Notables Bleu

A Rhapsody in Song

Armstrong Theatre

April 10, 2005

2:00 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) [piano solo]
• Birth of the Blues (1926: w. B. G. DeSylva & Lew Brown; m. Ray Henderson; from George White's Scandals of 1926) [Wendy]
• 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]
• Dialogue [Janine, Paula]
• Lady Sings the Blues (1956: w. Billie Holiday; m. Herbert Nichols) [Paula]
• Blue Velvet (1951: wm. Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris; popularly revived in 1963) [chorus men]
• The Blue Room (1926: w. Lorenz Hart; m. Richard Rodgers; from The Girlfriend) [Noble, Lee]
• Serenade in Blue (1942: w. Mack Gordon; m. Harry Warren; used in the musical film Orchestra Wives) [Ed]
• Dialogue [Janine, Nick]
• 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 (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]
• "Blue Danube Waltz" (1867: "An der schönen blauen Donau"; m. Johann Strauss, Jr [1825-99]) [piano]
• 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}
• "Blue Danube Waltz" (continued) [piano]
• 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 Moon of Kentucky (1947: Bill Monroe; official state bluegrass song of Kentucky) [Joan; with Doug on banjo and Colleen on fiddle]
• 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]
• 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)

Intermission

• The Dean Martin Show, featuring Mike DeBartolo

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