operetta

The last production to grace the stage of Griffin's historic SBW Stables Theatre before a major redevelopment will be The Lewis Trilogy from Australian playwright Louis Nowra. The three highly acclaimed plays — Summer of the Aliens, Così and This Much Is True — are all drawn from Nowra's own very eventful life.

Also, Jonathan Larson's hit musical RENT is back on stage in Australia, and ahead of two new productions of Candide in Melbourne and Adelaide, we take a closer look at Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta based on the Enlightenment-era novella by Voltaire.

We finish talking about Candide this week. First is a song with reworked lyrics from Sondheim, and second is a song written for a sheep. Brendan Clifford joins to give his thoughts. He's actually worked on a production of Candide!

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SHOW BOAT Music by Jerome Kern | Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on the novel SHOW BOAT by Edna Ferber

Episode Segments:

• 1:58 - Speed Test
• 4:24 - Why God Why
• 8:27 - Back to Before
• 28:08 - What's Inside
• 54:27 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• 1:13:33 - Our Favorite Things
• 1:19:05 - Corner of the Sky
• 1:20:27 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Show Boat (Original Libretto) by Oscar Hammerstein II
• Show Boat (Harold Prince Version) by Oscar Hammerstein II
• Show Boat (Goodspeed Version) by Oscar Hammerstein II | Adapted by Rob Ruggiero
• Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical by Miles Krueger 
• Broadway: The American Musical by Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon
• Musical! A Grand Tour by Denny Martin Flinn
• B’WAY: The American Musical (2004 PBS Documentary)
• Showing Grit: Showboating North of the 44th Parallel by M. Nourbese Philip
• Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical by Todd Decker
• The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical by Warren Hoffman

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Bill” from Oh, Lady, Lady | Music by Jerome Kern & Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse | Performed by Kate Baldwin
• "Bill" from Show Boat (1993 Toronto Revival Cast) | Music by Jerome Kern | Words by P.G. Wodehouse & Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Lonnette McKee
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

This week, on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes opera singer Jamie Barton, currently appearing in the Houston Grand Opera’s production of Bon Appétit, an operetta based on an episode of The French Chef. Todd and Jamie discuss what it takes to turn Julia into an opera character. Plus, Jamie shares her Julia Moment.

Image Courtesy of Bree Anne Clowdus

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It was a loverly day when My Fair Lady opened on Broadway in 1956, and it quickly became a smash hit and beloved classic. Writing team Lerner and Loewe succeeded where others had failed and turned George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion into a musical - and what a musical! We'll look at the show's complex pre-history and thorny rehearsal days, and dive into the question of whether the show is a romance, or sexist, or both. Find one enormous chair and settle in for our latest episode! 

MY FAIR LADY Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | Music by Frederick Loewe | Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s Motion Picture “PYGMALION” | Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart

Episode Segments:

• 3:12 - Speed Test
• 5:28 - Why God Why
• 8:53 - Back to Before
• 31:39 - What's Inside
• 49:29 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• 1:13:03 - Our Favorite Things
• 1:21:17 - Corner of the Sky
• 1:25:25 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Reference :

• My Fair Lady (Original Libretto) by Alan Jay Lerner
• Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
• The Street Where I Live by Alan Jay Lerner
• Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart by Steven Bach
• A Hymn to Him: The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (Edited by Benny Green)
• Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
• Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography by Edward Jablonski
• Inventing Champagne: The Worlds of Lerner and Loewe by Gene Lees
• Julie Andrews by Robert Windeler
• Rex: An Autobiography by Rex Harrison

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” from My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Frederick Loewe & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | Performed by Julie Andrews, Reid Shelton, Glenn Kezer, James Morris, Herb Surface, & My Fair Lady Ensemble
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

One More Kiss was cut from the original Broadway cast album. That's a shame because it just might be the most thematically rich song of the entire show. Marco DeNinis joins Kyle to explore operetta, ghosts, and beautiful things dying.

You can follow Marco on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcodeninis/

You can purchase Stephen Sondheim's first book of lyrics, Finishing the Hat, by going here: https://amzn.to/2LB9ZJo

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Follies.

The original Broadway cast starring Alexis Smith, John McMartin, Dorothy Collins, Gene Nelson, and Yvonne De Carlo (1971)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://apple.co/2xj4Pi7

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33zmfDm

Or buy it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2WwbksB

The original West End cast starring Diana Rigg, Daniel Massey, Julia McKenzie, David Healy, and Dolores Gray (1987)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: Not available unfortunately.

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Un7RKl

Or buy it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2wqrTvs

The London revival starring Peter Forbes, Imelda Staunton, Janie Dee, Philip Quast, and Tracie Bennett (2017)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://apple.co/2Qz2Pt2

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Or buy it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2UplKrd

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   The podcast featured this week was Emily Missed Out - https://emilymissedout.com -  a podcast involving Emily and Breanne watching classic, pop-culture-filled movie gems that up until now, Emily has never seen.

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Recorded by Media Lab YYC. Media Lab is a production company. They help you tell your story. They do this by assisting in the creation of videos and podcasts. Find more information at: http://medialabyyc.com

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Celebrating 2020, we feature the overture to Die Fledermaus and gush over the beer that is Gunner's Daughter from Mast Landing Brewing in Westbrook, ME. 

Happy New Year, Bach to Bock nation.

Ian and Kaleigh discuss the music, history, and different iterations of the Sondheim's masterpiece, Sweeney Todd.