[L.A.] Two’s Company – An All-Star Event Celebrating The Songs of Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

November 5 at the Alex Theatre. Anyone going to this?

http://www.alextheater.com/events/07_1105.html
http://www.alextheater.com/events/07_1105.html

i'm going! i got my ticket free from goldstarevents!

I'll be there front row.

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This is tempting...

It wont be until the day of until I know but hopefully I can try and make it.

kevin earley actually sang IF I CAN'T LOVE HER and was phenomonal... i think out of all the performers he had the most lasting impression on me... absolutely found his rendition to be stunning... David Burnham sang OUT THERE... and although i loved him in LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, i found that his voice as way too operatic for this song and it sounded really weird for him to be singing it...

as for the night itself... it was a wonderful evening of music and i loved every second of it... Bruce Vilanch was hlarious and he had the audience laughing their a$$ses of... loved his line "i was a writer yesterday"... haha...

I'll agree that the evening was enjoyable overall. I may write more about it later but here is a list for those of you interested...

Neat to be a Newsboy/Caryin' the Banner from WORKING/NEWSIES (Zane Huett and Company)

The Wizard and I from WICKED (Julie Reiber)

Somewhere That's Green from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Kirsten Benton Chandler)

Corner of the Sky from PIPPIN (Rex Smith)

Weird Romance from WEIRD ROMANCE (Valerie Pettiford and Raymond Del Barrio)

Lion Tamer from THE MAGIC SHOW (Emily Rozek) - one of my favorites of the night!

All for the Best from GODSPELL (Matthew Ashford and Kevin Spirtas)

Blame it on the Summer Night from RAGS (Linda Purl)

Suddenly Seymore from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Alet and Andy Taylor)

Shooting Star cut from HERCULES (Patrick Cassidy)

Lost in the Wilderness from CHILDREN OF EDEN (Chad Kimball)

Beauty and the Beast from BATB (Christina Saffran Ashford)

West End Adventure from THE MAGIC SHOW (Alice Ripley)

If I Can't Love Her from BATB (Kevin Earley) - WOW!!

I Want To Be a Rockette from KICKS: THE SHOWGIRL MUSICAL (Marlana Filannino)

Part of Your World from TLM (Michelle Nicastro)

Will the Sun Ever Shine from HOME ON THE RANGE (Greg Jbara)

A Happy Working Song from ENCHANTED (Juliana Hansen) - another fave!!!

Pink Fish (Andy Taylor) - hilarious!

Beautiful City/Day by Day from GODSPELL (Alet Taylor)

Stranger to the Rain from CHILDREN OF EDEN (Jennifer Leigh Warren)

The Life I Never Led from SISTER ACT - THE MUSICAL (Beth Malone)

No Time At All from PIPPIN (Bruce Vilance) - he know's how to make an entrance, I'll give him that much!! Funny intro, REALLY funny!

Out There from THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (David Burnham)

Meadowlark from THE BAKER'S WIFE (Kim Huber)

For Good from WICKED (Julie Reiber and Emily Rozek)

Updated On: 11/6/07 at 02:47 AM

Kevin Earley should be back to Broadway. That man is so talented.

My fave was Beth Malone from Sister Act: The Musical. Incredible and unique voice.

It was a great evening. And, I was thrilled that The Alex Theatre hosted the event. It's such a wonderful theatre........and, only 5 minutes from my house. Ha, ha....

Lots of fantastic performances - David Burnham, and a few clunkers, too..............it happens. But, overall a great night!

Updated On: 11/6/07 at 12:04 PM

for some reason i'm surprised they didn't sing Colors of the Wind....

Cooperross, glad to know that there's another Broadway friend nearby.

Sorry you didn't make the show last night. I went by myself. I get to NYC 3-4 times a year and always go by myself, and see shows by myself. It funny when friends will say, "How can you go by yourself?" As if the show would be different by going with someone? Ha, ha....

The Alex is such a great theatre in Los Angeles. It's too bad that there's no resident company that has stayed there. Before Music Theatre of Southern California went under, they travled to the Alex for a week of shows after the San Gabriel 3 week run ended - making for ultimate 4 week run. In the early 90's Theatre Corp played there....then they went under. And, Theatre League played there, too.....then they pulled out.

I did a few shows at The Alex when MTSC was still around...."Phantom" and "42nd Street." So, it's always exciting to see a show at The Alex.

nealb--I remember all of those attempts to try and get a sitting resident company there for musicals and saw many of them. (Glendale is my hometown..born raised and still live there. Also remeber the days when it was still a movie theatre..good times.)

It's really too bad we don't have one..though I guess MTG is probably the closest with their seasons.

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"And, I won one of the auction items, so I was a VERY happy camper at the end of the evening

On a side note, how unbelievably gorgeous was Shirley Jones?!?!?!? She was like royalty."

What did you win :) I wss going to bid on the Ruth's Chris/Pig 'n' Whistle dining combo, but couldn't even get through the line at the table. The Sondheim signed musical quote of Not A Day Goes By was the big auction item. All in all, we did very well and I was very pleased - sound was sketchy at times, as was lighting, but that's the nature of the beast.

As to Shirley Jones - wow! Before the show we reminisced like crazy about my days on The Partridge Family (I did several episodes). A funny story - I've known Patrick Cassidy for years, and I mentioned to him at his song rehearsal that I hoped Shirley was coming because I hadn't seen her that much since doing the show. He said, "Doing the show?" I explained to him what I'd played on the show and you could see his face making the connection while he was looking at me. It was really funny.

And Beth Malone - amazing! But everyone did great, I thought. I know some people like some better than others, and for some there will always be clunkers, but funnily one person's clunker can be another's fave and that's what makes horse racing.

So happy you all came out, and I think we'll do it again next year.