The theme of this show, specifically, is the career of the songwriting team of Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, with an emphasis on Hart and Richard Linklater’s 2025 biopic about the night Hart experienced the beginning of the end of his career, a film called Blue Moon, which was nominated for two Academy Awards. One for Ethan Hawke and his portrayal of lyricist Hart, and the other for Robert Kaplow for best original screenplay. More generally, tonight’s show is about the great American Songbook.

Coming Attractions

from Matinee, composed by Jerry Goldsmith

The Picture This It’s a Movie Song of the Week

A Sunday in Madrid from Shleep, composed by Robert Wyatt and Alfreda Benje, performed by Robert Wyatt

Everything Happens to Me from Blue Moon, composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, performed by Graham Reynolds

Oklahoma! from Oklahoma! composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, performed by Godon McRae, Shirley Jones, Charlotte Greenwood, and Darcy M. Proper

Manhattan from Garrick Gaieties, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed by Ella Fitzgerald

As Time Goes By with film dialogue from Casablanca, composed by Herb Hupfeld, performed by Dooley Wilson, dialogue from Ingrid Bergman, Dooley Wilson and Humphrey Bogart.

My Funny Valentine, from Babes in Arms, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed by Bill Evans

Blue Moon from The Best of the Marcels, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed by the Marcels

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ from Oklahoma, composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein, performed by Gordon McCrae

Stardust from The Night King Cole Story, composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parrish, performed by Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole from Jacket Full of Danger, composed and performed by Adam Green

Ain’t Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess, composed by George and Ira Gershwin, performed by Aretha Franklin

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered from Pal Joey, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed by Rita Hayworth Broadway

Wait to You See Her from By Jupiter, composed by Rodgers and

Give My Regards from George M! composed by George M. Cohan, performed by Joel Grey and Cast

Over There from NPR Milestones of the Millennium: World War I, composed and performed by George M. Cohan

With a Song in My Heart from Spring Is Here, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed John Pizzarelli

Isn’t it Romantic from Roberta, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed by Roberta Flack

This Funny World from Betsy, composed by Rodgers and Hart, performed by Tony Bennett

I’m Walking with Moonbeams from Encore 2: (1920’s Blues and and Jazz vocals-recorded 1925-1934, composed by Gordon, Abrahams and Rich, performed by Belle Baker

Cheek to Cheek from Top Hat, written by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire

Blue Skies from Betsy, composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Bing Crosby

The Way You Look To-night from Swing Time, composed by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, performed by David Parsons III

Oh! You Beautiful Doll Sugar, composed A. Seymour Brown and by Nat D. Ayer, performed by Nancy Sinatra

Tell Me About the Boys from Blue Moon, composed and performed by Graham Reynolds

It Might as Well Be Spring from State Fair, composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein, performed  Jeanne Crain’s character (which in reality was dubbed by Louanne Hogan)

I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy from South Pacific, composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein, performed by Mitzi Gaynor

My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music, composed by Rodgers And Hammerstein, performed by Julie Andrews