“Roll Up the Ribbons” from I Do! I Do! (1996 Off Broadway Revival)
music Harvey Schmidt lyric Tom Jones
performance David Garrison, Karen Ziemba
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Writing to you live from a Comfort Inn in Clarion, PA (with all of my belongings in a van in the parking lot)!
pack up the present
look to the future
one thing i know is true
the best day of all
is the day that is on its way
waiting for you
Garrison and Ziemba aren’t really a match for Preston and Martin, and the OBC’s full orchestrations are replaced by two pianos, but this recording gains points for completeness—where the pianos take the musical theme and really soar with it in a surprisingly satisfying way.
theatreaficionado:
This is my annual New Year’s Eve ear worm.
Best to you all in 2013.
This is the song that would play at the end of the last episode of the sitcom about my life.
— Me2ism MP3 Advent Calendar: 11-Dec —
“I Thank You for Your Love” as heard on A Broadway Christmas
music Tom Jones lyric Harvey Schmidt
performance Laurie Beechman
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This abosulutely lovely song—given a moving and effective performance by Beechman—is from an obscure, pre-Fantasticks, Jones/Schmidt collaboration called The Mummer’s Play (about which I can find very little information). This song—and this performance—should be better known.
An iconic image was cut into 25 pieces. Each piece will be a post’s album image. I will entertain all guesses as to what the image might be!
“Is It Really Me?” as heard on the album David Merrick Presents Hits From His Broadway Hits
music Harvey Schmidt lyric Tom Jones
performance Ann-Margret
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This ain’t Audra’s version! Let’s just say this song has never made me want to say “Olé!” before now…
“Try to Remember” as heard on the album If I Could Write a Song
music Harvey Schmidt lyric Tom Jones
performance Carol Burnett
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a song I think of every year on this day.
Um…so now we can share songs on Spotify?!?!? THIS IS A GAME CHANGER GUYS.
