Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Celebrating the WICKED score with a sing-along parody YouTube - "Crying Poverty" to "Defying Gravity" by Fred Landau

  Celebrating 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 08:58PM
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Some theater-music Election Day parody silliness (to a Gershwin classic) - "Vote- and Do it Again" by Fred Landau

 Some 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 08:00AM
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Halloween Parody tradition - some theater ghosts by Fred Landau

Halloween 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 10:48AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

As ticket sales start for the new Hugh Jackman show at Radio City: I RAID MY KEOGH, parody of I GO TO RIO by Fred Landau

 With 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 03:36PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Our musical THE LAST STARFIGHTER opened 20 years ago at New York's Storm Theatre by Fred Landau

 Our 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 10:09PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

"They All Laughed" Gershwin parody - Disagreement about honoring Christopher Columbus, but how about keeping the 3-day weekend. by Fred Landau

  Asking 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 08:48AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

For the coming Jewish New Year - this blog's show tune tradition by Fred Landau

 For 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 10:34AM
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Recalling Louis Armstrong on his birthday - Parody of the feel-good WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, a feel-not-that-good WHAT A ONE-PERCENT WORLD by Fred Landau

 Remembering 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 09:44AM
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Saluting Celine Dion after her Olympics performance, the only way my blog and YouTube channel really can by Fred Landau

 Saluting 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 09:03AM
Friday, July 19, 2024

As Broadway ticket prices hit amazing new highs in July 2024: Some of our parodies of premium prices by Fred Landau

Broadway 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 09:42AM
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Trying to "glom on" to the Mary Todd Lincoln frenzy on Broadway, re-booting our channel's "Mary Song" by Fred Landau

Trying 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 08:22AM
Sunday, July 7, 2024

As the great Imelda Staunton starts HELLO DOLLY in London, recalling her "scorching Momma Rose" in GYPSY by Fred Landau

 As 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 11:24AM
Sunday, June 30, 2024

For Pride Parade Day: reprising “I’m Still Queer” - Michael Musto in the Voice called it a "Hilarious Gay Spoof of 'I'm Still Here'" by Fred Landau

 For 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 09:41AM
Thursday, June 27, 2024

With "A Little Night Music" opening at Lincoln Center tonight- reprising our "A Little Site Music" by Fred Landau

 With "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 02:36PM
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Parody-Tribute to Sondheim premium pricing - "Another Hundred Millionaires Got Off of Their Phones"- by Fred Landau

     This 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 04:35PM
Monday, May 20, 2024

Remembering on our parody-song timeline - Our May 2020 seven-minute short parody-song musical film by Fred Landau

  With 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 09:14AM
Thursday, May 9, 2024

My blog's Mother's Day tradition - recalling the ads for the Bway play "The Mother With the Hat" by Fred Landau

Linking 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 07:13AM
Monday, April 8, 2024

In parody-tribute to the new rom-com movie FLY ME TO THE MOON's trailer being out by Fred Landau

 In 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 02:46PM
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Getting materials together to try to promote these as a cabaret-style show - a snapshot of where we were March 2020 to March 2021 by Fred Landau

 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 CA…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:32AM
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Parody-tribute recalling Emma Stone's starring on Broadway in "Cabaret" in 2014 by Fred Landau

Parody-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 09:42AM
Thursday, February 29, 2024

With the legendary "Forbidden Broadway" becoming a Broadway show, seemed time for this try at a spoof of "Forbidden Broadway" by Fred Landau

 Since "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 03:52PM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Floating one last theater love song before Valentine's Day by Fred Landau

Posting 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 03:38PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

For Valentine’s Day: this blog's tradition, original non-parody theater love songs by Fred Landau

 For 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 07:06PM
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

This blog's traditional way of celebrating Edith Piaf's birthday Dec. 19 - LA VIE EN ROSE parody by Fred Landau

 This 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 05:11PM
Thursday, December 7, 2023

For start of Hannukah, our song "Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew" - video with Hannukah images by Fred Landau

In 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 09:05AM
Friday, December 1, 2023

Remembering my late Aunt Sarah Friedler on her birthday, including a favorite theater-related story about her by Fred Landau

  Remembering 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 04:51PM
Saturday, November 25, 2023

My tribute to the New York shopping & tree lighting time of year by Fred Landau

If 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 08:42AM
Sunday, November 12, 2023

New draft of description of the value of parody as preface for upcoming volume of 21st CENTURY OLDIES by Fred Landau

 Here'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 03:46PM
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Reviving our pitch for DOWNTOWN ABBY/UPTOWN ANN LANDERS, with Dear Abby's grandson officially running for President by Fred Landau

 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 08:51AM
Friday, November 10, 2023

If you've started looking for musical material for the holiday season's performances by Fred Landau

 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 09:59AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Remembering Marie Curie's birthday (Nov. 7) with a musical comedy salute by Fred Landau

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

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic