BEN BAGLEY'S IRA GERSHWIN REVISITED

Kritzerland is proud to present a new musical theatre album:

BEN BAGLEY’S IRA GERSHWIN REVISITED

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin, Vernon Duke, Burton Lane, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, Kurt Weill

Ira Gershwin Revisited was one of the most fun of the Ben Bagley Revisited series. He assembled a great cast and Dick Hyman provided really wonderful arrangements.

Aside from the many classics written with brother George, after George’s sad and untimely death at the age of thirty-eight, Ira went on to collaborate with some other great composers, with much success, including Vernon Duke, Burton Lane, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, and Kurt Weill. Ira’s facility for wordplay and rhyme is absolute genius ? his turns of phrases, his titles, the ability to put a smile on your face or bring tears to your eyes or make you laugh out loud was, in a word, dazzling.

For Bagley’s Revisited series, the songs were not the hits, but the lesser known works and sometimes completely unknown works. Ira Gershwin Revisited is loaded with gems. There are several wonderful songs from the 1953 MGM musical film Give a Girl a Break, which starred Debbie Reynolds, Marge and Gower Champion, a young Bob Fosse, and an uncredited George Chakiris. There are songs from George White’s Scandals, The Barkleys of Broadway, A Dangerous Maid, Treasure Hunt, Ziegfeld Follies, The Firebrand of Florence, Where Do We Go from Here, and Park Avenue.

This thoroughly delightful album is loaded with sparkling performances by Blossom Dearie, Mary McCarty, Danny Meehan, Charles Rydell, Ethel Shutta, and Margaret Whiting. For the original CD release, Bagley added a few songs, and those are sung by Dody Goodman, Paula Lawrence, KT Sullivan, and Arthur Siegel. Honestly, who could ask for anything more?

IRA GERSHWIN REVISITED is limited to 500 copies only

Release Date: late 20018/6

1. Give a Girl a Break Ethel Shutta and Company 2. It Happens Every Time Charles Rydell 3. Sunny Disposish Blossom Dearie 4. In Our United State Margaret Whiting and Danny Meehan 5. On My Mind the Whole Night Long Mary McCarty 6. You’d Be Hard to Replace Blossom Dearie 7. Shoes With Wings On Danny Meehan and Chorus 8. Applause Charles Rydell and Company 9. Boy Wanted Margaret Whiting and Mary McCarty 10. I Don’t Think I’ll Fall in Love Today Blossom Dearie and Charles Rydell 11. He Hasn’t a Thing Except Me Ethel Shutta 12. A Rhyme for Angela Charles Rydell 13. If Love Remains Margaret Whiting 14. Swing Trot Danny Meehan, Blossom Dearie, and Company 15. Don’t Be a Woman If You Can Dody Goodman, Paula Lawrence, KT Sullivan 16. For the Life of Me Arthur Siegel and KT Sullivan 17. My Son-in-Law Paula Lawrence and Robert Marks 18. Where’s the Boy? KT Sullivan 19. Treasure Girl Medley Paula Lawrence, Arthur Siegel, KT Sullivan

All lyrics by Ira Gershwin

Musical Direction and Arrangements by Dick Hyman

Tracks 16, 18, 19 Musical Arrangements by Arthur Siegel
Tracks 15, 17 Musical Arrangements by Robert Marks