Rodgers and Hart:  Sing for Your Supper

Rodgers and Hart: Sing for Your Supper

“Sing for Your Supper”, a Rodgers and Hart trio from The Boys from Syracuse is irresistibly goofy, especially when it’s done so enthusiastically by world class singers.  I couldn’t decide who did it better—the Broadway stars Rebecca Luker, Audra McDonald...
Rodgers and Hart: This Funny World

Rodgers and Hart: This Funny World

If you read yesterday’s entry, you won’t find it surprising that the dream that brought me to New York’s upper west side in 1978 was to write lyrics for musical theatre. I did this off and on, in obscurity, for many years. In various different workshops (ugh, that...
Eileen Farrell sings “Ten Cents a Dance”

Eileen Farrell sings “Ten Cents a Dance”

About two months ago I told Claire I would finally do Song of the Day and she proposed the weeks of December 12–16 and 19–23.  So you’ve got me for the next two weeks, or maybe that should be, I’ve got you. These blogs have really represented NYFOS’s motto, No Song Is...