The song Hey Big Spender comes from which musical?
"released recording, the vocal track was taken from a session recorded in 1984 for the album ""I Am What I Am"". There was no promotion undertaken for the single and no video was made to support the release. Big Spender ""Big Spender"" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical ""Sweet Charity"", first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess girls; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the 1969 film. It is set to the beat of a striptease as the girls taunt the"
"Big (musical) Big The Musical is a 1996 musical adaptation of the 1988 film starring Tom Hanks. It was directed by Mike Ockrent and featured music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., with choreography by Susan Stroman. It involves Josh Baskin, a 12-year-old boy who grows up overnight after being granted a wish by a Zoltar Speaks machine at a carnival. With the aid of his best friend, Billy, he must cope with his new adulthood while finding the machine so that he can wish himself back and more. The pre-Broadway tryout started in Detroit in January"
"and bankruptcy as, unable to cope with her new-found wealth and fame, she rapidly spirals downward. Spend Spend Spend Spend Spend Spend is a musical with a book and lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene and music by Brown. The musical is inspired by the life of Viv Nicholson. ""Spend Spend Spend"" premiered in 1998 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and won the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical of the Year. The production starred Rosie Ashe and Nigel Richards. After a week of previews, the West End production, directed by Jeremy Sams and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood,"
"they live in west London with Cornelius's daughter Manon. Steve Brown (composer) Steve Brown is a British composer, lyricist, record producer and arranger. He co-wrote book and lyrics and composed the score for the West End musical ""Spend Spend Spend"" , starring Barbara Dickson, which chronicled Viv Nicholson's rise and fall after winning a fortune in the football pools in the early 1960s. The show won Best Musical in the 2000 Evening Standard and Critics Circle awards and subsequently toured the UK. With comedian Harry Hill he co-wrote ""I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical"", which premiered at the London"
"Spend Spend Spend Spend Spend Spend is a musical with a book and lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene and music by Brown. The musical is inspired by the life of Viv Nicholson. ""Spend Spend Spend"" premiered in 1998 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and won the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical of the Year. The production starred Rosie Ashe and Nigel Richards. After a week of previews, the West End production, directed by Jeremy Sams and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, opened on 12 October 1999 at the Piccadilly Theatre, where it ran until 5 August 2000."
"Giant (musical) Giant is a musical based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and the book by Sybille Pearson. The musical premiered at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia in 2009. The story follows a ranch family in Texas over 30 years, and the effect of the oil boom. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 2012. Edna Ferber's great-niece, Julie Gilbert, had approached LaChiusa about five years ago to write a musical based on the novel ""Giant"". LaChiusa and Pearson initially thought it impossible to stage as a musical."
"A Great Big Sled ""A Great Big Sled"" is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. It was recorded in mid-November 2006 with record producer Alan Moulder as a one-off track and the band's Christmas 2006 single. Moulder's wife Toni Halliday, the former lead vocalist of Curve, features on backing vocals. The song was released , as a download from the iTunes Store. All of the proceeds from this song went to AIDS charities as part of Bono's RED campaign. A music video was released for the single, containing ""candid"" clips of the band members participating in various"
"Steve Brown (composer) Steve Brown is a British composer, lyricist, record producer and arranger. He co-wrote book and lyrics and composed the score for the West End musical ""Spend Spend Spend"" , starring Barbara Dickson, which chronicled Viv Nicholson's rise and fall after winning a fortune in the football pools in the early 1960s. The show won Best Musical in the 2000 Evening Standard and Critics Circle awards and subsequently toured the UK. With comedian Harry Hill he co-wrote ""I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical"", which premiered at the London Palladium on 5 March 2013. It was jointly produced"
"Big Deal (musical) Big Deal is a musical with a book by Bob Fosse using songs from various composers such as Ray Henderson, Eubie Blake, and Jerome Kern. It was based on the film ""Big Deal on Madonna Street"" by Mario Monicelli. The musical received five Tony Award nominations, with Fosse winning for Choreography. Fosse said that by using existing songs: ""I can pick the perfect songs that will say the right things, and they're known. We'll have the greatest score in the world because they're all hit songs."" Fosse said of the main character, Charlie: ""That's my part! A"
"Big River (musical) Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller. Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"", it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel. The 1985 Broadway production ran for more than 1,000 performances and it remained one of the few very successful American musicals in the mid-1980s among the emerging successes coming from Great Britain. The first productions were staged by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in"
"March 21-25. 2018. Grand Hotel (musical) Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, ""Menschen im Hotel"" (People in a Hotel), and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina; a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who"
"with Billy. Josh returns to his former self, and as he and his mother embrace, the curtain closes with Billy examining the machine. (In the touring and rental versions, the finale number is ""We're Gonna Be Fine"") The musical is scored for keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, five woodwind players, trumpets, horns, trombones and a string quartet. Big (musical) Big The Musical is a 1996 musical adaptation of the 1988 film starring Tom Hanks. It was directed by Mike Ockrent and featured music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., with choreography by Susan Stroman. It involves Josh"
"Campbell's Soup and a 2011 Geico commercial in which a couple that wants to save money, but still listen to musicals, finds a roommate, dressed as the Major-General, who awkwardly begins the song while dancing on a coffee table. Gimbels department store had a campaign sung to the tune of the Major-General's Song that began, ""We are the very model of a modern big department store."" George Washington, in the number ""Right Hand Man"" from the 2015 musical ""Hamilton"" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, refers to himself with irony as ""The model of a modern major general"", which he rhymes with ""men"
"The musical includes such hits as ""Super Trouper"", ""Lay All Your Love on Me"", ""Dancing Queen"", ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"", ""Take a Chance on Me"", ""Thank You for the Music"", ""Money, Money, Money"", ""The Winner Takes It All"", ""Voulez-Vous"", ""SOS"" and the title track. Over 60 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $2 billion worldwide since its 1999 debut. A film adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters was released in July 2008. As of 2018, the show has productions in London's West End, where it is"
"and Frederica von Stade, soprano Ailyn Pérez, and baritone Nathan Gunn. ""Great Scott"" marks the third collaboration between Heggie and McNally. Heggie's 2016 operatic adaptation of the 1946 film ""It's a Wonderful Life"" was commissioned by Houston Grand Opera with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Based on Philip Van Doren Stern's story ""The Greatest Gift"" and made famous by the 1946 Frank Capra film, the opera follows the journey of George Bailey, a troubled banker about to end his own life on Christmas Eve only to be saved when his guardian angel helps him realize how many lives he has"
"appeared on the same night live from their concert at Olympic Park in front of 26,000 people with Daryl and Ossie appearing with them on a giant screen above the stage. The band traded quips with the Hey Hey crew in between performing some of their biggest hits. Red Symons landed his Hey Hey gig as a result of the success of this appearance. The show enjoyed strong ratings and maintained a dedicated following throughout the Eighties, and became a ""must watch"" program for a generation of viewers, with its popularity augmented by the stellar guest lineup and regular musical"
"hit after much rewriting from authors, John Weidman (book), Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics), and David Shire (music). Alvin Klein, in his ""The New York Times"" review of a 2000 regional production of it, wrote, "" 'Big' cannot be cavalierly dismissed as a failed musical that was no match for a blockbuster movie. It is satisfyingly good -- and it was shortchanged."" The revised version is available through Music Theatre International. The show made its UK and Ireland premiere prior to the West End at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from 5 to 12 November 2016 and at the Bord Gáis Energy"
"Major-General's Song ""I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General"" (often referred to as the ""Major-General's Song"" or ""Modern Major-General's Song"") is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera ""The Pirates of Penzance"". It is perhaps the most famous song in Gilbert and Sullivan's operas. Sung by Major General Stanley at his first entrance, towards the end of Act I, the character introduces himself by presenting his résumé and admitting to a few shortcomings. The song satirises the idea of the ""modern"" educated British Army officer of the latter 19th century. It is difficult to perform"
"that Marianne leave with the Colonel. Jacobowsky's flight will continue, but this time with a difference; if he has found a place in the heart of a Marianne, then what can stop him from finding his place in the world? His Grand Tour is just beginning (""I'll Be Here Tomorrow (Reprise)""). Source: ""Playbill"" The Grand Tour (musical) The Grand Tour is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Based on S. N. Behrman's play ""Jacobowsky and the Colonel"", the story concerns an unlikely pair. S.L. Jacobowsky, a Polish-Jewish intellectual,"
"Showtune (musical) Showtune is a musical revue celebrating the words and music of Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman. Its title was inspired by Herman's autobiography of the same name. The revue's original title was ""Tune the Grand Up"". After its 1985 San Francisco premiere and several regional productions through the 1990s, the piece played in the West End in 1998 under the title ""The Best of Times"", and Off-Broadway in 2003, titled ""Showtune"". The forty songs featured in ""Showtune"" come from Herman's Broadway musicals ""Milk and Honey"" (1961), ""Hello, Dolly!"" (1964), ""Mame"" (1966), ""Dear World"" (1969), ""Mack & Mabel"""
"the Broadway musical ""Spamalot"", based on ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"" – once in Act II and again during the curtain call. It is one of two Monty Python songs in the musical not taken from the original movie, along with the song ""Finland""; other songs were either from ""Holy Grail"" or were new creations. The song was made popular as a football chant by Aston Villa F.C. supporters in the 1980s and adopted by other clubs. The song is used at the end of ""Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)"", the comedic oratorio written by Eric"
"the acclaimed Houston Grand Opera Broadway production in 1983, with Donald O'Connor, that garnered Hubbard a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. But perhaps the most notable production of the musical in which he appeared was not a live staged performance. The 1988 EMI 3-CD set conducted by John McGlinn, featured, for the very first time on recordings, the entire musical score, though not all the dialogue, using the original 1927 vocal arrangements and orchestrations. The album was highly acclaimed and became a best seller. It is still in print today and was"
"Grand Hotel (musical) Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, ""Menschen im Hotel"" (People in a Hotel), and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina; a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend"
"height of the Big Band era of the 1930s and 1940s. It was subsequently featured in the classic 1953 MGM musical ""The Band Wagon"" and has since come to be considered part of the Great American Songbook. In the film it is orchestrally performed to a ballet dance set in Central Park. The song is given a 'sensual and dramatic' orchestration by Conrad Salinger, with the dance choreographed by Michael Kidd and performed by Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. Steve Martin was the host for the final episode of season 14 of ""Saturday Night Live"". In the opening monologue, he"
"catalog number 39008 and 45rpm catalog number 6-838) made the chart on January 5, 1951, at #30 for one week. Day's rendition of the song enjoyed a surge in popularity due to its usage in a 2017 State Farm Insurance TV commercial. Many other recording artists also did versions of the song. On Cash Box magazine's Best-Selling Record charts, where all versions of the song are combined, the song reached #5 on December 2, 1950. The song gained so much popularity before the musical actually opened that it was moved from its original spot at the start of the second"
"in ""Oh, Streetcar!"" include Stella (played by Helen Lovejoy), the Young Collector (played by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon), Mitch (played by Lionel Hutz), the Doctor (played by Chief Wiggum), Steve (played by Jasper Beardley, although Apu originally said he was playing Steve), and Pablo (originally played by Otto Mann but taken over by Llewellyn prior to curtain). The musical's closing song, ""Kindness of Strangers"", is a reference to Blanche's last line in the original play: ""I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."" However, the song is very cheery in tone, intentionally missing the point of Blanche's line, which is meant"
"Mister Big (1943 film) Mister Big is a 1943 musical directed by Charles Lamont, starring Donald O'Connor, Gloria Jean and Peggy Ryan. The film features the song ""Rude, Crude, and Unattractive"". This was the final of seven, successive B movie musicals that Universal Pictures cast with Donald O’Connor after he signed in 1941. When his popularity soared prior to release, the studio added $50,000 in musical numbers and distributed it as an A. His subsequent films were all A's. In a school for the dramatic arts called the Davis School of the Theatre, run by Jeremy Taswell, Donald (Donald O'Connor)"
"The Grand Tour (musical) The Grand Tour is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Based on S. N. Behrman's play ""Jacobowsky and the Colonel"", the story concerns an unlikely pair. S.L. Jacobowsky, a Polish-Jewish intellectual, has purchased a car he cannot drive. Stjerbinsky, an aristocratic, anti-Semitic colonel, knows how to drive but has no car. When the two men meet at a Paris hotel, they agree to join forces in order to escape the approaching Nazis. Together with the Colonel’s girlfriend, Marianne, they experience many adventures while on"
"it in New York. Mister Big (1943 film) Mister Big is a 1943 musical directed by Charles Lamont, starring Donald O'Connor, Gloria Jean and Peggy Ryan. The film features the song ""Rude, Crude, and Unattractive"". This was the final of seven, successive B movie musicals that Universal Pictures cast with Donald O’Connor after he signed in 1941. When his popularity soared prior to release, the studio added $50,000 in musical numbers and distributed it as an A. His subsequent films were all A's. In a school for the dramatic arts called the Davis School of the Theatre, run by Jeremy"
"for more money during its final week. He eventually was awarded $1,000,000, representing two-thirds of his investment. The Little Prince and the Aviator The Little Prince and the Aviator is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Don Black, and music by John Barry. Based on the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the musical deviates from the original in that aviator Toni, whose plane crashes in the Sahara Desert, explicitly is real-life author Saint-Exupéry, and the plot alternates flashbacks to actual events in his life with his interaction with the fictional Little Prince, a refugee from"
"in the mid-1950s, and takes place on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. In the Steinbeck book which forms the basis for the musical, the Bear Flag is a bordello and Suzy a prostitute. This is alluded to in the musical, but never expressed outright. In the early morning hours, marine biologist Doc is already at work in his one-man Western Biological Laboratory, getting an order of starfish ready to be shipped to a university. His unintelligent friend Hazel (a man) comes in to chat with him (""All Kinds of People""). Millicent, a wealthy young lady, enters from the next room,"
"Grey Gardens (musical) Grey Gardens is a musical with book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie, based on the 1975 documentary of the same title about the lives of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (""Big Edie"") and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale (""Little Edie"") by Albert and David Maysles. The Beales were Jacqueline Kennedy's aunt and cousin, respectively. Set at Grey Gardens, the Bouviers' mansion in East Hampton, New York, the musical tracks the progression of the two women's lives from their original status as rich and socially polished aristocrats to their eventual largely isolated"
"The Great American Trailer Park Musical The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. It explores the relationships between the tenants at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Florida, particularly between Pippi, ""the stripper on the run,"" the Dr. Phil-loving agoraphobic Jeannie, and Jeannie's tollbooth-collector husband Norbert. It was performed in the first annual New York Music Theater Festival in 2004 and Off-Broadway in 2005. The musical opened Off-Broadway at Bows at Dodger Stages on September 22, 2005, and starred Marya Grandy (Lin), Linda Hart (Betty), Shuler Hensley (Norbert), Kaitlin Hopkins"