Category Archives: Songbook

FEINSTEIN/MAYE: ‘SUMMERTIME SWING’ (SV PICK, NY) ·

 

(Stephen Holden’s article appeared in The New York Times, 8/24; via Pam Green.)

As much as any two performers, Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye embody the traditional concept of show business professionalism, in which an entertainer is expected to wow an audience by doing it all. And on Tuesday night, they joined forces for a satisfying evening of upbeat camaraderie and nostalgia at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Their program, “Summertime Swing,” was an old-fashioned variety show, blending standards with Catskill humor, celebrity impersonations and other vaudevillian shenanigans. Mr. Feinstein alternated on piano with the musical director, Tedd Firth; Sean Smith on bass and Mark McLean on drums kept the tempos and dynamics continuously fluid.

For Mr. Feinstein, doing it all means delivering classic ballads from the American Songbook in a creamy, faraway voice while accompanying himself on rippling piano, then letting loose with impersonations of Louis Armstrong singing “Hello, Dolly!” and Jerry Lee Lewis hollering and banging out “Great Balls of Fire.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/arts/music/michael-feinstein-marilyn-maye-summertime-swing.html?_r=0

BARBRA STREISAND AND HUGH JACKMAN SING ‘ANY MOMENT NOW’ FROM ‘SMILE’–WATCH NOW! ·

 

 

(from Justjared.com; via Pam Green.)

Barbra Streisand has just released her version of the song “Any Moment Now” featuring Hugh Jackman, which is featured on her upcoming album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway!

The legendary songstress has 10 new duets on the album featuring such Hollywood stars as Hugh, Anne Hathaway, Daisy Ridley, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, and more.

Barbra will be heading out on tour in August and we think it would be great to see some of these stars pop up as guest acts!

“The first person I thought of was Hugh Jackman,” Barbra says in the behind-the-scenes clip about the song. “He could be a werewolf or whatever he is, Wolverine? And yet he is a wonderful actor who sings great.”

http://www.justjared.com/2016/07/29/hugh-jackman-sings-any-moment-now-with-barbra-streisand-watch-now/?utm_source=laineygossip.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article

DRESSAGE HORSE AND TRAINER CHARM AUDIENCE PERFORMING TO “SINGING TO THE RAIN” ·

 

(via Pam Green.)

Mario Luraschi is a famous French horse trainer and stunt man. He and his horses have been key figures in many well known movies and grand stage shows. His horses also appeared in the viral commercial from OPI called “Instinct of Color“.

In the video below, Luraschi and one of his fantastically talented horses perform to “Singin’ in the Rain” in an arena to a packed audience. The dressage horse displays amazingly intricate footwork. Just look what he does at 1:10!

Share this playful performance with your friends and the horse lovers you know!

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KRISTIN CHENOWETH AND PETER GALLAGHER SING “I’VE GOT IT ALL” FROM ‘ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY’ ·

(from Theatremania; via Pam Green.)

Watch the pair tunefully spar before catching them onstage at the American Airlines Theatre.

Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher are returning to Broadway in a revival of the classic Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green musical On the Twentieth Century at the American Airlines Theatre. In anticipation of this production, which sees the pair following in the footsteps of Madeline Kahn and John Cullum as Lily Garland and Oscar Jaffe, TheaterMania was invited into the recording studio as Chenoweth and Gallagher laid down a promotional version of the great first-act number "I've Got It All." Check out their version of the tune in this video.

http://www.theatermania.com/video/exclusive-video-kristin-chenoweth-and-peter-gallag_707.html/