Tales of Tinseltown
A Movieland Musical
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65'14"
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JAY Records are thrilled to premiere the Concept Album
	TALES OF TINSELTOWN
	
	"It's Singin' in the Rain meets Hollywood Babylon." On a farm in Walnut Iowa, the abused but ambitious Ellie Ash aspires to screen immortality. Elmo Green, a scenarist from NYC, bicycles by. He's immediately smitten by Ellie, who jumps on his bike—Hollywood bound. Soon they work with characters reminiscent of Ethel Merman (brassy Bertha Powell), Gene Kelly (fleet Danny Burke), Mario Lanza (lumpy Tony Toscanni), Erich Von Stroheim (producer/director Norman G. Neinstein), & Joan Crawford (vamp Lulu Beauveen). Soon, Ellie triumphs at N.G.N. Productions—the "Girl of a Thousand Sounds"—till columnist Adele DeRale exposes unseemly events. Separately, Ellie & Elmo climb up to the Hollywoodland Sign,to possibly jump, then make an unexpected decision.
	 
What the Critics Said...
"DAMN NEAR PERFECT! Attention Messrs. Shubert, Azenberg, Schoenfeld, et al. While Broadway bemoans the fact that 'there just aren't any new musicals will run forever and make millions for everyone involved,' composer Paul Katz and librettist Michael Colby have come up with what could be the new Fantasticks, Dames at Sea or other long-running, money-making, mega-hit. A musical extravaganza." - Ron Mullen, BACKSTAGE (NY)
"DELICIOUS SATIRE! An ambitious pure Hollywood musical. Numbers that are laughter from the first syllable to the last." - D.R.J. Bruckner, N.Y. TIMES
"WATCH FOR IT! This is a crowd-pleaser packed with talent. Paul Katz's music captures the schmaltzy and plunkety-plunk early movie tempo, never falsifying the clever libretto of every false value Michael Colby could conceive of. You will leave the theatre wreathed in smiles." - Marjorie Gunner (President, NY Outer Critics Circle), ON AND OFF-BROADWAY
"ENJOYABLE ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT! Colby has written lyrics that sound better than what has been coming out of Broadway lately." - Christine Dolen, MIAMI HERALD
"WACKY FUN! Suggests Dames at Sea crossed with Carol Burnett's entire oeuvre. Delicious, tuneful, winning." - David C. Nichols, L.A. TIMES
- OVERTURE
 Orchestra
- THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW
 Harriet Harris, with Christina Bianco, Nat Chandler, Klea Blackhurst, Jake Epstein, Alison Fraser, Richard Kind, Tony Yazbeck
- I BELONG IN HOLLYWOOD
 Christina Bianco, Richard Kind, Tony Yazbeck, Nat Chandler
- LET'S GO / NEED SOMEONE 1
 Jake Epstein, Christina Bianco
- N.G.N. PRODUCTIONS
 Ensemble with Harriet Harris
- LULU BEAUVEEN
 Richard Kind, Alison Fraser, Harriet Harris, & Ensemble
- MUSICAL MELANGE
 Alison Fraser, Jake Epstein, Christina Bianco, Richard Kind, & Ensemble
- ADELE'S SCOOP
 Harriet Harris
- SOMEONE TO LOVE ME
 Nat Chandler with Alison Fraser & Richard Kind
- INTRODUCING BERTHA
 Harriet Harris
- I CAN SING
 Klea Blackhurst
- PRESENTING DANNY
 Harriet Harris
- ALL OVER THE PLACE
 Tony Yazbeck with Christina Bianco & Ensemble
- ALL I DREAMED
 Christina Bianco
- ALL OVER THE PLACE (REPRISE)/ NEED SOMEONE 2
 Tony Yazbeck with Christina Bianco
- BOY YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL / NEED SOMEONE 3
 Nat Chandler, Christina Bianco, Richard Kind
- JUNGLE FEVER
 Alison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, with Christina Bianco, Nat Chandler, Klea Blackhurst, Richard Kind, & Ensemble
- LULU'S RETORT / NEED SOMEONE 4
 Alison Fraser, Christina Bianco, Richard Kind
- SO THIS IS THE MOVIES
 Jake Epstein
- ADEL-E-GRAM #1
 Harriet Harris
- SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT
 Christina Bianco
- ADEL-E-GRAM #2
 Harriet Harris
- KEEP IN STEP (AEROPLANE NUMBER)
 Christina Bianco, Alison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, Klea Blackhurst, & Ensemble
- ADEL-E-GRAM #3
 Harriet Harris
- HUNCHY
 Nat Chandler, Christina Bianco
- IT'S MINE
 Christina Bianco, with Harriet Harris, Alison Fraser, Klea Blackhurst, Nat Chandler, Tony Yazbeck, & Ensemble
- TELL ME PLEASE
 Harriet Harris, Klea Blackhurst, Richard Kind, Aliison Fraser, Tony Yazbeck, Nat Chandler, & Ensemble
- BORN TO BE BAD
 Christina Bianco
- SORORITY SISTER SEGUE
 Harriet Harris
- GOT TO BE GOOD
 Alison Fraser with Nat Chandler, Tony Yazbeck, Klea Blackhurst, & Ensemble
- NIGHTMARE
 Richard Kind, Christina Bianco, Alison Fraser, Jake Epstein, Ensemble
- MY BEST FALSE FACE
 Harriet Harris
- I'LL STAND BY YOU
 Jake Epstein
- VISIT TO HOLLYWOOD HOSPITAL
 Christina Bianca, Klea Blackhurst, Jake Epstein, Tony Yazbeck
- FOR MY CAREER
 Klea Blackhurst, Tony Yazbeck, Nat Chandler, Richard Kind, Christina Bianco, Jake Epstein, Harriet Harris
- ALL I DREAMED (reprise)
 Jake Epstein, Christina Bianco
- STARS IN MY EYES
 Christine Bianco & Ensemble
- JUNGLE FEVER (Reprise)
 Alison Fraser
- LET'S GO (Reprise) / FINALE
 Christina Bianco, Jake Epstein, & Ensemble
	
	
	
 
       
 


