Your favorite JERRY HERMAN musical- Page 2

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 8:31am

MACK AND MABEL!

Munk, your avatar is pure brilliance.

[Therese]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 11:21am

I will always have a soft spot for "Hello, Dolly!" - it was one of the Formative Musicals of my childhood. (I'd say that and "Music Man" were the two big ones.) I also really like the score to "Mack & Mabel," although I've never seen it performed.

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 11:45am

Mack and Mabel's score can't be beat.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 11:46am

Mack & Mabel

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:11pm

Let me get back to you on this one, okay? I have to call on Dolly because it takes a woman before the parade passes by. It'll only take a moment.

Updated On: 2/20/05 at 01:11 PM

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:46pm

Hello Dolly..........I like it alot plus I'm doing it right now and I'm Cornelius Hackl.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:53pm

Hello Dolly and Mame. Hello dolly was the very first musical I saw on Broaway. And i played Vera Charles in Mame and had a great deal of fun with that role.

[WISHIHADATONY]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:57pm

My favorite Jerry Herman musical is MAME...........however,,,,,,I am also madly in love with the spectacular original Broadway production of........GOWER CHAMPION'S PRODUCTION OF Jerry Herman's HELLO DOLLY!
I hope for future generation's sake the Gower Champion Production of HELLO DOLLY! is never lost.......it is theatrical magic.

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 3:45pm

WISH, you are so right Champion's staging of Dolly is genius.

I remember reading (in C.C.'s book) that while staging "Sunday Clothes" he pinned each cast member with a color swatch from their costume to coordinate the movement patterns with the costume colors. Details...details...amazing.

And the "Hello, Dolly!" number - brilliance. Pure joy!

[Albin]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 3:51pm

1) La Cage
2) Mame
3) Dolly

[Mojojo5]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 3:54pm

Ah, Jerry Herman. How can ya not smile when he takes it up for another chorus? Anywho, my fav score would have to be Mack and Mabel, but my favorite Star Turn score is Mame. I mean, ya get "It's Today!" That my friends is the best star entrance song. Bar none.

Zach

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:05pm

We're so fortunate to have a Jerry Herman show playing on Broadway right now. In LA CAGE, the rendition of "The Best of Times" makes audiences the true nature of a Herman showstopper. No special effects are needed: just a good robust chorus and some wonderfully executed key changes.

Jerry Herman rocks!

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 4:12pm

If You have not yet read the Carol Channing interview -

BROADWAY'S LIVING DOLL: AN INTERVIEW WITH CAROL CHANNING
by Joseph F. Panarello - January 22, 2004

get yourself over to the interview archive (under content) on this site at once. It is truly magical!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 7:24pm

Why, Dolly_Levi, thank you for those kind words! My writing has never been described as "magical" before. The adjectives commonly used to describe anything I put on paper are: ascerbic, vitriolic, bitter, harsh, and snide. Thank you for seeing my good side.

[Albin]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 8:29pm

Pretty gutsy, you old fart. Putting your own picture on line. I just can't decide who looks older, you or Channing...

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 9:00pm

When will Jerry bring us another one?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 9:47pm

Albin, that comment was rude, crude and socially unacceptable--just like you.

Jerry's latest project is MISS SPECTACULAR, which was supposed to be produced at a Las Vegas venue. However, Steve Wynn backed out of the deal and now the fate of the show is in limbo.

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:16pm

I must confess that "Miss Spectacular" did not wow me. I have the concept CD, but sadly was underwhelmed. I am optimistic that it might be re-worked a bit and still have a commercial run.

[timote316]

Posted: 2/20/05 at 11:35pm

I've only heard Mack and Mabel, so I'll have to go with that. I did enjoy it, tho

[Marquise]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 12:57am

one thing is for sure..his songs are catchy.
can't seem to get "put on your sunday clothes" outta my head.
especially on sundays.

[Marquise]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 1:00am

CORNELIUS:

Out there

There's a world outside of Yonkers

Way out there beyond this hick town, Barnaby

There's a slick town, Barnaby

Out there

Full of shine and full of sparkle

Close your eyes and see it glisten, Barnaby

Listen, Barnaby...

Put on your Sunday clothes,

There's lots of world out there

Get out the brillantine and dime cigars

We're gonna find adventure in the evening air

Girls in white in a perfumed night

Where the lights are bright as the stars!

Put on your Sunday clothes,

We're gonna ride through town

In one of those new horsedrawn open cars

CORNELIUS & BARNABY:

We'll see the shows at Delmonicos

And we'll close the town in a whirl

And we won't come until we've kissed a girl!

DOLLY:

Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out

Strut down the street and have your picture took

Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about

That Sunday shine is a certain sign

That you feel as fine as you look!

DOLLY & AMBROSE:

Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile

That makes you feel brand new down to your toes

DOLLY, AMBROSE, CORNELIUS, & BARNABY:

Get out your feathers,

Your patent leathers

Your beads and buckles and bows

For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday...

No Monday in your Sunday...

No Monday in your Sunday clothes!

CHORUS:

Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out

Strut down the street and have your picture took

DOLLY& CHORUS:

Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about

That Sunday shine is a certain sign

That you feel as fine as you look!

WOMEN:

Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile

CHORUS:

That makes you feel brand new down to your toes

Get out your feathers

Your patent leathers

Your beads and buckles and bows

For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!

[Dance interlude]

CHILDREN:

Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out

Strut down the street and have your picture took

WOMEN:

Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about

CHORUS:

That Sunday shine is a certain sign

That you feel as fine as you look!

Beneath your bowler brim the world's a simple song

A lovely lilt that makes you tilt your nose

Get out your slickers, your flannel knickers

Your red suspenders and hose

For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!

DOLLY:

Ermengarde keep smiling no man wants some little meaning!

Ambrose do a turn, let me see!

Mr.Hackl, Mr.Tucker don't forget Irene and Minnie,

Just forget you ever heard a word from me!

All Aboard!

CHORUS:

All Aboard!

DOLLY:

All Aboard!

CHORUS:

All Aboard!

DOLLY:

All aboard!

CHORUS:

All Aboard! All Aboard! All Aboard! All Aboard!

Put on your Sunday clothes there's lots of world out there

Put on your silk cravat and patent shoes

We're gonna find adventure in the evening air

DOLLY:

To town we'll trot to a smokey spot

Where the girls are hot as a fuse!

CHORUS:

Put on your silk high hat and at the turned up cuff

We'll wear a hand made gray suede buttoned glove

DOLY:

We wanna take New York by Storm!

CHORUS:

We'll join the Astors

At Tony Pastor's

And this I'm positive of

That we won't come home

No we won't come home

No we won't come home until we fall in love!

[WISHIHADATONY]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 1:30pm

Dolly Levi, Barbara Cook talks alot about Gower on her cd THAT CHAMPION SEASON. It is a great cd, filled with songs from Champion shows or songs that he loved.

Ms. Cook mentions that Gower was obsessed with fluid movement and wanted to "make the scenery dance." He realized those dreams with his glorious work on HELLO DOLLY!

By the way, does anyone have the MISS SPECTACULAR cd? I have never heard this Herman work but would gather it is a delight. Any of you folks familiar with the work?
p.s.
my apologies to Dolly Levi, I had not read your "underwhelmed feelings" about MISS SPECTACULAR. Anyone else familiar with the recording?

Updated On: 2/21/05 at 01:30 PM

[onceadancer2]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:37pm

I can't say it is my favorite, but the one that has the most resonance and meaning for me is GRAND TOUR. I never saw it, but being a product of the great depression and WWII, it colors my imagination. It is also based on one of my favorite plays, JACOBOWSKY AND THE COLONEL, which told of a man's plight to find freedom in the face of adversity, but always with a sense of humor. I like the cast album, it doesn't always take flight, but for bringing back memories of WWII, it stands as a sort of favorite.

Miriam

Updated On: 2/22/05 at 02:37 PM

[musicgal04]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:45pm

I am a Dolly fan, but I wish that Mack and Mabel had done better in its run (Loved it at Goodspeed). I also think that "The Tea Party" from Dear World is great. I also like "I've Never Said I Love You," from Dear World.

[eslgr8]

Posted: 2/21/05 at 3:11pm

Interesting you should mention his flop Grand Tour. I'd never heard of it, but now I'm looking forward to seeing it as part of the Colony Theatre's 2005-2006 season (Burbank, CA). They did superlative versions of Grand Hotel and Side Show, so I'm pretty sure this will be a winner. And the OBC recording has been released on CD at www.fynsworthalley.com. I just ordered a copy. Can't wait to listen.