Flopz/Cutz!!!

[queeniewuzaredhead]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 12:42pm

Did anyone see the concert? i thought it was great...especially newcomer Nick Cearley. I have seen him in a couple benefits lately, and i am always so impressed. He and Lauren Molina from Sweeney sang a cute duet. Everyone else was good too. Let me know you're reviews if you saw it.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 12:53pm

could you post a song list? anything from Bring Back Birdie? thanks!!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 12:58pm

Oh Cutz. I thought this thread was about something else.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:01pm

n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-ice, bobby.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:10pm

Don't be such a cutz Papa.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:11pm

whatever you say mr always flopz.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:15pm

I was at Cutz! (couldn't make it to Flopz!) and it was great. What a fantastic lineup. Loved it. Don't have a song list with me right now, but I'm sure someone will post that soon.

[liotte]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:25pm

I was at both.

Yes there was a song from Bring Back Birdie, I don't remember which one. Was there one about a boy who was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe? Christopher Hanke sang that, I think that was the right show.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:27pm

Christopher Hanke was at Flopz? Did he also song My Mother's Son?

[liotte]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:34pm

He did not sing anything from In My Life, though there were lots of jokes about it. Jamie kept handing out free CDs (the sampler) and everyone was laughing because everyone already had the CD. Christopher also talked about his experience in the show, did he know, when he knew, etc.

My favorite was Lisa Howard singing her cut ballad from 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

[NBC]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:34pm

I know there was a song about a boy obsessed with Monroe in Marilyn: An American Fable...could that have been the song he sang?

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:41pm

Yeah, Chris J Hanke sang from Marilyn

Donna Lynne Champlin sang I Love Em All from Bring Back Birdie

[liotte]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:41pm

Yeah, that sounds more like what I was thinking of.

Hopefully Jamie will come on and post a song list!

[WholeLottaShakin]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:51pm

Liotte, what did Lisa say about the cut BEE song? Where in the show was it and what was it about?

[liotte]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 1:52pm

Check your email.

[Iamyour#1fan]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:01pm

yes it was great. highlights included (for me) christopher hanke and the marilyn song, donna lynne champlin (in both shows), lisa howard, natalie joy johnson, and the lauren molina/nick cearley duet. very funny.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:06pm

Alexander Gemignani singing My World is Coming Unwrapped from Oh, Brother! was awesome... I love that song and that whole CD and that show

[liotte]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:09pm

And Peter Howard doing the Chicago stuff was wonderful as well.

[alli2]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:12pm

setlist for FLOPZ 2:
Michael and Jamie - Tomorrow's Good Old Days
Natalie Joy Johnson - Above the Law
Eric Michael Gillet - Hades
Alex Gemignani - In the Cards
Donna Lynne Champlin (and the boys) - I Love 'Em All
Natascia Diaz/Paul Scot Goodman - Happy Birthday/Bright Lights Medley
Marty Thomas - Feels Like Home
Tom De Grezia and Natascia Diaz - Time Stands Still
Steve Ross - Call Me Back
Christopher J. Hanke - So Beyond - Christopher J. Hanke
Max Von Essen - For Sarah
Laura Benanti - All the Magic

setlist CUTZ:
DB Bonds - I Could Be In Love with Someone Like You
Natalie Joy Johnson - You, You, You and Love Comes First
Eric Michael Gillett - A Different World
Nick Cearley/Lauren Molina – Your Eyes Are Blue
Michael - Thank You For Coming
Natascia Diaz - If There Were More People Like You
John Cariani - Dear Sweet Sewing Machine
Jamie McGonnigal – A World Without You
Steve Ross - We Shall Never Be Younger
Peter Howard - 10%
Alex Gemigniani - My Whole World's Coming Unwrapped
Donna Lynne Champlin – Anytime
Rashad Naylor - Mr. Kicks
Leo Ash Evens – I Got a Dream to Sleep On
Lisa Howard - Cut SPELLING BEE song
Marty Thomas - Bring on the Men

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:14pm

As far as I can remember:
from Flopz 2:
Natascia Diaz sang Kindness, Happy Birthday Darling, and Are You Still Holding My Hand from Bright Lights, Big City
Chistopher J Hanke sang a song from Marilyn
Laura Benanti sang a song from Fanny Hackabout Jones
Eric Michael Gillett sang a song from the Frogs (and told some awesome anecdotes)
Alexander Gemignani sang In The Cards from Diamonds (which you can hear on one of Jamie DeRoy's CDs... great song)
Natalie Joy Johnson sang Above the Law from Annie Warbucks
Marty Thomas sang It Feels Like Home from Randy Newman's Faust
Donna Lynne Champlin sang I Love Em All from Bring Back Birdie
Max Von Essen sang from Dance of the Vampires


from Cutz:
Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley sang Your Eyes are Blue from Forum
D.B. Bonds sang I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You from Last 5 Years
Michael Lavine himself sang from Merrily
John Cariani sang Dear Sweet Sewing Machine from Fiddler
Alex Gemignani sang My World Is Coming Unwrapped from Oh Brother!
Lisa Howard sang from Spelling Bee
Marty Thomas sang Bring on the Men from Jekyll and Hyde
Donna Lynne Champlin sang Anytime from A New Brain
Natascia Diaz sang If There Were More People Like You from Seesaw/ Charity
Jamie himself sang from Children of Eden

I need to do homework now... haha...

[ShuQ]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:14pm

Anyone care to give a song list or a detailed review?

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:15pm

Peter Howard was literally, awesome. Incredible.

[JamieMcG]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:38pm

Hey thanks to everyone who showed up!!! I had a fantastic time and it seems you did too!

I think you've covered most of your own questions, and Alli, my able assistant posted a song list.

It was so exciting having Peter Howard there...such a generous and sweet man.

Some nice fun surprises...Laura Benanti only was asked to come sing a couple days ago and it was great to hear her sing more Lucy Simon stuff. Christopher Hanke was really fantastic about me interviewing him about IN MY LIFE. And having Paul Scott Goodman and Natascia do some songs from Bright Lights Big City was a blast...they're apparently redoing it in Philly at the Prince this year, with Stafford Arima at the helm...I'm sure it will be pretty amazing. Nick and Lauren of course with the Sondheim duet from Forum-adorable.

A lot of McBenefit debuts!!! Always exciting to have new people whom I haven't worked with before, show up. Lisa Howard-going to be a major Bway star in a matter of minutes, I'm certain. Alex Gemignani-it's rare to hear someone so effortless when they sing. Donna Lynne Champlin-adding a tap break in the middle of the number (which it most definitely called for), Eric Michael Gillett reprising two roles, The crazy multi-talented and brilliant John Cariani on Dear, Sweet Sewing Machine from FIDDLER, and the ever-impressive DB Bonds on I Could Be In Love (cut from Last 5 Years).

And then who would dare miss Max von Essen reprising For Sarah from Vampires, Marty Thomas bringing the house down with Bring on the Men, and the UNREAL Natalie Joy Johnson (who is incidentally reprising her show from Joe's Pub at the Cutting Room on March 15th-Don't Miss it)?

Glad so many of you made it-and thanks to Michael Lavine-SO BRILLIANT AT WHAT HE DOES!

See ya at the Next One!

Keep your eye out for BECOME:The Music of Pasek and Paul at Joe's Pub in May...I'll let you know when tickets are on sale. These guys are fantastic!

Love, Jamie

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:16am

Hearing Max von Essen sing "For Sarah" again completed my life.

But I don't know what to do, I don't have one "In My Life" CD!











...I have six!

[Trisky]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:18am

Unfortunately I was confined to my sick bed for this. Well at least the money went to a good cause!

Sounds like a lot of great performers, looking forward to the next Jamie production.