Thursday, January 3, 2019

Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004), 8

Great Performances (1971– )
1h 30min | Music | Episode aired 9 August 2004
A second collection of great performances from the Tony Awards. Some of the classics of the Broadway stage have been lost to history - except for the archives of the American Theatre Wing and its collection of films of the Tony Awards ceremonies. 
Director: Chris Cohen 


13 songs in the Soundtracks; see list below. Those with lower case "performed" (bolded) were not yet in the Soundtracks. I'll not add them today.

This program attributed the performances to the Tony Awards programs.

All performances in the show are from Musicals, none from straight plays.

I didn't scrutinize the performances for lip syncing, and didn't notice any. The Coco performance by Hepburn automatically bumps this up to 8.

Songs performed (add 1 to get the chapter #):
  1. Anything Goes, from "Anything Goes", By Cole Porter, Performed by Patti LuPone and ensemble 
  2. Bosom Buddies, from "Mame", By Jerry Herman, Performed by Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur 
  3. I Believe in You, from "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying", By Frank Loesser, Performed by Robert Morse 
  4. La Vie en Rose, from "Piaf", Music by Louiguy, Lyrics by Edith Piaf and Mack David, performed by Jane Lapotaire
  5. The Impossible Dream, from "Man of La Mancha", By Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion, Sung by Richard Kiley 
  6. The Ladies Who Sing With the Band, from "Ain't Misbehavin'", by Fats Waller, Sung by Nell Carter and ensemble 
  7. We'll Take a Glass Together, from "Grand Hotel", by Robert Wright and Chet Forrest (as George Forrest), Performed by Michael Jeter and Brent Barrett 
  8. That's How You Jazz, from "Jelly's Last Jam", *by Luther Henderson, *adapted from "Salty Dog," by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, Sung and Danced by Gregory Hines and ensemble 
  9. Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat, from "Guys and Dolls", by Frank Loesser, Sung by Walter Bobbie and ensemble 
  10. We Are What We Are / I Am What I Am, from "La Cage aux Folles", By Jerry Herman, Sung by George Hearn and ensemble 
  11. At the End of the Day / One Day More, from "Les Miserables", Written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, *English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, Sung by Colm Wilkinson and ensemble 
  12. You'll Never Walk Alone, from "Carousel", by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Sung by Shirley Verrett and chorus 
  13. All I Care About, from "Chicago", Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, Performed by Jerry Orbach and girls 
  14. Always Mademoiselle, from "Coco", Music by Andre Previn, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, performed by Katharine Hepburn
  15. Lambeth Walk, from "Me and My Girl", Music by Noel Gay, Lyrics and book by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, performed by Robert Lindsay & cast
  16. The Name's LaGuardia, from "Fiorello", Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, performed by Tom Bosley
  17. Be Italian, from "Nine", Music & lyrics by Maury Yeston, performed by Kathi Moss
  18. Medley from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Lyrics & book by Tim Rice, performed by Bill Hutton & cast
not in this show, but in IMDb Soundtracks: A medley from "Sweet Charity", By Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields, Performed by Juliet Prowse and Chita Rivera 

Rated 8.0 (30)

distr. PBS, dir. Cohen; 8
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