Notables Bleu
A Rhapsody in Song
October 1 & 2, 2004: 8:00 p.m.
Program
- Notables Tonight
(Based on "Comedy Tonight"; 1962: wm. Stephen
Sondheim, from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
[chorus; David E; with various cameos]
{"Meet The Notables":
October 27, 2000}
- Monologue [Don]
- Lab Scene [Janine, Joan, Mary]
- Joseph's Coat (1968: w. Tim Rice; m. Andrew Lloyd Webber; from Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) [Gary as Joseph, Don as Jacob, Mary
as Narrator; chorus]
- Blue
Tango (1950: m. Leroy Anderson) [June, piano solo]
- Birth of the Blues (1926: w. B. G. DeSylva & Lew Brown; m. Ray
Henderson; from George White's Scandals of 1926) [Wendy]
- Ellingtonia: The Music of Edward
Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (Arr. Larry Farrow) [Mary S, David E, Ed; chorus]
(Includes: Take the 'A' Train, Satin Doll, Mood Indigo, Prelude to a
Kiss, Solitude, Sophisticated Lady, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I'm
Beginning to See the Light, It Don't Mean a Thing, Caravan, Azure, Do
Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, I Let a Song
Go Out of My Heart, I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, In a Sentimental
Mood, Love You Madly) {"Made in America":
May 30 & 31, 2003}
- St Louis Blues (1914: wm. W[illiam] C[hristopher]
Handy [1873-1958]; arr. Kirby Shaw) [chorus]
- Buddy's Blues (The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues) (1971: wm. Stephen
Sondheim, from Follies) [David E; Margie=Patty, Sally=Sue;
with Mary, Paula]
- Lady Sings the Blues (1956: w. Billie Holiday;
m. Herbert
Nichols) [Paula]
- Milk Cow Blues (1934: wm. Kokomo Arnold; also
recorded by Willie Nelson) [Roy]
- Mood Indigo (1931: wm. "Duke" Ellington, Irving Mills, &
Albany Brigand) ["The Manhattan Beach Transfer": Donna, Melissa, Ed,
Don; with Paula on piano]
- Soul
Man (1967: wm. David Porter & Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr) [Nick &
Gary, as Blues Bros]
- Shout
(1959: wm. Isley Bothers [O'Kelly, Roland, and Rudolph]) [Nick & Gary, as Blues
Bros; with chorus]
Intermission
- "Blue Danube Waltz" (1867: "An der schönen blauen Donau";
m. Johann Strauss, Jr [1825-99]) with "The Minute Waltz" (1964: wm. & arr. Lan O'Kun; based on Chopin's
"Minute Waltz", op. 64 #1 in D-flat) [Donna]
- The Blue Room (1926: w. Lorenz Hart; m. Richard
Rodgers; from The
Girlfriend) [Noble, Lee]
- Blue Skies (1927: wm. Irving
Berlin; from Betsy) [Paula, Mary, Colleen]
- Blue Suede Shoes (1956: wm. Carl Lee Perkins; used in the musical film GI
Blues) [Roy]
- Blue Velvet (1951: wm. Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris; popularly revived in
1963) [chorus men]
- Serenade in Blue (1942: w. Mack Gordon; m. Harry Warren; used in the
musical film Orchestra Wives) [Ed]
- Blue Hawaii (1937: wm. Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger; used in the musical
film Waikiki Wedding) [chorus women, with Dale and Sue as dancers]
- Blue Moon of Kentucky (1947: Bill
Monroe; official state bluegrass song of Kentucky) [Joan; with Doug on
banjo and Colleen on fiddle]
- Blue Moon
(as sung by The Marcels; originally written1934: w. Lorenz Hart; m. Richard
Rodgers; earlier lyric entitled "Make Me a Star", originally
written for Jean Harlow, but cut from the movie it was intended for) [Roy; Jerry,
Doug, Garry]
- Don't
It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
(1976: Richard Leigh; as recorded by Crystal Gale) [Kathy G]
- Red Roses for a Blue Lady (1948: wm. Sid Tepper and
Roy C. Bennett [Roy Brodsky ?]; popularly
revived in 1965) [Noble]
- Wedding Bell Blues (1966: wm. Laura Nyro; most popular in 1969)
[Wendy; with David]
- Finale from Act II of The Mikado (1885: w.
Wm. S.
Gilbert; m. Arthur
Sullivan) [Mary, Paula, Donna, Jerry, Ed, Don; Janine as bride, Roy as
groom; with chorus]
- Joseph's Coat (reprise)
The Singers
- Melissa Albers
- Janine Anderson
- Nancy Arnold
- Ingrid Baumgart
- Jerry Bennett
- Sue Brennan
- Doug Carlson
- Sharon Cascadden
- Wendy Cleverly
- Gary Crandall
- Mike DeBartolo
- David Ellings
- Ed Fletcher
- Noble Ford
- Garry Frank
- Kathy Gardner
- Nick Hrobak
- Patty Jarvis
- Paula Kelley
- Howard Korman
- Tony McQuilkin
- Don Norton
- Colleen Okida
- Roy Okida
- Joan Perkins
- Kathy Rudolph
- Mary Schwalbe
- Donna Stogryn
- Lee Viale
The Band
- Randall Schwalbe, Director
- Gabe Berghouse, Bass Guitar
- Doug Carlson, banjo, ukelele
- Gary Crandall, guitar
- Debbie Minnichelli, drums
- Barbara Scales, keyboard
- June Young, Pianist
The Crew
- Janine Anderson, set design, props
- Doug Carlson, set construction
- Mike Neary, lights
- Dennis Taylor, sound