Charlotte Rae to Perform selections from Songs I Taught My Mother at Barnes and Noble on Fed 21st

Per Ps Classics:

"On Wednesday, February 21st, at 6 PM, at the Barnes & Noble at 66th & Broadway in Manhattan, Charlotte Rae will be performing selections from her newly re-released SONGS I TAUGHT MY MOTHER, answering questions, and signing CD’s"


Reason number 542,321 I wished I lived in NYC. You queens better report back.

I'm going as Joan Collins.

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*tries to block visual*

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i'm gonna be there (goddess willing)!!!!!

m,

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Updated On: 6/20/09 at 12:17 AM

Charlotte Rae was FANTASTIC!!!!!
she was sprightly, mugging & prancing, & loving all the affection the audience was bringing her.

Ms Rae performed, from her album, SONGS I TAUGHT MY MOTHER
THE SEA-GULL AND THE EA-GULL
MODEST MAID
WHY CANT I ?(that brought a tear to my eye)
MERRY LITTLE MINUET
GUS THE GOPHER
WHEN I WAS A LITLE CUCKOO
She also showed us her take on the role of MRS PEACHUM with THE BALLAD OF DEPENDENCY (" i had an ironing board, some trousers & an iron, & every so often in the song i'd go like *THIS* with the iron, right in the crotch!!!")

Ms Rae also favored us with Sheldon Harnick's THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME, a real treat as its not on the album!

Begged by the audience for an encore, she gave us a song i believe she said was written by Michel LeGrand (the show that wasnt DEAR WORLD).

she was radiant, had the room wrapped around her finger & loving it!
theres so much in her personality thats like a precocious child seeing how much she can get away with.

& tonight she couldve gotten away with anything!

in attendance were Sheldon Hernick, Olympia Dukakis, Sara Gettelfinger (looking like a gorgeous superhero), the guys from THE BIG VOICE, Calvin, & the nice people from PS Classics!

everyone should get her cd!



Charlotte Rae: SONGS I TAUGHT MY MOTHER

Updated On: 2/22/07 at 10:59 PM

Oh & i forgot she closed iwth SOME OTHER TIME
(& i got teary again)

N69N, I was there as well. Couldn't pass up the chance to see Mrs. Garrett! She was so wonderful...and tiny! I had seen her years ago in LA but I forgot just how small she was.
Gus the Gopher definitely warranted the best laughs of the night for me. I would have loved to see her sing the song all over again.
I knew I recognized Miss Gettelfinger but I couldn't place her. There was a...well, I can't quite come up with the name. A gaggle?...of old television celebrities and whatnot there. I recognized about 5 faces in addition to Miss Dukakis whose names I couldn't place.
It was just a wonderful little evening.

N69N, that is a fantastic drawing. You really captured that little 80 year old sprite. She was such a hoot!

Love the CD and LOVE the drawing!

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