Tales of Tinseltown
A Movieland Musical
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65'14"
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JAY Records are thrilled to premiere the Concept Album
TALES OF TINSELTOWN
"It's Singin' in the Rain meets Hollywood Babylon." On a farm in Walnut Iowa, the abused but ambitious Ellie Ash aspires to screen immortality. Elmo Green, a scenarist from NYC, bicycles by. He's immediately smitten by Ellie, who jumps on his bike—Hollywood bound. Soon they work with characters reminiscent of Ethel Merman (brassy Bertha Powell), Gene Kelly (fleet Danny Burke), Mario Lanza (lumpy Tony Toscanni), Erich Von Stroheim (producer/director Norman G. Neinstein), & Joan Crawford (vamp Lulu Beauveen). Soon, Ellie triumphs at N.G.N. Productions—the "Girl of a Thousand Sounds"—till columnist Adele DeRale exposes unseemly events. Separately, Ellie & Elmo climb up to the Hollywoodland Sign,to possibly jump, then make an unexpected decision.
What the Critics Said...
"DAMN NEAR PERFECT! Attention Messrs. Shubert, Azenberg, Schoenfeld, et al. While Broadway bemoans the fact that 'there just aren't any new musicals will run forever and make millions for everyone involved,' composer Paul Katz and librettist Michael Colby have come up with what could be the new Fantasticks, Dames at Sea or other long-running, money-making, mega-hit. A musical extravaganza." - Ron Mullen, BACKSTAGE (NY)
"DELICIOUS SATIRE! An ambitious pure Hollywood musical. Numbers that are laughter from the first syllable to the last." - D.R.J. Bruckner, N.Y. TIMES
"WATCH FOR IT! This is a crowd-pleaser packed with talent. Paul Katz's music captures the schmaltzy and plunkety-plunk early movie tempo, never falsifying the clever libretto of every false value Michael Colby could conceive of. You will leave the theatre wreathed in smiles." - Marjorie Gunner (President, NY Outer Critics Circle), ON AND OFF-BROADWAY
"ENJOYABLE ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT! Colby has written lyrics that sound better than what has been coming out of Broadway lately." - Christine Dolen, MIAMI HERALD
"WACKY FUN! Suggests Dames at Sea crossed with Carol Burnett's entire oeuvre. Delicious, tuneful, winning." - David C. Nichols, L.A. TIMES
- OVERTURE
Orchestra - THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW
Harriet Harris, with Christina Bianco, Nat Chandler, Klea Blackhurst, Jake Epstein, Alison Fraser, Richard Kind, Tony Yazbeck - I BELONG IN HOLLYWOOD
Christina Bianco, Richard Kind, Tony Yazbeck, Nat Chandler - LET'S GO / NEED SOMEONE 1
Jake Epstein, Christina Bianco - N.G.N. PRODUCTIONS
Ensemble with Harriet Harris - LULU BEAUVEEN
Richard Kind, Alison Fraser, Harriet Harris, & Ensemble - MUSICAL MELANGE
Alison Fraser, Jake Epstein, Christina Bianco, Richard Kind, & Ensemble - ADELE'S SCOOP
Harriet Harris - SOMEONE TO LOVE ME
Nat Chandler with Alison Fraser & Richard Kind - INTRODUCING BERTHA
Harriet Harris - I CAN SING
Klea Blackhurst - PRESENTING DANNY
Harriet Harris - ALL OVER THE PLACE
Tony Yazbeck with Christina Bianco & Ensemble - ALL I DREAMED
Christina Bianco - ALL OVER THE PLACE (REPRISE)/ NEED SOMEONE 2
Tony Yazbeck with Christina Bianco - BOY YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL / NEED SOMEONE 3
Nat Chandler, Christina Bianco, Richard Kind - JUNGLE FEVER
Alison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, with Christina Bianco, Nat Chandler, Klea Blackhurst, Richard Kind, & Ensemble - LULU'S RETORT / NEED SOMEONE 4
Alison Fraser, Christina Bianco, Richard Kind - SO THIS IS THE MOVIES
Jake Epstein - ADEL-E-GRAM #1
Harriet Harris - SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT
Christina Bianco - ADEL-E-GRAM #2
Harriet Harris - KEEP IN STEP (AEROPLANE NUMBER)
Christina Bianco, Alison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, Klea Blackhurst, & Ensemble - ADEL-E-GRAM #3
Harriet Harris - HUNCHY
Nat Chandler, Christina Bianco - IT'S MINE
Christina Bianco, with Harriet Harris, Alison Fraser, Klea Blackhurst, Nat Chandler, Tony Yazbeck, & Ensemble - TELL ME PLEASE
Harriet Harris, Klea Blackhurst, Richard Kind, Aliison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, Nat Chandler, & Ensemble - BORN TO BE BAD
Christina Bianco - SORORITY SISTER SEGUE
Harriet Harris - GOT TO BE GOOD
Alison Fraser with Nat Chandler, Tony Yazbeck, Klea Blackhurst, & Ensemble - NIGHTMARE
Richard Kind, Christina Bianco, Alison Fraser, Jake Epstein, Ensemble - MY BEST FALSE FACE
Harriet Harris - I'LL STAND BY YOU
Jake Epstein - VISIT TO HOLLYWOOD HOSPITAL
Christina Bianca, Klea Blackhurst, Jake Epstein, Tony Yazbeck - FOR MY CAREER
Klea Blackhurst, Tony Yazbeck, Nat Chandler, Richard Kind, Christina Bianco, Jake Epstein, Harriet Harris - ALL I DREAMED (reprise)
Jake Epstein, Christina Bianco - STARS IN MY EYES
Christine Bianco & Ensemble - JUNGLE FEVER (Reprise)
Alison Fraser - LET'S GO (Reprise) / FINALE
Christina Bianco, Jake Epstein, & Ensemble