"who covered the song include Rosemary Clooney on several of her albums, Lisa Mitchell on her album ""Wonder"", Avila, Jan and Dean, Peggy Lee, Nelson Eddy, John Arpin and Joanie Bartels. Classical singers who have recorded it include Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Marilyn Horne and Samuel Ramey, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made a choral version. Ethan Mordden titled his book about the dawn of the ""Golden Age"" of musicals ""Beautiful Mornin: The Broadway Musical in the 1940s"" (1999). Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"" is the opening song from the musical ""Oklahoma!"", which premiered on"
"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"
"furthered the action of the story, and featured dream ballets and other dances that advanced the plot and developed the characters, rather than using dance as an excuse to parade scantily clad women across the stage. Rodgers and Hammerstein hired ballet choreographer Agnes de Mille, who used everyday motions to help the characters express their ideas. It defied musical conventions by raising its first act curtain not on a bevy of chorus girls, but rather on a woman churning butter, with an off-stage voice singing the opening lines of ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"" unaccompanied. It drew rave reviews, set"
"its opening night on Broadway, it was sung by Jessie Mueller. The song is also included on the Broadway Cast Album of the musical. Beautiful (Carole King song) ""Beautiful"" is a song written by Carole King that was first released on her 1971 award-winning album ""Tapestry"". It has also been covered by other artists, such as Barbra Streisand and Richard Marx, and included on several of King's live albums. It was also used as the title song of the 2014 Broadway musical """". According to King, she did not consciously attempt to write ""Beautiful"" but it came to her spontaneously."
"a song entitled ""She Is Beautiful"" into ""You Are Beautiful"". The team decided to include a song for Sammy Fong to explain to Mei Li that they should not wed. In the span of a few hours, they wrote the lyrics and music to ""Don't Marry Me"". Once the songs were finalized, Robert Russell Bennett, who had orchestrated several of the creators' most successful previous shows, did the same for the score of ""Flower Drum Song"". The musical opened for tryouts on October 27, 1958 at Boston's Shubert Theatre. The audience gave it an enthusiastic response, causing Rodgers to leave"
"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"
"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 production of ""Beautiful"" received its world premiere at the Curran Theatre, San Francisco, in October 2013, with direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince, and starring Jessie Mueller and Jake Epstein as Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It made its"
"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 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"
"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"
"nothing except a wonderful marriage. The musical was notable for its elaborate scenic design by Boris Aronson, who conceived the set as an enormous pop art jukebox and used extremely novel forms like collage in his design. The curtain of juke boxes ""evoked a cathedral's stained glass effect."" In a scene in a night club, the tables had drawn figures instead of actors, and the actors would talk with these drawings. And in the ""Fireworks"" number, black light is used to reveal shooting stars and Roman candles as Tilda and John's love affair explodes in song. The musical opened on"
"Barbra Streisand covered ""Beautiful"" as the opening track of her 1971 album ""Barbra Joan Streisand"". Anne Murray recorded ""Beautiful"" for her 1972 album release ""Annie"". Richard Marx covered ""Beautiful"" on the 1995 tribute album """". Allmusic critic William Ruhlmann described Marx's version as one of the best covers on the album. ""Beautiful"" has also been covered by Julie Conant and by The Overtures. And, more recently, by Jonathan Rayson on his 2006 album ""Shiny and New"". ""Beautiful"" is part of the soundtrack for the Broadway musical """". It is sung in Act 2 by the actress portraying Carole King. On"
"show gained Best Musical, Bacall Best Leading Actress in a Musical, but Bonnie Franklin missed out on the best supporting actress to Melba Moore. The composer, Strouse, called in Marvin Hamlisch to write the arrangement for the title song ""Applause"", which was sung at the opening of the show by Franklin as waiters danced on tables. The song was reprised at the end of the show. The song has Franklin's character, a waitress-cum-chorus dancer named Bonnie, asking her fellow waiter-performers: ""What is it that we're living for?""—then providing the answer: ""Applause, Applause! / Nothing I know / brings on the"
"Good Morning Baltimore ""Good Morning Baltimore"" is the opening number of the musical ""Hairspray"". It is performed by the protagonist, Tracy Turnblad, and alludes to the distinctive beat and vocal effects (""oh-oh-oh"") of The Ronettes' 1963 hit ""Be My Baby"". In the 2007 film, Tracy, played by Nikki Blonsky, blinks her eyes in time with the music at the beginning of this number. Tracy Turnblad wakes up to a new day in Baltimore, and sings about everything she encounters on the way to school. She dreams of being a star. The song ""takes us thorough Tracy’s morning routine, for instance,"
"entertainment piece while the characters were on easy duties, used ""Keep the home fires burning"" as another credit number, and featured ""The Bells of Hell"" sung by Tony Bonner and Andrew Clarke. 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."
"for eighty performances. The opening night cast included Shelley Winters as Minnie Marx, Lewis J. Stadlen as Julius ""Groucho"" Marx (a portrayal that won him both the Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical), Daniel Fortus as Adolph ""Harpo"" Marx, Irwin Pearl as Leonard ""Chico"" Marx, Alvin Kupperman as Herbert ""Zeppo"" Marx, and Gary Raucher as Milton ""Gummo"" Marx. The score's one standout tune was ""Mama, a Rainbow"", which was recorded by Steve Lawrence and Jim Nabors soon after the show opened. (In the show the song is performed by Harpo, whose screen and"
"musical in 1998 after seeing the original film on television. ""I was home looking at a lot of movies, and one of those movies was ""Hairspray""."" She contacted John Waters, who gave her his blessing, then acquired the rights from New Line Cinema. Lion contacted Marc Shaiman, who expressed interest in the project only if his partner Scott Wittman could participate, and Lion agreed. The two enlisted the help of actress and singer Annie Golden to produce a demo recording containing three songs, one of which, ""Good Morning Baltimore,"" eventually became the show's opening number. Based on their initial work,"
"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"
"Annie (musical) Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ""Little Orphan Annie"", with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs ""Tomorrow"" and ""It's the Hard Knock Life"" are among its most popular musical numbers. In 1933, eleven-year-old Annie is in"
"Moulin Rouge! (musical) Moulin Rouge! is a jukebox musical with a book by John Logan. The musical is based on the 2001 film of the same name directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. The musical premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. On November 19, 2018, it was announced that ""Moulin Rouge!"" would open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, beginning on June 28, 2019 with an opening night set for July 25. In 2002–2003, there was speculation about the possibility of a stage musical based on ""Moulin Rouge!"","
"Alexander Hamilton (song) ""Alexander Hamilton"" is the opening number for the 2015 musical ""Hamilton"", a musical biography of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. This song features ""alternately rapped and sung exposition"". This song was originally part of a group of songs entitled ""The Hamilton Mixtape"" and created by Lin-Manuel Miranda as he started interpreting and adapting Ron Chernow's ""Hamilton"" biography for the stage. He performed this number live at a White House poetry jam in 2009. The ""National Review"" noted ""The Obamas and"
"The musical was produced at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage (England) in April 2015. Doc, Sadie, and Lurvy marvel at the beautiful morning (""What A Morning""). Breakfast is underway at the Arable house, but when Fern and Avery ask why Pa was up late last night, discover the newborn pigs, and that he is planning to kill one, Fern runs to save it (""Breakfast At The Arables""). He finally gives in and lets her keep the pig, and Ma goes in the house to find a baby bottle while Pa and Avery follow. Ma asks Fern what she plans to"
"Holiday Inn (musical) Holiday Inn (also known as Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical) is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1942 film of the same name. The libretto is by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical opened on Broadway in 2016 after premiering at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2014. Chris Herzberger, executive at Live Theatricals at Universal Stage Productions, who developed the musical, said that, ""I ask, 'Is it a great story, one that will move me, make me laugh or cry? And will it benefit from what"
"Another Op'nin', Another Show ""Another Op'nin', Another Show"" is the opening number of Cole Porter's 1948 musical ""Kiss Me, Kate"". Sung by a band of players performing a musical adaption of Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew"", the song has become regarded as a show business anthem on a level with ""That's Entertainment!"" (from ""The Band Wagon"") and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (from ""Annie Get Your Gun""). However, it was not included in the 1953 film version of the musical. Adelaide Hall, playing the role of Hattie, sang ""Another Op'nin', Another Show"" on the West-End stage (400 times)"
"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,"
"2019. On November 19, 2018, it was announced that ""Moulin Rouge!"" would open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, beginning on June 28, 2019 with an opening night set for July 25. † Featured in the 2001 film. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Official musical number titles not released. Scenes and/or plot points provided. Moulin Rouge! (musical) Moulin Rouge! is a jukebox musical with a book by John Logan. The musical is based on the 2001 film of the same name directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. The musical premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre"
"Hamilton (musical) Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung- and rapped-through musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the 2004 biography ""Alexander Hamilton"" by historian Ron Chernow. Incorporating hip hop, R&B, pop, soul, traditional-style show tunes, and color-conscious casting of non-white actors as the Founding Fathers and other historical figures, the musical achieved both critical acclaim and box office success. The musical made its Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater in February 2015, where its engagement was sold out. The show transferred to Broadway in August 2015"
"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"
"Magic to Do ""Magic to Do"" is the opening song from the musical ""Pippin"". It was introduced by Ben Vereen in the Broadway production and performed by Northern Calloway in London. The entire song runs around four minutes. The song is sung by the Leading Player and the in-show theatre troupe, who invites the audience to watch a show about a Pippin, a prince living in Charlemagne's France who is searching for fulfillment and does not know where to go in life. At the start of the song, only the Leading Player sings. Fastrada and the Chorus come in at"
"one line, which started it all for her, was: ""Can I see the game?"" Sheila Bond won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Abe Kurnit won the Tony Award for Best Stage Technician (a retired category). Wish You Were Here (musical) Wish You Were Here is a musical with a book by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The musical was adapted from Kober's 1937 play, ""Having Wonderful Time"", and revolves around a summer camp for adults. ACT ONE The show opens with a P.A. announcement welcoming a busload of"
"the regional US productions Ariel sings ""The World Above"" as the show's opening number and there is another reprise of ""If Only"" in which King Triton laments over the loss of his wife. ""†"" Cody Hanford and J.J. Singleton were first cast as Flounder, but had to leave the show shortly after opening because they had grown taller than Sierra Boggess. Trevor Braun and Brian D'Addario replaced them. D'Addario was the vocalist on the original cast recording and performed on the show's opening night. Disney's The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album for the 2008 musical."
"instrumentation and that of the title song from ""The Sound of Music ""(1965). Sputnikmusic.com's Irving Tan described the song as ""idyllic"". Jennie Punter of ""The Globe and Mail"" hailed ""Belle"" as ""one of the most delightful openings of any movie musical"". ""The New York Times"" Janet Maslin was very enthusiastic about the song, praising the way in which it advances the film's plot, while describing ""Belle"" as ""a spectacular opening number that captures the essence of this film's appeal."" Additionally, Maslin drew similarities between ""Belle"" and some of the songs featured in the musical film ""West Side Story ""(1961)""."" Beliefnet"