Monthly Archives: July 2011

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND: THE SONGS OF BOB MERRILL
Presented by the Human Race Theatre Company as part of the 2011 Festival of New Musicals
Aug. 6-7
Dayton

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ‘ROUND: THE SONGS OF BOB MERRILL is what the writers like to call “A Revusical.” With the book by Duane Poole (book writer of a previous Human Race workshop A CHRISTMAS MEMORY) and musical arrangements by Brad Ellis (arranger and pianist for the hit TV show GLEE) , this romp through the Merrill catalogue is set in a piano bar. Three ladies wander in – in search of something missing in their lives – and connect with the pianist through the music of Bob Merrill. It includes hit songs from his musicals – “Funny Girl,” “Carnival,” “Henry,” “Sweet Henry,” “Take Me Along,” to name just a few, and popular songs like “Mambo Italiano” (another Rosemary Clooney connection), “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window,” “Honeycomb,” “If I Knew You We’re Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake,” and many more.

• Aug. 6 at 7pm
• Aug. 7 at 2pm

PLAY IT COOL
Presented by the Human Race Theatre Company as part of the 2011 Festival of New Musicals
Aug. 5-6
Dayton

PLAY IT COOL – conceived by Larry Dean Harris, lyrics by Mark Winkler, music by Phillip Swann and book by Martin Casella & Larry Dean Harris. PLAY IT COOL transports you back to the days of film noir and smoky hot jazz in a secret 1953 Hollywood club called Mary’s Hideaway – where men couldn’t dance with men and women were expected to know their place in society. It’s a show about five individuals: their passions, ambitions and their courage to break the rules no matter what the price. A 45-minute version of PLAY IT COOL appeared in the 2010 National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in NYC.

• Fri, Aug. 5 at 7pm
• Sat. Aug. 6 at 2pm

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