tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91928028664701660062024-03-14T06:43:33.456-07:00Music and ComedyFred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-57347405922634765972024-03-14T06:42:00.000-07:002024-03-14T06:42:37.665-07:00Parody-tribute recalling Emma Stone's starring on Broadway in "Cabaret" in 2014<p>Parody-tribute honoring Emma Stone winning the Oscar earlier this week</p><p>Recalling Emma Stone's starring on Broadway in "Cabaret" in 2014</p><p>"Go Tell Emma" (parody-tribute for "Don't Tell Mama"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmV2qmS_-5Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmV2qmS_-5Q</a></p><p>Parody lyric Fred Landau, Vocal Sheree Sano</p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-89535964429235922962024-02-29T12:52:00.000-08:002024-02-29T12:52:33.166-08:00With the legendary "Forbidden Broadway" becoming a Broadway show, seemed time for this try at a spoof of "Forbidden Broadway"<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">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 visits "Forbidden Broadway" trying to avoid seeing Gerard - but loves the show. </span></span></span></p><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHwKWrvqlk"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHwKWrvqlk</span></span></a>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-8728572668957422442024-02-13T12:38:00.000-08:002024-02-13T12:38:42.032-08:00 Floating one last theater love song before Valentine's Day<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Posting<span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228;"> 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 reached 44,000 views).</span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"Right Nearby"</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri92dfRHYxg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri92dfRHYxg</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Music and lyrics by Fred Landau, </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And many thanks to Janie Smulyan for the vocal </span></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-32480824663333578242024-01-23T16:06:00.000-08:002024-01-23T16:06:50.911-08:00For Valentine’s Day: this blog's tradition, original non-parody theater love songs<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For Valentine’s Day: this blog's tradition, original non-parody theater love songs</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">you're looking for love songs to play or perform for Valentine's Day -</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></p><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">“Is It Mushy to Say I Love You” which somehow passed 73,000 views. not viral, but I'm so glad so many people gave it a listen!</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZfjTLHl1s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZfjTLHl1s</a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Music: Fred Landau, Lyrics: Hunter Prillaman</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span></span></p><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"Brooklyn Boy"</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://youtu.be/XiQRDVKvf5Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XiQRDVKvf5Q</a></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Music and lyrics by Fred Landau</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"I Look Into Those Eyes"</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="color: #888888;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5HcENPH12UU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/5HcENPH12UU</a></span></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Music and lyrics by Fred Landau</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-15776224468684893762023-12-19T14:11:00.000-08:002023-12-19T14:11:15.373-08:00 This blog's traditional way of celebrating Edith Piaf's birthday Dec. 19 - LA VIE EN ROSE parody<p> This blog's traditional way of celebrating Edith Piaf's birthday Dec. 19 -</p><p>LA VIE EN ROSE parody by Fred Landau</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Z6iz4jPsw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Z6iz4jPsw</a> </p><p>Thank you to the wonderful Jan Horvath for the vocal here. </p><p>The U.S. Post Office Piaf Forever stamp was 2012, and even then we were worried about how snail-like "snail mail" was. (The snail makes a guest appearance at 0:30 and this is believed to be the post office snail's only appearance in a La Môme parody video.) </p>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-6412578792086638512023-12-07T06:05:00.000-08:002023-12-07T06:05:29.779-08:00For start of Hannukah, our song "Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew" - video with Hannukah images<p>I<span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">n 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!" - </span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;">"Put Your Pain In the Hands of a Jew (or a Few)" - with Hannukah images</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wvYwGE9Z8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wvYwGE9Z8</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;">Music by Skip Kennon, lyric by Fred Landau - sung here by Neal Mayer</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;">(The expression "oy and vey" is thanks to Bruce Kimmel)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;">We wrote this song about the soothing aspects of Jewish humor in the face of thousand of years of tsouris, and it turned out not to be right for project we auditioned for. (When we wrote the song, the show's script that we got had been about humor as essentially Jewish novocaine, and that changed a great deal by the time that show opened.)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;">But the song survives on YouTube! :) And we get nice reaction to the audition song. even separate from the show for which it had been written, and I wanted to share it here, on this video with Hannukah images.</div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-58857414884731062612023-12-01T13:51:00.000-08:002023-12-01T13:53:08.104-08:00Remembering my late Aunt Sarah Friedler on her birthday, including a favorite theater-related story about her<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitv678LSSiJwbNvRqfysCKs9lCqF3NGQkN5GznsEEIzBbpLHYdgHys2J0d8q--YPTJo1oSOYyUracLwMvTe6N9t3O-W1U2ziLpGD70w7cvcFRzvTA9Z7MMXNoIbaYPCGUpiKeSeTQF_uicLOcOhLXEhMN1qQam42iAbIt6Gk_XAU6Rng3kc_N4rdJxmkg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitv678LSSiJwbNvRqfysCKs9lCqF3NGQkN5GznsEEIzBbpLHYdgHys2J0d8q--YPTJo1oSOYyUracLwMvTe6N9t3O-W1U2ziLpGD70w7cvcFRzvTA9Z7MMXNoIbaYPCGUpiKeSeTQF_uicLOcOhLXEhMN1qQam42iAbIt6Gk_XAU6Rng3kc_N4rdJxmkg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">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 dad were both Holocaust survivors. We all called her Aunt Sunia (pronounced "Shoon-ya"). The camera caught her while she was talking, probably making a joke, but it's such a happy photo of a happy occasion. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">We have so many happy memories of her, including a good amount of theatergoing and theater-watching and listening with her and my Uncle Jonah. One of my favorite theater-related memories of her was after Kathie Lee Gifford performed Sondheim's "Getting Married Today" on TV, my Aunt Sunia did an impromptu impression, with hand motions, of Kathie Lee singing at the wedding "Go! Can't you go? Why is nobody listening?" (This was while Kathie Lee was the alternate for Carol Burnett in "Putting It Together.")</span></span></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-84935161307265266192023-11-25T05:42:00.000-08:002023-11-25T05:58:21.605-08:00My tribute to the New York shopping & tree lighting time of year<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">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!</span></span><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"In the Season We Love"- music and lyric by Fred Landau, sung in this video by Jan Horvath </span></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(first section is a happy shopper, then a grumpy shopper, then harmony between the two)</span><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyosuNj1jE"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyosuNj1jE</span></a> </span></p></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-69286692256517252202023-11-12T12:46:00.000-08:002023-11-17T11:05:47.964-08:00New draft of description of the value of parody as preface for upcoming volume of 21st CENTURY OLDIES<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505;">Facebook calls it starting a "new job," but maybe it's more like a new venture, or even a new adventure! What it is is that I have a full draft of this new volume of my "21st Century Oldies" series of books.</span> </b></span></p><p>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.</p><p>More about Volume 6 is here <a href="https://music-and-comedy.blogspot.com/2023/11/starting-to-promote-volume-6-of-my-21st.html">https://music-and-comedy.blogspot.com/2023/11/starting-to-promote-volume-6-of-my-21st.html</a> </p><p>If you have any thoughts, please feel free to email me at my AOL address FJL1960, or leave a comment if that works for you.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: times;">There are three small words to one simple truth: Parody is popular. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s so popular in contemporary society that you don’t even have to go to a comedy club or find a Broadway stage to enjoy this unique type of humor. Just flick on your TV or click, toggle, and swipe away at your laptop, tablet, or other digital must-have device. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parody is everywhere…because it has to be. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need it. In itself, parody is one of the most comforting forms of humor out there. It takes an event, topic, or medium to which the common, everyday person already has a strong emotional response and then reshapes it in a way that stirs an entirely different emotion. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parody, along with satire, help us make sense of the absurd, bring fun to the mundane, and allow us to laugh when we might otherwise want to cry or throw our hands up in the air in defeat. They lift us up when we are down and give a new spin to things that frustrate us, offend our beliefs, or leave us wondering what could possibly come next. In other words, parody can help us digest what is going on in the world around us. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">To the memorable music of tried and true artists such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Schwartz, Gloria Estefan, Whitney Houston, Katy Perry, Adele, and Barbra Streisand, topics parodied in this book include American Idol meltdowns, Mark Sanford’s Argentina saga and his later political rebound, skyrocketing Broadway theater prices, the AIG bailout mess, the Covid crisis and, of course, Donald Trump, </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Turn on whatever you use to play music these days—and start reading this book. In no time, you’ll be singing along, laughing, and feeling a whole lot better about life.</span></p>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-62673551166506765802023-11-11T05:51:00.000-08:002023-11-11T05:51:19.983-08:00Reviving our pitch for DOWNTOWN ABBY/UPTOWN ANN LANDERS, with Dear Abby's grandson officially running for President<p><span style="font-family: times;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With Rep. Dean Phillips (who is Dear Abby's grandson - really!) officially running for President, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I figured why not revive this proposed (not really!) pitch </span></span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"DOWNTOWN ABBY / UPTOWN ANN LANDERS" - </span></span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">a fictitious mis-step in creating a Downton Abbey follow-up. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7n2P2CIFBM"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7n2P2CIFBM</span></a><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">music and lyrics by Fred Landau</span></span>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-13329847314090655712023-11-10T06:59:00.002-08:002023-11-27T08:05:23.272-08:00If you've started looking for musical material for the holiday season's performances<p> <b style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times;">If you've started looking for musical material for the holiday season's performances:</b></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"In the Season We Love" - music and lyrics by Fred Landau </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;">A happy shopper and grumpy shopper come to terms over NYC at Christmas time</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyosuNj1jE" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyosuNj1jE</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">A sincere power ballad ANOTHER CHRISTMAS for after Christmas, wishing Christmas would be back again</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Music and lyrics by Fred Landau - This video got to 40,000+ views; it looks like it had gotten linked on some holiday sites.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfenKQ7sj1E" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfenKQ7sj1E</span></a></div></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">-- <b>(This one is pretty G-rated, despite the title, about the full-body scanners at airports)</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Because travel is so topical for holiday traveling, here's FLY ME IN THE NUDE </span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3AcCmPL00" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3AcCmPL00</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-53413810257698209672023-11-07T18:34:00.003-08:002023-11-13T07:01:02.313-08:00Remembering Marie Curie's birthday (Nov. 7) with a musical comedy salute<p><br /></p><p><span>Remembering Marie Curie's birthday (Nov. 7) with a musical comedy salute:</span></p><p><span> In 2019, <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kate </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mulgrew was back onstage, at the Minetta Lane, as a rival for Mme. Curie's </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre-wrap;">heart in</span></span></b></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"> off-Broadway's "The Half-Life of Marie Curie" </span></b></span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Reprising "Elements" to tune of "Elegance" - Mme. Curie’s future husband confronts her ambivalence </span><span>
</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yqJ4Fjxvd8" style="border: 0px; color: #326891; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yqJ4Fjxvd8</a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-29299676392879121052023-11-07T08:56:00.008-08:002023-11-07T09:44:55.917-08:00Starting to promote volume 6 of my 21st CENTURY OLDIES parody-lyric series The First Quarter Century 2001-2025 (and a planned theater project)<p> </p><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; display: table; outline: none; width: 1050px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="line-height: normal; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none;"><div id="yiv9882803777" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv9882803777yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xdj266r yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x11i5rnm yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xat24cr yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1mh8g0r yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1vvkbs yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0px; outline: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">FREE GIVEAWAY IN THE U.S. (EVEN POSTAGE IS FREE IN THE U.S.) </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">I've been writing parody lyrics almost every day usually based on Times news stories or politics, </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">and putting them in the New York Times comments, for many years now. </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">They've gotten attention over the years, </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">like Lin-Manuel Miranda very generously tweeting </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">"Freddie the NYTimes commenter is a local treasure" in Nov. 2015 - </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="color: #1d2228; display: table; outline: none; white-space: normal; width: 1050px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="line-height: normal; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none;"><div id="yiv9882803777" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv9882803777yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x11i5rnm yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xat24cr yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1mh8g0r yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1vvkbs yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xtlvy1s yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times; font-size: x-small; outline: none;"><a href="https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/669222699361771520" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/669222699361771520</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">which the New York Times quoted in an ArtsBeat article June 1 2016 by Daniel McDermon.</span></div></div><div class="yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x11i5rnm yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xat24cr yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1mh8g0r yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1vvkbs yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xtlvy1s yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F" data-test-id="message-view-body" style="color: #1d2228; display: table; outline: none; white-space: normal; width: 1050px;"><div class="msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS" data-test-id="message-view-body-content" style="line-height: normal; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2px 0px 0px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5" style="outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div style="outline: none;"><div id="yiv9882803777" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv9882803777yahoo-style-wrap" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div class="yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x11i5rnm yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xat24cr yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1mh8g0r yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1vvkbs yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xtlvy1s yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv9882803777ydp51d5a969Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18px; outline: none;">It's at this link, towards the end of the article; you just have to scroll down a bit:</span><span class="yiv9882803777ydp51d5a969Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18px; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span><span class="yiv9882803777ydp51d5a969Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18px; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span><span class="yiv9882803777ydp51d5a969Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 18px; outline: none;"><a class="yiv9882803777ydp51d5a969bbc_link" href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/service-advisory-artsbeat-is-finished/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #476c8e; outline: none;" target="_blank">http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/service-advisory-artsbeat-is-finished/</a></span><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">and linked in the Times' New York Today column when Noah </span><span style="color: #050505; outline: none;"></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Remnick interviewed me </span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;">Feb. 3 2016</span><br style="outline: none;" /> (at the end of the column "And Finally" section)<br style="outline: none;" /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/nyregion/new-york-today-landmarklimbo.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/nyregion/new-york-today-landmarklimbo.html</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: times;">"</span><span style="color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; white-space: normal;">During my time here, no one has brightened my early mornings quite like a man named Fred Landau.</span></span></div><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; width: 600px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You may know him as Freddie, our lyrically gifted commenter who pens a daily ditty for us lucky fans."</span></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; width: 600px;"></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">I've been publishing collections of the parody lyrics as 21ST CENTURY OLDIES, so far 5 volumes, </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">and I'm preparing and trying to push</span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"> Volume 6: "21st Century Oldies, the First Quarter Century, 2001 to 2025." </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">(To give you the idea of what it is, it's kind of like a Sing Along with MAD type </span></div><div style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">collection, without the pictures.)</span></div></div><div class="yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x11i5rnm yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xat24cr yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1mh8g0r yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x1vvkbs yiv9882803777ydp27566db7xtlvy1s yiv9882803777ydp27566db7x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">As a "branding gimmick" towards trying to get the 21ST CENTURY OLDIES name out there, </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">I'm trying offering a free giveaway: If anyone in the U.S. wants a copy of one of the old volumes totally free (I'll even pay the postage),</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"> just email me your name and U.S. mailing address to my AOL address FJL1960 and I'll send one of those books to you. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"> Info about the 5 volumes can be found by googling "21st Century Oldies" "Fred Landau" or searching the name on Amazon.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">Thanks,</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;">Fred Landau</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><div style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-82607747467248012222023-02-05T17:32:00.006-08:002023-11-13T07:01:59.245-08:00For Valentine’s Day: this blog's tradition, original non-parody theater love songs <p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times;">For Valentine’s Day: original non-parody theater love songs </span></p><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Brooklyn Boy"</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/XiQRDVKvf5Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times;">https://youtu.be/XiQRDVKvf5Q</span></a></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;">Music and lyrics by Fred Landau</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;">"I Look Into Those Eyes"</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5HcENPH12UU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/5HcENPH12UU</a></span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;">Music and lyrics by Fred Landau</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">“Is It Mushy to Say I Love You” which somehow passed 70,000 views</span></div><div class="yiv9472866131MsoNormal"><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZfjTLHl1s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZfjTLHl1s</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Music: Fred Landau, Lyrics: Hunter Prillaman</span></div></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-14688023085564402692022-12-11T12:22:00.002-08:002022-12-11T12:25:28.380-08:00Photos from Cleveland production of our musical "The Last Starfighter". Please tell your friends in the Cleveland area!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHNrEwiDfUoamB7iOPQqmLBPJ40f-11uBOtFK_3uhiRKLy3eK1E5d-L6_tNCwXA02Mh4rWiLbQwGFsqIxL5ChMxhsnMyRPc53cvHyI2aZ_8gCgzu49E0grHJtkdW0ntrS6bKHgB5LSkMyCSU27T1AkeUidDkg3D-pPFJrRXTuQqXinrkoYE7b4mN27" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHNrEwiDfUoamB7iOPQqmLBPJ40f-11uBOtFK_3uhiRKLy3eK1E5d-L6_tNCwXA02Mh4rWiLbQwGFsqIxL5ChMxhsnMyRPc53cvHyI2aZ_8gCgzu49E0grHJtkdW0ntrS6bKHgB5LSkMyCSU27T1AkeUidDkg3D-pPFJrRXTuQqXinrkoYE7b4mN27" width="156" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwBsklqelWz-fBOJL4Gf5Q18AxgqccvQJYXUQ1S7FMzioaGJK-XQO-sxe-xSgci5qBleSu1PTgAHuc6N7njeVlG4QaU1fvuNnyABUd2LDWHzGnJI1K2AAZZKdFmzO-SjbWeSijf2-SGaKj14GUrr9hbokqsa0hj_3Uue985-HKC7MQDM9-R-UHVPiH" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI1jf8E02VvXs6uc8bUktkTbJo4I25UHY5mzLNtIfj8_8OO3UNnrh97tVrJqcBWxqYc3SpN_ourKC3kQNztJb8DKDJI5Ke8HiWFfcMYotpmkZlCfc1mNKTxHutd6UnzAE_2W6YRlONyK6zy67KChmplYtjXi5M8eFaiKqjnw6_kpA3yju_kidQzDwY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI1jf8E02VvXs6uc8bUktkTbJo4I25UHY5mzLNtIfj8_8OO3UNnrh97tVrJqcBWxqYc3SpN_ourKC3kQNztJb8DKDJI5Ke8HiWFfcMYotpmkZlCfc1mNKTxHutd6UnzAE_2W6YRlONyK6zy67KChmplYtjXi5M8eFaiKqjnw6_kpA3yju_kidQzDwY" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpJ_QN2D56mPPJgLJMkj9mGsX6UcCcII4-Z3t5FYGxQPRAnmNmOjTNjHZsQ26YOBTZRyGa_k6WbrY8NL8_G7sB2qgXceZSgjS5vspa_t-hgtUSuuyy3yaB12qh7NGLjzGvL5yoRIlH639IYMEdXps4oc9pdlgqVJWKm7OrwIPp1aXly3cH89lm6ifg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpJ_QN2D56mPPJgLJMkj9mGsX6UcCcII4-Z3t5FYGxQPRAnmNmOjTNjHZsQ26YOBTZRyGa_k6WbrY8NL8_G7sB2qgXceZSgjS5vspa_t-hgtUSuuyy3yaB12qh7NGLjzGvL5yoRIlH639IYMEdXps4oc9pdlgqVJWKm7OrwIPp1aXly3cH89lm6ifg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-73191243000963560252022-11-24T04:07:00.005-08:002022-11-29T17:09:25.504-08:00Blank Canvas Theatre in Cleveland updated its site for full company list of "Last Starfighter" - Cleveland premiere<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi80zfZ90frQ-C6wsgifc5ZF4ycLFmr1UZWZ-w3MlcNVJAmSqXUdcBerPtvTuI1xc7RcETyS2zjbSaOcNfH5kvKHj3Xv2FC1dRMZ18_PEQBQKBq5FJ_6avJ_3A32OxVrTLl_-V_v1CHed2u-cIsEbyk8lRSRWQy4futDMCy24oyHCR3nK1vXr30z6ux" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi80zfZ90frQ-C6wsgifc5ZF4ycLFmr1UZWZ-w3MlcNVJAmSqXUdcBerPtvTuI1xc7RcETyS2zjbSaOcNfH5kvKHj3Xv2FC1dRMZ18_PEQBQKBq5FJ_6avJ_3A32OxVrTLl_-V_v1CHed2u-cIsEbyk8lRSRWQy4futDMCy24oyHCR3nK1vXr30z6ux" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuwdRRFAdH7sNLSH9e8_NIAjvf-iIR_9jGGEG1L559Sr_dsztzBlQDIIF2ngAD1udoE735osM07dbXIXwNCbcupea4XWTcF1HpHI22p29rYSevu2X20VDifVby5Uz_tb7GoGwGrPEY_L8VxI9wjLGd4KqP5rDKij9Z84CyBBOoR_X34nSAIGdWqZzU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuwdRRFAdH7sNLSH9e8_NIAjvf-iIR_9jGGEG1L559Sr_dsztzBlQDIIF2ngAD1udoE735osM07dbXIXwNCbcupea4XWTcF1HpHI22p29rYSevu2X20VDifVby5Uz_tb7GoGwGrPEY_L8VxI9wjLGd4KqP5rDKij9Z84CyBBOoR_X34nSAIGdWqZzU" width="156" /></a></div><br /></span></div><br /><i> Updated Nov. 29 2022 - opening changed from Dec. 2 to Dec 8.</i><p></p><p>Blank Canvas Theatre in Cleveland updated its site for the full company list of "The Last Starfighter"</p><p><a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/the-last-starfighter-cast/">http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/the-last-starfighter-cast/</a></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small;">Please let your friends in the Cleveland area know. </span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #2b00fe; font-size: small;">THE LAST STARFIGHTER - Blank Canvas Theatre Dec. 8-17 2022. Directed by Patrick Ciamacco.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">Book by Fred Landau</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">Music and lyrics by Skip Kennon</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Betuel</span></p>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-15535389491006743942022-10-06T15:03:00.007-07:002023-11-08T06:41:02.292-08:00Our show "The Last Starfighter" will have its Cleveland premiere at the Blank Canvas Theatre in Dec. 2022.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02fcwT5XOmWYbXXnQ-5lHio1Zoh3FWYCpTuLDqOrOQES8wZ_l0MoYlMy17c7HEDsyJooasKcdU1haYDnUJt8FhgWbpALkiKUn6jZT2IE5Oq-F-akN5av5fUU7EFZjmoSHFLQiVQ_PWYCYr9NBEbwwfTCDX8CRKaEGu5fL4Nm0PiFBsjwu0RN7Ji-S" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02fcwT5XOmWYbXXnQ-5lHio1Zoh3FWYCpTuLDqOrOQES8wZ_l0MoYlMy17c7HEDsyJooasKcdU1haYDnUJt8FhgWbpALkiKUn6jZT2IE5Oq-F-akN5av5fUU7EFZjmoSHFLQiVQ_PWYCYr9NBEbwwfTCDX8CRKaEGu5fL4Nm0PiFBsjwu0RN7Ji-S" width="156" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><i> Updated Nov. 29 2022 - opening changed from Dec. 2 to Dec 8.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Our show "The Last Starfighter" will have its Cleveland premiere at the Blank Canvas Theatre in Dec. 2022. Please let your friends in the Cleveland area know. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">THE LAST STARFIGHTER - </span><span style="font-size: large;">Blank Canvas Theatre Dec. 8-17 2022. Directed by Patrick Ciamacco.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Book by Fred Landau</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Music and lyrics by Skip Kennon</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Betuel</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-84905327560897684032022-09-24T14:14:00.004-07:002023-11-13T07:02:59.717-08:00Counting down to High Holy Days: this blog's tradition "I Will Survive" parody "I'll be Inscribed"<span style="font-size: x-small;">Counting down to High Holy Days: this blog's tradition "I Will Survive" parody "I'll be Inscribed"</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><br clear="none" /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxTuhLayowQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxTuhLayowQ</a><br clear="none" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></span><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span>sung by Jan Horvath</span></span><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">Feel free to use it in any performance, just let me know how it goes if you use it.</span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-39973897000857939922022-09-06T14:30:00.001-07:002023-11-13T07:03:59.897-08:00For fall 2022 theater preview, reprising salutes to TAKE ME OUT and our 1776/ADAMS FAMILY THEME SONG<p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">With "Take Me Out" coming back again - </span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /></p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reprising "Everyone Goes" from the tribute to the original run of TAKE ME OUT</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/CIrsCaiRLNg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">https://youtu.be/CIrsCaiRLNg</span></a><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">parody of "Anything Goes"</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And with "1776" coming to Broadway again - since this parody went over well on July 4th</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The John and Abigail Adams Family theme song" - </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">as it might have been adapted by the writers of "1776"</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://youtu.be/4bUcJKIYFyw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4bUcJKIYFyw</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-66791532597206846882022-08-14T13:46:00.005-07:002022-08-14T14:14:47.515-07:00A year after Afghan War, Updated FAMILY MUSIC our musical drama dealing with aftermath of the Afghan War<div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Two </span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">highlighted</span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> numbers a</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">t <a href="https://youtu.be/hLFfOPBzmag" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">https://youtu.be/hLFfOPBzmag</a></span></span></span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; white-space: pre-wrap;">More demos from this show at </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/0ha6R1Z2yQo" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">https://youtu.be/0ha6R1Z2yQo</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/_vLnGZVtRc4A" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">https://youtu.be/_vLnGZVtRc4A</a></span></span></p><div class="article-header" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; display: table; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 750px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 710px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a data-id="7317752431610173214" data-item-type="post" href="https://fred-and-the-economy.blogspot.com/2021/08/family-music-copyright-july-21-2017.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">FAMILY MUSIC </a>script - UPDATED August 2022 to reflect aftermath of Afghan War</span></span></div><span style="outline: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="outline: none;"><a data-id="7317752431610173214" data-item-type="post" href="https://fred-and-the-economy.blogspot.com/2021/08/family-music-copyright-july-21-2017.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Marian Weiner TEXT-MUSIC-LYRICS </a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a data-id="7317752431610173214" data-item-type="post" href="https://fred-and-the-economy.blogspot.com/2021/08/family-music-copyright-july-21-2017.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">and Fred Landau TEXT-LYRICS</a></div></span></span></h1></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://fred-and-the-economy.blogspot.com/2021/08/family-music-copyright-july-21-2017.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://fred-and-the-economy.blogspot.com/2021/08/family-music-copyright-july-21-2017.html</a> </span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">B</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: xx-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">IOS</span></span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">MARIAN WEINER</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (co-bookwriter, music, lyrics) </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was primarily an essayist and pop and classical composer-lyricist before turning to theater work after raising her family. Marian started writing songs at age nine, and was composing duets for flute by junior high. While performing in dozens of local events and concerts, she studied music theory at the Performing Arts High School, and also composed many flute duets while studying with famed Harold Bennett, first flautist at the Metropolitan Opera. Orchestra performance experience includes the Japanese rock musical “Golden Bat,” and five years playing flute, alto and tenor saxophone, on lounge jobs around the country. She temporarily put aside performing and composing to raise her two sons, with her husband, Frederic Weiner, musician, and owner of their own family music business. </span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">She started studying with top 5 songwriter Harriet Schock, where she first met her writing collaborator on this project. Her CD credits include the acclaimed album “Power Sharing” by David Wright and the Wright Touch Horns, and her lyrics have been performed by Andrea Ross-Greene and Mark Wade.
Drawing on disparate elements of the writers' family and professional experience, this hopeful and original musical about a family in the pop music business torn by war in the 21st century began to develop</span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: xx-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> FRED LANDAU </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">(co-bookwriter, lyrics) </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: xx-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Fred’s writing got him a Finalist slot (top 6 from over 100 applicants) in the Ebb Award competition for theater writers; and two Midtown Int’l Theatre Festival Award nominations for the production and book/lyrics for the MITF award-winning I Never Miss a Larry Kramer Musical (NYC’s Roy Arias Theater). Other musical theater productions: book for The Last Starfighter (Storm Theatre, NYMF at Theatre at St Clements, workshop at Seattle’s Village Theater); book/score for ALBANY, NY (NYC’s Triangle Theater, workshops BMI, ASCAP, Circle Rep). Fred’s lyric writing was excerpted on CNN (AC360, Situation Room). </span></span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: xx-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah Remnick in the New York Times called him “lyrically gifted” (New York Today column, Feb 3, 2016), </span></span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">and his online humor writing has been called “a local treasure” by Lin-Manuel Miranda (on Twitter, Nov. 24, 2015) </span><a href="https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/669222699361771520">https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/669222699361771520</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(3, 3, 3); color: #030303; font-size: xx-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Critic/theatre historian Martin Gottfried said Fred's theater work “was defined by the invention of its creators. It sounded like itself and like nothing else…They invented their own language for musical theater and it had nothing to do with anything else that I’ve seen, really, in terms of musical theater.” Graduated from Harvard Law School & received masters degrees from NYU and Brooklyn College.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;"></p></div></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-79316160439829609972022-08-10T14:44:00.000-07:002023-11-13T07:07:16.118-08:00AIMING TO DO THESE AS A CABARET-STYLE SHOW - Singing about the pandemic doesn't make a problem go away, but helps your outlook<p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5086620143684845953" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: "New Times", serif; font-size: medium;">Because although laughing and singing don't make a problem go away, they can help your outlook</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 7.716049px;"></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 7.716049px;"><span style="font-family: "New Times", serif; font-size: medium;">And put you in frame of mind to deal with reality more clearly.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "New Times", serif; font-size: medium;">AIMING TO DO THESE AS A CABARET-VENUE SHOW <br clear="none" /></span><br clear="none" /><div><div id="yiv0315130977"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br clear="none" /><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><div id="yiv0315130977"><div class="yiv0315130977yqt8174166722" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd08047"><div id="yiv0315130977"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: medium;">An original song - Music and lyric by Fred Landau</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: medium;">WITH MY FRIEND KILLING TIME - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Doesn't 6 feet apart beat 6 feet under?</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 5.358367px;"><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXdp6iS40w" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXdp6iS40w</a></span></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div id="yiv0315130977"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Socially distant AIR-KISS ME KATE</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7noSqYlYQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7noSqYlYQ</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br clear="none" /></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br clear="none" /></span></span><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MY FAR LADY - "I've Sewn a Costume for Your Face"</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3RXDyle5sA" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3RXDyle5sA</a><br clear="none" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">feat. Sheree Sano</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Home" with Dorothy and Toto - </span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1d0U_WFNes" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1d0U_WFNes</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span>
</span><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4629195259" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd52023"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="color: #222222; white-space: normal;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Together" medley - Joanne in Company, and Madame Rose </span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; white-space: normal;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/qmwMqL3T7-Y" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://youtu.be/qmwMqL3T7-Y</span></a></span></div></span></div><div><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; white-space: normal;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; white-space: normal;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span>
"Gonna take a Lotta Gloves" </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">feat Emily and KJ </span></span></span><span style="color: #030303; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">McAleesejergins</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="yiv0315130977yt-simple-endpoint yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" href="https://youtu.be/P92NrXCxMBw%E2%80%8B" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/P92NrXCxMBw</a><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; white-space: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span> </span></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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ELBOW CONNECTION </span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a class="yiv0315130977yt-simple-endpoint yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eQYoPzwgY&t=0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16.800001px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/88eQYoPzwgY</a><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feat KJ McAleesejergins</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span>
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</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOUR SMILING FACE PARODY</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a class="yiv0315130977yt-simple-endpoint yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYqUFVLfxTM&t=0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16.800001px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vYqUFVLfxTM</a><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Feat. KJ McAleesejergins</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"><div><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br clear="none" /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 7.716049px;"><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4629195259" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd52023"><div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: serif; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd58310"></div></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd16223"></div></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd44940"></div></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd80291" style="font-size: 7.716049px;"></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br clear="none" /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 7.716049px;"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> V</b></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>ideos and vocals by Sheree Sano</b></span></span><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4027223450" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd30175" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 7.716049px;"><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd06614" style="font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MASK UP FOR SHAKESPEARE - </span><a class="yiv0315130977yt-simple-endpoint yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blbyKSx2Uu8&t=0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16.800001px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/blbyKSx2Uu8</a><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd06286"><span class="yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.800001px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HAVE YOURSELF A VERY DISTANT CHRISTMAS - </span><a class="yiv0315130977yt-simple-endpoint yiv0315130977style-scope yiv0315130977yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBNVI5PCmiM&t=0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16.800001px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/bBNVI5PCmiM</a></div><div class="yiv0315130977yqt4786329451" id="yiv0315130977yqtfd06286"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #666666; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"></div><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></p>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-63446758033184501432022-07-04T14:31:00.000-07:002023-11-13T07:07:42.475-08:00REPRISE FOR JULY 4TH - John and Abigail Adams Family Theme <p><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1547076493781303318" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><p><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Ready to snap? The 1776-Addams Family cross-over</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.333333px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.333333px;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The John and Abigail Adams Family theme song" - as it might have been adapted by the writers of "1776"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://youtu.be/4bUcJKIYFyw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4bUcJKIYFyw</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-8296311118403853812022-06-13T05:26:00.003-07:002023-11-13T07:08:47.492-08:00An uptempo lookback number to send "Lehman Trilogy" audience out dancing and clapping along<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Lookback in honor of the deserved Tony win for "Lehman Trilogy"</span></p><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">AIG-LEHMAN BAILOUT PARODY SONG</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I NEED ME A LOAN (tune of LEAVE ME ALONE)</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i style="color: #2198a6; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8Q2KHzuME" style="color: #2198a6; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8Q2KHzuME</a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i style="color: #2198a6; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-style: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i style="color: #2198a6; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><br /></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i style="color: #2198a6; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><br /></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i style="color: #2198a6; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The "Company" revival: </span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"ANOTHER HUNDRED PATTI FANS GOT OFF OF THEIR PHONES"</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "new times", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/biOPO57uQ1M" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/biOPO57uQ1M</a></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The shorter attention span 1:40 version is still at <a href="https://youtu.be/o1s1ScBSV3An" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/o1s1ScBSV3An</span></span></a><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-style: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-32421341630792743672022-05-09T07:10:00.003-07:002023-11-13T07:10:05.984-08:00Some Tony-lookback parody thoughts: THE THINGS WE LIKE TO DO TOGETHER, DO TOGETHER, DO TOGETHER! and The B'way "Lehman Trilogy" in 8 minutes!<p><br /></p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Tony-lookback parody thoughts: </span></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Broadway "Lehman Trilogy" gave you 3 parts in 180 minutes, </span></span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The Lehman Eulogy" musical gives you </span><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">5 parts</span> in 8 minutes </span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "new times", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/KUjCalZ7hiM" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/KUjCalZ7hiM</a> <span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(feat. "I Am Lehman" and "AIG </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Against</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> the World") </span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyrics by Fred Landau</span></div><p><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px;" /></p><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The "Company" revival: Make a wish for Tonys, Sondheim fans! </span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A socially distant TOGETHER parody medley, salute to Patti as Joanne (and also Patti as Rose) - </span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">feat. THE THINGS WE LIKE TO DO TOGETHER </span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmwMqL3T7-Y" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmwMqL3T7-Y</a></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span> </span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"ANOTHER HUNDRED PATTI FANS GOT OFF OF THEIR PHONES"</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://youtu.be/o1s1ScBSV3An" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/o1s1ScBSV3An</span></span></a><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="yiv9064724160style-scope yiv9064724160yt-formatted-string" style="border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 16.799999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192802866470166006.post-36947101626393428082022-04-14T20:44:00.007-07:002023-11-13T07:10:48.289-08:00As the Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical about the Harmonists gets reviews seeming worthy of a Broadway step-up<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">As Barry Manilow- Bruce Sussman's musical about the Harmonists gets reviews seeming worthy of a Broadway step-up</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">[Note re questions about the ocean shots: Thought it would be fun or funny to use an idealized Butte, Montana like in an old musical, so i hope it's not confusing - we did cut palm trees out of two of the chuppah photos, though. <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/2/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">JEWISH-ENGLISH EXPLANATIONS ARE BELOW THE VIDEO, WITH THE PARODY LYRICS;. KNOWLEDGE OF HEBREW IS NOT NEEDED!</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Parody of the musical & song COPACABANA by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman; </div></div><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I saw the stage musical in Pittsburgh at the CLO and got inspired to try to parody how happy a show it is for having such a sad song as its source (an aspect the stage musical handles wonderfully, by the way). Lola does get her Tony in this parody! </span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">AT THE CHUPPAH, BY THE CABANA</span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 13, 13); color: #0d0d0d; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://youtu.be/6V6cPuTuRDE">https://youtu.be/6V6cPuTuRDE</a></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: times;">Parody lyric by Fred Landau</span></div>Fred Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10189363831080144479noreply@blogger.com0