The Oscars are just around the corner and most of the nominees have already been reviewed, analyzed, examined and pored over in every conceivable way. But be on the lookout for one new upstart, just released last week, that could steal the show in the Short Film Category.
A recently released “biopic” of the Music Department [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘musicals’
February 17, 2009
Upset at the Oscars? This Film Could Do It!
February 5, 2009
The Voice Behind the Screen
If you go see West Side Story at the Regent Square Theater this Sunday night, note that while you are watching the lovely Natalie Wood singing on screen, you are actually hearing Marni Nixon. And you are even hearing her sing two voices in the “Quintet“ because she also dubbed some lines for an indisposed Betty Wand [...]
September 12, 2008
“Orcastrated” Guys and Dolls?! Music Librarian humor.
In my last post, I discussed various recordings of Guys and Dolls. Shortly after, our music cataloger, Chuck Herrold, spotted a heck of a typo on the back cover of a 2001 recording of the musical. What follows is what he found and then the responses of other music librarians.
I was cataloging a [...]
August 27, 2008
Guys and Dolls and Mumbles and Ol’ Blue Eyes
“I got the horse right here.” And we got lots of different recordings of Frank Loesser’s terrific 1951 musical, Guys and Dolls. What we don’t have is the motion picture soundtrack from the 1955 film. Turns out, no one really does or, at least, no one really does legitimately.
“No complete soundtrack album [...]
August 20, 2008
Sing along with Jerry Orbach!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, no matter when you’re flipping through your cable channels, you’re probably going to see the late, great Jerry Orbach starring as Detective Lenny Briscoe in the long-running TV series Law and Order. But did you know that Lenny could sing?
It’s true! Before he was a lovably cranky television [...]
August 12, 2008
Sunday in the Park with George
A recent vacation included a Wednesday afternoon spent in the impressive museum of the Art Institute of Chicago. While my favorite artwork there is probably Toby Edward Rosenthal’s “Elaine,” one of the museum’s most famous images is George Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.” Seurat’s masterwork is captivating, larger than expected in real life, demanding close-up study of its [...]
