The Sunny Side of the Street - A musical tribute to Dorothy Fields
From: Tuesday, 19th June 2012
To: Saturday, 7 July 2012
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Synopsis
The Dorothy Fields' Song book is fondly remembered by a group of gorgeous women who bring to life her stunning lyrics. These friends and foes meet at ?Dorothy's, London's foremost hair salon, to gossip and put the world to rights in this musical revue. Laughter, love, sadness, and sympathy are just some of the emotions shared over the shampoo and tongs and in this wonderful evening of music and song to salute Broadway's finest lyricist. From the mid 1920's to her death in 1974 Dorothy worked as a lyricist and book writer with the finest composers in theatre and film including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen. Her songs are timeless and in addition to the numerous hits from Sweet Charity number amongst them I Can't Give You Anything But Love, A Fine Romance and The Way You Look Tonight.
Our Review:
21 June 2012
A spattering of pink has exploded inside the little black box that is Jermyn Street Theatre, signalling the onset of a musical tribute to award-winning lyricist Dorothy Fields and copious amounts of girliness. The aptly named Dottie’s hairdressers is the setting for this revue show, where employees and customers provide a loose narrative for performances from Fields’ oeuvre.
As characters run through hits such as "I’m In The Mood For Love", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "If They Could See Me Now", they address the gamut of Fields’ favoured subject matters: the thrilling, idiosyncratic and painful nature of relationships; attempts to weather the various storms that life rains down upon us; and, above all, a kind of wide-eyed hope and optimism exemplified by the show’s title, The Sunny Side of the Street.
“Director Tim McArthur’s...
the bigger show tunes noticeably lack the dash and swell of a swing band”
Latest User Review
Aart van Kruiselbergen - 7 July 2012:
This show is dreadful. The setting in a tacky hairdressing salon is pointless and silly. These women have as much subtlety as a bulldozer. They don't sing the songs, they murdered them.I love Dorothy Fields great lyrics. I would advice anybody to listen to Barbary Cook's great cd of the Fields song and hear how they should really sound....
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Tim Arthur (Author)
Sarah Travis (Author)
Jermyn Street Theatre ()
Tim McArthur (Director)
Sarah Travis (Musical Director)
Phil Aiden (musical staging) (Music)
David Shields (Design)
Phil Hunter (Lighting)
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