- And the World Goes 'Round
Infobox Musical
name= And the World Goes 'Round
subtitle=
caption=Original Cast Recording
music=John Kander
lyrics=Fred Ebb
book=Revue
basis=
productions=1991 Off-Broadway
1992 U.S. Tour
awards="And the World Goes 'Round" is a musical
revue showcasing the songs ofJohn Kander andFred Ebb .Taking its title from a tune the songwriting team wrote for
Liza Minnelli to sing in theMartin Scorsese film "New York, New York", the eclectic collection oflove songs ,torch songs , and acerbicly witty comic numbers was conceived by directorScott Ellis ,choreographer Susan Stroman , andlibrettist David Thompson, who collaborated on such Kander and Ebb shows as "Steel Pier" and the 1996 revival of "Chicago".It opened on
March 18 ,1991 atManhattan 'soff-Broadway Westside Theatre , where it ran for 408 performances. The original cast consisted ofKaren Ziemba ,Robert Cuccioli ,Karen Mason ,Brenda Pressley , and Jim Walton.Joel Blum andMarin Mazzie were replacements later in the run. Frank Rich, in his "New York Times " review, wrote: "The evening is an unexpected delight: a handsome, tasteful, snazzily staged outpouring of song and dance that celebrates all the virtues of the Kander-Ebb catalogue while scrupulously avoiding most of the cloying cliches of and-then-I-wrote anthologies." [Rich, Frank. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDA1639F93AA25750C0A967958260 "All the Best of Kander and Ebb",] "New York Times", March 19, 1991]It won the
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, and Cuccioli received theOuter Critics Circle Award for his performance. Additional honors includedDrama Desk Awards for Outstanding Musical Revue, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Ziemba), and Outstanding Director of a Musical.An original cast recording was released by
RCA Records .The following year, Ziemba, Blum, and Mazzie were joined by
John Ruess andShelley Dickinson for a 10-month national tour. With scenic and technical embellishments added and the title simplified to "The World Goes 'Round", the revised edition included mostly upbeat, unfamiliar songs from the team's lesser musicals: "The Happy Time ", "The Rink", "The Act", "Flora the Red Menace ", and what was then a work-in-progress, "Kiss of the Spider Woman".Throughout the years the revue has been staged by regional and
community theatre groups and as afringe theatre production inLondon .Cast recording song list
*The World Goes 'Round
*An English Teacher
*Coffee in a Cardboard Cup
*Colored Lights
*Sara Lee
*Arthur in the Afternoon
*My Coloring Book
*I Don't Remember You
*Sometimes a Day Goes By
*All That Jazz
*Mr. Cellophane
*There Goes the Ball Game
*How Lucky Can You Get
*Marry Me
*A Quiet Thing
*Kiss of the Spider Woman
*The Grass is Always Greener
*We Can Make It
*Maybe This Time
*Isn't This Better?
*Money, Money
*Cabaret
*New York, New YorkReferences
External links
* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=And%20the%20World%20Goes%20'Round/ Lortel Archives listing]
* [http://www.nodanw.com/shows_a/andtheworldgoesround.htm NODANW listing]
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