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Cabaret Setlist: “Mountain Greenery” — Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #10 in this running series. Cabaret Setlist began in May of this year with a look at Richard Rodgers and Lorenz...
Cabaret Setlist: “When I Was a Boy” — Music and lyrics by Dar Williams
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #9 in this running series Although Dar Williams’s song “When I Was a Boy” would go on to become a signature...
Cabaret Setlist: “Take Care of This House” – Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #8 in this running series. This installment of Cabaret Setlist is published on the day before what’s being called the most...
Cabaret Setlist: “Makin’ Whoopee” – Music by Walter Donaldson, Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #7 in this running series "Whoopee" on stage. Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn’s “Makin’ Whoopee,” first sung...
Cabaret Setlist: “End of the World” — Music and lyrics by Matt Alber
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #6 in this running series Part of my intention when starting this series was to take a fresh look at songs...
Cabaret Setlist: “It Never Was You” — Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #5 in this running series Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson’s “It Never Was You” might be better known today were...
Cabaret Setlist: “Two for the Road” — Music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #4 in this running series The cable came directly from Audrey Hepburn, who was in France shooting her latest film, with...
Cabaret Setlist: “California Nights” — Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Howard Liebling
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #3 in this running series. Unlike the first two songs we’ve examined in Cabaret Setlist (Rodgers & Hart’s “Little Girl Blue”...
Cabaret Setlist: “Sand” – Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook Song #2 in this new running series. Few among us dispute the idea that Stephen Sondheim is the most important living American...
Cabaret Setlist: Repertoire for the Once and Future American Songbook
Song #1 in this new running series: “Little Girl Blue” – Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart When it comes to cabaret repertoire, I can think of...