The Notables

"Notables Noir"

October 17 & 18, 2003

Manhattan Beach Community Church

Program

  1. "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana (1937: m. Carl Orff) [chorus] {Latin pronunciation}
  2. "Dolly's Lullaby" ("Kolybel'naya") (1875-7: from Songs and Dances of Death [Pesni i plyaski smerti]; w. Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov;  m. Modest Mussorgsky) [Mary S]
  3. "Hello, Little Girl", from Into the Woods (1987: wm. Stephen Sondheim) [Roy & Lee]
  4. "Dentist!", from Little Shop of Horrors (1982: w. Howard Ashman; m. Alan Menken) [Gary C; Kathy G, Paula, Colleen]
  5. A Reading, part 1: "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Edgar Allan Poe, 1843) [Chauncey]
  6. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (1969: w. John Lennon; m. Paul McCartney) [Dave S; with Cindy, Sharon, Kathy R, Garry F, Chauncey]
  7. The Erl-king ("Der Erlkönig"--1782: w. J. W. von Goethe; m. 1815, Franz Schubert) [narrator=Melissa, kid=Mary S, father=Don, Erl-king=David E]
  8. "I Want To Bite Your Hand" & "Drac the Knife" (1964, from "Dracula's Greatest Hits", by Gene Moss & The Monsters) [Nick, with Janine, Colleen, Nancy, Kathy R, Mary H]
  9. "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" (1943; w. Oscar Hammerstein II; m. Richard Rodgers; from Oklahoma!) [Ed; Donna]
  10. "Confrontation", from Jekyll and Hyde (1990: w. Leslie Bricusse; m. Frank Wildhorn) [Mike]
  11. "Family Feud" Skit: The Addams Family [Gomez=Jerry, Morticia=Patty, Uncle Fester=Garry F, Lurch=Tony, Itt=Nancy, Thing=Lee] v. The Munsters [Herman=Noble, Lily=Kathy G, Grandpa=Chauncey, Marilyn=Sue, Eddie=Roy] with Cindy as host and Randy as "booth"
  12. "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" (1959: wm. Tom Lehrer) [David E & Donna]
  13. A Reading: "Dance of the Thirteen Skeletons" (by Jack Prelutsky from Nightmares, Poems to trouble your sleep) [Joan]
  14. "Forty-Second Street", from Forty-Second Street (1933: w. Al Dubin; m. Harry Warren) [Wendy; chorus]

Intermission

  1. "Waltz", from Edward Scissorhands (1990: m. Danny Elfman) [women; with 3 dancing couples]
  2. "Those Good Old Days", from Damn Yankees (1955: wm. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) [Jerry]
  3. "The Engulfed Cathedral" (or, "The Enshrouded Cathedral", "La cathédrale engloutie", No 10 of Preludes, Book 1, 1910: m. Claude Debussy) [Mary S, with chorus] {midi file}
  4. "Cell Block Tango", from Chicago (1973: w. Fred Ebb; m. John Kander) [Velma=Paula; Hunyak=Janine; Annie=Wendy; June=Kathy G; Liz=Sue; Mona=MaryS]
  5. A Reading, part 2: "The Tell-Tale Heart" (as above)
  6. "Time Warp" (1975; wm. Richard O'Brien, from The Rocky Horror [Picture] Show) [Riff Raff=Nick, Magenta=Janine; Criminologist=David E; Columbia=Sue; Janet=Kathy G; Brad=Randy; with chorus] {Jerry in charge}
  7. "A Little Priest", from Sweeney Todd (1979: wm. Stephen Sondheim) [Gary & Paula]
  8. "When the Night Wind Howls", from Ruddigore (1888: w. William S. Gilbert;  m. Arthur S. Sullivan) [Don, with men]
  9. "Danse Macabre" (1874: m. Camille Saint-Saëns) [Donna, Melissa, Colleen, Mary H, Ed, Dave S, Roy, David E]
  10. "Aase's Death" (1874-5: m. Edvard Grieg; from Incidental music for Peer Gynt) [June: piano solo]
  11. "Lacrimosa", from Requiem (m. 1791-2: W. A. Mozart & Franz Xaver Süssmayr) [chorus] {Latin pronunciation}
  12. "Dulcissime", from Carmina Burana  [Mary S]
  13. "O Fortuna" {as above}

Omitted from this show:

Torrance Arts Alive

October 4, 2003

Torino Plaza, 2:00 p.m. (CANCELLED)

  1. "O Fortuna"
  2. "Waltz", from Edward Scissorhands
  3. "Dolly's Lullaby"
  4. "Those Good Old Days"
  5. Forty-Second Street"

The Cast

Orchestra

Special Mention