Sunday, December 26, 2021

2021 lookback, June to Dec. - We'd loved New York in June! So much hope for re-open, but that was 7 months ago, we doubt that anyone would know.

 


Here's 2021 lookback, Part 2: June to Dec. 2021 
We'd loved New York in June!  There had been so much hope for Broadway re-open, but that was 7 months ago, we doubt that anyone would know!
(I never had done an actual release for some of these, because news changed so fast that subject matter could change in a few days - but this blog had started this in April 2020, and I kept up the musical parody-song  timeline of where we were going at various times) 



JUNE 2021

Did NY re-open too freely and too fast?  
This was a June happening, but based on Times article that appeared July 8 2021 -NY "felt" safer, restarted PDAs 
TO PARODY OF "IT'S IN HIS KISS". - with Sheree Sano
(We never had released this, because news changed so fast - the reprieve was over two days after we recorded it)
Parody lyric by Fred Landau

JULY  2021

CHAPEL OF LOVE parody - with Sheree Sano

https://youtu.be/lRAouQwsP1E

Parody lyric by Fred Landau 

as New York ends virtual weddings 


musical tribute to Corey Kilgannon's New York Times article 
Why Virtual Weddings Are No Longer Legal in New York

AUGUST 2021

The Albany Interpreter in the little circle onscreen from the July 26 press conference - 
explains Gov. Cuomo's "We Cannot Go Backwards" theme 
KA-CHING DROWNS OUT THE SCIENCE - with Sheree Sano
Parody lyric by Fred Landau

SEPTEMBER 2021

Monday Sept. 20 2021 - A strange transition back for red carpets - some great outfits, fun of Seth Rogen's orange look on a comedian, but not sure what to make of his comments on the lack of distancing at the event - was that true, was he being serious, half-true but trying for humor - also how the acting votes went in a year when the nominations were inclusive - but the acting awards seemed to group by favorite shows!!!! More controversy than expected. Hollywood Gown Emmys 2021 [about 1:04 long, then the full 2:44 parody audio] - with Jan Horvath
Parody lyric by Fred Landau, parody of Harriet Schock's "Hollywood Town"

OCTOBER 2021

"They're All Dissing Christopher Columbus" - with Sheree Sano
(THEY ALL LAUGHED AT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS parody)
Parody lyric by Fred Landau

 
NOVEMBER 2021

Over The Caution and Through With Zoom, to Macy's Day We Go - with Sheree Sano
Parody lyric by Fred Landau

Celebrating Natalie Mendoza's performance at the Macy's Parade.  Her Satine in "Moulin Rouge" is a decade after her accident in "Spider Man."  
Never imagined "Moulin Rouge" looking as wholesome as it did outside Macy's.  (Maybe there could be a Jr. Moulin Rouge version someday!)
CHATTING IS A SHOW’S BEST FRIEND -  
looking back  for Satine’s take on “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”
Encouraging saving your energy for spreading word online
Parody lyric by Fred Landau


DECEMBER 2021
Suddenly, the day after Thanksgiving, the year end was devastating for travel and NY tourism live theater, with the Omicron variant.

So a downer year end, but hope for 2022 to be better!
Have Yourself Another Distant Christmas - with Sheree Sano
Parody lyric by Fred Landau



ALSO IN AUGUST:  MARIAN WEINER AND I TOOK A NEW LOOK AT OUR MUSICAL "FAMILY MUSIC" (VERSION FROM AUGUST 2017) ABOUT A LONG ISLAND FAMILY DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS AT HOME OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR.  http://music-and-comedy.blogspot.com/2021/08/this-was-show-miarian-weiner-and-i-had.html 



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