It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!
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Made a Harold Rome playlist to go with my other composer overview playlists. I didn’t put as much time/thought/effort into this one as I did with the others, so if I missed your favorite Rome song(s), let me know.
Pajama Game is all well and good, but there’s really only one musical that says “Labor Day” for me.
Pins and Needles | Mene, Mene, Tekel
the 25th Anniversary Edition cast recording
Music & Lyrics: Harold Rome
Book: Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank, Arnold B. Horwitt, John Latouche, and Harold Rome
Combining two of my favorite things, Harold Rome and showtunes based on Bible stories!
Combining two of my favorite things: Elaine Stritch and Harold Rome!
In 1966, New York Television Theater presented an adaptation of Harold Rome’s Pins and Needles on PBS starring Elaine Stritch and Bobby Short. Here’s Stritchy singing one of the show’s hits, “Nobody Makes a Pass At Me.”
(Thanks to Jo for tracking this down for me!)
In August, I’ll be leading a workshop at the National Havurah Committee Summer Institute called “More Than Fiddler: Jewish Showtunes You Might Not Know.”
Here’s a sample. “Mene Mene Tekel” by Harold Rome, from Pins and Needles, is drawn from the biblical book of Daniel.
