The reader-commenter reaction to last week's New York Times article on the obligatory Standing Ovation on Broadway makes this feel like a time to look back on when that subject was a Times…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:44AMCelebrating the WICKED movie and score this blog's way - with a sing-along parody YouTube - "Crying Poverty" to "Defying Gravity This parody takes the viewpoint of the "misunderstood"…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:58PMSome theater-music Election Day parody silliness (to a Gershwin classic) Recalling four years ago, when the meme of "I voted twice today" seemed to be on silly badges and stickers everywhe…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:00AMHalloween Parody tradition - some theater ghosts The ghost of Henry Miller first gripes about his theatre being re-named for Sondheim, then comes to like the idea "Losing My Sign" - paro…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:48AMWith excitement building for the new Hugh Jackman show at Radio City, feels like a good time for a parody-tribute reminder of how we feel about buying tickets whenever Hugh Jackman does a …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:36PMOur musical THE LAST STARFIGHTER opened 20 years ago at New York's Storm Theatre, October 15 2004. So many great memories! The most recent production was in Dec. 2022 in Cleveland, and…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:09PMAsking the parody question: When people disagree so strongly about honoring Columbus, do they still agree about wanting to keep the three-day weekend? "They're All Dissing Christopher Co…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:48AMFor Rosh Hashanah "Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew" - music by Skip Kennon, lyric by Fred Landauhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlzpDsd_q-k Sung by Neal Mayer We wrote that when …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:34AMRemembering Louis Armstrong on his birthday August 4, in my YouTube channel's way of remembering a classic recording - A parody of the feel-good WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD A feel-not-that-…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:44AMSaluting Celine Dion after her Olympics performance, the only way my blog and YouTube channel really can - and the City Center musical Bat Out of Hell - which besides being an entertaining…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:03AMBroadway ticket prices hit a new high ($1400 - that was for EACH ticket) in July 2024. And that's buying from the box office, not scalpers. To either celebrate or commiserate, depending…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:42AMTrying to "glom on" to the current Mary Todd Lincoln frenzy on Broadway, re-booting our YouTube channel's "Mary Song" So in parody-tribute to "Oh, Mary!" - cheering on all the Marys in d…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:22AMAs the great Imelda Staunton takes on HELLO DOLLY in London This parody was of Imelda Staunton's "scorching Momma Rose" in GYPSY: SOME ROSES parody to "Some People" ("Some Roses have pass…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:24AMFor Gay Pride Parade Day: This was my “I’m Still Queer” -a parody-tribute of Stephen Sondheim's “I’m Still Here” looking at four decades of New York City theatergoing ht…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:41AMWith "A Little Night Music" opening at Lincoln Center tonight- At the beginning of this (first two minutes), "Every Day I'm on the Net" as Countess Charlotte longingly searches for reasona…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:36PMThis YouTube video was from Feb. 2020 - imagining what we'd guessed could be a real "premium decade" ahead. Then the huge financial success of the "Sweeney Todd" revival, and now t…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 04:35PMWith a new Covid variant seeming to be on its way four years later, Remembering on our parody-song timeline Our May 2020 seven-minute short parody-song musical film "When I'm…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:14AMLinking my blog's parody Mother's Day theater tradition: This was our "The Mom With the Hat"https://youtu.be/1_gG1vJGOFk (Music and lyric by Fred Landau) Remembering the ads for the controv…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:13AMIn parody-tribute to the new romantic comedy movie "Fly Me To The Moon" trailer being out - It feels like a good reason to re-boot my "rom-com-ish" Sinatra parody video "Fly Me in the Nude…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:46PMBecause 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 CA…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:32AMParody-tribute honoring Emma Stone winning the Oscar earlier this week Recalling Emma Stone's starring on Broadway in "Cabaret" in 2014 "Go Tell Emma" (parody-tribute for "Don't Tell Mama" h…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:42AMSince "Forbidden Broadway" is moving to Broadway, it felt like it was time to dust off this loving, respectful spoof of "Forbidden Broadway" - "Rainbow High" parody - As-if Patti LuPone vi…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:52PMPosting one last love song before Valentine's Day - This was more of a uptempo charm/dance tune, and was from the time when the YouTubes were starting to move upward a bit for me (this one r…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:38PMFor Valentine’s Day: this blog's tradition, original non-parody theater love songs If you're looking for love songs to play or perform for Valentine's Day - “Is It Mushy to Say I Lov…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 07:06PMThis blog's traditional way of celebrating Edith Piaf's birthday Dec. 19 - LA VIE EN ROSE parody by Fred Landau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Z6iz4jPsw Thank you to the wonderful Ja…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 05:11PMIn the spirit of the old line about what many Jewish holidays have in common, "They tried to destroy us, they didn't destroy us, let's eat!" - "Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew (or a F…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:05AMRemembering my dear late aunt Sarah Friedler on her birthday, here in this photo with my dad, my brother and me at what seems to be my nephew David Landau's bris in 1988. My aunt and my…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 04:51PMIf you're in the mood for holiday music you've never heard before, this is my tribute to New York in the shopping and tree lighting time of year. Hope you like it, whatever you celebrate!"I…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 08:42AMHere's a new draft of the description about the value of parody for the upcoming volume 6 of 21ST CENTURY OLDIES: The First Quarter Century, 2001-2025. More about Volume 6 is here https…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 03:46PMWith 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 08:51AMIf 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…
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