Podcast appearances and mentions of Adolph Green

Welcome to Season 04 Episode 4.15 - the "Producers" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in  northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia. Guests on this episode include: Mr. Steve Wendell/And The Tony Goes To..."; Mr. Rick Mascaro/Founder, Lakeshore Center for the Arts; Mr. Jefferson Westwood, retiring Director, Rockefeller Arts Center. Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page. If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a $25 gift card from Domus Fare, and 2 tickets to any movie from the Cinema Series. Entries must be received by Friday June 6th at 12 noon! Listen to the podcast for the question and answer. Then email your answer to operahouse@fredopera.org. Make sure you put the word "Giveaway" in the subject line and include your preferred contact information. Thanks for listening! Time Stamps (Approximate) 1:55 - Steve Wendell/And The Tony Goes To... 16:30 - Rick Mascaro/Lakeshore Center for the Arts 33:33 - Arts Calendar 35:31 - Mr. Jefferson Westwood/retiring Director, Rockefeller Arts Center Media "I Wanna Be A Producer", from the musical The Producers, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, performed by Matthew Broderick, from the original cast album, March 2001 "What I Did for Love", from the musical A Chorus Line, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, performed by Priscilla Lopez, from the original cast album, Columbia 1975 "That's Entertainment", from the film musical The Band Wagon, music by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz; written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams, conductor, January 2014 "There's No Business Like Show Business", from the musical Annie Get Your Gun, written and composed by Irving Berlin, performed by the WDR Funkhausorchester, Michael Seal, conductor, June 2022. "There's No Business Like Show Business", from the film musical There's No Business Like Show Business, written and composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Ethel Merman. 20th Century Fox, December 1954. Artist Links Steve Wendell Rick Mascaro Jefferson Westwood Box Office at SUNY Fredonia Lake Shore Center for the Arts Main Street Studios Ticket Website WCVF Fredonia WRFA Jamestown   BECOME AN OPERA HOUSE MEMBER!

It starts simply. Two blocked jazz chords with I-V in the bass. And then the vocalist comes in:“Twenty-four hours can go so fast. You look around, the day has passed…”This is Leonard Bernstein's song “Some Other Time” with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, written for the 1944 musical, On the Town. It's about three sailors on 24-hour leave in New York City who meet three women before leaving for war. Four characters perform this song (in the stage version), hoping to catch up some other time, but knowing they may never see each other again.I first heard this song a few weeks ago on Bill McGlaughlin's weeknight radio show, Exploring Music. We've been listening to this show for over 16 years—we have it on while we cook and eat dinner.A few weeks ago, he did a series called “Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace).” Nestled in the middle of the Wednesday night program, he paired Bernstein's “Some Other Time” with jazz pianist Bill Evans' improvised solo piano recording, “Peace Piece.”I was captivated.I got up from the dinner table and went to the piano to find the two chords by ear, playing along gently with the recording.Today, I'm taking you behind the scenes of these two pieces of music—exploring how they're made, what they have in common, and how hearing them played back to back inspired a listening and improvisation project in my intermediate-level studio class last month.For show notes + a full transcript, click here.Resources Mentioned“Some Other Time” (Bernstein)Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin“Peace Piece” (Bill Evans)The Profound Impact of Peace Piece – Bill Evans Time Remembered Documentary Film“Flamenco Sketches” (Miles Davis)“It's Been a Long, Long Time” (Harry James)“Put on Your Sunday Clothes” (Wall-E)“It Only Takes a Moment” (Wall-E)Ep. 042 - What Does It Mean to Be a Teacher-Facilitator?Get a free 15-minute consult with meIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review in Apple Podcasts >>Find me on Instagram: @ashleydanyewWhenever you're ready, here are three ways we can work together:1️⃣ Need fresh teaching ideas? Schedule a quick 25-min. call and we'll brainstorm on a topic of your choice. Build an idea bank that you can pull from in the months to come.2️⃣ Have questions about teaching or managing your music career? Book a 60-min call and get personalized advice, creative ideas & step-by-step strategies on up to 3-4 teaching/business topics.3️⃣ Develop the skills and strategies you need to plan the year, refine your teaching methods, and manage your time more effectively with a suite of online courses and professional development trainings

Today, I'm thrilled to announce my interview with one of stage and screen's funniest comedians, Lea DeLaria. You can buy tickets to her “Brunch is Gay” series at 54 Below at this link: https://54below.org/events/lea-delaria-brunch-is-gay-2/  Tune in to hear some of the stories of her legendary career, including how she made everyone break during POTUS, winning over Adolph Green at her ON THE TOWN audition, a memorable ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW stage door encounter, going solo in HAPPY DAYS, her friendship with Elaine Stritch, the joy of working with Gavin Creel on PROMETHEUS BOUND, being the first openly gay comedian on TV, her journey to playing “Big Boo” on ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, developing SOME LIKE IT HOT and THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, starring in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS in California, why she thinks LIL' ABNER should be revived, sharing a special moment with Austin Pendleton during NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, and the current Broadway show she would love to star in. You won't want to miss this honest and hilarious conversation with a beloved star.

In this episode, writer Victoria Myers discusses Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller's 1959 musical Once Upon a Mattress, looking at the comedy in musical theater, female protagonists, and the upcoming Encores! production. We also talk about the song "Just in Time" from Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green's 1956 musical Bells are Ringing. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you'd like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on X/Twitter at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com. Contribute to the Patreon. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress "The Swamps of Home" from Once Upon a Mattress "Happily Ever After" from Once Upon a Mattress "Just in Time" from Bells are Ringing

Northern California kind of sucks, getting naked at Disneyland and the Oscars, a dismal attempt at soccer with Blonde Redhead, some other sports-related failures, weird ass supplements, Mads Mikkelsen, smoking and drinking and chewing tobacco and generally being an idiot, worst college experience ever, a couple of great Los Angeles movies, and a dearly missed Irish bar. Stuff mentioned: Leonard Bernstein (music), Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics) "New York, New York" (1944), On the Town (1949), New York, New York (1977), Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, and Pierre Norman "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (1930), Another Round (2020), Scarlet Pleasure "What A Life" (2020), Riders of Justice (2020), Wild at Heart (1990), Jim Morrison and The Doors "A Feast of Friends" (1978), Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio in G Minor" (1708, perhaps), In Country (1989), Protomartyr "Polacrilex Kid" (2023), Protomartyr Formal Growth in the Desert (2023), Protomartyr "A Private Understanding" (2017), Protomartyr Relatives in Descent (2017), From Hollywood to Deadwood (1988), The Late Show (1977), and Married...with Children (1987-1997).

We're talking musicals today! Samantha recommends Six, the musical about the six wives of Henry VIII, Indy goes classic with Gene Kelly's Singin' In The Rain, and we preview The Sound Of Music, which we will dive into next episode! Singin' In The Rain Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSE8sl2-PZg&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Entertainment The Sound Of Music Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygyK0HStjwg&ab_channel=ParkCircus   Six is a British musical comedy with music, book, and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. It is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, presented in the form of a pop concert. In the show, each of the wives (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr) take turns telling their story to determine who suffered the most from their common husband. The musical was premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, where it was performed by students from Cambridge University. Six premiered on the West End in January 2019, and has since embarked on a UK tour. An Australian production opened at the Sydney Opera House in January 2020. It premiered on Broadway in March 2020 and, following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officially opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 3 October 2021.[6] Two North American tours, dubbed the "Aragon" and "Boleyn" tours, began in 2022. Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charisse. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies". The film was only a modest hit when it was first released. O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Betty Comden and Adolph Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for their screenplay, while Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, it has since been accorded legendary status by contemporary critics, and is often regarded as the greatest musical film ever made and one of the greatest films ever made,[2] as well as the greatest film made in the "Freed Unit" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It topped the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list and is ranked as the fifth-greatest American motion picture of all time in its updated list of the greatest American films in 2007. I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

In this episode, actress, singer, writer, and producer Victoria Gordon discusses the character of Rose, or Mama Rose, in Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents's 1959 musical Gypsy, looking at the many actors who have played the role. We also talk about the song "Babbette" from Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green's 1978 musical On the Twentieth Century. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you'd like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on X/Twitter at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com. Contribute to the Patreon. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy (1959 Original Cast Recording) "You'll Never Get Away from Me" from Gypsy (1959 Original Cast Recording) "Together" from Gypsy (1973 West End Cast Recording) "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy (2003 Cast Recording) "Babbette" from On the Twentieth Century (1978 Original Cast Recording) YouTube Clips Referenced: Angela Lansbury in Gypsy Linda Lavin doing "Rose's Turn"

Vamos a viajar al pasado para subir en el Siglo XX, que es el nombre de un ferrocarril de lujo que a principios del siglo pasado recorría la distancia entre Chicago y New York y lo haremos con un musical titulado “On the 20th Century” escrito por Cy Coleman, del que ya hemos visto en otros programas “Sweet Charity” o “City of angels”. El libreto y letras son de Betty Comden y Adolph Green autores de musicales como “Cantando bajo la lluvia”, “Un día en Nueva York” o “Suena el teléfono” (Bells are ringing”). El musical se basa en la divertida obra de teatro del mismo título de Ben Hecht y Charles MacArthur en la que incluyeron parte de otra obra de teatro que no llegó a publicarse de Charles Bruce Millholland titulada “The Napoleon of Broadway”, en la que se plasmaba parte de la relación de trabajo de Millholland con David Belasco, director y productor teatral que construyó el hoy famoso Belasco Theatre de Broadway. Con semejante equipo la diversión está garantizada. La versión que vamos a escuchar en el podcast es la de la última versión estrenada en Broadway en 2015 con Kristin Chenoweth como la estrella Lily Garland, Peter Gallagher como el director Oscar Jaffe, Mary Louise Wilson como la alocada Letitia Prinrose, Mark Linn-Baker como Owen y Michael McGrath como Oliver, los asistentes del director y Andy Karl como el actor de cine Bruce Granit. 00h 00’00” Take the a train – Duke Ellington 00h 02’47” PRESENTACIÓN 00h 04’17” CABECERA 00h 05’27” INICIO 00h 06’14” Overture 00h 11’07” Stranded again 00h 13’03” Saddle up the horse – On the 20th Century 00h 17’52” Where is the highest priest of the theatre? 00h 19’58” I rise again 00h 24’18” An angel of deliverance 00h 25’38” Oscar Jaffe/Lily Garland 00h 27’00” Indian maiden’s lament 00h 29’38” What’s your name child? 00h 30’56” Veronique 00h 37’51” I have written a play (Conductor) 00h 39’03” Together 00h 42’20” Never 00h 45’48” Oscar Jaffe he meant nothing to me 00h 46’20” Our private world 00h 50’45” Repent 00h 56’24” Mine 01h 02’55” I’ve got it all 01h 08’07” Entr’acte 01h 09’05” Life is like a train 01h 14’16” I have written a play (Congressman) 01h 15’44” Five zeros 01h 20’44” I have written a play (Doctor) 01h 21’27” An anthology of womankind 01h 24’12” Sign, Lily, Sign 01h 31’01” She’s a nut 01h 36’38” Max Jacobs 01h 37’35” My play by Somerset Maugham 01h 38’24” Babette 01h 44’53” Because of her 01h 50’06” Lily / Oscar 01h 53’46” I had to do it to save you 01h 54’56” Finale 01h 56’46” CONCLUSIONES Y ANÉCDOTAS 01h 59’50” The legacy 02h 05’41” Lily / Oscar – Judy Kaye & Rock Hudson 02h 08’04” AGRADECIMIENTOS Y DESPEDIDA 02h 08’42” Runaway train

Guest hosted by Jeff Lunden, this is the second of a three-part program paying tribute to iconic lyricist Ira Gershwin known for his collaborations with his brother George, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen, to name a few, and his numerous Broadway shows including FUNNY FACE, GIRL CRAZY, PORGY AND BESS and OF THEE I SING. This episode features the second half of a tribute to Gershwin as star-studded guests share personal anecdotes and perform Ira's songs including Tony Bennett, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Arthur Schwartz, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland (via a movie clip), Tommy Tune and Twiggy.          Featured songs: “THEY ALL LAUGHED,” “LADY BE GOOD,” “WHO CARES?” “EMBRACEABLE YOU,” “BUT NOT FOR ME,” “THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY,” “LETS CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF,” and “LOVE IS HERE TO STAY.”   Originally produced and broadcast in 1983. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/Anything Goes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway's Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're very excited to be joined by the actor, writer, podcaster and genuine pop star, Mike Fenton Stevens, who has chosen the 1982 comedy MY FAVORITE YEAR.END CREDITS - Presented by Robert Johnson and Chris Webb - Produced by Chris Webb - "Still Any Good?" logo designed by Graham Wood & Robert Johnson - Crap poster mock-ups by Chris Webb - Theme music ("The Slide Of Time") by The Sonic Jewels, used with kind permission  (c) 2023 Tiger Feet Productions  Find us: Twitter @stillanygoodpod Instagram stillanygoodpod Email stillanygood@gmail.comFind Mike:@fentonstevens@MyTCpodSupport the show

Donna knows best! We are joined by actor and singer Donna Murphy. You Might Know Her From The Gilded Age, Tangled, Center Stage, Spiderman 2, and Broadway productions of Wonderful Town, The King & I, Passion, and Hello, Dolly! We were in long pursuit of Donna and were pleased as punch to chat with her about finding her dancer posture for Center Stage, the Joni Mitchell mishap that almost stood in the way of Mother Gothel, and how Mrs. Asher is the Mort Guffman of The Gilded Age. All that, plus how she covered for Audrey in Little Shop for one night only, dying every night on stage for Passion, and the incredible highs and lows of playing Dolly Levi as the alternate to Bette Midler in the recent Hello, Dolly! revival. Wonderful woman!  Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week Burt Bacharach and Raquel Welch died this month Dick Van Dyke was on The Masked Singer  Nicole Scherzinger sings with multiple Phantoms of the Opera NJ's version of Punxatawney Phil (Mel) died Warren Beatty doing Dick Tracy on TCM this past week (“IP squatting” Parker Posey onstage in new play The Seagull/Woodstock, NY Foo Fighters “Everlong” Drag queen Orion Story SPICE GIRLS IN ORDER OF BEST SINGERS: 1) Sporty 2) Baby 3) Scary 4) Ginger 5) Posh We love “I Wanna Be Like You” by Louis Prima Damian's mom slept in a bald cap as Mini-Me for a work Halloween party Donna Murphy will be starring in Dear World in March 2023 Plays Mrs. Astor in The Gilded Age Starred in 2003 Broadway revival of Wonderful Town  Watch Donna sing: “100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man” Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote the song Has big song as Mother Gothel in Tangled, “Mother Knows Best” Auditioned with “Last Midnight” from Into the Woods  Auditioned for the Witch in the OBC and then as a Baker's Wife replacement Finally performed The Witch at the Delacorte in Central Park 2012 Played many age transitions in The People in the Picture Fosca's first song in Stephen Sondheim's Passion, “I Read”  Played Tuesday nights only for the Bette Midler Hello Dolly in 2017 in the wake of her own husband's death Was in negotiations to play Elizabeth Arden in War Paint (opposite Patti LuPone) while her husband, Shawn Elliott was dying (2017). She was simultaneously acting in PBS' Mercy Street Was up for the mother role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (played by Marin Hinkle)  Scott Rudin, the producer of Hello Dolly, did not treat Donna well. Scott Rudin scandal YMKHF interview with Broadway's original Minnie Fay, Sondra Lee (Episode #38) Played ballet teacher, Juliette Simone in Center Stage (directed by Nicholas Hytner) Stella Adler was more terrifying than Stephen Sondheim Brooke Shields got a re-recording of the Wonderful Town Broadway revival  The Sondheim 80th Birthday Celebration Concert (directed by Lonny Price)  Donna doing “Could I Leave You?” from Follies with other divas onstage: Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, Elaine Stritch David Hyde Pierce doing “Beautiful Girls” intro  Donna approached Mandy Patinkin after the 80th Birthday Concert to tell him how much he meant to her Died a great death in Spiderman 2 (@4:54 mark) Donna telling the Little Shop story to Alan Menken Barbra directing Daisy Ridley and Anne Hathaway in her Malibu home studio Barbra's autobio is going to be over 1000 pages, thank god  Lainie Kazan full interview (Episode #29)  Lainie Kazan/Fanny Brice on The Barbra Archives (scroll halfway down the page to find)

ON THE TOWN  Music by Leonard Bernstein | Book & Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Based on an Idea by Jerome Robbins Works Consulted & Reference :On the Town (Original Libretto) by Betty Comden & Adolph Green"Innocents on Broadway" by Adam Green in the November 2014 issue of Vanity Fair Broadway: The American Musical (PBS) Music Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Act 1: Opening: New York , New York” from  On The Town (Studio Cast Recording (1960)) | Music by Leonard Bernstein | Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Performed by Leonard Bernstein, Michael Kermoyan, Adolph Green, John Reardon, Cris Alexander, On the Town Ensemble (1960), & On the Town Orchestra (1960)  "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

Arguably Frank Sinatra's finest recording . . . from his 1957 album Where Are You?, here is the Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden classic, Lonely Town. Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Credits: Theme music by Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss Edited by Katie Cali Mixing and mastering by Amit Zangi Send comments to sinatramatters@gmail.com

In honor of his birthday, we're celebrating the music & lyrics of Adolph Green!

The train is about to leave the station…are you on board? WPMT's premiere of “Twentieth Century” which is the basis of the musical "On Twentieth Century," with music by Cy Coleman, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, starts at 1 PM CT on the dot! This 1934 classic stars Orson Welles as “Oscar'' and Elissa Landi as “Lily,” with Sam Levine, Ray Collins and Everett Sloane. Take a wild trip across the country from your living room, as listeners did when it aired on Campbell Playhouse, March 24, 1939!

Singin' in the Rain was a product of MGM's so-called “Freed Unit,” named for the person who headed it -- Arthur Freed. Before this film, Freed worked on many of the best known musicals, both historically and of their respective days: The Wizard of Oz, Babes in Arms, Meet Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeld Follies, Easter Parade, On the Town, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, and An American In Paris. It was after working on An American in Paris -- which featured music by George Gershwin, and went on to win 7 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) while becoming one of the top 10 highest grossing films of 1951 -- that Freed decided to put together another musical featuring pre-existing music by a specific songwriter… namely, himself, along with collaborator Nacio Herb Brown. The resulting film features tunes the duo wrote for previous MGM musicals. Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green worked on the initial draft of the screenplay with Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen jumping in to collaborate on adjustments to the story once they were done with American In Paris. Debbie Reynolds, who was not a dancer before the movie began production, had a particularly rough time making the picture -- with Kelly being rough on her throughout and one extremely long day of shooting a number resulting in bloody feet. In 2003, she told the Saturday Evening Post that "Singin' in the Rain and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life." And the famed “Make ‘Em Laugh” sequence reportedly left heavy smoking Donald O'Connor recovering in a hospital bed for several days. The film was considered only a modest hit at the time it was released, though it did receive strong reviews from many of the major critics of the day and it did rank as the 10th highest grossing film of 1952. It was nominated for 2 Oscars -- Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen) and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture -- but won neither. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture that year went to Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth -- and that film was also the highest grossing of 1952. Over the nearly 70 years since its release, Singin' in the Rain has arguably become one of the best loved movies of all time, especially as far as Hollywood movies go. It wa among the first batch of 25 films considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that the Library of Congress recognized in 1989 for its National Film Registry. And it was included in AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies list in 1998, ranked at #10... then rose to the #5 spot when that list was updated in 2007. AFI also listed it as the #1 greatest movie musical of all time in 2006, beating out West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and Cabaret... in that order. For our purposes, the film first ranked in the top 10 of Sight and Sound Magazine's critics' survey of the best films of all time in 1982.. At #3. It was then a runner up in 1992 and at #10 in 2002. And though it didn't make the top 10 in 2012, it was included on the full list at #20, right behind Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror and just ahead of Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura -- both of which we've discussed in previous episodes of this podcast… Ben Gibson, Director of the London Film School, put it on his list, saying: “Through the faked-up DIY of Singin' in the Rain, seemingly a mad throwing together of stuff that somehow just gels, we're allowed to feel the joy of creativity and to glimpse the very human face of genius. It's the least improvised film providing the most thrillingly spontaneous feeling to be had in a cinema.” Singin' in the Rain also came in at #67 on the 2012 directors' poll. Among the directors who voted for it were Francis Ford Coppola and Marc Webb. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stereoactivemovieclub/message

The final installment of a three-part program featuring Broadway legend Cy Coleman, composer of SWEET CHARITY, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, BARNUM and countless pop hits. Coleman discusses his life and career, including his collaborations with writers Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Barbara Fried as well as directors like Hal Prince and Joe Layton, among others. He even performs some of his own songs live at the piano, recorded exclusively for this program.   Featured songs: “On the Twentieth Century,” “The Way I See It,” “Come Follow The Band,” “On the Day You Leave Me,” and “Hey There Good Times.”   Originally produced and broadcast in 1980. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/Anything Goes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway's Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Just think of lovely things, and your heart will fly on wings..." Drew and Cassie are joined by Leah from YA Book Chat to discuss the 1954 musical version of Peter Pan! With music and lyrics by Jule Styne, Mark Charlap, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Carolyn Leigh, the original Broadway production starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook. An adaptation of this production was televised in 1955, 1956, and 1960. Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby would eventually claim the role of Peter, and famously played the role on stage for over four decades. For this episode, we compare and contrast 1960 televised Mary Martin version and the 2003 production starring Cathy Rigby that was professionally filmed for A&E. Drew also bit the bullet and watched the 2014 Peter Pan Live! starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, and sprinkles in some of the changes they made - some bad, some good. We discuss the different Nanas, the medicine scene, Cathy Rigby's massive amounts of fairy dust, the differences between Martin and Rigby's portrayals of Peter, the too-slowly-evolving portrayal of Tiger Lily and her tribe, the enigma of Liza's presence in Neverland, "Oh, My Mysterious Lady" vs. Marooner's Rock, the Hamlet joke, the casting choices for Adult Wendy and Jane, and so much more!In this episode, we reference an interview with Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate regarding the 2014 Live production's rewrite of "Ugg-A-Wugg" to "True Blood Brothers." We encourage you to read the full interview, which can be found at https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/adios-ugg-a-wugg-native-composer-updates-song-for-nbcs-peter-pan-live/ Next time, join us to discuss the YA steampunk dystopian novel Everland by Wendy Spinale. Check out Leah and YA Book Chat in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts! Check out her instagram at https://www.instagram.com/yabookchat and find more information at https://linktr.ee/YABookChatJoin the discussion! If you want to interact with other fairy tale fans, discuss this week's retelling, participate in podcast polls, catch fairy tale related news, join our Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/ofslippersandspindles/ Follow us on Instagram! We share behind-the-scenes info, fun facts, historical pictures of Drew and Cassie, bookstagram photos, and more! https://www.instagram.com/ofslippersandspindles/ We love to hear from you! You can reach us at ofslippersandspindles@gmail.com Music: Through The Woods by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com 

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/RmST6XqJXn4 Most books about screen acting, including one of the author's (100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON'T), concentrate on major stars and major roles. THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS focuses on the wonders achieved by performers in brief roles, sometimes mere cameos. To watch an actor's complete delineation of a character in a few minutes is to marvel at his/her talent, concentration, and invention. Each of the 100 performances spotlighted in the book aims to evoke not just each actor's individual impact but how he/she's imaginative gifts invigorated (and sometimes even stole) their films. From 1935 to 2019, the text surveys great artists who mastered playing for the camera, seizing moviegoers' attention and deserving places of honor for their contributions. John DiLeo's first book was AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW CLASSIC MOVIES (St. Martin's, 1999), hailed by Pauline Kael as "the smartest movie quiz book I've ever seen." His second book was 100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON'T (Limelight Editions, 2002), which Adolph Green called "a valuable and touching work." Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne said, in the Hollywood Reporter, that the book "delightfully throws the spotlight on some remarkable film work," and the Washington Post's reaction was, "Not only is this helpful criticism, but 100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES can serve as balm for anyone who has ever been disgruntled by the Academy's choices on Oscar night." John has been a contributing book reviewer for the Washington Post and recently completed a four-year stint as a weekly regular on the Arlene Bynon radio show in Toronto (on SiriusXM).   

Tras la playlist en la que dimos un repaso a los musicales, ópera y operetas del gran Leonard Bernstein, este podcast vamos a dedicarlo a sus trabajos más sinfónicos. Sus piezas que se suelen interpretar en las salas de conciertos. El joven Bernstein pronto se ganó una merecida fama como director de la New York Philharmonic Orchestra. En 1944 ya había dirigido su primera composición, la sinfonía “Jeremy”. También había escrito la música para el ballet “Fancy free” de su amigo el coreógrafo Jerome Robbins, que terminaría convirtiéndose en el musical “ON THE TOWN” con un libreto y letras de sus amigos y compañeros de piso Adolph Green y Betty Comden, con los que escribiría años después el musical “WONDERFUL TOWN”. Su versatilidad y fama como compositor, pianista y director de orquesta se vio acrecentada con su capacidad pedagógica en los 53 programas de televisión, en los que acercó la música clásica a los jóvenes. Ha compuesto sinfonías, una misa , música coral y de cámara. Ha escrito para el teatro y el cine. 00h 00'00" Presentación 00h 03'06" Cabecera 00h 03'43" FANCY FREE 00h 03'43" Enter three sailors 00h 06'36" Scene at the bar 00h 08'14" Enter two girls 00h 10'20" Pas de deux 00h 13'43" Competition scene 00h 16'47" Variation I Galop 00h 18'07" Variation II Waltz 00h 20'31" Variation III Danzon 00h 25'07" Finale 00h 27'42" ON THE TOWN - Three dances 00h 27'42" The great lover 00h 29'22" Lonely town: Pas de deux 00h 32'47" Times Square 1944 00h 37'23" ON THE WATERFRONT 00h 37'23" Suite 00h 59'00" WONDERFUL TOWN 00h 59'00" Overture 01h 03'35" Ballet at the Village Vortex 01h 06'22" DIVERTIMENTO FOR ORCHESTRA 01h 06'22" Sennets & Tuckets - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio 01h 07'35" Waltz - Allegro, con grazia 01h 09'43" Mazurka - Mesto 01h 11'41" Samba - Allegro giusto 01h 12'36" Turkey Trot - Allegretto, ben misurato 01h 14'27" Sphinxes - Adagio lugubre 01h 15'00" Blues - Slow blues tempo 01h 16'54" In memoriam - March "The BSO Forever" 01h 20'24" FACSIMILE - Choreographic essay for orchestra 01h 20'24" Molto Adagio 01h 30'05" Allegratto 01h 39'02" SERENADE AFTER PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM 01h 39'02" Phaedrus - Pausanias 01h 45'41" Aristophanes 01h 50'00" Eryximachus 01h 51'26" Agathon 01h 58'29" Socrates . Alcibiades 02h 09'01" WEST SIDE STORY 02h 09'01" Suite para violín y orquesta

Judy Holliday's career was tragically short, but she left an indelible imprint on motion pictures. Bells are Ringing (1960) showcases her incredible gift for making every bit of business look spontaneous and of the moment, even though she had performed the part over 1000 times on stage. She teamed up with her old theatre kid partners, Betty Comden and Adolph Green to play the part of the Good Samaritan of the Susanswerphone agency.

In celebration of what would have been his 107th birthday, I feature songs with lyrics by Adolph Green.

Peter Gallagher has delivered critically-acclaimed performances in such films as  Sex, Lies and Videotape, American Beauty (SAG Award), The Player, Short Cuts (Golden Globe), The Idolmaker, While You Were Sleeping, and Center Stage. Selected television credits include: “Grace and Frankie”, “Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist,” “The OC,” “Covert Affairs," “Rescue Me,” and "Californication." Gallagher has worked with some of the industry's most respected directors including Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Sam Mendes, Nicholas Hytner, Jonathan Miller and Hal Prince. His Broadway credits include award- winning Broadway productions of Guys and Dolls (receiving a Drama Desk nomination), Long Day's Journey Into Night (with Jack Lemmon, receiving a Tony Award nomination), The Real Thing (Clarence Derwent Award), The Corn Is Green (Theatre World Award), Noises Off, and The Country Girl. -edited from bio posted on broadwayworld.com

Join us with Bob Adolph for our second conversation, this time with him joining us in studio. Join us with Bob Adolph for our second conversation, this time with him joining us in studio. Today's sponsor:

Part two of a special program featuring some of Broadway's greatest composers and lyricists talking about and performing their own songs. This episode includes performances by Cy Coleman, Peter Link, Harold Rome, Micki Grant, Frank Loesser, Stephen Schwartz, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Alan Menken, and Jule Styne. Featured songs: “A Moment of Madness,” “King Of Hearts,” “Sing Me A Song Of Social Significance,” “One Big Union,” “Who's Gonna Teach The Children How To Sing?” “Bloop, Bleep,” “Prestidigitation,” “You Can Always Catch Our Act At The Met,” “Pink Fish,” and “Stay With The Happy People.” Originally produced and broadcast in 1986. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/AnythingGoes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Sound mixing by David Rapkin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway's Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Betty Comden and Adolph Green walk us through BELLS ARE RINGING, SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, FADE OUT – FADE IN, HALLELUJAH, BABY!, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, and A DOLL’S LIFE. They describe their experiences working with composers Cy Coleman and Jule Styne and star performers like Carol Burnett, Judy Holliday, Leslie Uggams, John Cullum and Madeline Kahn. The conclusion of a two-part retrospective on their legendary careers. Featured songs: “Bells Are Ringing,” “Just in Time,” “The Party’s Over,” “Subways are for Sleeping,” “You Mustn’t be Discouraged,” “My Own Morning,” “Saddle up the Horses,” “Life is like a Train,” and “Learn to be Lonely.” Originally produced and broadcast in 1986. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/Anything Goes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Sound mixing by David Rapkin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway’s Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betty Comden and Adolph Green, famed musical theatre writing team discuss their careers. Authors of arguably the best film musical ever, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, and countless Broadway musicals including PETER PAN, TWO ON THE AISLE, and WONDERFUL TOWN recall how their career began with THE REVUERS singing satirical songs at the Village Vanguard, and their notable collaborations with legendary composers Jule Styne, Morton Gould and Leonard Bernstein. The lyricist, book writers offer an inside look at the process behind some of their biggest hits and perform some of their own songs from BILLION DOLLAR BABY and ON THE TOWN. They also recall working with Broadway stars like Bert Lahr, Lena Horne, Dolores Gray, Judy Holliday and working with venerable director George Abbott. Part one of a two-part retrospective on their storied career. Featured songs: “The Reader’s Digest,” “New York, New York,” “Some Other Time,” “Broadway Blossom,” “If You Hadn’t But You Did,” “Christopher Street,” “Ohio,” “Captain Hook’s Waltz,” and “Never Neverland.” Originally produced and broadcast in 1986. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/AnythingGoes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Sound mixing by David Rapkin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway’s Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOWS: In Trousers, 42nd Street (2000), Oklahoma (2019) For over forty years New York audiences have had the great pleasure of watching three-time Tony nominee Mary Testa light up the stage with her brilliant work in such shows as In Trousers, Barnum, The Rink, On The Town, 42nd Street, Xanadu, Oklahoma, Marie Christine, Queen of the Mist, and First Daughter Suite, amongst so many more. Now, Mary sits down with Rob and Kevin to look back on her career, her triumphs, and an intimate conversation about her strength and desire to keep telling stories. Mary pulls back the curtain on her career to discuss how she riffed in front of Stephen Sondheim (and how she got banned from some casting directors because of it), what it was like creating In Trousers, and why her ability to tell nothing but the truth has been her creative guiding light. Also, Mary shines the spotlight on William Finn, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Chita Rivera! Become a sponsor of Behind The Curtain and get early access to interviews, private playlists, and advanced knowledge of future guests so you can ask the legends your own questions. Go to: http://bit.ly/2i7nWC4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we chat with our old buddy, East Hampton resident and Broadway composer/cabaret artiste Amanda Green. She is the recipient of the 2013 Frederic Loewe Award from the The Dramatists Guild of America (with collaborator Trey Anastasio of Phish) for her music for "Hands On A Hardbody" (lyricist; co-composer). She's been nominated for a Tony Award, three Drama Desk Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award, including a nod for her lyrics (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for "Bring It On." We talk about the difference between writing pop/country and writing for the stage, her incredible Broadway/Hollywood upbringing (daughter of Adolph Green and Phyllis Newman), and her upcoming projects -- plus laughs and a few surprises.

Broadway's real music man, Michael Lavine, is on the podcast today! Tune in to hear Michael talk about his friendships with Stephen Sondheim, Adolph Green, Hugh Martin, and more, as well as preparing Patrick Page for his Spiderman audition, helping Kristin Chenoweth prepare for Rosie O’Donnell, and what makes the perfect audition song. THEN, stick around to hear a 6-song concert which will include a song from Sondheim’s college shows, cut songs from Wildcat and She Loves Me, and more.

In this episode, Ben and Daniel watch and discuss the 1960 film "Bells Are Ringing," starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin. The film is directed by Vincente Minnelli and is based on the hit 1956 Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Classic-Pop Standards” is a one-hour program inspired by the Great American Songbook. This series of podcasts features the singers, the lyricists, and the composers of the music we call “American Standards.” Come along with us as we honor the great songwriters by never forgetting their music. These are songs with not only a history, but with a future; Songs born along Tin Pan Alley, on 42nd Street, at the Brill building, and down Broadway. Danny Lane brings new life to the Great American Songbook on “Classic-Pop Standards”. In this episode, you’ll hear: 1) Swingin' Down The Lane [Excerpt] by Les Brown / Isham Jones (music) & Gus Kahn (lyrics) [1923] 2) Let's Get Away From It All by Della Reese / Matt Dennis (music) / lyrics by Tom Adair (lyrics) [1941] 3) Nobody Else But Me by Tony Bennett / Jerome Kern (music)/Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) [1946] 4) Some Cats Know by Peggy Lee / Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller [1968] 5) Fever by Ray Charles & Natalie Cole / Eddie Cooley & John Davenport [1956] 6) Bounce Me Brother (With a Solid Four) by Ann Hampton Callaway / Don Raye and Hughie Prince (music & lyrics) [1941] 7) Someone To Watch Over Me by Rod Stewart / George Gershwin (music) & Ira Gershwin (lyrics) [1926] 8) It's Love by Lena Horne / Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics) & Leonard Bernstein (music) [1953] 9) When October Goes by Barry Manilow / Barry Manilow (music) & Johnny Mercer (lyrics) [1984] 10) The Shadow of Your Smile by Nancy Wilson / Johnny Mandel (music) & Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) [1965] 11) I'm The Big Band Singer by Rosemary Clooney / Merv Griffin (words & music) 12) To Make You Feel My Love by Kurt Darren / Bob Dylan [1997] 13) I Got Rhythm by Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra (Wendi Williams, vocal) / George Gershwin (music) & Ira Gershwin (lyrics) [1930] 14) Almost Like Being In Love by Vic Damone / Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) & Frederick Loewe (music) [1947] 15) Someone Like You by Linda Eder / Frank Wildhorn (music) & Frank Wildhorn, Leslie Bricusse and Steve Cuden (lyrics) [1990] 16) There Ain't Nobody Else by Bert Stratton / Bert Stratton [2002] 17) All I Ask Of You by Shirley Bassey / Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music) Charles Hart (Lyrics) [1984] 18) They Can't Take That Away From Me by Perry Como / George Gershwin (music)/Ira Gershwin (lyrics) [1937] 19) Good Morning Heartache by Diana Ross / Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, and Ervin Drake [1946] 20) Alaskan Nights by David Schwartz / David Schwartz [1992]

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Remembering Sander Vanocur, Cokie Roberts, Ric Ocasek, Phyllis NewmanSander Vanocur was the television journalists best known for his coverage of political conventions. He was one of the panelists in the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy presidential debates. He also did enlightening interviews with Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King before their deaths. Cokie Roberts was one of the first national female political correspondents. She had a long career on NPR followed by a stint on ABC, and blazed a trial for women in journalism. Ric Ocasek was one of the founders, lyricist, and occasional frontman for the 1970’s/1980’s rock group, The Cars. Besides their distinctive sound, The Cars had a flair for innovative rock videos, and Ric was also the husband of supermodel Paulina Porizkova. Phyllis Newman was a Tony-winning actress who went on to being a staple on television game shows. She was the wife of composer Adolph Green.

You’re not a human being, you’re a piece of meat taking space up on the earth. - Learn all about Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Leonard Bernstein’s navy, dance musical On the Town.

A deep dive and remembrance of a film always in my Top 10 of All Time and (most of the time) in my Top 5 of All Time - 1952's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN co-directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor and Jean Hagen. Warning ***SPOILERS*** --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

‘Rockhistorier’ forkæler  lytterne med en klynge forgyldte evergreens, skrevet af folk som Cole Porter, Gershwin-brødrene og Irving Berlin, sunget af mesteren selv.Frank Sinatras karriere falder i flere stadier. Efter en periode som refrænsanger i Tommy Dorseys orkester udløste det Sinatramania, at han gik solo i 1942, hvor han blev det store idol for datidens bobby soxers. I starten af 1950’erne faldt populariteten betragteligt, og de færreste fattede, at Capitol Records gad skrive kontrakt med ham i 1953, hvor Columbia Records droppede ham. Men samme år revitaliserede hans rolle i filmen ”Herfra til evigheden” karrieren, og han gik ind i dens kunstnerisk mest frugtbare fase.Frem til 1962 indspillede han 15 mesterlige lp’er for Capitol, heraf over halvdelen i selskab med den kongeniale arrangør og orkesterleder Nelson Riddle, resten med folk som Gordon Jenkins, Billy May og Axel Stordahl. Hvert album slog en tone an, som forfulgtes hele vejen igennem, og i processen skabtes konceptpladen. Sinatra vekslede ligeligt mellem swing-tunes og torch-songs, to genrer, han ubesværet mestrede og resultatet blev det måske fineste og mest slidstærke underholdningsmusik, der nogensinde er blevet indspillet på magnetbånd.Playliste: I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter) (1954) A Foggy Day (George & Ira Gershwin) (1954) Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) (1954) Get Happy (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) (1954) In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) (1955) It Never Entered My Mind (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (1955) I’ve Got You under My Skin (Cole Porter) (1956) Old Devil Moon (Burton Lane, E.Y. ”Yip” Harburg (1956) Don’t Like Goodbyes (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) (1957) I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) (1957) Autumn Leaves (Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma) (1957) Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) (1957) Come Fly with Me (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) (1958) Only the Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) (1958) One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) (1958) Something’s Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer) (1959) Here’s That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) (1959) How Deep Is the Ocean (Irving Berlin) (1960) On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) (1961) September Song (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) (1962)Glædelig jul og godt nytår fra ‘Rockhistorier', vi er tilbage tirsdag d. 8.1.2019.

Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village. It is based on Fields and Chodorov's 1940 play My Sister Eileen, which in turn originated from autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney first published in The New Yorker in the late 1930s and later published in book form as My Sister Eileen. Only the last two stories in McKenney's book were used, and they were heavily modified. Wonderful Town premiered on Broadway in 1953, starring Rosalind Russell in the role of Ruth Sherwood, Edie Adams as Eileen Sherwood, and George Gaynes as Robert Baker. It won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actress, and spawned three New York City Center productions between 1958 and 1966, a 1986 West End production and 2003 Broadway revival. It is a lighter piece than Bernstein's later works, West Side Story and Candide, but none of the songs have become as popular.

Hosts Briana Phipps and Jacque Borowski discuss the musical Peter Pan. Peter Pan is a musical based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and Barrie's own novelization of it, Peter and Wendy. The music is mostly by Mark "Moose" Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The original 1954 Broadway production, starring Mary Martin as Peter and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook, earned Tony Awards for both stars. It was followed by NBC telecasts of it in 1955, 1956, and 1960 with the same stars, plus several rebroadcasts of the 1960 telecast. In 2014, the musical was broadcast on NBC featuring several new numbers, and starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken. The show has enjoyed several revivals onstage. Make sure to subscribe to Popcorn Talk! - http://youtube.com/popcorntalknetwork HELPFUL LINKS: Website - http:/

Every week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing television appearances, and all things show business. This Week: Leaning In with Jeanine Tesori & Betty Comden Become a sponsor of Behind The Curtain and get early access to interviews, private playlists, and advance knowledge of future guests so you can ask the legends your own questions. Go to patreon.com and search Behind The Curtain: http://bit.ly/2i7nWC4

Fun-loving sailors Gabey (Gene Kelly), Chip (Frank Sinatra) and Ozzie (Jules Munshin) have 24 hours of shore leave in New York City, and they want to make every second count. While Chip hooks up with loudmouth cab driver Brunhilde (Betty Garrett) and Ozzie swoons for prim anthropologist Claire (Ann Miller), Gabey falls in love with a model he sees in an advertisement, Ivy Smith (Vera-Ellen). Leonard Bernstein, with lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green, along with Roger Edens, provides the music. Gene Kelly got a directing credit on this film, but did he use his star power to force his way into that position? What happened to all of Leonard Bernstein's music from the play? Was the famous line "New York New York It's A Wonderful Town" almost something else? And who had padding in the buttocks of their sailor suit? James and Lara break it down in this episode about a musical that is light and sweet like a cupcake.

Director John Rando, choreographer Joshua Bergasse, and actress Alysha Umphress talk about the new Broadway revival of On the Town, which was nominated for a 2015 Tony for Best Musical Revival. The Bronx is up, the Battery's down, and three sailors are hoping to get just a little bit lucky on their one day of leave in the Big Apple. Umphress plays Hildy, the taxi driver, who can cook, too. Created by the legendary creative team of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jerome Robbins, On the Town originally debuted in 1944. The score features the standards “New York, New York,” “I Can Cook Too,” “Lonely Town,” and “Some Other Time” and is played in this production with their original orchestrations, performed by the largest orchestra on Broadway.

Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Broadway's favorite lyricist team, are back with a vengeance.

New Yorkers are so excited for the Broadway musical, "On The Town" opening this fall at The Lyric Theater in the heart of Times Square. Host Robin Milling was treated to a sneak peek performance for the press by the multi-talented cast of dancers, singers and actors who are bringing this show back to the Great White Way bigger and better than ever. Featuring direction by John Rando and choreography by Josh Bergasse, On the Town is a classic that never goes out of style with music by Leonard Bernstein, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music; it's a story about three sailors on 24 hour leave in New York who are swept away by all the city has to offer, set to dance. Robin chats with Rando and Bergasse about their indelible mark on this quintessential classic. The show's principal cast featuring Tony Yazbeck as Gabey, Jay Armstrong as Chip, Clyde Alves as Ozzie, Elizabeth Stanley as Claire DeLoon, Jackie Hoffman as Madam Dilly, and Alysha Umphress as Hildy share their stories of coming to New York for the first time, bonding with each other as a family, and why On The Town is still so prevalent for everyone to enjoy 70 years later. It's a helluva show!

The composer Leonard Bernstein once wrote that his now-famous "West Side Story" of 1957 included a plea for racial tolerance as materials reveal in the Bernstein Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress. This lecture traces Bernstein's composer-activism back to "On the Town" of 1944, which was his first Broadway show and grew out of a fruitful collaboration with Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jerome Robbins. Produced with a racially integrated cast during WWII, On the Town crossed race lines boldly, and it did so in an era when racial segregation held firm yet faced increasing resistance. In the historical literature about Broadway, the show's racial advances have been ignored. Fusing musical and cultural history, this lecture draws upon manuscripts for "On the Town" in the Bernstein Collection to explore political activism embedded in the show, as well as to consider Bernstein's early fascination with the blues. Carol J. Oja is William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard and on the faculty of its program in the History of American Civilization. Her "Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s" (2000) won the Lowens Book Award from the Society for American Music and an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. She has also published "Copland and his World" (co-edited with Judith Tick) and "Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds." She is past president of the Society for American Music, and she is currently completing a book tentatively titled "Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War."

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, at The Muny, (2) THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by William Shakespeare, at St. Louis Shakespeare, (3) SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT, by Donald Margulies, at Insight Theatre Co., (4) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, by Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed, at The Muny, (5) THE HOBBIT, by Patricia Gray, at Clayton Community Theatre, and (6) KEN HALLER: SONG BY SONG BY SONDHEIM, at The Presenters Dolan.

The composer Leonard Bernstein once wrote that his now-famous "West Side Story" of 1957 included a plea for racial tolerance as materials reveal in the Bernstein Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress. This lecture traces Bernstein's composer-activism back to "On the Town" of 1944, which was his first Broadway show and grew out of a fruitful collaboration with Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jerome Robbins. Produced with a racially integrated cast during WWII, On the Town crossed race lines boldly, and it did so in an era when racial segregation held firm yet faced increasing resistance. In the historical literature about Broadway, the show's racial advances have been ignored. Fusing musical and cultural history, this lecture draws upon manuscripts for "On the Town" in the Bernstein Collection to explore political activism embedded in the show, as well as to consider Bernstein's early fascination with the blues. Speaker Biography: Carol J. Oja is William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard and on the faculty of its program in the History of American Civilization. Her "Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s" (2000) won the Lowens Book Award from the Society for American Music and an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. She has also published "Copland and his World" (co-edited with Judith Tick) and "Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds." She is past president of the Society for American Music, and she is currently completing a book tentatively titled "Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War."

Lyricist/writer Adolph Green, one half of the musical-comedy team Comden and Green, talks about their current revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" at the Morosco Theatre which includes songs from "Bells Are Ringing", "On The Town", "Applause", and more; working with Cy Coleman on an upcoming musical based on the play "Twentieth Century", about glamour and romance on the Twentieth Century Limited train from Chicago to New York, and the possibility of Madeline Kahn starring with Hal Prince directing.

Lyricist/writer Adolph Green, one half of the musical-comedy team Comden and Green, talks about their current revue "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green" at the Morosco Theatre which includes songs from "Bells Are Ringing", "On The Town", "Applause", and more; working with Cy Coleman on an upcoming musical based on the play "Twentieth Century", about glamour and romance on the Twentieth Century Limited train from Chicago to New York, and the possibility of Madeline Kahn starring with Hal Prince directing.

The legendary team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, having just opened "A Party", discuss some of their lesser-known lyrics; their occasional onstage performances and how "A Party" grew from a smaller show in Boston.

The legendary team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, having just opened "A Party", discuss some of their lesser-known lyrics; their occasional onstage performances and how "A Party" grew from a smaller show in Boston.

Broadway veteran Betty Comden passed away this Thanksgiving. We celebrate her work with longtime partner Adolph Green tonight.

Off Stage Betty Comden who, with Adolph Green, his written for some of the theater's great clowns--Phil Silvers, Bert Lahr, Judy Holliday, Rosalind Russell, Nancy Walker--discusses the art of the musical comedy lyric.