Suzanne Somers sings "Fifty Percent" from BALLROOM
Suzanne Somers sings "Fifty Percent" from BALLROOM
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
Suzanne Somers sings #3
Posted: 10/31/18 at 1:52pm
Bless you for finding this!! How I wish I had seen this!
In case anyone is wondering, Ms. Somers also wants you to "Take Back Your Mink": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3bzxDSxD0s She also wonders 'If I Only Had A Brain". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwm6-4bX84
Suzanne Somers sings #4
Posted: 10/31/18 at 3:25pm
omg this is amazing. I never laughed so hard at a show in my life. this is everything
Suzanne Somers sings #5
Posted: 10/31/18 at 3:54pm
Ah yes --- one of the MANY highlights (lowlights?) of a show that culminated with Ms. Somers pushing a huge cart out onstage loaded to the gills with every product she had ever hawked on HSN, QVC, etc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Suzanne Somers sings #7
Posted: 11/1/18 at 9:07am
WTF was that...did she really think she was that interesting that people wanted to know her life story...just beyond awful
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Suzanne Somers sings #8
Posted: 11/1/18 at 9:56am
WTF was that...did she really think she was that interesting that people wanted to know her life story...just beyond awful
Heck, this got her finally ON Broadway and in her own one-woman show and reviewed by The New York Times and doing material she wanted to do. So, it all didn't fair well after all, at least she's part of Broadway history and now has more material to talk about. Not too shabby, I'd say. Better to try and fail than never trying at all. One off her Bucket List. Next hurdle. 
Suzanne Somers sings #9
Posted: 11/1/18 at 11:35am
No surprise --- her husband is the sole producer listed in the Playbill --- nothing but a vanity project.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
Suzanne Somers sings #12
Posted: 11/1/18 at 4:44pm
This made me go back and listen to Dorothy Loudon's stunning original version. Billy Goldenberg's melody is fairly straightforward, but that arrangement/orchestration is really sophisticated. The accompaniment could almost be its own composition. (Not surprising, Goldenberg started out as a Broadway dance arranger and primarily worked as a film composer, and Jonathan Tunick did the orchestrations for Ballroom.)
Suzanne Somers sings #14
Posted: 11/1/18 at 8:16pm
Even with the horrible quality of the video of Loudon's Tony night performance, it shines like the lighthouse at Pharos compared with Suzanne Somers's amateur night foray.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
Suzanne Somers sings #15
Posted: 11/1/18 at 8:24pm
I'm sure you guys have seen Loudon sing this 1998. Just sublime.
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