In SWINGIN’ ON BROADWAY, we give the big band treatment to some of the world’s best loved musical theatre shows like Anything Goes, The Sound of Music, The King & I, Annie, Kismet and Oklahoma!
Inspired by the great singers like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald the show features the work of the great composers of popular song such as Johnny One Note from Rogers and Hart’s Babes in Arms, Jerry Herman’s Hello Dolly and Wonderful Guy from Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific.
Expect some surprises too, with brand new arrangements of current Broadway hits like Spamalot and Mary
Poppins. Join Roderick Dunk, Gary Williams and Emma Kershaw for an unforgettable evening SWINGIN’ ON BROADWAY!
ACT 1
Orchestra - Gypsy OvertureGypsy - Styne/Sondheim
Gary - Luck Be A Lady - Guys and Dolls - Loesser
Gary - Chim Chim Cheree - Mary Poppins - Sherman/Sherman
Gary - I’ve Gotta Be Me - Golden Rainbow - Bricause/Newley
Gary - Why Shouldn’t I? - Jubilee - Porter
Gary - Surrey With A Fringe on Top - Oklahoma! - Rogers/Hammerstein
Emma - My Favourite Things/Wonderful Guy - Sound of Music/South Pacific - Rogers/Hammerstein
Emma - Embraceable You - Girl Crazy - Gershwin/Gershwin
Orchestra - Ugly Duckling - Hans Christian Anderson - Loesser
Duet - Happy to Make Your Acquaintance - The Most Happy Fella - Loesser
Emma - Adelaide's Lament - Guys and Dolls - Loesser
Emma - Too Darn Hot - Kiss Me, Kate - Porter
ACT 2
Gary - Hello Dolly - Hello Dolly! - Herman
Gary - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Spamalot - Idle
Orchestra - Thank Heaven For Little Girls - Gigi - Lerner/Lowe
Emma - Get Happy - The Nine-Fifteen Revue - Arlen/Koehler
Emma - Maybe This Time - Cabaret - Kander/Ebb
Gary - Somewhere Over the Rainbow -Wizard of Oz - Arlen/Harburg
Gary - Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead - Wizard of Oz - Arlen/Harburg
Orchestra - On A Clear DayOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever - Burton/Lane
Gary - The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady - Lerner/Lowe
Gary - If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot - Loewe/Lerner
Emma - Johnny One Note - Babes in Arms - Rodgers/Hart
Emma - The Party’s Over - The Bells Are Ringing - Styne/Comden
Duet - Almost Like Being In Love/Thou Swell - Brigadoon/A Connecticut Yankee - Lerner/Lowe, Rodgers/Hart
(Exact programme subject to change...)
ORCHESTRATION:
3.2.2.2
4.4.4.1
5 Saxes (non-doubling)
Timpani + 3 Percussion
Rhythm Section (Drum Kit, Guitar, Rhythm Bass, Piano/Celesta)
Harp
Strings