Podcast appearances and mentions of Betty Comden

Joe, Kyle, and Rick review the musical romantic comedy film Singin' In The Rain. Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. With music by Lennie Hayton, Arthur Freed, and Nacio Herb Brown. The film stars Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, and Millard Mitchell. We ranked 11 songs off the soundtrack (with one off the deluxe), and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

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!

MusicalTalk pays a special tribute to the late, great Charles Strouse, who has just died a month shy of his 97th birthday. Charles was one of the giants of the last sixty years of musical theatre and leaves an enormous legacy: with new shows produced across seven decades, collaborations with Alan Jay Lerner, Lee Adams, Mel Brooks, Stephen Schwartz, Arthur Laurents, Martin Charnin, Rupert Holmes, Betty Comden and Adolph Green to name but a few, and with amazing rosta of shows and films featuring his music, such as Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Golden Boy, Nick and Nora, Applause and All Dogs Go To Heaven, Charles Strouse was, as Dick Van Dyke observed "one of the greats".  In this special episode of MusicalTalk, Thos recalls his memories of this amazingly talented, yet always modest, musical theatre legend - and there's another chance to hear Charles in conversation from 2009 - so put on a happy face!

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

Mark-Eugene and David celebrate women in musical theatre, sharing their favorite writers and their impact. Later, David chats with Jennifer Ashley Tepper—acclaimed theatre historian, producer, and author—about her upcoming book, Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That The History Books Left Out. Tepper, known for her work at 54 Below and productions like Be More Chill, highlights over 300 women who shaped Broadway, from Tin Pan Alley pioneers to today's trailblazers. She shares stories of icons like Betty Comden and Jeanine Tesori, as well as lesser-known but groundbreaking figures. Plus, Mark-Eugene and David tease an exciting partnership with Manhattan Theatre Club in the next episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Good news!” Today, I'm thrilled to announce my episode with Winnie Holzman, the author of the libretto and screenplay for the musical WICKED. Tune in to hear some of the stories of her legendary career, including what she learned from Betty Comden and Arthur Laurents while studying at NYU, how she came to star in the first production of Christopher Durang's BETTE AND BOO, ideas that came from the stage production of WICKED, learning from the reviews of BIRDS OF PARADISE, her journey to studying at Princeton, what inspired her to adapt THE SEAGULL, why Jon M. Chu was the perfect director for WICKED, one idea that got cut from the musical and the movie, how conversations around the movie changed through the years, the dimensions that Joe Mantello added to the musical, and so much more. You won't want to miss this conversation with a brilliant writer in all mediums!

This is the second of the three main Rat Pack members we will hear from here in season four of this show. This crooner is the one we DIDN'T get to see in concert with the other two back in March of 1988 at the Richfield Coliseum. He's a singer, actor, and comedian. One of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century, he was nicknamed "The King of Cool". And his music is still among the most streamed today. So, get ready to hear the voice that had just as many teenage girls swooning as Old Blue Eyes did in Volume 173: Dean's Swingin'. More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Promised Links: Dean Martin's IMDB listing Dean Martin's official website About page.  Credits and copyrights Dean Martin Orchestra Conducted By Nelson Riddle – This Time I'm Swingin' Label: Capitol Records – T1442 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Los Angeles Pressing Released: Oct 3, 1960 Genre: Jazz Style: Easy Listening, Vocal, Swing It was recorded during three sessions in May of 1960. We will hear 7 of the 12 songs on the album. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Written-By – Clarence Gaskill and Jimmy McHugh You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (the 1964 re-release reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964 and number 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.) Written-By – James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock, and Russ Morgan Imagination Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke Until The Real Thing Comes Along Written-By – Alberta Nichols, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Written-By – Sam Stept and Sidney Clare Someday Written-By – Jimmie Hodges Just In Time Written-By – Adoph Green, Betty Comden and Jule Styne I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

During an incredible Broadway career that stretched from 1953 to 1998, composer Cy Coleman created the music for 12 Broadway musicals. Unlike most Broadway composers, however, he was never part of an ongoing songwriting team but instead worked with seven very talented but very different collaborators. My guest today is one of those esteemed lyricists -- David Zippel who partnered with Cy Coleman on the score for the 1990 Tony Award winning "Best Musical", City Of Angels the hit musical that altogether received 10 Tony Awards including Coleman and Zippel's win for Best Score. That show launched David on his own stellar career which has honored with two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Award nominations, and three Golden Globe nominations. His songs can be heard on over twenty-five million CDs around the world that include recording by Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Mel Torme, Ricky Martin, Cleo Laine, Barbara Cook, Nancy LaMott, and include the Original Broadway Cast and Soundtrack recordings of The Goodbye Girl, The Women In White, The Swan Princess and Disney's Hercules and Disney's Mulan. David and I first met shortly after we had both arrived in NY in the early 1980's and have remained friends and colleagues ever since. Today we begin our conversation talking about Coleman's Russian-Jewish heritage. So many Broadway songwriters -- Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein to name just a few were the children or grandchildren of Russian-Jewish immigrants. If you enjoy this podcast, I invite to join my Broadway Nation Facebook Group where there is a large and lively community of musical theater enthusiasts. We have a great deal of fun and I feel certain that you will too! And If you would like to hear more about Carolyn Leigh, Dorothy Fields, Betty Comden and other women who invented the Broadway musical, you may want to check out Episode 7 and 8 of Broadway Nation. Special thanks Special thank the Julia Murney and David David Burnham, everyone at KVSH 101.9 FM the voice of beautiful Vashon, Island Washington, and to the entire team at the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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"

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 01 - the "Here We Go Again" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, a 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. The first episode of Season 3 features a preview of the fall 2023 season at the Opera House with Executive Director Rick Davis, an interview with Jacob Swanson and Alison D'Amato of the Decho Ensemble, and a conversation with Broadway star Eden Espinosa. Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, 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. Thanks for listening! Time Stamps: Rick Davis Preview  01:54 Decho Ensemble  20:43 Arts Calendar  36:00 Eden Espinosa  39:40 Media: "Here You Come Again," performed by Dolly Parton; written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, from the album Here You Come Again, September 1977 "Ulterior Motives"; Andrew Cote, composer, 2012; performed by the Decho Ensemble; Jacob Swanson and Sarah Marchitelli, alto saxophones, July 2020 "Duet #1 Wo0 27," Ludwig von Beethoven, composer (1790-92); performed by the Decho Ensemble, Jacob Swanson, alto saxophone, Sarah Marchitelli, tenor saxophone, August 2020 "I'm Not That Girl," from the musical Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, composer, performed by Eden Espinosa from her album Look Around, August 2012 "Look Around," from the musical The Will Rogers Follies, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adoph Green, May 1991, performed by Eden Espinosa, from her album Look Around, August 2012 Artist Links: Decho Ensemble Eden Espinosa      

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

‘Bernsteins Berceuse' Hij stond bekend als flamboyant en diepgravend: componist en dirigent Leonard Bernstein. Daarnaast componeerde hij kleine pianowerken als liefdevolle cadeautjes voor vrienden en bekenden. Deze ‘Berceuse' is voor het dochtertje van Betty Comden – zij schreef o.a. ‘Singin' in the Rain…' Leonard Bernstein 5 Anniversaries: V. For Susanna Kyle (born July 24, 1949) Michele Tozzetti, piano  (album: Bernstein: Complete Solo Piano Music)

Celebrating Dorothy Fields 118th Birthday! Women have had a much more significant impact on the Broadway Musical than has generally been reported or acknowledged. In fact, talented, dynamic women have been a major force in the creation and development of the American musical theater from the very beginning and right up to today. In this episode my special guest Albert Evans and I will share the often overlooked stories of songwriters and bookwriters Rida Johnson Young, Dorothy Donnelly, Nora Bays, Ann Ronell, Kay Swift, Betty Comden, Bella Spewack, Mary Rodgers, Carolyn Leigh, and especially Dorothy Fields, whose amazing 50-year career stretched from the vaudeville era to the age of rock! Special thanks to Billie Wildrick for her voice acting contributions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommie returns in this week's episode to tangle with Patrick over dogs consuming cannabis and majoritarian rule vs. individual liberty. They also salute playwright William Inge and lyricist Betty Comden, mourn the loss of trash TV pioneer Jerry Springer and singer Gordon Lightfoot, celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Broadway opening of Kiss Of The Spider Woman, get their spook on for National Paranormal Day, review the Netflix dramas Beef and the Diplomat, kiss off musician Paul Stanley, and name their favorite paranormal events/phenomena.

My dad's record collection is filled with plenty of albums of previously released music from various artists that were put into a set for various reasons. This record was released to sell toothpaste. So get ready to hear a cross section of hits from the late 1950s with Volume 115: Great and New Sounds. Credits and copyrights Various – Colgate Presents Great Sounds And New Sounds Label: Columbia – none Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1959  Genre:Jazz, Brass & Military, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen Style:Brass Band, Big Band We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from the album. Les Elgart– When I Take My Sugar To The Sea Written-By – Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman, and Sammy Fain in 1931. First recorded by Melotone Boys. Recorded in 1959 Andre Kostelanetz– I Enjoy Being A Girl Written-By – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers from the 1958 musical Flower Drum Song. Recorded in 1959 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra– Just In Time Written-By – Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Jule Styne Recorded in 1956 Johnny Cash–The Troubadour Written-By – Cindy Walker Recorded in 1958 Luther Henderson– Stay As Sweet As You Are Written-By – Harry Revel, and Mack Gordon Recorded in 1959 Mitch Miller–The Band Played On / Oh! You Beautiful Doll Written-By – A. Seymour Brown, Charles Ward, John Palmer, and Nat Ayer Recorded in 1959 I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

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

durée : 00:58:11 - "Just in Time" (Jules Styne / Betty Comden) (1956) - par : Laurent Valero - "Cette chanson est tirée d'une célèbre comédie musicale donnée à Broadway en 1956 "Bells Are Ringing" raconte l'histoire assez amusante d'une standardiste new-yorkaise, qui ne se contente pas de transférer les appels des abonnés, mais s'immisce dans leur vie en devenant confidente..." Laurent Valero - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

durée : 00:58:11 - "Just in Time" (Jules Styne / Betty Comden) (1956) - par : Laurent Valero - "Cette chanson est tirée d'une célèbre comédie musicale donnée à Broadway en 1956 "Bells Are Ringing" raconte l'histoire assez amusante d'une standardiste new-yorkaise, qui ne se contente pas de transférer les appels des abonnés, mais s'immisce dans leur vie en devenant confidente..." Laurent Valero - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

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

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!

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 

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.

During an incredible Broadway career that stretched from 1953 to 1998, composer Cy Coleman created the music for 12 Broadway musicals. Unlike most Broadway composers, however, he was never part of an ongoing songwriting team but instead worked with seven very talented but very different collaborators. My guest today is one of those esteemed lyricists -- David Zippel who partnered with Cy Coleman on the score for the 1990 Tony Award winning "Best Musical", City Of Angels the hit musical that altogether received 10 Tony Awards including Coleman and Zippel's win for Best Score. That show launched David on his own stellar career which has honored with two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Award nominations, and three Golden Globe nominations. His songs can be heard on over twenty-five million CDs around the world that include recording by Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Mel Torme, Ricky Martin, Cleo Laine, Barbara Cook, Nancy LaMott, and include the Original Broadway Cast and Soundtrack recordings of The Goodbye Girl, The Women In White, The Swan Princess and Disney's Hercules and Disney's Mulan. David and I first met shortly after we had both arrived in NY in the early 1980's and have remained friends and colleagues ever since. Today we begin our conversation talking about Coleman's Russian-Jewish heritage. So many Broadway songwriters -- Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein to name just a few were the children or grandchildren of Russian-Jewish immigrants. If you enjoy this podcast, I invite to join my Broadway Nation Facebook Group where there is a large and lively community of musical theater enthusiasts. We have a great deal of fun and I feel certain that you will too! And If you would like to hear more about Carolyn Leigh, Dorothy Fields, Betty Comden and other women who invented the Broadway musical, you may want to check out Episode 7 and 8 of Broadway Nation. Special thanks Special thank the Julia Murney and David David Burnham, everyone at KVSH 101.9 FM the voice of beautiful Vashon, Island Washington, and to the entire team at the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mix three sailors with three young women in World War 2 New York City - add in some madcap adventures, someone who "understands", and some incredibly interesting names - and you have "On the Town". Join John and John as they take a look at this monolith of a show, discuss their issues with the book, their thoughts on the music (before things start going off the rails...), and end with a brief discussion on this shows inclusion process. Music by Leonard Bernstein Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Find the episode on your favorite podcast app or by going to https://anchor.fm/musicalminutes Intro and outro music ("BeBop 25") provided under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com Have a question for John or John? Want to leave feedback or tell us how wrong we are? Email us at musicalminutespodcast@gmail.com For more info on our hosts - please visit https://norine62.wixsite.com/musicalminutes

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

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

Learn about Leonard Bernstein and his peers, ranging from George Gershwin to Betty Comden and Adolf Green. Also hear the story of how Fancy Free became On The Town

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

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

Women have had a much more significant impact on the Broadway Musical than has generally been reported or acknowledged. In fact, talented, dynamic women have been a major force in the creation and development of the American musical theater from the very beginning and right up to today. In this episode my special guest Albert Evans and I will share the often overlooked stories of songwriters and bookwriters Rida Johnson Young, Dorothy Donnelly, Nora Bays, Ann Ronell, Kay Swift, Betty Comden, Bella Spewack, Mary Rodgers, Carolyn Leigh, and especially Dorothy Fields, whose amazing 50-year career stretched from the vaudeville era to the age of rock! Special thanks to Billie Wildrick for her voice acting contributions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne and Damian are delighted to be joined by actress, singer, dancer, and director, Sondra Lee. You Might Know Her From original Broadway productions of Peter Pan;  Hello, Dolly!; Hotel Paradiso; High Button Shoes; and Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. Sondra invited us into her penthouse to talk about coaching film directors, working with the mystery that was Carol Channing, collaborating with Jerome Robbins, and wooing moviestar Marlon Brando. Wonderful woman!  Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers The “woman” Rescue Ranger was Gadget Anne’s favorite Survivor players: Shambo Waters, Sandra Diaz-Twine Sondra Lee’s IBDB & IMDB Sondra’s book I’ve Slept with Everybody: A Memoir Sondra Lee as Tiger Lily in the Peter Pan musical (music by Mark "Moose" Charlap, Jule Styne, and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green) Directed and choreographer by Jerome Robbins  Mary Martin’s daughter, Heller Halliday, played Liza  Sondra could have been Anybodys in West Side Story but Arthur Laurents said N-O. The “Stella” Sondra mentions: actor and iconic acting teacher Stella Adler Sondra was sick of playing Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! for so long Hello, Dolly! book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman Directed and choreographed by Gower Champion Sondra’s Hello, Dolly! castmates: Carol Channing (Dolly), Eileen Brennan (Irene), Charles Nelson Reilly (Cornelius) Hotel Paradiso with Sondra, Angela Lansbury, and Bert Lahr Bert Lahr, famously played the Cowardly Lion Marlon Brando worked with Tallulah Bankhead “Original Tiger Lily Will Skip NBC’s ‘Peter Pan’” story Sandra Lee the “chef” and former First Lady of New York (but since this recording Lee and Andrew Cuomo have split) Actress Sandra Dee Sondra Lee in Pinocchio Carol Channing allergic to hair dye  Italian director and screenwriter Federico Fellini Sondra Lee’s favorite curse word: Fuck Dr. Sandra Lee, a.k.a. Dr. Pimple Popper Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock in Clue

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.

We're joined by Deborah Grace Winer to celebrate those great ladies--Betty Comden, Dorothy Fields, Carolyn Leigh and more--in anticipation of the concert "Baby Dream Your Dream" at East Hampton's Guild Hall.

What happens when you put three obsessive fans of the American Songbook into the same room? Well, you get this week's episode with acclaimed author and champion of the great American Songbook, Deborah Grace Winer. Deborah's passion not only extends into the literary world, where she wrote Sing Out Louise: 150 Stars of the Musical Theatre Remember 50 Years of Broadway, The Night and the Music: Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook and Julie Wilson Inside the World of Cabaret, and On the Sunny Side of the Street: The Life and Lyrics of Dorothy Fields, she served for ten years as the Artistic Director of the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics and Lyricists Series and is now the Artistic Director of the Classic American Songbook Series at Feinstein's/54 Belo. Deborah pulls back the curtain on her career to discuss how she first became enamored of the American songbook while her contemporaries were rocking out to The Beatles, what it was like rubbing elbows with Betty Comden and Rosemary Clooney, and why Elaine Stritch never met a fruit she didn't like! Also, Deborah shines the spotlight on Dorothy Fields, Paul Newman, and Sheldon Harnick! 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: http://bit.ly/2i7nWC4

This classic is Cullen's pick. Singin' in the Rain is a FANTASTIC musical! Try to peel your eyes away from the screen, just TRY! Join us as we discuss why this movie is almost absurdly entertaining, movie trivia, how awesome Debbie Reynolds is and the perfection that is Gene Kelly. Singin' in the Rain (1952) Directed by: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Written by: Betty Comden and Adolf Green Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor ***EXPLICIT*** ***SPOILERS*** Follow us on twitter! @IWYTWT Dennis @TheDBux Craig @Catharticus Cullen @Cullen Munch find us on Facebook.com/groups/IWYTWT Like what you hear? write us a review on iTunes, Stitcher or where ever you find your podcast! I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS is a homegrown podcast that relies on listeners like you to spread to new ears! Tell a friend!

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.

Betty Comden was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century, from "Singinâ?? In the Rain" to "On The Town," which was recently revived on Broadway. Judy interviewed the late Betty Comden in 2000 but the show was never broadcast. Weâ??re happy to bring it to you now!

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.