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...first hour of the performance, Elvis sang some of his more obscure songs. In between songs, the singer narrated a slide show which included photos of a naked woman, and the god Bacchus seated upon a tortoise, among others...
...last of the expected guests is Miss Casewell, a mysterious young woman. Chalon Emmonds delights the audience with sneers of cold contempt and satiric witticisms, delivered with just the right amount of sang froid...
Scholars and lovers of the American musical theater had other reasons to cheer when Soprano Erie Mills sang Naughty Baby, from the 1924 Gershwin show Primrose. The number, with its infectious syncopation and George's own nimble charts, was receiving its first public performance in six decades. It is part of a trove of music by Broadway's old masters -- Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Victor Herbert, Cole Porter -- discovered in 80 boxes in a Secaucus, N.J., warehouse. Now, after five years of archaeology, Historian Robert Kimball has prepared a 178-page inventory of some of the contents for the first...
Another highlight was the very sharp original material performed by Angus Murdock, a freshman from Charlottesville, Virginia. "Sandinista Backdoor Blues" told the story of the month he spent on a work project in Nicaragua, a land of "big red beans three times a day." As Murdock sang in one verse, "Self-determination, freedom, sovereignty/I do believe that my digestion's got the best...
Bette's pianist and arranger was young Barry Manilow, just a few years short of his own, more comfortable stardom. Their first rehearsals were "nothing special, almost dull," as Manilow recalls them. "I played and she sang. But then we did it in front of an audience. She came downstairs in this turban and an outfit that could have come from my grandmother's closet. She was a tornado of energy and talent. I was six feet away, and this vision was one of the thunderbolts in my life." Another fan-Aaron Russo, signed on as Midler's manager...