MONDAY NIGHT - A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA
Let's start with some news. Tonight's program at Town Hall revealed the four Broadway By the Year concerts of next season:
Broadway Musicals of 1947 - Street Scene Finian's Rainbow, Brigadoon, High Button Shoes, Allegro
Broadway Musicals of 1954 - The Golden Apple, The Pajama Game, The Boy Friend, Peter Pan, Fanny, House of Flowers
Broadway Musicals of 1965 - Do I Hear a Waltz?, Flora the Red Menace, The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the Crowd, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Skyscraper, Man of La Mancha
Broadway Musicals of 1979 - Sarava, They're Playing Our Song, Sweeney Todd, I Remember Mama, Evita
I've written a review of A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA for Theater News Online, so check that out there. Meanwhile, here's tonight's running order:
Act One
1. Mark Jacoby - "Maxim's" (The Merry Widow)
2. Christiane Noll - "Italian Street Song" (Naughty Marietta)
3. Karen Murphy, Paul Schoeffler - "Talk About This, Talk About That"
4. Douglas Ladnier - "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"
5. Milla Illieva - "Giannini Mia"
6. Karen Murphy - "Art is Calling for Me"
7. Manu Narayan - "Song of the Vagabonds" (The Vagabond King)
8. Rebecca Eichenberger, William Michals - "Indian Love Call" (Rose Marie)
9. Sarah Jane McMahon - "One Kiss" (The New Moon)
10. John Easterlin - "Serenade" (The Student Prince)
Act II
1. Marc Kudisch - "Donkey Serenade" (The Firefly)
2. Mark Jacoby, Sarah Jane McMahon - "Wanting You" (The New Moon)
3. Gavin Lee - "The Streets of New York" (The Red Mill)
4. Mark Jacoby, Paul Schoeffler - "When You're Wearing the Ball and Chain (The Only Girl)
5. Doug Ladnier - "One Alone" (The Desert Song)
6. Rebecca Eichenberger - "Romance" (The Desert Song)
7. William Michals - "Strange Music" (Song of Norway)
8. Christiane Noll, John Easterlin - "Deep in My Heart, Dear" (The Student Prince)
9. Company - "Toyland" (Babes in Toyland)
And this is the list of performers for next week's BROADWAY'S RISING STARS: Alexander Arroyo, Michael August, Katie Babb, Stephanie Barnum, Abby Baum, Stephen Bel Davies, Kirby Burgess, Darcie Champagne, Mike Cruz, Laura D'Andre, Elizabeth Daniels, Chris DiChristo Jr., Dayna Garber, STacie Greenwall, Natalie Hall, Reggie Headen, Paige Hutchison, Erica Jacob, Lauren Marcus, Justin McConnaughy, Sara Sawyer and Jared Weiss.
