"as singles. People Will Say We’re in Love—Oh! What a Beautiful Morning For sheer vocal beauty and charm, the blended talents of Bing Crosby, Trudy Erwin and the Sportsmen Glee Club make for a real pleasantry on the platters. With the added comfort of two of the top tunes from the smash Oklahoma musical hit as the vehicle, it adds up to the most ear-caressing of all-vocal recordings to come forth this year. Crosby, sharing the lyrical expressions with Miss Erwin, and with the Glee Club weaving a rhythmic and harmonic background, the interpretation approximates downright purring, it being that"
"Juliet"" (1953) and ""Pipe Dream"" (1955). They also wrote the score to the film ""State Fair"" (1945) (which was remade in 1962 with Pat Boone), and a special TV musical of ""Cinderella"" (1957). Their collaboration produced many well-known songs, including ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"", ""People Will Say We're in Love"", ""Oklahoma"" (which also became the state song of Oklahoma), ""It's A Grand Night For Singing"", ""If I Loved You"", ""You'll Never Walk Alone"", ""It Might as Well Be Spring"", ""Some Enchanted Evening"", ""Getting to Know You"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Sixteen Going on Seventeen"", ""Climb Ev'ry"
"jokes, no chance."" But Rodgers and Hammerstein were confident. The New Haven and Boston audiences were enthusiastic, although the reviews were only fair. Of the changes made before the show went to Broadway, two would prove significant: the addition of the show-stopping musical number, ""Oklahoma"" and the decision to retitle the musical after that number. Todd had been wrong; the show opened on Broadway to raves from the critics, sold out, and won a special Pulitzer Prize. Brooks Atkinson wrote in ""The New York Times"" that the show's opening number, ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"" changed the history of musical"
"We're in Love"", and ""Oklahoma!"". In 1955 it was made into an Academy Award-winning musical film, the first feature shot with the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process. The film starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, and its soundtrack was #1 on the 1956 album charts. After their initial success with ""Oklahoma!"", the pair took a break from working together and Hammerstein concentrated on the musical ""Carmen Jones"", a Broadway version of Bizet's ""Carmen"" with the characters changed to African Americans in the contemporary South, for which he wrote the book and lyrics. The musical was adapted to the screen in"
"was green in judgment, cold in blood, To say as I said then!"", and the phrase has come to be used generally to refer to one's days of youthful inexperience. The musical's enduring popularity lies in its light-hearted innocence and apparent simplicity, in sharp contrast to the many ""hard-nosed"" American musicals of the era, and its bright score including the songs ""We Said We Wouldn't Look Back"", ""I Sit in the Sun"", and ""We're Looking for a Piano"". Jane and Timothy Dawes meet in a park, soon after their graduation, to plan their lives. They agree to get married, and"
"Meet the People Meet the People (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made, and set, during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson. The film takes its title from a successful Los Angeles musical revue, which ran on Broadway from December 25, 1939 to May 10, 1941. Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and Virginia O'Brien were also in the original stage cast. O'Brien sings the hit song ""Say We're Sweethearts Again"". Welder William ""Swanee"" Swanson works at a shipyard"
"the competent routine sentiments of “Our Big Love Scene” and the pleasing little pastoral lyric “We’ll Make Love When It Rains” they range down to that brooding song which Mr. Crosby, loaded with whisky and sorrow, sings across a Mexican bar while the glamorous Miss Davies is far away. Variety's reaction was mixed as they commented: ""Pretentious musical with class in every department but one. It has names, girls and good music, but its story is weak from hunger and the script will prevent a big click. Fair is its rating...Marion Davies is starred and Bing Crosby featured, but Crosby"
"When You're in Love (film) When You're in Love is a 1937 American musical film directed by Robert Riskin and Harry Lachman, who was not credited, and starring Grace Moore and Cary Grant. Moore sings ""Minnie the Moocher"" and the Ernesto Lecuona classic Cuban song ""Siboney"". Two of the other songs in the film – ""Our Song"" and ""The Whistling Boy"" – are by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. The film was briefly released on VHS tape during the 1980s but has never been officially released on DVD. On May 6, 2016 the getTV channel featured the broadcast premiere of"
"I Won't Say (I'm in Love) ""I Won't Say (I'm in Love)"" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel for Walt Disney Pictures' 35th animated feature film ""Hercules"" (1997). Included on the film's , the song is performed by American actress and singer Susan Egan in her role as Meg, the film's heroine and Hercules' love interest, while singers Cheryl Freeman, Lillias White, Vaneese Y. Thomas, LaChanze and Roz Ryan provide girl group-style backup vocals as the Muses. ""I Won't Say (I'm in Love)"" is a mid-tempo R&B and doo-wop ballad reminiscent of the 1950s"
"13 to April 15, 2018. The musical has music and lyrics by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance; the late Garry Marshall and J.F. Lawton wrote the book; and Jerry Mitchell is the director and choreographer. The Chicago and Broadway casts will feature Samantha Barks, in her Broadway debut as Vivian and Steve Kazee as Edward. Orfeh will portray Kit, and Jason Danieley will play Philip Stuckey. Eric Anderson will portray the role of Mr. Thompson and Kingsley Leggs will play the role of James Morse. Pretty Woman Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall,"
"the turn of the 20th century. It is a fictional story about Christian, a young composer, who ends up falling in love with cabaret actress Satine, who is the star of the Moulin Rouge. Similar to the movie, the musical's score will weave together original songs with popular music ""including songs that have been written in the 17 years since the film's premiere"". ""Moulin Rouge!"" was scheduled to begin preview performances on June 27, 2018, at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. The production was scheduled to officially open on July 22, 2018, and would complete its limited run on"
"is featured as frequently in the musical. Will You Love Me Tomorrow ""Will You Love Me Tomorrow"", also known as ""Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"", is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles, who took their single to number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. The song is also notable for being the first song by a black all-girl group to reach number one in the United States. It has since been recorded by many artists over the years, including a 1971 version by co-writer Carole King."
"of a show-stopping number, ""Oklahoma!""; the deletion of the musical number ""Boys and Girls Like You and Me"", which would soon after be replaced with a reprise of ""People Will Say We're in Love""; and the decision to re-title the musical after the song. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943, at the St. James Theatre. Although the typical musical of the time was usually written around the talents of a specific performer, such as Ethel Merman or Fred Astaire, no stars were used in the production. Ultimately the original cast included Alfred Drake (Curly), Joan Roberts (Laurey),"
"Been In Love Before"", ""More I Cannot Wish You"", and ""Marry the Man Today"". 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to the musical in early 2013, and plan to cast Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a remake of ""Guys and Dolls"". The following table shows the principal casts of the major productions of ""Guys and Dolls"": There are numerous recordings of the show's score on compact disc. The most notable include: Guys and Dolls Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based"
"Mary Soloman, William C. Cohen, John Gore, Barbara Freitag, Loraine Alterman Boyle, Matthew C. Blank, Tim Hogue, Joel Hyatt, Marianne Mills, Michael J. Moritz Jr., StylesFour Production, Corey Brunish, Brisa Trinchero, Jeremiah J. Harris, Sherry Kondor (Executive Producer), Christine Russell (Executive Producer). Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical with a book by Douglas McGrath that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others. The original"
"Ernest in Love Ernest in Love is a musical with a book and lyrics by Anne Croswell and music by Lee Pockriss. It is based on ""The Importance of Being Earnest"", Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners. The two-act musical is an expanded version of the hour-long musical ""Who's Earnest?"" televised on ""The United States Steel Hour"" in 1957. The 1959-1960 Off-Broadway season included a dozen musicals and revues including ""Little Mary Sunshine"", ""The Fantasticks"" (based on an obscure 1894 work by Edmond Rostand, of Cyrano fame), and ""Ernest in Love"", a musicalization of Oscar Wilde's 1895 hit. The production"
"Oh! What a Lovely War Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British comedy musical film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film is based on the stage musical ""Oh, What a Lovely War!"", originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, ""The Long Long Trail"" in December"
"Tomorrow Morning (musical) Tomorrow Morning is an off-Broadway musical by British composer and lyricist Laurence Mark Wythe. The story concerns the relationships of two couples separated by a span of time; one couple is getting married, while the other is getting divorced. The musical was first seen in London in 2006 at the New End Theatre. It was presented at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater in Chicago where it won a 2009 Jeff Award for Best Musical. Further productions have been given, including an Off-Broadway production by the York Theatre in 2011. The show has been nominated for an Outer Critics"
"An American Musical fame), 1990s pop singer Melissa Etheridge, and pop singer Andy Grammer, in addition to the United States Army Soldier's Chorus. For the 2018 Fireworks Spectacular, the orchestra worked with Rachel Platten, Rhiannon Giddens, the Indigo Girls, actress Rita Moreno, Natalie Cortez (who was about to open in the ensemble in the world premiere of Moulin Rouge!, which is slated to open on Broadway in 2019) and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under the direction of James Burton. In addition to Bloomberg nationwide, the show was carried by independent station WHDH (channel 7) locally over-the-air, and online at Boston.com,"
"We Are in Love We Are in Love is an album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1990. The multi-platinum album features Connick on piano & vocal, Russell Malone on guitar, Shannon Powell on drums, Benjamin Jonah Wolfe on double bass, and Branford Marsalis on saxophone. Joining the quartet is Connick's Big Band. Most of the tracks include an orchestral background. Released in 1990, it topped the jazz charts in the same year, and crossed over to the pop charts as well, selling over 2 million copies worldwide. The album gave Connick a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal"
"crock."" He noted that, while ""the music is craftsmanlike but not quite memorable"", the show ""works flawlessly on its own modest terms."" Ernest in Love Ernest in Love is a musical with a book and lyrics by Anne Croswell and music by Lee Pockriss. It is based on ""The Importance of Being Earnest"", Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners. The two-act musical is an expanded version of the hour-long musical ""Who's Earnest?"" televised on ""The United States Steel Hour"" in 1957. The 1959-1960 Off-Broadway season included a dozen musicals and revues including ""Little Mary Sunshine"", ""The Fantasticks"" (based on an"
"of songs from Australian musicals, ""Australian Musicals – Now!"". When We Are Married (musical) When We Are Married is an Australian musical with music by Tommy Tycho, lyrics by Alan Kitson and book by Kitson and William Orr. It is an adaptation of English playwright J. B. Priestley's 1938 play of the same name, set in Sydney in 1908. The musical opened on 27 August 1970 at the Phillip Theatre in Sydney. The cast featured Johnny Lockwood, Jill Perryman, Barbara Wyndon, Susan Swinford, Leila Blake, Joan Bruce, Johnny Ladd, Henri Szeps and Raymond Duparc. Lorrae Desmond performed ""Get Out Today"
"from the 2018 Broadway production are as follows: The musical numbers from the 2018 Chicago out-of-town production are as follows: Pretty Woman: The Musical Pretty Woman: The Musical is a musical with music and lyrics by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and a book by Garry Marshall and J. F. Lawton. The musical is based on the 1990 film of the same name written by Lawton. It centers around a down-on-her-luck Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward, who is hired by Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman, to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the"
"learn to love a bright, beautiful young woman whom he has imprisoned in his enchanted castle before it is too late. Critics, who hailed it as one of the year's finest musicals, immediately noted the film's Broadway musical potential when it was first released in 1991, encouraging Disney CEO Michael Eisner to venture into Broadway. All eight songs from the animated film were reused in the musical, including a resurrected musical number which had been cut from the motion picture. Original songwriter Menken composed six new songs for the production alongside lyricist Rice, replacing Ashman who had died during production"
"work. Julie tells Swanee that she loves him, and they become a couple on stage in time for the musical's grand finale. Cast notes: According to MGM records the film earned $670,000 in the US and Canada and $290,000 elsewhere resulting in a net loss of $717,000. Notes Meet the People Meet the People (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made, and set, during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson. The film takes its title from a successful Los Angeles musical revue, which ran"
"the CD41 album series ""Oh! It's A Lovely War"" (four volumes). Richard Attenborough's sweeping and elaborate film adaptation was released in 1969, also as a musical, and garnered numerous awards. It was Attenborough's debut as a director, and one of Maggie Smith's earliest film appearances. Several Australian World War I movies and miniseries (e.g. ""The Lighthorsemen"" and ""Gallipoli"") have used these songs to give a stronger sense of period to them. The 1985 series ""Anzacs"" used ""Oh, it's a lovely war"" as one of the numbers while the credits rolled, had ""I wore a tunic"" performed as part of an"
"year's musical, ""Melody for Two"". Turning to the nearby package of ""Aunt Emma Pancake Flour"", he exclaims, ""and look who's comin' to see me — 'tis mammy — ohhhh… nobody else's"". Aunt Emma extends arms to him from her package and responds, with a big smile, """"Sonny Boy"""". Jolson continues to sing and points to his ""li'l ol' Southern home"" — a container of ""Cabin Syrup"" with windshield wipers flinging away the September rain from the cabin windows — and then to ""Brite Sun Cleanser"" shining over the ""Cabin Syrup"". He ends with the sign-off phrase, ""Good evening, friends..."" A"
"direction by Alex Timbers. ""Moulin Rouge: The Musical"" premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston, MA. The book is written by John Logan with direction by Alex Timbers. It is starring Aaron Tveit as Christian and Karen Olivo as Satine. The Boston production is expected to transfer to Broadway in 2019. Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! (, from ) is a 2001 Australian-American jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It tells the story of a young English poet/writer, Christian (Ewan McGregor), who falls in love with the star of the Moulin"
"of the songs, and the first explosion does not take place until the end of Act 1 during ""Goodbye...ee"". Act 2 then brings the horror of war to the production. The song ""Oh! It's a Lovely War"" was written by J. P. Long and Maurice Scott in 1917 and was part of the repertoire of music hall star and male impersonator Ella Shields. The lyrics of the first verse and the chorus are as follows: Two renditions of the song, one from 1918, can be heard at firstworldwar.com. Almost all of the songs featured in the musical also appear on"
"Oh, What a Lovely War! Oh, What a Lovely War! is an epic musical developed by Joan Littlewood and her ensemble at the Theatre Workshop in 1963. It is a satire on World War I, and by extension on war in general. The title is derived from the ""somewhat satirical"" music hall song ""Oh! It's a Lovely War!"", which is one of the major numbers in the production. The idea for the production started on Armistice Day 1962 when Gerry Raffles heard the repeat of the second version of Charles Chilton's radio musical for the BBC Home Service, called ""The"
"separately come to the realization that, despite their differences, they are better together. Vernon arrives at Sonia's apartment in New York to tell her that he wants to try again. She agrees, and they reconcile with a kiss. They're Playing Our Song They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch. In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven. The two undergo a series"
"When We Are Married (musical) When We Are Married is an Australian musical with music by Tommy Tycho, lyrics by Alan Kitson and book by Kitson and William Orr. It is an adaptation of English playwright J. B. Priestley's 1938 play of the same name, set in Sydney in 1908. The musical opened on 27 August 1970 at the Phillip Theatre in Sydney. The cast featured Johnny Lockwood, Jill Perryman, Barbara Wyndon, Susan Swinford, Leila Blake, Joan Bruce, Johnny Ladd, Henri Szeps and Raymond Duparc. Lorrae Desmond performed ""Get Out Today Start Moving"" from the musical on a 1970 recording"
"The Bardy Bunch The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady is a musical that premiered in 2011 at the New York International Fringe Festival. Written by Stephen Garvey and directed by Jay Stern, The Bardy Bunch presents a comedy mash-up of a dozen Shakespeare plays set in the 1970s amid a war between the popular sitcom families Partridge and Brady. The musical features 15 of the hit songs made famous on ""The Partridge Family"" and ""The Brady Bunch"" including ""I Think I Love You,"" ""It's a Sunshine Day,"" and ""I Woke Up In Love This Morning."""