Wednesday, September 16, 2020
"I Will Survive" parody lyric by Fred Landau - "I'll be Inscribed":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxTuhLayowQsungby Jan Horvath"Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew" - music by Skip Ke…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:03PMMonday, September 7, 2020
A parody update as re-opening is in full swing, for better or maybe better not. Let's hope.
The one-minute opening from the 7-minute Labor Day sequel (coming soon) to our "When I''m St…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:58PMFriday, August 14, 2020
The Piaf forever stamp was 2012, and even then in that election year we were worried about how snail-like even "snail mail" was. The snail makes a guest appearance at 0:30 and this is be…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:36PMSaturday, August 8, 2020
Looking back ten years ago this week- one of the most successful replacement casts ever!
It's 10 years this week since one of the best reviewed and most surprisingly well-realized replac…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 01:10PMSaturday, July 4, 2020
"Firework, Moulin Rouge version" Parody-Tribute video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNGZJrX81zc
[still just one Firework; they had to cut corners somewhere]
John and Abigail Adams Fa…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:46PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
Here's the video from the "Kiss me Kate" re-revisal - MJ plays "Bianca/Lois Lane," manning the desk for high-net-worth patients at the Upper East Side ER, putting VIP patients at ease tha…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:59PMSunday, April 12, 2020
Because sometimes the only way to not give up is to laugh, or burst into song. It doesn't make the problem go away, but it can help you face it better after you laugh or sing.
And it m…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 06:44AMWednesday, March 18, 2020
Some non-parody original theater songs, since it's tough to record new stuff right now in social distancing time
From the musical ACROSS STATE LINES (performed previously as The Octagon…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:18AMSunday, February 16, 2020
Type Our Troubles Away - the more good-natured full-song version
Parody of Encores' 2020 "Mack and Mabel” [or "Jack and MABEL"]
https://youtu.be/RafIinDbF5A
The earlier one-minute pre…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:34AMMonday, February 10, 2020
Hollywood Gown Oscars 2020 - based on Harriet Schock's song "Hollywood Town" https://youtu.be/1uQ_XPirkaMThis parody lyric Fred Landau- Video, edit and vocal Jan HorvathHollywood Gown Oscars…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 04:03PMMonday, January 20, 2020
The HOLLYWOOD GOWN SONG (short version) - SAG AWARDS 2020 - feat. Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's gownhttps://youtu.be/Zp58fA38qdoparody lyric by Fred Landauto Harriet…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:16PMMonday, November 25, 2019
The 2019-2020 season, what we have so far: Bat Out of Hell" - August-September 2019 at NY City Center
"Bat out of Hell" parody by Fred Landau and Jan Horvath
parody set to Jim Steinma…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 12:32AMMonday, September 16, 2019
"I'll Get You Kicked Out of Here" - cell phones in the theater - a now-I've-seen-it-all, don't-mess-with-me, world-weary parody of "I Get a Kick Out of You" (The parody is done here with …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:41AMSunday, May 12, 2019
Theater title lookback for Mother's Day:The devoted son who thought "The Mother With the Hat" was a perfect show to see with his Mom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_gG1vJGOFk
And
In …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:49PMMonday, June 18, 2018
The poster for our musical "The Last Starfighter"I just flew back from Seattle after the last rehearsal and then the first performance the other night!
photo with program just abov…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 04:09PMSunday, June 5, 2016
Since I'd been writing lyrics in the NY Times reader-comment section for a while, the Times asked me to write a "parody lyric" on the subject of the ArtsBeat column coming to an end after al…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:45PMFriday, April 29, 2016
I honor of the Royal Couple's 5th Anniversary -A look back at their first kiss 5 years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O00tb72yXVUParody video, sung by Jan Horvath
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 01:07PMSunday, December 13, 2015
DRAFT AS OF SEPT 14, 2019Links to YouTube For the original Jan 2018 presentation version's "colorful characters highlights promo sampler" - https://youtu.be/F8t4Q9memhIand some more demo…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:12AMSunday, December 6, 2015
Links to YouTube For the original Jan 2018 presentation version's "colorful characters highlights promo sampler" - https://youtu.be/F8t4Q9memhIand some more demos are at https://youtu.…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 01:21PMWednesday, October 7, 2015
From the wonderful (and very useful) "New York Today" column in the NYTimes: “Residents in Queens want a new dog run, but not if it costs $1 million.”
Here's a parody-tribute: y…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:46AMSaturday, September 12, 2015
This seemed to go over a bit when I posted it in the NYT comments, my parody-tribute to the new apps for Fashion Week making it available to the whole city rather than the elite few.The actu…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:31AMFriday, July 5, 2013
At our July 5th entry - we react to the Times reporting Bette wanting to do a musical, and it's likeliness that it's MAME: We recap our blog's Youtube salutes to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" a…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:14AMMonday, June 10, 2013
Parodies and original YouTube links from the 2012-13 season.
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 12:09AMFriday, November 30, 2012
Here are some of the 2012 videos, mostly about Off-Broadway and NYC cabaret-scene tributes and parodies - mostly comedy, some sincere tributes:
The list includes a MOTOWN THE MUSICAL par…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:44PMWednesday, October 24, 2012
With Bristol Palin back in fall 2012 DANCING WITH THE STARS, a reprise of the “Chrysanthemum Tea Party Overtures”
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:12PMHearing the talk by some of the critics about what was worth parodying in theatre from 2009 to 2011. No one does it on the level of "Forbidden Broadway" in terms of hitting the bulls-eye of …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:58PMSunday, October 2, 2011
"Reckless Endangerment, a citizen's plea for the promise of America" -- on YouTube. This is an eight-minute musical film. I hope it's a pilot for a larger musical stage o…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:26PMTuesday, August 16, 2011
Parody of IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND - as the actor/musicians reportedly get paid for both roles when they do...
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:40PMTuesday, August 9, 2011
I was planning a full "Living La Vida Loca" parody on Ricky Martin's casting for the fall (I think he'll do a great job with the role, even if his fans will buy tickets for hotness reasons) …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:22AMFriday, August 5, 2011
I'D RATHER A JEW OVER YOU (parody of I'd Rather Be Blue Over You)suggested by the NY Times blog item (on FUNNY GIRL casting Lauren Ambrose) by the legendary Marilyn Michaels http://www.…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:17PMSunday, July 31, 2011
"CLEAR DAY" song parody- jazz-inflected version to honor the revisal's plot;Seen & Interred: "Donna K" with ecstatic Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane on Vi…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:11AM 
