Time Heals Everything

Time heals everything

Tuesday

Thursday

Time heals everything

April

August

If I'm patient the break will mend

& one fine morning the hurt will end

So make the moments fly

Autumn

Winter

I'll forget you by

Next year

Some year

Tho' it's hell that I'm going through

Some Tuesday

Thursday

April

August

Autumn

Winter

Next year

Some year

Time heals everything

Time heals everything

But loving you.

So make the moments fly

Autumn

Winter

I'll forget you by

Next year

Some year

Though it's hell that I'm going through

Some Tuesday

Thursday

April August

Autumn winter

Next year

Some year

Time heals everything

Time heals everything

But loving you!

Jerry Herman

1974

Losing My Mind

I don't presume to speak for him, but I believe The Husband's favorite Sondheim show is A Little Night Music, which he saw in London in 1974, with Jean Simmons. He saw me in this show, before we had been introduced. I still hope he was impressed.

My favorite changes with my considerable moodiness, but because I am a misanthrope & a pessimist, I go for Follies.

This evening, as I consider a lifetime of being moved by his music... I choose this as my favorite Sondheim Song. What is your favorite? Really, I want to know.

The sun comes up,

I think about you.

The coffee cup,

I think about you.

I want you so,

It's like I'm losing my mind.

The morning ends,

I think about you.

I talk to friends,

I think about you.

& do they know?

It's like I'm losing my mind.

All afternoon,

Doing every little chore,

The thought of you stays bright.

Sometimes I stand

In the middle of the floor,

Not going left,

Not going right.

I dim the lights

& think about you,

Spend sleepless nights

To think about you.

You said you loved me,

Or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?

I want you so,

It's like I'm losing my mind.

Does no one know?

It's like I'm losing my mind.

All afternoon,

Doing every little chore,

The thought of you stays bright.

Sometimes I stand

In the middle of the floor,

Not going left,

Not going right.

I dim the lights

& think about you,

Spend sleepless nights

To think about you.

You said you loved me,

Or were you just being kind!

Or am I losing my mind?

Stephen Sondheim

1971

Born On This Day- February 28th... Broadway Baby Bernadette Peters

Happy Birthday, Bernadette Lazzara! Of all the Broadway Divas: Betty, Barbara, Patti, Chita, Kristin, Audra, Chita, Carol, or even Angela, the one with the most special place in my heart & on my stereo is Bernadette Peters. I first saw her in George M! in 1968 & I absolutely fell in love with the voice, the va va voom curves, the cinnamon curls, the dramatic chops, & the crack comic timing. But, it is really about the voice. She has been working on stage for 59 years: Curley McDimple, Dames At Sea, George M!, On The Town, Mack & Mabel, Sunday In The Park With George, Song & Dance, Into The Woods, The Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, & Gypsy!.

Bernadette does amazing work for animal rights with her organization with Mary Tyler Moore- Broadway Barks & is the author of a popular children’s book of the same name.


I have seen her many times in musicals & in concert. My personal favorite was Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway in 1999. Peters sings with her whole body. Not just a few arm gestures for punctuation, as many excellent singers offer, but the music seems to travel from her toes to the tip of her nose as she bends, reaches & throws her head back to let out the final notes.



Peters is wrapping up a run in Follies on Broadway, a production that started at The Kennedy Center last summer. I believe that her version of Losing My Mind on the cast album is the most moving of all the many takes on this Sondheim ballad.


Peters turns 64 today & she looks terrific. A perfect example of the advantage of staying out of the sun. But again, for me it is all about the voice:

Summer Song #19... Raining In My Heart

A week of rainy days with temperatures in the low 70s in Portland, Oregon, brought back the memory of this song.

Pitter, patter what's the matter with me?

Pitter, patter rain is all that I see.

Where is my raincoat?

It's here somewhere.

Why wear a raincoat

The weather's fair.

But ever since I saw him depart

It's been raining, raining in my heart.

Where are my rubbers to ford the storm?

What good are rubbers outside its war

But ever since heaven fell apart

It's been raining, raining in my heart.

Once I saw a cottage on sunshine lane,

A fairy palace in disguise.

I don't see it now it must be rain that’s getting in my eyes.

Where’s my umbrella & where’s my guy?

I need my fella to keep me dry.

It won't help if the sunshine should start

‘cause it's raining, raining in my heart.

Haimsohn & Miller

1968

Today's Summer Song is from the musical Dames At Sea. This is a show that I was in twice & both times it was a lovely experience. I had once considered doing this song in my act, but that bitch Bernadette Peters, who originated the role of Ruby in Dames At Sea, does it in her concerts & let's face it, my talent has many appealing, charming & ingenious facets... but, Bernadette Peters I am not. In the photo below, there is our hero front right, very young & very inspired:



Broadway Baby

Happy Birthday, Bernadette Lazzara! Of all the Broadway Divas: Betty, Barbara, Patti, Chita, Kristin, Audra, Chita, Carol, or even Angela, the one with the most special place in my heart & on my stereo is Bernadette Peters. I first saw her in George M! in 1968 & I absolutely fell in love with the voice, the va va voom curves, the cinnamon curls, the dramatic chops, & the crack comic timing. But, it is really about the voice. She has been working on stage for 59 years: Curley McDimple, Dames At Sea, George M!, On The Town, Mack & Mabel, Sunday In The Park With George, Song & Dance, Into The Woods, The Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, & Gypsy!.

Bernadette does amazing work for animal rights with her organization with Mary Tyler Moore- Broadway Barks & is the author of a popular children’s book of the same name.


I have seen her many times in musicals & in concert. My personal favorite was Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway in 1999. Peters sings with her whole body. Not just a few arm gestures for punctuation, as many excellent singers offer, but the music seems to travel from her toes to the tip of her nose as she bends, reaches & throws her head back to let out the final notes.


Peters is wrapping up a run in Follies on Broadway, a production that started at The Kennedy Center last summer. I believe that her version of Losing My Mind on the cast album is the most moving of all the many takes on this ballad.


Peters turns 64 today & she looks terrific. A perfect example of the advantage of staying out of the sun. But again, for me it is all about the voice:

Song Of Bernadette...

Happy Birthday, Bernadette Lazzara! Of all the Broadway Divas: Betty, Barbara, Patti, Chita, Kristin, Audra, Chita, Carol…or even Angela, the one with the most special place in my heart & on my stereo is Bernadette Peters. I first saw her in George M! in 1968 & I absolutley fell in love with the voice, the va va voom curves, the cinnamon curls, the dramatic chops, & the crack comic timing. But, it is really about the voice. She has been working on stage for 57 years: Curley McDimple, Dames At Sea, George M!, On The Town, Mack & Mabel, Sunday In The Park With George, Song & Dance, Into The Woods, The Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, & Gypsy.


Bernedette does amazing work for animal rights with her organization with Mary Tyler Moore- Broadway Barks & is the author of a popular children’s book of the same name.


I have seen her many times in musicals & in concert. My personal favorite was Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway in 1999. But again, for me it is all about the voice: