Swinging on a Star (The Johnny Burke Musical) - Acting Edition

by Michael Leeds, based on the songs of Johnny Burke

• ISBN13: 9780822215233
• ISBN10: 0822215233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-21
• Publisher: DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE INC

Summary

THE STORY: The fabulous songs of Johnny Burke are here perfectly woven into various settings and scenes as if they always belonged there. We move from a smoky 1920s Chicago Speakeasy, where we hear such songs as Dr. Rhythm and What's New to the Bowery for the classic Pennies from Heaven and others. The ever popular Your Hit Parade takes us into the 1930s, segueing into a World War II USO show for several songs including Personality and culminating with the Academy Award winning Swinging on a Star. The journey continues to a glittering ballroom for the immortal Imagination and then takes us into the world of Paramount's Hope/Crosby/Lamour Road Movies and the songs they made famous. The evening ends in the Starlight Supperclub, high atop Manhattan, with a celebration of Burke's genius. Other favorite songs included are Misty, You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew, Ain't It a Shame About Mame, Scatterbrain, One, Two, Button Your Shoe, An Apple for the Teacher, There's Always the Blues, Apalachicola, But, Beautiful, Like Someone in Love, If Love Ain't There (It Ain't There), Sunday, Monday, or Always, and Here's That Rainy Day.