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, depen…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 9:42am on July 19, 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 …

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 8:22am on July 11, 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 pa…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:24am on July 7, 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  https:…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 9:41am on June 30, 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 reaso…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 2:36pm on June 27, 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…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 4:35pm on June 19, 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  …

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 9:14am on May 20, 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 7:13am on May 9, 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 Nu…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 2:46pm on April 8, 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 …

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:32am on March 24, 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 9:42am on March 14, 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 …

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 3:52pm on February 29, 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 3:38pm on February 13, 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 7:06pm on January 23, 2024☆⚑

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 wonderfu…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 5:11pm on December 19, 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…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 9:05am on December 7, 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 …

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 4:51pm on December 1, 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 8:42am on November 25, 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 hereÂ�…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 3:46pm on November 12, 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 / UPT…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 8:51am on November 11, 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://…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 9:59am on November 10, 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-Broadwa…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 9:34pm on November 7, 2023☆⚑

Starting to promote volume 6 of my 21st CENTURY OLDIES parody-lyric series The First Quarter Century 2001-2025 by Fred Landau

  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 i…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:56am on November 7, 2023☆⚑

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

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 L…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 8:32pm on February 5, 2023☆⚑

Photos from Cleveland production of our musical "The Last Starfighter". Please tell your friends in the Cleveland area! by Fred Landau

 

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 3:22pm on December 11, 2022☆⚑