Over the Rainbow
Showdate July 8, 2001

" Untitled "


I can't even come up with a catchy name for this week's show. I just played a bunch of good songs. Oh, and I also spoke about the upcoming (opens July 13) production of The Sound of Music (at the Dal Arts Centre, call the Rebecca Cohn box office for more info.) to raise funds for Ron de Jager's Reach Out School for the Performing Arts. Everybody should go. There's no reason not to. Just go.

I played:

" Overture: Six months out of every year " from the original Broadway cast recording of Damn Yankees

" Greased lightning " performed by John Travolta from the soundtrack of Grease

" Michael Jordan's ball " from The Full Monty original Broadway cast recording

" The blame " performed by David Garrison, Michael Cerveris and John Cunningham from the Titanic original Broadway cast recording

" Be like the bluebird " performed by Jack Gilford from the 1989 London Symphony Orchestra recording of the original 1934 version of Anything Goes

" If I were a rich man " performed by Zero Mostel from the original Broadway cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof

" Luck be a lady " performed by Robert Alda from the Guys and Dolls original Broadway cast recording

" Poses " performed by Rufus Wainwright from his album Poses

" When the children are asleep " from the 1960 Lincoln Centre revival recording of Carousel

" The sound of music " performed by Julie Andrews from the soundtrack of The Sound of Music

" My favourite things " performed by Mary Martin and Patricia Neway from the original cast recording of The Sound of Music

and the following symphonic dances from West Side Story:

" Prologue (allegro moderato) "
" Somewhere (adagio) "
and
" Scherzo (vivace e leggiero) "
all performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein