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321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472

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in the Maxwell Auditorium of

The National Heritage Museum

33 Marrett Road

Lexington, MA 02421 

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Songs of Wit and Humor (more wit than wisdom)

A cabaret style performance which features four gifted singers supported by a fantastic jazz trio with narrative commentary throughout by the director, Charlotte Kaufman. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (a song by Tom Lehrer) explores the many Come laugh, come learn, come have a good time different forms of satire and humor: just plain funny, serious, acerbic, outrageous, social, political – you name it, and you will probably find it in this program. Featured composers are Tom Lehrer, William Bolcom, Dave Frishberg, George Gershwin and Flanders and Swann, and some great songs by the contemporary master of satire, Stephen Sondheim, plus, plus… we don’t want to tell you everything!!

Performed by the same group who thrilled you with We’ll Meet Again – the Music of World War II; Jazz, An American Invention; I’ll Be Seeing You; Shaking the Blues Away: The Music of Tin Pan Alley; Fly Me to the Moon; Thou Swell Thou Witty; The Fabulous Fifties; Johnny Mercer’s 100th Birthday Party; Even More Fabulous 50s; and More or Loesser – all at the NHM.

CD recordings of BMT programs will be available for sale at all performances.

Post-Concert Fund-Raiser at a Beautiful Private Lincoln Home

$55 per person ($50 Tax-deductible contribution)BMT is turning 16! Come cut the birthday cake with us and meet our artists. Enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvre, and musical entertainment by three emerging artists: Catherine Christie, Hayley Goldstein, and Gussie Gordon, accompanied by Dan Loschen. Plus hear an already emerged artist, pianist/composer Allen Bonde. And most important support the continued activities
of Boston Musical theater!

“Humor is tolerant and tender; its ridicule caresses. Wit stabs, begs pardon – and turns the weapon in the wound. Humor is a sweet wine, wit a dry; we know which is preferred by the connoisseur.” by Ambrose Bierce

in the Arsenal Center for the Arts

of Charles Mosesian Theater

321 Arsenal Street

Watertown, MA 02472

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010 AT 1:30 P.M.

BOSTON MUSICAL THEATER

CHARLOTTE KAUFMAN, DIRECTOR

Presents

“MORE OR LOESSER ”

THE SONGS OF COMPOSER/LYRICIST FRANK LOESSER

BOSTON (MA): Boston Musical Theater presents “MORE OR LOESSER: The Songs of Composer/Lyricist Frank Loesser” on Sunday, October 24th at 1:30 PM, at the National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, program conceived and directed by Charlotte Kaufman, Dan Loschen, music director.

2010 marks the centennial of Frank Loesser’s birth.  He is best known for his hit musicals, Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Where’s Charley, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which is being revived on Broadway this coming season.  Loesser wrote several standards like Heart and Soul, Baby, It’s Cold Outside, I Don’t Want to Walk Without You, Two Sleepy People and many more.

Performed by the same group who thrilled you with Even More Fabulous Fifties and Johnny Mercer’s 100^th Birthday Party last season at the NHM, MORE OR LOESSER features the same amazing, multi-talented ensemble of MARA BONDE and DAVID RIPLEY, singers, DAN LOSCHEN, piano; BERTRAM LEHMANN, drums; RICH APPLEMAN, bass; with guest vocalists Tynan Davis, Christopher King, guest pianist Allen Bonde, program narrated by director, Charlotte Kaufman.

BMT takes great pleasure in showcasing new young talents and is pleased to present a special guest appearance of THE LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ COMBO, Ken Gable, director, performing the music of Frank Loesser.  Members of the combo who will appear are Josh Gilbert, Trumpet, Kevin Cho, Tenor Sax, Jacob Paulson, Trombone, Andrew Tarrh, Guitar, Evan Tarrh, Piano, Isaac Levin, Bass and Garrett Parrish, Drums.

Since 1995, Boston Musical Theater has been bringing American music to fans in Boston and beyond including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, Brussels, and Seoul.  BMT is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to presenting performances of legendary American popular classics, with vocal and instrumental ensembles, offered by music educators from New England colleges and conservatories and featuring emerging young artists.

Tickets for “MORE OR LOESSER” are $45 for priority reserved seating  (advance sale only) and $35 for general seating, in advance.  General seating is $40, unreserved, on the day of the performance. For this performance BMT is offering $5 off regular prices to “juniors” 40 and under, to all Lexington High parents and grand-parents, and $10 student tickets.  SPECIAL PRICES AVAILABLE ONLY BY MAIL ORDER. Purchase tickets by sending a check, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope, to: Boston Musical Theater, P. O. Box 610046, Newton MA 02461-0046 or with a credit card online at  HYPERLINK “http://www.bostonmusicaltheater.org” www.bostonmusicaltheater.org.  PRINTABLE ORDER FORM AVAILABLE ONLINE. For additional information about the program or tickets please call 617- 323-2766.

GREAT MUSIC PERFORMED BY GREAT VOICES!!

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Boston Musical Theater presents “Even More Fabulous Fifties,” a tribute to perennial favorites such as “West Side Story,” “My Fair Lady,” and “The Music Man.” The show is directed by Charlotte Kaufman, who conceived the idea with Ron Stillman. Music director is Dan Loschen.

The concert includes performances by Mara Bonde, soprano, David Ripley, bass-baritone, with guest, Jennifer Sheehan, soprano, and Mark DiCampo, tenor. Also performing are the Boston Musical Theater Jazz Trio — Dan Loschen, piano, Rich Appleman, bass, Bertram Lehmann, drums, and guest, Allen Bonde, piano.

“Even More Fabulous Fifties” is on stage at the National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, Sunday, June 6.

Tickets $45 priority seating, $40 general seating, and $35 advance general seating. Discounts available for groups of 20 or more. For more information or for tickets, visit www.bostonmusicaltheater.org or call 617- 323 2766.”

By Margaret Smith

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BOSTON MUSICAL THEATER

CHARLOTTE KAUFMAN, DIRECTOR

Presents

“JOHNNY MERCER’S 100^TH BIRTHDAY PARTY”

ACADEMY AWARD WINNING LYRICIST – TOP HITTER OF THE HIT PARADE

BOSTON (MA): Boston Musical Theater presents “JOHNNY MERCER’S 100^TH BIRTHDAY PARTY” on Sunday, November 1st at 1:30 PM, at the National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, program conceived by Charlotte Kaufman and Ron Stillman, directed by Charlotte Kaufman.  Johnny Mercer was the only lyricist featured by Ella Fitzgerald in her famous 1964 American Songbook Series! Born in Savannah on Nov. 18, 1909, this year marks the 100^th anniversary of his birth. Johnny’s Southern heritage gave him special insight and familiarity with black idioms and made him an ideal collaborator for the jazz melodies of composers like Hoagy Carmichael (Lazybones, Skylark) and Harold Arlen (Blues in the Night, That Old Black Magic). “JOHNNY MERCER’S 100^TH BIRTHDAY PARTY” features his Academy Award winning songs: Days of Wine & Roses, On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, Moon River, and The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening as well as many memorable movie hits I Remember You, Dream, Come Rain or Come Shine and many others. Sinatra, Armstrong, Garland and Crosby turned his tunes into standards.

Performed by the group who thrilled you with THE FABULOUS FIFTIES in May 2009 at the NHM - directed by Charlotte Kaufman – features the same amazing, multi-talented ensemble of MARA BONDE, soprano; DAVID RIPLEY, bass-baritone; DAN LOSCHEN, piano; BERTRAM LEHMANN, drums; and RICH APPLEMAN, bass. BMT takes great pleasure in showcasing new young talents, first-time guests, Tynan Davis, mezzo-soprano, tenor Mark DiCampo and welcomes back pianist/composer Allen Bonde.

Established in 1976, Boston Musical Theater has been bringing American music to fans in Boston and beyond including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, Brussels, and Seoul for 30 years.  BMT is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to presenting performances of legendary American popular classics, with vocal and instrumental ensembles, offered by music educators from New England colleges and conservatories and featuring emerging young artists.

Tickets for “JOHNNY MERCER’S 100^TH BIRTHDAY PARTY” are $45 for priority reserved seating  (advance sale only) and $35 for general seating, in advance.  General seating is $40, unreserved, on the day of the performance. Discount for groups of 20 or more.  Purchase tickets by sending a check, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope, to: Boston Musical Theater, P. O. Box 610046, Newton MA 02461-0046 or with a credit card online at www.bostonmusicaltheater.org..  For additional information about the program or tickets please call 617- 323-2766.

GREAT MUSIC PERFORMED BY GREAT VOICES!!

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Staged by Boston Musical Theater on Sunday afternoon at the Academy of Music in Northampton, the cabaret style performance pays homage to the wordsmiths, some of whom such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin wrote both the music and lyric for their songs. Other such as lyricist Larry Hart crafted his words to fit Richard Rodgers’ tunes just as Ira Gershwin did for George.

“Compared to the music many listen to today which is hardly poetry with one sentence repeated a million times over with a little cadence every now and then, the music we will be performing is clever, intelligent and witty,” said director Charlotte Kaufman who conceived the show with Ron Stillman.

Showtime is 2 p.m.

The brilliant and poetic lyrics of the American Songbook, also known as “standards,” belong to a unique period which began in the 1920s when both the music and the words enjoyed equal importance. The Songbook was a synthesis of Broadway musical theater, Hollywood musicals and Tin Pan Alley, and ended with the advent of rock and roll in the 1960s.

Performed by a group of artist/educators who “practice what they preach,” the show features the multi-talented ensemble of Mara Bonde, soprano; David Ripley, bass-baritone; Dan Loschen, piano; Bertram Lehmann, drums; and Rich Appleman, bass.

The show also include two guest performers, young artist Jennifer Sheehan, soprano, a 2007 Juilliard graduate and winner of the Julie Wilson award at the Cabaret Convention in New York three years ago, and pianist Allen Bonde.

“You’re going to hear great music performed by great voices, not Broadway belters,” said Kaufman, a Smith College graduate who majored in music.

“And in between songs they will be talking about the composers, how the song came about, and where it is from whether a movie or nightclub act,” she added.

Sunday’s performance is also a CD release party for Boston Music Theater’s latest recording, “Fly Me
To the Moon – A Tribute to America’s Vocal Legends.” The newly-released compact disc will be available to purchase at the show.

Established in 1976, Boston Musical Theater has been bringing American music to fans in Boston and beyond, including Moscow, Paris, Brussels and Seoul for 30 years. BMT is dedicated to presenting performances of legendary American popular classics with classically trained singers and a jazz trio of music educators from New England colleges and conservatories.”

By Keith J. O’Connor

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