Kander & Ebb: Woman of the Year (1981),​ And the World Goes 'Round (1991),  & Steel Pier (1997)

Class Preparation

• The chapters of Kander, Ebb, & Lawrence's Colored Lights associated with this class are chapter 6 & 8. 
• Lyrics to Selected Songs
• Handout of key slides

Links to Audio Selections from Cast Recordings

Woman of the Year​ (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

• "Woman of the Year" 
• "See You in the Funny Papers"
• "When You're Right, You're Right"
• "Shut Up, Gerald"
• "So What Else Is New?"
• "One of the Boys"
• "Table Talk"
• "It Isn't Working"
• "I Wrote the Book"
• "Happy in the Morning"
• "Sometimes a Day Goes By"
•  "The Grass Is Always Greener"
• "We're Gonna Work It Out"

And the World Goes 'Round ​ (Original Cast Recording)--not complete list, but any link will lead to others

• "The World Goes 'Round" 
• "Colored Lights"
• "Sara Lee"
• "I Don't Remember You/Sometimes a Day Goes By"
• "There Goes the Ball Game/How Lucky Can You Get"
• "Isn't This Better?"
• "Cabaret"
• "Theme from New York, New York"

Steel Pier (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

• "Overture" 
• "Prelude"
• "Willing to Ride"
• "Everybody Dance"
• "Second Chance"
• "A Powerful Thing"
• "Dance with Me/The Last Girl"
• "The Shag"
• "Everybody's Girl"
• "Wet"
• "Lovebird"
• "Leave the World Behind"
• "Somebody Older"
• "Running in Place"
• "Two Little Words"
• "First You Dream"
• "Steel Pier"
• "Final Dance"

Links to videos shown in class

• Raquel Welch and Marilyn Cooper sing "The Grass Is Always Greener" LINK
• Choreographer Tony Charmoli creates dance steps for "One of the Boys" and rehearses it with Lauren Bacall and the company. LINK (Note: this video continues with Kander & Ebb performing "Sometimes A Day Goes By" and other rehearsal footage.)
• Lauren Bacall and company perform "One of the Boys" for the 1981 Tony Awards broadcast. LINK
• Placido Domingo performs "Sometimes A Day Goes By" with Miss Piggy. LINK
• Barbra Streisand performs "How Lucky Can You Get" from Funny Lady. LINK (This is audio from the soundtrack, but the visuals are a collage put together by a fan. I showed a DVD in class, so this is not the actual scene from the film.)
• Debra Monk sings "Everybody's Girl" from Steel Pier​ on the Rosie O'Donnell show. LINK​

Links to additional videos & resources

• Press reel for the original Broadway production of  Steel Pier (part 1) LINK This "press packet" has a sample of the choreography as well as Gregory Harrison singing "Everybody Dance," Karen Ziemba singing "Willing to Ride," and Ziemba and Daniel McDonald singing "Second Chance."
• Press reel for Steel Pier ​(part 2) LINK This video features Debra Monk ("Everybody's Girl"), Daniel McDonald and Karen Ziemba ("Leave the World Behind"--chorus girls dancing on the wings of a biplane!), and a dance number ("The Shag").

 Class Feedback/Evaluation of Today's Class

What worked?

• "Loved all the music." 

What would make it even better?

• None mentioned in Chat