Boeing-Boeing Pre-Show Music?

The pre/post show music in BOEING BOEING is, as you know, American hits from the 60's that were recorded in Italian, German, and French (vis-a-vis the 3 fiancees, of course).

They were complied from several original sources, but I know this was one of them:

http://www.amazon.com/Swinging-Mademoiselles-Groovy-French-Sounds/dp/B0009VBTSW

Incidentally, Christine Baranski (goddess - make sign of the cross) told me that the fun music was the primary reason the sound designer for the show, Simon Baker, was nominated for the first-ever "Sound in a Play" Tony, because god knows he didn't do any mics on the stage or actors. (Those poor folks scream their way through that show 8x's a week!)

One more note: Don't confuse these songs with the "original music" that plays at that oh-so-fun curtain call and at the end of Act I. That's by Claire Van Kampen, who, like Mark Rylance, came from the UK -- specifically, she did a lot of work with mark at the Globe.

To get a copy of that, you'd probably have to email her directly. I don't think they're planning on marketing it.

Peace.

I couldn't agree more! It's a great show, with some of the best, campiest, and most genuine humor currently on Broadway.

But now let me retract the word "scream" from my previous posting. I should have said that as theater professionals, they all skillfully use their diaphrams to "project their voices" 8x's a week.

Besides, with the amount of furniture/floor-humping that tends to take place on stage, I suppose body mics would have been out of the question.

I also have to edit the "American songs" part of my previous posting. Turns out that most of the songs used in the preshow originated in the U.K.

Peace.

I think I'm going to regret asking this, but what, on god's green earth, are "traditional stewardess moves?"

And do they come with cream and sugar?

More or less, yeah. Combine that with the two-fingered pointing of where the exits and bathrooms are, etc.

Wow. Yankeefan.

Cross-postings!

Great minds think alike!

so does anyone know the actual names or a list of the songs that are played before the show??

i can think of a few, like 'monday, monday' but don't remember any of the others.
and does anyone know also where you can get them in the different languages?

I would totally buy a cd of that music.

I didn't get there much before the show started, so I missed most of the pre-show music, but it seemed that all of the songs I heard were in French. Are there a lot of songs in Italian and German?

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Updated On: 8/28/08 at 07:00 AM