The last Sunday Showstopper Snippet of 2017. As many anxiously await the turning of the page in hopes of a healthier, happier and kinder 2018, one song immediately came to mind. Although it is not yet a “Broadway” showstopper, it certainly was a cinematic showstopper…
Tag: show tunes
Merry Christmas (almost)!! Today’s Sunday Showstopper Snippet is dedicated to those of you who wait until the very last minute to do your shopping. Most recently revived in 2016, SHE LOVES ME is a wonderful musical that was adapted from a 1937 play by Hungarian…
WARNING: Today’s Sunday Showstopper Snippet will most certainly bring a smile to the face of anyone going through the ‘holiday blues!’ If this showstopper doesn’t shake your blues away, NOTHING will! In 2016, the classic 1942 Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire masterpiece, HOLIDAY INN, featuring…
December 10, 2014 – AN AMERICAN IN PARIS opens their out-of-town pre-Broadway engagement, appropriately, at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France. The Broadway production was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, and won 4, including Best Choreography, in a VERY crowded year for monumentally wonderful new…
It’s SUNDAY SHOWSTOPPER SNIPPET time, and I’ve got a cold, so it’s gonna be a quick one! The obvious selection would have been ‘Adelaide’s Lament,’ from GUYS AND DOLLS, but that would have been too easy! Instead, I’m featuring a song made famous in a…
We are smack dab in the middle of yet another holiday season. With it comes anticipation, love, laughter, family, traditions, friendship, memories, romance, and, for many, sadness and depression. DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the reigning Tony Award winning Best Musical (along with 5 other Tonys)…
It’s Thanksgiving week!!! When searching for an appropriate Sunday Showstopper Snippet, I first explored the turkey-day specific references (“Turkey-Lurkey Time,” “Plenty to be Thankful For”), then jumped over the the cooking and food category (“What Baking Can Do,” “Be Our Guest,” even “A Little Priest”),…
A big part of adding “Life” to my years, is doing my part to add life to the years of others. Whether by giving money, time, goods or awareness, all fill ME up in addition to helping those in need. I don’t have to tell…
In honor of Veterans’ Day, this week I’m pre-posting the SUNDAY SHOWSTOPPER SNIPPET with a big ‘thank you.’ Thank you to those who have served. Thank you to the families and friends who struggled and struggle while awaiting their return home. Thank you to those…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIVIEN LEIGH (aka Scarlett O’Hara)! In honor of Ms. Leigh’s birthday, I’m going to share a RARE gem with you for today’s SUNDAY SHOWSTOPPER SNIPPET! Most of us know Vivien Leigh from her Academy Award winning on-screen performances in Gone With the Wind…