Waukegan Community Players Presents: |
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Sweet and Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen |
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| A dinner theatre production |
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From the steamy, jazzy night clubs of Harlem to the glamour and glitz of Vegas lounges and into Hollywood's silver screens, entertainers across the nation - and across the decades, have clamored to perform Arlen's works. All the greats have played his songs.... Frank Sinatra, Barbara Striesand, Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald...The list goes on and on. As one of the most significant songwriters of the modern era, Harold Arlen composed such memorable tunes as "Over the Rainbow," "Stormy Weather," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "That Old Black Magic," "Get Happy," "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues," "A Sleepin' Bee," and "Come Rain Or Come Shine." During his extraordinary career, Harold collaborated with such celebrated lyricists as Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Ted Koehler, Dorothy Fields and Truman Capote, creating true classics that have been recorded by every major artist – and today are among the best-known songs in the world. This razz ma tazz, high energy revue celebrating the songs of one of America's greatest composers features three dozen musical selections and has played to rave reviews around the country. "Fast paced and flowing."-- Variety. "The evening sizzles [and] radiates polish and pizzazz. It's a sweet and hot way to rediscover Arlen."-- L.A. Times. |
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