From the Hart

Synopsis

From the Hart is a brand new biographical musical based on the life and loves of the unforgettable song-writer and all time great, Lorenz Hart. Known as the poet of Broadway, 'Larry' Hart was born in Harlem to Jewish immigrant parents and, upon meeting Richard Rogers through a friend at Columbia University, soon became the famed lyricist half of the celebrated Broadway song writing duo Rodgers and Hart. The pair went on to write some of the most renowned melodies known to date and this original musical incorporates all the timeless classics such as Blue Moon, Isn't It Romantic, My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, Manhattan and Have You Met Miss Jones?.

Our Review:

13 June 2007

This is exactly the sort of musical diversion you would expect to find at the King’s Head: a well-performed compilation of three dozen songs by Rodgers and Hart on a tiny stage cluttered with sheet music and with a pianist and bass player and not all that much by way of a story.

In other words, a nice little revue which is just the sort of thing you might be in the mood for if you felt you couldn’t quite face Lord of the Rings or the Maxim Gorky epic at the National.

David Kernan has devised the From the Hart catalogue with actor/writer John Kane to suggest the unremarkable theory that Lorenz Hart channelled his bottled up capacity for love into his lyrics. More specifically, they play on the unrequited passion Hart harboured for Rodgers. Unfortunately, the lyrics themselves never once hint at homosexuality and songs like “Thou Swell, Thou Witty, Thou Grand” and “There’s a Small Hotel” are hymns to any ideal conventional boy-loves-gi...

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