Dorothy Fields, Part III (1955-1973)
Class Preparation
- Read article on Gwen Verdon in Broadway: The American Musical (3rd edition), pp. 216-17.
- Sample the Original Cast Recordings of Redhead, Sweet Charity, and Seesaw (links below).
- Handout of class slides
- Dorothy Fields Lyrics (Part III)
YouTube Links & Playlists
YouTube Links:
- Class member Terry Fischer fount a link for the entire movie of Sweet Charity starring Shirley MacLaine and directed by Bob Fosse. In my opinion the film is better in its musical numbers, and the "Big Spender" number (at 12:40) features Chita Rivera and Paula Kelly. Thanks, Terry!
- In class I mention (and played a couple of minutes from) the North Carolina School of the Arts' recent "reconstruction" of Oklahoma! with the original sets, costumes and Agnes de Mille's choreography. Here is the LINK to a playlist that has both acts. The dream ballet starts at about 1:30:00 near the end of Act I.
- Class 3 Videos (plus a few performances we didn't get to)
- Redhead (1959 Original Broadway Cast Recording, with Gwen Verdon & Richard Kiley)
- Sweet Charity (1966 Original Broadway Cast Recording, with Gwen Verdon)
- Seesaw (1973 Original Broadway Cast Recording, with Michele Lee, Ken Howard, & Tommy Tune)
- An Evening with Dorothy Fields (The complete spoken and sung contents of Fields's 1972 appearance in the Lyrics and Lyricists series)