Sep 92 21:49:01 GMT
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I wrote a letter to the Piccadilly Theatre in London about three months
ago asking when the cast recording of "Moby Dick" would be coming out.
I just received a reply from the Theatre Manager:

	Dear Mr. Elvins,

	I apologize for the delay in replying but I have actually been waiting for the
	cast recording to come out.  Now the show has closed, but still no cast
	recording.

	They did produce a 5-track CD which Tower Records should be able to get for
	you, as the Piccadilly Circus branch did supply it.

	I am sorry I cannot help you further, and thank you for your interest in the
	show.

	Yours faithfully,
	Alison Sweatman
	Theatre Manager


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Subject: Broadway Plays
From: <REGHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 9 Sep 1992 14:05:28 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

I am in this Intro to Theatre class at Hunter College in New York City.
In this class I have to see three plays, one being at Hunter.  Can anyone
recommend me to any good broadway plays in New York that are not too
expensive?
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From: clee@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Christina Lee)
Subject: show info/review
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Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:03:51 GMT

HI!
A friend of mine will be going to see "Jelly's Last Jam" and
"Miss Saigon".  I would appreciate information/reactions on
these shows.  I'm sure this had been covered before so please
mail me info so as not to tie up the news group with old info.

thanks a lot,
clee
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Subject: Phantom Tix forsale
Date: 9 Sep 1992 04:38:25 GMT
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Subject: Unmask the Phantom - Broadway Tix for Sale!! (ST101019)

Lose yourself in the music of the night!!

2 tix for sale for Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. They are for the
12th of September, Saturday, 8pm. Excellent view - centre mezzanine.
I bought them in March but now am unable to make it for a variety of
reasons, one being that I just saw it a few weeks ago in Vienna. They
are yours for $50 each.

Don't wish that you could somehow be there again....let the angel of
music touch your heart.

Please get in touch with me ASAP so I can send you the tix.

Su-"15 countries in 10 weeks and the best was Les Miserables in Czech"Lyn
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From: burt@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (burton.d.fried)
Subject: Nick & Nora Cast Album
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:31:58 GMT



In a recent trip to NYC I managed to visit my favorite store, Footlight
Records. I picked up two new albums, one expected the other "not".

The album I was looking for was the newly recorded version of the Song
of Norway. The album I didn't expect to buy was the cast album of Nick
and Nora. I was surprised to see it there because I hadn't heard any 
advance word on it nor had I read any reviews here in rec.arts.theatre.

Anyway I haven't had a chance to listen to the Song of Norway yet, but
I did listen to N&N last night and was pleasantly surprised. I wasn't
expecting all that much based on the lukewarm reviews I had read, but
at least the score was for the most part quite enjoyable and stood well
on its own. Bostwick and Gleason as the leads did an excellent job 
(as usual) as did Faith Prince in her role. 

My only complaint is with the song "Men". What bothers me about the song
is if you listen to the first 8 bars of the song, it sounds very, VERY
similar to Mr. Franz Lehar's song "Night" from The Merry Widow. While I'm
not suggesting that Mr. Strouse intended to pilfer part of Lehar's music
I was surprised to hear how closely they resembled each other. But besides
this picky complaint, I think this album is definitely worth owning, and
I do intend to listen to often. 

Has anybody else in "NET"land had a chance to listen to N&N, or Song of
Norway for that matter?


Burt
From: lindam@tardigrade.Eng.Sun.COM (Linda McAllister)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: holiday songs from shows
Date: 12 Sep 1992 00:15:10 GMT
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July 4: "Another National Anthem" [Assassins]  ) :-))


linda mcallister
From: eliz@WORLD.STD.COM (Elizabeth Lear Newman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Joseph
Date: 14 Sep 92 20:51:44 GMT


 trechak@gauss.rutgers.edu (trechak) writes:
>I have heard a rumor that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
>Dreamcoat is returning to Broadway starring none other than
>Donny Osmond as Joseph.  Can anybody confirm or deny this?

Yes - he's been doing the show in Toronto for at least the last
several months.

					...eliz

   tongue - a variety of meat, rarely served because it clearly crosses
            the line between a cut of beef and a piece of dead cow.
                                                    (Bob Ekstrom, Pitt, MN)
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From: peterk@seanews.akita.com (Peter Klein)
Subject: Cole Porter Biography
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:36:54 GMT


There is a Cole Porter biography available in many public libraries.
It's by Charles Schwartz (not sure of spelling or exact title). He also
did a biography of Gershwin. It tends to be a bit hyper-critical, makes
much (rather graphically) of Porter's sexual orientation, and the author
sometimes gets out of his league with both psychological and musical
analyses and 20-20 hindsight (IMHO, anyway). But it does paint a vivid
picture of the life that late he led...
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From: eliz@WORLD.STD.COM (Elizabeth Lear Newman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Nymph Errant
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:42:27 GMT


I have this in the archives (maybe you can find this issue):

*From: rjwill6@pbhyd.PacBell.COM (Rod Williams)
*Subject: Cole Porter Article in the New Yorker
*Date: 1 Nov 91 19:23:59 GMT

There's a lo-o-ong and immensely entertaining article on Cole Porter
in this week's (I think!) issue of the New Yorker, written by Ethan
Mordden (who has also written about the world of opera divas in
"Demented!").  He takes Porter's life, music and musicals and tries to
put them in perspective, both with regard to his contemporaries and
rivals (Kern, Berlin, Rodgers&Hart...) and to popular American culture
then *and* today.  He includes critiques of interpreters of Porter's
songs, from Mabel Mercer, Ethel Merman and Bobby Short to David Byrne,
U2 and Sinead O'Connor (in "red, white + blue").

Check it out!
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From: kmoore@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Kyle E Moore)
Subject: Theatres in L.A.?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:43:45 GMT

     Hey, hello, everyone - !

     I'm planning on moving to L.A. a few weeks from now, and will be looking 
for ways to get myself involved with what's going on out there, and maybe 
hopefully at the same time keep a roof over my head.  I have experience as an
Assistant Stage Manager, can help hang and/or run lights, and can run sound or
just be of general usefulness in a theatre.  I'm an actor primarily, but past
experience has proven that it can help to get involved backstage and get to
know directors and such people that way.

     Question is this - what theatres' doors in L.A. might be worth knocking on
to try to get a foot in?  And yes, let me answer this question: "You wanna do
theatre, what are you going West for?!  Why not go to NY?"  Well to be honest
with you, I find I'm a bit more interested in movies than in Broadway, sooo...
That's what leaned me in this direction.  The theatre that I've got most of my 
experience with here in town is, I guess you could say, an "Off-Broadway" 
house... not weird/experimental enough to be thought of as "Off-off", but 
they're not doing "CATS" there either, you know what I mean?

     Any current or former left-coasters can give me a word or two on this,
it'd be much appreciated.  E-mail is preferred to RE: posts.

     Much grass,

     Kyle
     (kmoore@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) - at least for the next two weeks

 "The less you know, the less you have to worry about other people's problems."
          - C.J. Daniels, Asst. Professor
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From: woodside@maestro.mitre.org (Jim Woodside)
Subject: Will Rogers Follies 
Reply-To: woodside@maestro.mitre.org (Jim Woodside)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 10:45:25 GMT

	I go t NYC frequently to visit a friend and usually take in a play.
A friend of mine is going along with me and wants to see the Will Rogers
Follies.  Any opinions of the play with Mac Davis?  Is Marla Maples still
in it and what's the verdict as to how she is doing with it?  My friend
would like to see a musical, so any suggestions for the newer musicals would
be appreciated.  Thanks.
From: jba@ai.mit.edu (Jonathan Amsterdam)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Another opinion of THE FOURTH WALL
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:27:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: kix.JBA.92Sep14142753
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
In-reply-to: davidf@HQ.Ileaf.COM's message of 11 Sep 92 16:53:25 GMT

I saw the Hasty Pudding FOURTH WALL production last week as well, and I
hated it.  (It was worth every penny I payed for admission: I got in free.)
agree with David Fristrom that it is fluff, but I disagree that it is
hilarious.  The heavy-handedness of the one-joke plot makes the cleverness
wear thin very quickly; over the course of the first act I moved from
occasional laughter to mild amusement to mere intellectual appreciation
("Yes, I see how that was intended to be funny") to teeth-on-edge boredom.
Things picked up towards the end of the first act, but plunged back down
quickly in the second.  It could easily have been much worse, and that's a
tribute to Gurney's craft, but craft is all that this excuse for theater
has going for it.  This struck me as a vacuous play about nothing, unlike
The Cocktail Hour, which is a vacuous play but at least is about something.
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From: bevans@carina.unm.edu (Mathemagician)
Subject: Re: holiday songs from shows
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 14:07:31 GMT
Organization: Society for the Preservation of E. coli

Well, you might try "Anthem" from _Chess_ for the 4th of July, "You
and I" from the same for Valentine's Day.

You might have an "anti-song."  That is, most people celebrate the day
of their wedding...what about the harbinger of divorce with "Take Back
Your Mink" from _Guys and Dolls_ (yes, I know Adelaide isn't married
at that point.)

How about "Sara Lee" from _And the World Goes Round_ for Thanksgiving?

I'm wondering what you'll come up with for August since August has no
nationally recognised holidays.

-- 
Brian Evans                |     "Bad mood, bad mood...Sure I'm in a bad mood!
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From: pwhite@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Patricia White)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: I Hate Hamlet
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:30:49 GMT
Reply-To: pwhite@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Patricia White)
Organization: Columbia University User Services

In article <VyPqqB2w165w@wuntvor.norman.ok.us> ntraven@wuntvor.norman.ok.us (The Night Raven) writes:
>     Did anyone out there catch the original broadway production of "I Hate
>Hamlet?" What did you think of it?
>
>
>thanks!
>NR

It was in the Walter Kerr Theater which meant $12 seats (advance
purchase!) so I had a good impression right off the bat.  I thought it
was sort of like a really funny sit com (are there any? :-) stuck in a
theatre.  Evan Handler as the actor didn't quite have TV-star-quality,
however.  Nicol Williamson was perfect as the pretentious Barrymore.
Celeste Holm had to be mega-miked and I remember hearing her dress
ruffle incessantly.  All in all, it was pretty good but nothing
earth-shattering about it -- at least, not until Williamson whacked
Handler on the butt with a foil.  I'm sorry I missed that performance!

-Patricia White
 pwhite@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
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From: mckenzi@ecf.toronto.edu (MCKENZIE ROBERT NEIL)
Subject: Stratford Festival 1993 Season
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: rec.arts.theatre
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 23:59:10 GMT

		   STRATFORD FESTIVAL 1993 SEASON

FESTIVAL THEATRE              AVON THEATRE                PATTERSON THEATRE
----------------              ------------                -----------------
Antony and Cleopatra          The Mikado                  King John
Midsummer Nights Dream        The Importance of Being     Fair Liberty's Call
Gypsy                           Earnest                   The Bacchae
The Imaginary Invalid                                     Wingfield Trilogy

							+ Young Company show
							  announced later

Rob McKenzie
mckenzi@bullet.ecf.utoronto.ca
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Subject: FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:08:58 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Did anyone see this broadway?  How was it?
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From: panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton)
Subject: Re: Joseph
Reply-To: panton@bcarh685.bnr.ca (Kenneth Panton)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:45:02 GMT

In article <Sep.14.15.03.19.1992.13918@gauss.rutgers.edu>, trechak@gauss.rutgers.edu (trechak) writes:
|> 
|> I have heard a rumor that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
|> Dreamcoat is returning to Broadway starring none other than
|> Donny Osmond as Joseph.  Can anybody confirm or deny this?

It is (has been?) running in Toronto for a few months now. Haven't
a clue if it's B'way bound. 

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