Saturday, November 11, 2023
With Rep. Dean Phillips (who is Dear Abby's grandson - really!) officially running for President,
I figured why not revive this proposed (not really!) pitch
"DOWNTOWN ABBY / UPTOWN AN…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:51AMFriday, November 10, 2023
If you've started looking for musical material for the holiday season's performances:
Here's KRINGLE LADIES: PUT FIVE GOLDEN RINGS ON IT, a parody of SINGLE LADIES -
http://www.yout…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:59AMTuesday, November 7, 2023
Remembering Marie Curie's birthday (Nov. 7) with a musical comedy salute:
In 2019, Kate Mulgrew was back onstage, at the Minetta Lane, as a rival for Mme. Curie's heart in off-Broadway's …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:34PM
FREE GIVEAWAY IN THE U.S. (EVEN POSTAGE IS FREE IN THE U.S.)
I've been writing parody lyrics almost every day usually based on Times news stories or politics,
and putting them in th…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:56AMSunday, February 5, 2023
For Valentine’s Day: original non-parody theater love songs
"Brooklyn Boy"
https://youtu.be/XiQRDVKvf5Q
"I Look Into Those Eyes"
https://youtu.be/5HcENPH12UU
“Is It Mushy to Say I…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:32PMSunday, December 11, 2022
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Blank Canvas Theatre in Cleveland updated its site for the full company list of "The Last Starfighter"
http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/the-last-starfighter-cast/
Please let your friends…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:07AMThursday, October 6, 2022
Our show "The Last Starfighter" will have its Cleveland premiere at the Blank Canvas Theatre in Dec. 2022. Please let your friends in the Cleveland area know. http://www.blankcanvasthea…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 06:03PMSaturday, September 24, 2022
Counting down to High Holy Days: this blog's tradition "I Will Survive" parody "I'll be Inscribed"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxTuhLayowQsung by Jan Horvath
Feel free to use it in …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:14PMTuesday, September 6, 2022
With "Take Me Out" coming back again -
Reprising "Everyone Goes" from the tribute to the original run of TAKE ME OUT
https://youtu.be/CIrsCaiRLNg
parody of "Anything Goes"
Saw TAKE ME …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:30PMSunday, August 14, 2022
Two highlighted numbers at https://youtu.be/hLFfOPBzmagMore demos from this show at
https://youtu.be/0ha6R1Z2yQo and https://youtu.be/_vLnGZVtRc4A
FAMILY MUSIC script - UPDATED August …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 04:46PMWednesday, August 10, 2022
Because although laughing and singing don't make a problem go away, they can help your outlook
And put you in frame of mind to deal with reality more clearly.
AIMING TO DO THESE AS A C…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:44PMMonday, July 4, 2022
Ready to snap? The 1776-Addams Family cross-over
"The John and Abigail Adams Family theme song" - as it might have been adapted by the writers of "1776"
https://youtu.be/4bUcJKIYFyw
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:31PMMonday, June 13, 2022
Lookback in honor of the deserved Tony win for "Lehman Trilogy"
AIG-LEHMAN BAILOUT PARODY SONG
I NEED ME A LOAN (tune of LEAVE ME ALONE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8Q2KHzuME
…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:26AMMonday, May 9, 2022
Some Tony-lookback parody thoughts:
The Broadway "Lehman Trilogy" gave you 3 parts in 180 minutes,
"The Lehman Eulogy" musical gives you 5 parts in 8 minutes
https://youtu.be/KUjCalZ…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:10AMThursday, April 14, 2022
As Barry Manilow- Bruce Sussman's musical about the Harmonists gets reviews seeming worthy of a Broadway step-up
[Note re questions about the ocean shots: Thought it would be fun or funny to…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:44PMThursday, March 10, 2022
Getting ready just in case - for a Broadway where every night is a "covid-super-spreader" event
I've been ready with this pitch that your premium seat offers an optional limo to the premium…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 12:11PMThursday, March 3, 2022
Parody of I'D RATHER BE BLUE -
"live from the Erasmus High School Bar in Brooklyn"
"I'D RATHER A JEW OVER YOU" - ERASMUS GUYS SEE THE TV COMMERCIAL AND ARE RELIEVED THE NEW "FUNNY GIRL…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 06:02AMWednesday, March 2, 2022
As James Earl Jones has a Broadway theater named for him!!!
An encore of DARTH OF YOUR WORLD -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBgUp7OrFbk
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:56PMThursday, February 10, 2022
Lookback to SO MUCH BUTTER for a fictitious PAULA DEEN STORY - as in TAP DANCE KID, Encores relived the infamous NO HEAVY ACTRESSES casting notice from GOLDEN APPLE. No insensitivity "mis…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:57AMFriday, January 21, 2022
Remembering the great artist Meat Loaf the only way this blog really can. The first time I saw him in a Broadway show was a small role in Gower Champion's production "Rockabye Hamlet." …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:44AMSunday, December 26, 2021
Here's 2021 lookback, Part 2: June to Dec. 2021 We'd loved New York in June! There had been so much hope for Broadway re-open, but that was 7 months ago, we doubt that anyone would …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:47AMMonday, December 20, 2021
2021 as reflected in our mostly-theater/cabaret blog - part 1 of 2: January through May 2021
This felt like an overall Broadway theme for 2021, that even the hopeful people were …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:28AMThursday, December 16, 2021
Now it seems unruly airline passengers are in the news!
In FLYING WITH THESE LOONS (the sequel to the TSA-security number "Fly me in the Nude") "Frankie" is on the plane and gets suspic…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:13AMThursday, November 25, 2021
Celebrating Natalie Mendoza's performance at the Macy's Parade. Her Satine in "Moulin Rouge" is a decade after her accident in "Spider Man."
Never imagined "Moulin Rouge" looking as …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:47PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
Will a Sondheim show finally go mega-premium? Let's make a wish! "Another 100 Patti Fans Got Off Of Their Phones"
In the 2010s, we saw million-dollar weeks for the FOLLIES revival, an…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 06:39AMMonday, November 1, 2021
This apparently has never happened before that the cover of VOGUE in the US and UK are the same person, but it is now and the press says it's a big deal. (AND for show tune lovers, Adele'…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:44PMSaturday, October 30, 2021
For Halloween:
Recalling our exclusive with The Ghost of Alan Jay Lerner back when he haunted the "On A Clear Day" Vassar rewrite.
"What Did It Lack That It Has Now?"- Lerner conside…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 06:56PMFriday, October 15, 2021
Wondering if Broadway's "The Lehman Trilogy" even at three hours could use a megamix to get the crowd on its feet and clapping in rhythm, so they get online even while they leave the thea…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:38AMWednesday, October 6, 2021
With the happy news that Jane Lynch is announced for the cast of FUNNY GIRL:
Lookback to HOLLYWOOD GOWN 2011 Emmy Edition - Jane Lynch hosted.
https://youtu.be/24Rpk846HR4
It was very od…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:01AMSunday, October 3, 2021
The re-opening of Broadway was going so well, there had to be a wrench thrown in! So for those hungering for some negativity with the sunny ads for Broadway optimism. :)
With optimistic c…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:29PM 
