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In 2015, the Sherman/Nicholls original musical production of Love Birds made its premiere at The Pleasance.[1][2]



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This list of tallest buildings in West Hollywood, California ranks the 20 tallest buildings in the U.S. city of West Hollywood, California by height.

Worcester skyline

Worcester currently has 18 high-rise buildings.[3] In the city, there are 12 buildings that stand taller than 150 feet (46 m). The two tallest structures in Worcester are the 24-story Sky Mark Tower and Worcester Plaza, both of which rise 289 feet (88 m).[3] The rest of the high rise buildings are between 150 and 110 ft tall.

Tallest buildings

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This lists ranks West Hollywood buildings that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank Name Image Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year Coordinates Primary Purpose Notes
01.01= Sky Mark Tower 289 feet (88 m) 24 1991 42°15′37″N 71°48′18″W / 42.260315°N 71.804919°W / 42.260315; -71.804919 (Sky Mark Tower) Residential Also known as "The Tower at Franklin Square," and "600 Main Street,"[4][5] it is a high-rise residential building that contains 24 stories above ground. A major renovation was completed in 2000.
01.01= Worcester Plaza 289 feet (88 m) 24 1974 42°15′48″N 71°48′12″W / 42.263281°N 71.803235°W / 42.263281; -71.803235 (Worcester Plaza) Office [6][7]
03.03 100 Front Street 226 feet (69 m) 20 1971 42°15′45″N 71°47′58″W / 42.2626°N 71.7994°W / 42.2626; -71.7994 (100 Front Street) Office (formerly known as "Mechanics Tower," this is one of two buildings built as part of Worcester Center.[8][9]
04.04 Belmont Tower Apartments 216 feet (66 m) (estimate) 19 1972 42°16′17″N 71°47′45″W / 42.271355°N 71.79595°W / 42.271355; -71.79595 (Belmont Tower Apartments) Residential [10][11][12]
05.05 Worcester City Hall 203 feet (62 m) 4 1898 42°15′44″N 71°48′06″W / 42.262222°N 71.801667°W / 42.262222; -71.801667 (Worcester City Hall) Office [13][14]
06.06 Guaranty Bank Building 187 feet (57 m) 12 1971 42°15′53″N 71°48′08″W / 42.264805°N 71.802270°W / 42.264805; -71.802270 (Guaranty Bank Building) Office Also known as the "Guaranty Building" and the "Guarantee Bank and Trust Building." [15][16]
07.07 Plumley Village East Apartments 179 feet (55 m) (estimate) 16 1972 42°16′11″N 71°47′43″W / 42.269600°N 71.795381°W / 42.269600; -71.795381 (Plumley Village East Apartments) Residential [17][18]
08.08 Union Station 175 feet (53 m) 3 1911
(restored and rebuilt 2000) 		42°15′40″N 71°47′42″W / 42.2612°N 71.7949°W / 42.2612; -71.7949 (Union Station) Transportation [19]
9.09 Lincoln Park Tower 171 feet (52 m) (estimate) 15 42°16′23″N 71°45′29″W / 42.273086°N 71.757987°W / 42.273086; -71.757987 (Lincoln Park Tower) Residential [20][21]
10.010 Lincoln Village Apartments I 162 feet (49 m) (estimate) 15 42°17′52″N 71°46′34″W / 42.297878°N 71.776086°W / 42.297878; -71.776086 (Lincoln Village Apartments I) Residential Also known as "49 Pleasant Valley Drive," and built as part of the Lincoln Village Apartments development.[22][23]
11.011 Webster Square Tower East 159 feet (48 m) (estimate) 14 42°14′46″N 71°49′53″W / 42.246057°N 71.831409°W / 42.246057; -71.831409 (Webster Square Tower East) Residential Built as part of the Webster Square development.[24][25]
12.012 Elm Park Tower 154 feet (47 m) 16 1977 42°15′49″N 71°48′58″W / 42.263686°N 71.816142°W / 42.263686; -71.816142 (Elm Park Tower) Residential [26][27][28]

Timeline of tallest buildings

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Name Image Street address Years as tallest Height
feet / m 		Floors Coordinates Reference
Old Union Station 2 Washington Square 1875–1898 200 feet (61 m) 42°15′40″N 71°47′42″W / 42.2612°N 71.7949°W / 42.2612; -71.7949 (Union Station) [19]
Worcester City Hall 455 Main Street 1898–1971 203 feet (62 m) 4 42°15′44″N 71°48′06″W / 42.262222°N 71.801667°W / 42.262222; -71.801667 (Worcester City Hall) [13][14]
100 Front Street 100 Front Street 1971–1974 226 feet (69 m) 20 42°15′45″N 71°47′58″W / 42.2626°N 71.7994°W / 42.2626; -71.7994 (100 Front Street) [8][9]
Worcester Plaza 446 Main Street 1974–1991
(tied 1991–present) 		289 feet (88 m) 24 42°15′48″N 71°48′12″W / 42.263281°N 71.803235°W / 42.263281; -71.803235 (Worcester Plaza) [6][7]
Sky Mark Tower 600 Main Street tied 1991–Present 289 feet (88 m) 24 42°15′37″N 71°48′18″W / 42.260315°N 71.804919°W / 42.260315; -71.804919 (Sky Mark Tower) [4][5]

See also

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References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ "Reviews". Lovebirds The Musical. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ Vale, Paul (9 August 2015). "Love Birds review at Edinburgh Festival Fringe". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Worcester: High-rise Buildings existing. Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  4. ^ a b Sky Mark Tower Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  5. ^ a b 600 Main Street Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Worcester Plaza Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  7. ^ a b Worcester Plaza Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  8. ^ a b 100 Front Street Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  9. ^ a b 100 Front Street Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  10. ^ Belmont Tower Apartments Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  11. ^ Belmont Towers Apartments Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  12. ^ BELMONT TOWER WARMS TO A PALER COMPLEXION. Worcester Telegram and Gazette. December 16, 1995. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  13. ^ a b Worcester City Hall Emporis.com. Retrieved December 27, 2010
  14. ^ a b Worcester City Hall Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  15. ^ Guaranty Building Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  16. ^ Guaranty Bank Building Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  17. ^ Plumley Village East Apartments Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  18. ^ Plumley Village East Apartments Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  19. ^ a b Union Station Archived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine. Worcester, Massachusetts. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  20. ^ Lincoln Park Tower Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  21. ^ Lincoln Park Tower Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  22. ^ 49 Pleasant Valley Drive Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  23. ^ lincoln Village Apartments I Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  24. ^ Webster Square Tower East Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  25. ^ Webster Square Tower East Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  26. ^ Elm Park Tower Emporis.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010
  27. ^ Elm Park Tower Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  28. ^ [1] American Institute of Architects Journal. Volume 66. Pg 83

Worcester, Mass Tallest buildings, Worcester, Mass Tallest in Worcester















Jack Allen Charney (born: June 26, 1921) was born in New York City, New York. He worked as a licensed general contractor prior to opening his own architectural firm in [Los Angeles]], California in the 1950s. While working as a contractor, Charney attended the Art Center School where he studied architecture under Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra.






Philipa 'Pippa' Ann Ailion MBE (born September 20, 1947) is a British Theatrical Director and Casting Director best known for her contributions to London (West End) theatre. Ailion has worked extensively in the West End and for film and television. She has cast Broadway and European productions, UK and US tours as well as seasons at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Crucible Theatre Sheffield. She has cast over 185 productions with a focus on productions that cast people of color.

Pippa Ailion
MBE
Born
Philipa 'Pippa' Ann Ailion[1]

(1947-09-20) 20 September 1947 (age 77)
Nempnett Thrubwell,[2] Somerset, England[3]
Occupation(s)casting director, theatre director
Years active1997–present
Notable workMamma Mia
The Iron Lady
PartnerSarah Cooke[1]
Websitepippaailioncasting.co.uk

Early Life

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Ailion was born into a theatrical family in Mortlake London in 1947 to Philip Ailion and Pamela Mary Ailion (née Harris). In 1948 the Ailion family moved to Brighton where Philip and Pamela opened The Brighton Theatrical Costumiers. The company continued in Brighton until 1981. Philip was a tailor, cutter and makeup artist. The company served much of South East England including The Brighton Theatre Royal, the Brighton Hippodrome and other local professional and amateur productions and films.[4] In Brighton and Hove, Ailion attended Hove County Grammar School and the Brighton and Hove School of Music and Drama. Later she attended Bulmershe College in Reading training as a teacher of English and Drama. Her drama tutor was Annie Castledine. After graduating in 1968 Ailion taught drama to school children and university students in Sussex and London before joining the Bowsprit Theatre in the Greenwich Young Peoples Theatre in 1973 as an actor and teacher. She would later work with the main company as well.[5]

Career

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Early Career: Actress and Director

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In 1973 Ailion moved to New York when Playwright Neil Simon invited her to work as his assistant on the Broadway production of The Good Doctor. Soon thereafter, Ailion met Emanuel Azenberg of the Shubert Organisation. There she worked as a Theatre Consultant giving casting suggestions for theatrical transfers from Broadway to London.[6]

In 1975 Ailion returned to the UK where she performed in various productions at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter before taking a position in the theatre department at Dartington College of Arts from 1977-1981.

In 1981, she became the Assistant Director to Gordon Davidson and Company Manager on the award winning London transfer of the Broadway play Children of a Lesser God. She later directed the production at the Market Theatre (Johannesburg), South Africa, Olympia Theatre (Dublin) as well as an Australian production. Ailion also directed the UK tour of this show.[7]

From 1984-1987, Ailion worked as a freelance Resident Director and Company Manager for various West End shows including When We Are Married, A Month of Sundays, West Side Story, and An Italian Straw Hat. 

In 1987 she joined The Old Vic Theatre as Resident Associate Director and Casting Director working on over a dozen European classics. During that time the theatre garnered five Olivier awards for The Tempest with Max Von Sydow, Too Clever by Half with Alex Jennings, The Liar and Candide with Patricia Routledge.  

Casting Director and Educator

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While at the Old Vic, Ailion also cast the original London production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. This marked a shift in Ailion's career. In 1991, she set up her a casting company: Pippa Ailion Casting through which she worked as a freelance casting director for TV, commercials and theatre (reference IMDB page) both in London and in Dublin, Ireland.

In 1994, Ailion joined the Central School of Speech and Drama as Head of Department for their BA Acting course, whilst continuing her freelance TV casting career including the multi award winning TV movie Breaking The Code with Derek Jacobi. In 1997 she left her post when she was asked to cast the original London production of ‘Rent’ and four productions at Chichester Festival Theatre. In 1998 she was asked to cast the original London production of Disney's The Lion King. From about this time Ailion's primary focus has been on London West End productions.

Film and TV Credits [8]

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West End Theatre Credits[9][10]

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Awards, accolades and achievements

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Phyllida Lloyd: Prime mover". The Independent. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Phyllida Christian Lloyd | Graduation". University of Bristol. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  4. ^ Wooding, Andrew. "'Come in, do the job' Book of Mormon casting director Pippa Ailion on acting tips, career and more". Mandy.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019. My parents were theatrical costumiers so I've always been around theatre and as a child I went to drama classes but attended an academic school so you never heard the word 'drama' there at all.
  5. ^ "Pippa Ailion". Urdang Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ Wooding, Andrew. "'Come in, do the job' Book of Mormon casting director Pippa Ailion on acting tips, career and more". Mandy.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019. I then got a fluke job in New York through a chance meeting with a very famous playwright named Neil Simon.
  7. ^ "Children of a Lesser God - Market Theatre". JohanEngels.net. Johan Engels. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Pippa Ailion". IMDB.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Pippa Ailion CDG". About The Artists. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  10. ^ "NATALIE GALLACHER CDG FOR PIPPA AILION CASTING - Casting Director". Motown The Musical. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  11. ^ Shenton, Mark (8 March 2016). "Motown the Musical review at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London – 'the ultimate jukebox musical'". The Stage. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. ^ Masso, Giverny (29 December 2017). "Ballerina Darcey Bussell and producer Rosemary Squire made dames in New Year honours". The Stage. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  13. ^ "The Stage 100: Theatre's Power List 2017". The Stage. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Open Air Theatre Heritage". Open Air Theatre. Regents' Park Open Air Theatre. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Pippa Ailion". Urdang Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Pippa Ailion". Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain. Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain. Retrieved 30 April 2019.


Category:1947 births









Rowland Edward Lee (born August 19, 1960) is a composer, pianist and conductor. In addition to his many published concert works, he is also one of the UK’s premier TV, theatre and media composers and musical arrangers with over 600 episodes of various series and short films to his credit.[1] Lee is perhaps best known for writing the theme song of the animated TV series 64 Zoo Lane and for his orchestration of Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake which is currently the most performed dance production in the world.

Early life

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Lee was born in Woking, Surrey to parents Brian and Dilys Lee (née Lucas). He attended Sheerwater Secondary School then transferred to Woking Boys Grammar School and Woking VI Form College. From 1978-1982 Lee was organist and choirmaster of Christ Church, Woking. From 1979-1984 Lee attended The Royal College of Music studying music composition (under the tutelage of Joseph Horovitz and Philip Cannon), piano and conducting. In 1982 Lee was elected president of the Royal College’s Student Association in the College's centenary year. He graduated with Honors in 1984.[2]

Career

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Prior to graduation from the Royal College of Music, Lee was approached by the Royal College of Art to compose soundtracks for two films by then animation student, Janet Simmonds. The short films entitled: The Waterfall and Merlin, taken together, won Lee the 1986 British Film Institute's Anthony Asquith Young Composer Award. This marked the reinstitution of this prize which has been awarded every year since. Subsequently, this lead to Lee writing a plethora of animation films and TV soundtracks. In addition to his work in animation, Lee has composed and arranged for Ballet, Musical Theatre and both secular and religious concert music.

Animation

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For the choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne, he orchestrated Nutcracker! and Swan Lake, the world’s most-performed dance production. He has created orchestrations for many other dance companies, including the [[Washington Ballet]]’s 2015 Swan Lake. His Requiem and other concert music is published by Edition Peters; the St. Petersburg performance of Requiem in 2011 (also conducted by Lee) was the Russian debut of mezzo-soprano [[Sarah Connolly]], for whom the work was composed. Highlights from his work as a musical director/arranger include: Over My Shoulder (directed by [[Stewart Nicholls]]) - Jermyn Street, two tours and Wyndham’s);

Theatre

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Awards

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Lee's work has been recorded for CD on a number of occasions. The CD of The Amazons received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Cast Album".

In 1985 Lee became the first recipient of the British Film Institute’s Anthony Asquith Young Composer Award.[3]


https://new-adventures.net/profile/rowland-lee







A Spoonful of Sherman
MusicAl Sherman, Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman and Robert J. Sherman
LyricsAl Sherman, Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman and Robert J. Sherman
BookRobert J. Sherman
Productions2014 London
2017 London
2018 UK/Ireland Tour

A Spoonful of Sherman is a musical revue which premiered on January 6, 2014 at the St. James Theatre in London and which is currently poised for its first UK/Ireland tour.[4] Originally produced, written and emceed by Robert J. Sherman, A Spoonful of Sherman first served as the UK book launch for Sherman's father's (posthumously released) autobiography: Moose: Chapters From My Life for which Sherman was also the book's editor. After each performance of that original run, Sherman participated in a book signing after the show.









The National Student Film Institute, formerly the Los Angeles Student Film Institute (LASFI), was founded in 1978 by Brenda Norman, Dave Master, Jutti Marsh and Ralph Rogers as a festival for films made by children from kindergarten through ninth grade. Two years later it was expanded to include the work of all high school students. The first festival included approximately 350 students who entered 125 films. By 1993, the Student Film Festival involved over two thousand students throughout the Los Angeles area, who together entered over 300 films. The film festival was held each year at the Directors Guild Theater in Hollywood.

Books

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Mary Poppins Opens the Door, published 1943

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Main article: Mary Poppins Opens the Door

Mary Poppins, published 1934

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The first book introduces the Banks family from Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London,


Songwriting

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Best known for his musical, Love Birds, Sherman began writing songs at seven years old. At 18 he co-wrote songs for the musical, A Christmas Held Captive (Beverly Hills Playhouse).[5][6] Since then Sherman has written songs and/or script for various film, stage and TV productions including Amazon Jack (Miramax),[7][8] The Magic 7 (Pulse Entertainment)[7][9] and The Penguin Pirate.[10] In the late 1980s and early 1990s Sherman was lead singer/songwriter and guitarist for two rock bands, Numbers and SHACK.[11] Current projects include Inkas the Ramferinkas (an animation musical film) for which Sherman wrote additional songs. In 2015 Sherman's song, "Disneyana!" was named the "official theme song" of the Disneyana Fan Club.[12] It was debuted during 60th Anniversary celebrations of the Disneyland theme park during the annual Disneyana Convention held in Anaheim at which time Sherman also received the 2015 Disneyana President's Award for his service to the organization.[13] In 2016 Sherman contributed material to Ms: A Song Cycle which was subtitled as having been "inspired by women living with Multiple Sclerosis". The project was conceived by lyricist Rory Sherman (unrelated). The song they collaborated on, entitled: "Mondays", became the final piece on the album and was performed by Rosemary Ashe.[14][15][16]

Bumblescratch

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Main article: Bumblescratch

Sherman wrote an original, sung-through musical entitled: Bumblescratch over four years (2004-2008). The story centers around a mischievous plague rat called, "Melbourne Bumblescratch" who lives in London during the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666. Sherman revised the script and score between 2009-2011 commissioning a week long workshop/read-through in November 2012. The show had its first open workshop at The Network Theatre in London in May 2013[17][18] and acclaimed critically at that time.[19] Three years later, a one night, gala charity concert of Bumblescratch commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London on September 4, 2016.[20][21][22] At the conclusion of the performance, Sherman was named a Variety Club Celebrity Ambassador alongside director/choreographer Stewart Nicholls and Bumblescratch stars: Darren Day, Jessica Martin and Michael Xavier.[23][24][25] SimG Records released a CD of musical highlights from the London concert in December 2016.[26] The CD was widely praised.[27]

Love Birds

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Main article: Love Birds (musical)

Sherman's musical, Love Birds (for which he wrote both book and songs) premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2015 and was widely praised by the press, receiving numerous five star and four star reviews.[28] The show starred Ruth Betteridge, Greg Castiglioni, John Guerrasio, George Knapper, Jonny Purchase, Joanna Sawyer, Anna Stolli, Rafe Watts and Ryan Willis. In its end of the year round-up of regional British fringe musical theatre, Musical Theatre Review hailed Love Birds: "a triumph of whimsy, a children’s story written with adult sensibilities and featuring a cracking score that celebrated the lost era of vaudeville. Blessed with an equally strong design from Gabriella Slade and some marvellously sensitive performances, Love Birds was probably the most accomplished piece of musical theatre to arise from the many delights at this year’s festival."[29] The Original Edinburgh Cast Recording of Love Birds was produced by Sherman and released by SimG Records during the festival. The CD was also widely praised.[30][31][32]

A Spoonful of Sherman

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Main article: A Spoonful of Sherman

In 2014 Sherman wrote, narrated and produced A Spoonful of Sherman, a cabaret celebrating 90 years of Sherman songwriting.[33] The show received four stars from The Times (London).[34] The premiere doubled as the UK book launch for Sherman's father's (posthumously released) autobiography: Moose: Chapters From My Life for which Sherman also served as the book's editor. After each performance, Sherman participated in a book signing. The show was billed as "A Celebration of the Life, Times and Songs of Robert B. Sherman" and was received extremely well by the crowd and the critics alike. The cast consisted of four rising West End theatre stars including Charlotte Wakefield, Emma Williams, Stuart Matthew Price and Greg Castiglioni. Musical Direction was provided by Colin Billing and the show was directed by Stewart Nicholls.[35] The same cast returned to the St. James Theatre a few months later for an extended run. The Original London Cast Recording was released in July 2015 by SimG Records.[36][37] A slightly modified version of the the show returned to London for two weeks in August 2017 with Sherman narrating once again.[38] This incarnation of the show featured West End stars, Helena Blackman and Daniel Boys.[39][40] On December 20, 2017, the launch of the A Spoonful of Sherman UK/Ireland tour was announced. Previews begin on February 14, 2018 at the EM Forester Theatre in Tonbridge, Kent. Cast members for the tour include Sophie-Louise Dann, Mark Read, Glen Facey, Jenna Innes and Ben Stock.[41][42]

















Evita
MusicAndrew Lloyd Webber
LyricsTim Rice
Productions
1978 West End
1979 Broadway
1996 Film
2006 West End Revival
2008 UK Tour
2010 UK Tour
2012 Broadway Revival
2013 US Tour
2014 UK Tour
2014 West End Revival
2017 UK Tour
2017 West End Revival
2018 Sydney
AwardsOlivier Award for Best New Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Score
Tony Award for Best Book

Club presidents

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World Upheaval - Lodge suspended until 1927

King Rats

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The first King Rat, who is the head of the charity, was the music hall singer Harry Freeman. The comedian Dan Leno joined in 1890 and was King Rat in 1891, 1892 and 1897.[43] The post is usually held for one year.

Previous King Rats include:[44]

Honors and awards

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Honors and awards

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Grand Order of Water Rats

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  • In 2017, Sherman was inducted into the elite entertainment fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats, the oldest theatrical fraternity in the world.

Variety, the Children's Charity Celebrity Ambassador

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  • In 2016, Sherman was named a "Celebrity Ambassador" for the UK based, children's charity.[46]

Disneyana Fan Club President's Award

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  • In 2015, Sherman was awarded the "President's Award" by DFC President, Linda Rolls, for his work assisting the organization.[47]

Arkansas Traveler (honorary title)

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  • In 2010, Sherman was named an "Arkansas Traveler" by Arkansas State Governor Mike Beebe for his efforts to bring industry to Arkansas.

The Arkansas Traveler is an honorary title bestowed on notable individuals who, through their actions serve as a goodwill ambassadors for the state of Arkansas. A certificate is signed by the governor, secretary of state and the recipient’s sponsor, and given to the honoree during a ceremony attended by the signors.[48][49]

In Folklore

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The Arkansas Traveler story is connected to Colonel Sanford C. “Sandy” Faulkner, who was very active in Arkansas politics. He was also involved in banking and farming during the nineteenth century. As oral history has relayed it, Faulkner had gotten lost in the Ozarks during one of his many political campaigns. Looking for a place to stay overnight, Faulkner wandered by a small, log cabin where he was given lodging and hospitality. Faulkner, who was known for retelling of the event, explained that the settler was at first bad tempered and uncommunicative but became more welcoming when Faulkner proved able to complete playing the tune that the settler had been playing on the fiddle.[50] Generally when Faulkner told the story, only he and the settler participated in the conversation. Faulkner’s story of the ‘Arkansas Traveler’ rapidly became part of the state’s folklore, leading to the creation of a famous painting by Edward Payson Washbourne which depicts the event.[51][52] Later, in 1870, Currier and Ives created a lithograph of the famous painting.[53][54] Faulkner was also known to perform the tune often on the fiddle. Faulkner would play the fiddle as part of his narrative.[55]

History of the Title

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The award was approved in a resolution by the Arkansas Legislature. The award was created in early 1941 with the first certificate granted May 20, 1941 to President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[56][57] Before becoming President, Bill Clinton conferred the Arkansas Traveller title upon numerous individuals as well.[49]

Some Notable Recipients[48]

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References

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  1. ^ "Bumblescratch/Creatives". Bumblescratch.com. MusicWorld (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Rowland Lee". Sleaford Choral Society. Sleaford Choral Society is a Registered Charity No 518318. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Rowland Lee". Sleaford Choral Society. Sleaford Choral Society is a Registered Charity No 518318. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ Cheesman, Neil (20 December 2017). "First Tour Dates Announced for A Spoonful of Sherman". London Theatre 1. Retrieved 5 January 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference TBHC A Christmas Held Captive was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ McCulloh, T.H. (January 1–7, 1987). "A Christmas Held Captive" Drama-Logue Vol. XVII, No.1
  7. ^ a b Robert J. Sherman IMDB.com Profile
  8. ^ "Amazon Jack (Jungo Goes Bananas: Jungo III) (2007) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb.
  9. ^ "The Magic 7". The Big Cartoon Database.
  10. ^ BWW Biographies. "Robert J. Sherman". BroadwayWorld.com.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Highlights Numbers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Wagner, Jan. "DisneyanaMania!". DelmarTimes.net.
  13. ^ Disneyana Theme Song Introduction by Robert J. Sherman. YouTube. 21 August 2015.
  14. ^ "West End Wilma – Review: Ms. The Songbook (Tabard Theatre)".
  15. ^ "MS. A Song Cycle - SimG Records". simgproductions.com.
  16. ^ "There Ought To Be Clowns: CD Review: MS. A Song Cycle". 10 May 2016.
  17. ^ BWW News Desk (10 May 2013). "Robert Sherman Holds BUMBLESCRATCH Musical Workshop Today". BroadwayWorld.com.
  18. ^ Bumblescratch The Musical EPK. YouTube. 21 May 2013.
  19. ^ Bamigboye, Baz. "Robert J. Sherman's New Musical: Bumblescratch". The Daily Mail.
  20. ^ BWW News Desk (23 May 2016). "BUMBLESCRATCH Gala Charity Performance Set for Adelphi Theatre This Autumn". BroadwayWorld.com.
  21. ^ "ENTERTAINMENT: 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire of London commemorated by a new musical". Westminster & Pimlico News. 23 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Bumblescratch". Bumblescratch - A New Musical by Robert J Sherman.
  23. ^ "Variety Awards Darren Day, Michael Xavier and Jessica Martin Ambassador Status". Bumblescratch - A New Musical by Robert J Sherman. Bumblescratch.com.
  24. ^ "West End Wilma – Review: Bumblescratch (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★". West End Wilma.
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Rowland Lee is one of the UK’s premier animation composers and musical arrangers with over 600 episodes of various series and short films to his credit.

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Lee was born in

Animation

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For the choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne, he orchestrated Nutcracker! and Swan Lake, the world’s most-performed dance production. He has created orchestrations for many other dance companies, including the [[Washington Ballet]]’s 2015 Swan Lake. His Requiem and other concert music is published by Edition Peters; the St. Petersburg performance of Requiem in 2011 (also conducted by Lee) was the Russian debut of mezzo-soprano [[Sarah Connolly]], for whom the work was composed. Highlights from his work as a musical director/arranger include: Over My Shoulder (directed by [[Stewart Nicholls]]) - Jermyn Street, two tours and Wyndham’s);

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Lee's work has been recorded for CD on a number of occasions. The CD of The Amazons received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Cast Album".

Samuel Sherman
Birth nameSamuel Sherman
Born1871
Stepenitz, Ukraine formerly Russian Empire
Died1948
Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery, New York City, New York, U.S.[1]
GenresChamber music
Occupation(s)concert master, violinist and sometime composer.
Instrumentviolin
Years active1903–1948
Websitewww.shermanmusic.com

Samuel Sherman (1871 – 1948) was the court composer and conductor for Emperor Franz Josef I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1903 and 1909.[2]

Early life

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Sherman was born in Stepenitz, a small fishing village of near Kiev, Ukraine. His father, Otto Sherman, was a clarinet player while Samuel and his younger brothers all studied the violin.[2]

In order to avoid conscription into Russian Czar Nicholas II's army, in 1903, aged 32, Sherman fled Stepinetz, leaving his wife Lena and four young children behind. He eventually found his way to Prague (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), where his fortunes were to improve.[2]

Prague

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Within a year of his arrival, Samuel was appointed concertmaster, first violinist and intermittent court composer in the Royal Court of Emperor Franz Josef. Once Sherman had secured a position in the orchestra, wife Lena and their children, Olga, Avrum (later "Al" or "Albert"), Edith and Regina arrived in Prague where they lived for about six years.[2]

New York

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In 1909, the Sherman family emigrated once again, this time to the United States of America, settling in New York City. In America, Sherman found difficulty getting orchestra work which he deemed worthy of his talent and résumé.[2] In 1910 Lena gave birth to their fifth child, a son named Harold. In 1911, Samuel separated from Lena leaving her to take care of their children.

Musical legacy

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In his absence, Sherman's thirteen year old son, Al, was forced to quit school to became the family's primary money earner . He took various odd jobs but his father specifically forbid him from becoming a musician. Nevertheless, Al was drawn toward music and taught himself the piano in secret. Eventually he became good enough to join the Musicians' Union. Samuel learned of his son's vocation when one day the Union sent teenaged Sherman to play piano in Sherman's orchestra. Al would continue in the music business, against Samuel's direct orders eventually becoming a successful Tin Pan Alley songwriter from the 1920s-1950s. Al's sons Robert and Richard would also follow in their grandfather's footsteps becoming world renowned songwriters. Robert's son, fourth generation songwriter, Robert J. Sherman continues the songwriting line in the twenty-first century.

Death and the Stradivarius

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After World War I, Samuel found less and less demand for his style of pre-war music. He eventually disbanded his orchestra and spent the last thirty-six years of his life working as a violinist in a small, indistinct Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. One morning, in the Winter of 1948, he was eating a breakfast at Yonah's restaurant when he toppled from his stool – dead. In his pocket was $1.15. At his side was the fiddle he had purchased fifty years earlier. His belonging were taken to the Clinton Street Police Station. Lt. Jeremiah Daly, who knew Sherman and had liked to hear him play, picked up the violin. The inscription on the inside read: 'Antonius Stradivarius, Cremonenfas . . . . Facie bat Anno 1717.'"

  • robbiesherman.com / legacy
  • Al Sherman "Potatoes Are Cheaper"
  • shermanmusic.com
  • Moose Chapters from My Life
  • Walt's Time
  • Newspaper articles citing Samuel's death.
  • Nobody Has A Spare Victrola?

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Credits include: Moose written by Robert B. Sherman Edited and Narrated by Robert J. Sherman Music by Robert J. Sherman Audio Produced by Robert J. Sherman and Matt Weir Engineered by Matt Weir and Emily Vaias Published by Orchard Hill Press

Total running time: 11 hours, 43 minutes

Phylogenetic tree

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Family tree

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  • Samuel Sherman (1871–1948), court composer/conductor/concertmaster to Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Spouse: Lena (?–c.1958)
    • Olga Sherman (c.1895–?)
    • Al Sherman (1897–1973), songwriter. Spouse: Rosa Dancis (1905–1974), Married 1921-1973 (his death).
      • Robert B. Sherman (1925-2012), songwriter. Spouse: Joyce Ruth Sasner (1927–2001), Married 1953-2001 (her death).
        • Laurie S. Sherman (1955-), executive, artist. Spouse: David Kirshbaum (1955- ), Married 1987-c.1995 (divorced). Spouse: John Evans (1955- ), Married 2004-.
          • Joshua AE Sherman (1990-), film maker, business owner. Spouse: Fiama Calle, Married 2014-.
          • Sarah A. Kirshbaum (1993-)
          • Amelia E. Kirshbaum (1993-)
        • Jeffrey C. Sherman (1957-), writer, director. Spouse: Lisa Wilcox (1964- ), Married 1988-1998 (divorced). Spouse: Wendy Liebman (1961- ), Married 2003-.
          • Alexander R. Sherman (1991-), musician
          • Ryan J. Sherman (1995-)
        • Andrea Tracy Sherman (1960-), artist
        • Robert J. Sherman (1968-), writer, producer
      • Richard M. Sherman (1928-), songwriter. Spouse: Corrine Joan Newman (1928-2012), Married 1948-1950 (divorced). Spouse: Ursula Elizabeth Gluck (1934-), married 1957-.
        • Lynda Rothstein (1948-)
          • Jed Rothstein
        • Gregory V. Sherman (1963-), writer, producer. Spouse: Lauri Ringer (1963-) Married c1992-c2001 (divorced).
          • Matthew Sherman (1994-)
          • William Sherman (2001-)
        • Victoria Wolf (1967-), educator. Spouse: Doug F. Wolf (1969-)
          • Amanda R. Wolf
          • Anthony Wolf
    • Edith Sherman (1895–?)
    • Regina Sherman (1905–1998)
    • Harold Sherman (1910–2011)
      • Stephen Sherman
        • Danielle Dewil Sherman
          • Sophie Dewil
          • Emma Dewil
Bumblescratch
MusicRobert J. Sherman
LyricsRobert J. Sherman
BookRobert J. Sherman
Productions2016 Adelphi Theatre

Bumblescratch is an original sung-through musical with book, music and lyrics by Robert J. Sherman. The musical premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 4 September 2016 as a one night, celebrity gala charity event in aid of Variety, the Children's Charity (UK). This was done as part of weekend commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. The staged concert was directed by Stewart Nicholls. An Original Cast Recording which includes highlights from the show was recorded on September 12–13, 2016 at Angel Studios in Islington, London. The album was mixed and mastered between September 14–20 at the and was first released by SimG Records on September 29, 2016.[4] Adelphi cast included headlining performers: Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Michael Xavier and Jessica Martin. Also included in the cast were: Alastair Barron, Jacob Chapman, James Dangerfield, Emma Harold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Teddy Moynihan, Cathy Read and Dickie Wood.

Prior to this performance, there was a workshop of the show held on May 9 and 10, 2013 at the Network Theatre in London. 

.............. .  In its end of the year round-up of regional British fringe musical theatre, Musical Theatre Review hailed Love Birds: "a triumph of whimsy, a children’s story written with adult sensibilities and featuring a cracking score that celebrated the lost era of vaudeville. Blessed with an equally strong design from Gabriella Slade and some marvellously sensitive performances, Love Birds was probably the most accomplished piece of musical theatre to arise from the many delights at this year’s festival."[5]

History of the musical

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The first draft of Bumblescratch was written between 2004-2009. Sherman, who had only been living in London about a year when he started writing the project, claimed to find it amusing how plague rats were embraced as part of London history. 't was not the only thing Robert Sherman was working on at the time.

Inspiration

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"Inspiration for Bumblescratch came to me from several sources, over the period of about three months. I was wandering through the Globe Theatre gift shop sometime in early 2004. My eyes were drawn to a rack of "plague rat" puppets, clearly marketed toward children. Such an eccentric thing, you'd only see this in London. I mulled on how that one year 1665-1666 changed so much, first the Great Plague, then the Great Fire. It was pivotal, transformative. It metamorphasized the lowly plague rat into a creature of legend - and at the same time assured him a place of villainy forever. I loved the contradiction and bought one of the rat puppets. He didn't come with a name, so I called him, 'Perry' and with that, 'Perry the Plague Rat' was born. But I didn't give the matter too much thought after that. Then, a few months later, I was running in Hyde Park with my trainer and as we neared the Serpentine, a noticed a large rat was striding alongside us about ten feet away. It was as if it were racing us, keeping the same pace. I said to my trainer, 'don't freak out, but there's a rat running with us. She saw it and jumped. The rat veered into a ratty bush, not to be seen again, at least not by us, but it got my mind thinking about it again, the plague and the fire. It seemed to me the perfect fodder for a dark musical - plenty of dramatic moments. And, I had always wanted to write a through-sung musical or an opera. It had been on my bucket list since I was ten. I played around with names, "Bumblescratch" seemed a good surname. He bumbled and erred frequently. And "scratch" seemed roughly Dickensian for "the devil". "Bumblescratch" = "A clumsy devil", one of Satan's lesser demons perhaps. Then came the name, "Melbourne". Several of the characters in the show have names which are also the names of cities: "Bethesda" (which is originally biblical) is also a major city near Washington D.C. "Perry" is like Paris, France. "Melbourne", is most famously a city in Australia, named after the British Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne.

2013 Workshop

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A workshop of the show was done on May 9 and May 10, 2013 at the Network Theatre in London, England. The cast included: Paul Baker (as "Melbourne"), David Adler (as "Fats"), Rosie Ashe (as "Bethesda"/"Widow MacGregor"), John Barr (as "Socrates"), Gary Jerry (as "Charmer"), Jeremy Secomb, Darren Street, Ziggie Sky Ward, James Yeobfrn, Harry Stone, Sebastian Croft, Daniel Dowling, Frances Encell, and Lydia Grant, Bianca Harris, Stephen Matthews, Sarah Moyle and Sophie Poulton (playing ensemble roles)

It was directed by Graham Gill. The Musical Director/Arranger was Colin Billing. The assistant Musical Director was Matthew Ramplin. Musical Staging was done by Robbie O'Reilly. The Stage Manager was Fiona Bailey. General Management was provided by Joanne Benjamin and Clive Chenery of The Entertainment Business. The Productions Assistant was Stephanie Marks. The Technical Manager was James Henshaw. The Casting Director was Anne Vosser. The children's casting Director was Mark Ditch & The Sylvia Young Theatre School. Wardrobe was created by Debbie Bennett. Public Relations was done by David Bloom of Target Live. Child Chaperones were David Russell and Doulla Croft. Videography was done by Ramsey Jeffers.

Characters and Original Edinburgh Cast

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Character Description 2013 Workshop Cast Adelphi Theatre Cast
Melbourne Bumblescratch A plague rat living in 1660s London. Paul Baker Darren Day
Perry An innocent "child" plague rat who becomes Melbourne's only living friend. When he meets a human named "Thamesa" he is instantly smitten. Sebastian Croft, Daniel Dowling Ilan Galkoff
Hookbeard The legendary ghost of a rat pirate. In life he had been the pet of the Viking invader Olav. Hookbeard's curse is that he has no memory of who he is and does not realize that he is a ghost. Jeremy Secomb Michael Xavier
Bethesda/Widow MacGregor The long suffering fiancé of Melbourne Bumblescratch. Rosemary Ashe Jessica Martin
Socrates The wicked King Rat who rules the other rats of London. John Barr Jacob Chapman
Fats Socrates' oafish henchman. He is often seen with "Charmer". David Adler Alister Barron
Charmer Socrates' oily henchman. He is often seen with "Fats". Gary Jerry Dickie Wood
Thamesa A 15 year old human girl, the daughter of Thomas Farynor, the Royal Baker. She takes Perry as a pet. Frances Encell Cathy Read
Squabbler* A teenage underdweller rat who learns to admire Melbourne, becoming his closest follower and eventually a leader in his own right. *"Mordekai" in the 2013 Workshop. James Yeoburn Teddy Moynihan
Squeaker* A teenage female who follows Squabbler and eventually becomes romantically involved with him. (Voice Over). *"Rolanda" in the 2013 Workshop. Emma Harrold Emma Harrold
Thomas Farynor The Royal Baker. Melbourne lives in the roof thatching of his bakery. Darren Street James Dangerfield
Rolanda* One of the female rats of London. A street artiste. *"Hortense" in the 2013 Workshop. Ziggie Sky Ward Katie Kerr
Licentia* Various female rats. *"Ensemble in the 2013 Workshop. Lydia Grant, Bianca Harris, Sarah Moyle, Sophie Poulton Jessie May
Samuel Pepys An incidental historical character from the period who underestimates the danger which the fire represents. (Voice Over) James Dangerfield (voice over)
Rufus An incidental historical character from the period who underestimates the danger which the fire represents. (Voice Over) James Dangerfield James Dangerfield
Lord Mayor Bloodworth An incidental historical character from the period whose inactions the danger which the fire represents. (Voice Over) (voice over)
Judge Satan A heckler in the Love Birds audience who stalks Armitage and who is obsessed with outing him as the Loch Ness Monster. (Voice Over) Alister Barron Alister Barron

Synopsis

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ACT I:

In London, during the Great Plague of 1665, a plague rat named Melbourne Bumblescratch tells stories to (and occasionally steals from) the other rats passing by. Despised for this, Melbourne spends a great deal of his time dodging those whom he has wronged; including his long suffering fiancé, Bethesda; and Socrates who is the King of the Pack Rats. In the first scene, Melbourne inadvertently pickpockets a blue and white jewel from Socrates, thinking that all he was taking was a mere morsel of cheese (London In The Plague) but by the time he realizes what he's stolen, and from whom he's stolen it, it's too late. As he makes his escape, Melbourne meets a juvenile, homeless rat named Perry who takes an instant liking to the storyteller and refuses to leave Melbourne's side (Thank You Sir). The others find and surround Melbourne and Perry when, like a magician, Melbourne sprinkles some "Jiggery Pokery" (gunpowder) on the ground and the twosome disappear into the smoke of the explosion. Just then Bethesda returns, vowing to make Melbourne pay for his treachery (Melbourne Bumblescratch). Contrasting Bethesda's tirade, Melbourne expresses his own, more laid back approach to life (and connubial fidelity) in (At Least A Rat ‘As Got An Excuse).

Meanwhile, Socrates' oafish henchmen, Fats and Charmer, have caught up to Melbourne, following him and Perry into the Cock Lane Rat Pub only to lose the duo once again. Later on, they try to justify their incompetence to Socrates who will hear none of it (Socrates’ Scorn). By the end of the night, Melbourne reluctantly offers Perry (who is still in tow) a place to stay for the night (Close Scrape Today). As Melbourne falls asleep, he has nightmares of being tortured by Socrates when suddenly he is awoken by his recurring hallucination: Hookbeard, the amnesiac ghost of a legendary rat pirate (Hookbeard’s Theme). Melbourne explains to the audience that the reason for his hallucinations is because of his long-ago consumption of tainted cheese (Don’t Eat Bad Cheese!). He explains that the Bad Cheese made him just a little crazy, but that the insanity is manageable. Hookbeard chastises Melbourne for stealing Socrates's jewel, insisting Melbourne give it back for his own good. Melbourne lies to Hookbeard telling him that he can't give back the jewel, "much as he'd like" due to the jewel being lost. The justifiably skeptical ghost takes pity on Melbourne, promising to protect him should his location be discovered by the Socrates (Hookbeard's Rebuke).

Waking from his hallucination, mid-chase, Melbourne realizes that he and Perry are fleeing from Socrates and his minions at that very minute! They escape into a church. Perry becomes mesmerized by the grand architecture and colored light produced by the stained glass. Jaded Melbourne is unimpressed. (Can You Hear The Music?). Just then Perry and Melbourne are kidnapped by a dangerous gang of troglodytic rats. (Storyteller) It turns out that because they live underground, the Underdweller rats love to hear stories about "the above world". Egged on by Perry, Melbourne tells them the most gruesome tale he knows: The saga of (The Widow MacGregor) - a destitute woman of ill-repute whose dead carcass was devoured by a single, mysterious rat over a long, cold winter. The Underdwellers delight in Melbourne's revolting tale so much that they don't notice when he and Perry suddenly vanish - Melbourne once again using his stolen gunpowder to provide cover for their escape (Jiggery Pokery).

Back at Melbourne's nest, which is concealed in the thatching of the Royal Baker, Thomas Farynor's home and bakery, Perry encounters the the baker's daughter who thinks Perry is cute akes him as her pet What Is This That I See). Perry is instantly smitten (Adorable Me!). Melbourne disapproves of the relationship, insisting Perry break it off. Perry refuses. (Unhand Me!). He struggles with his new found feelings for Thamesa (That's Something) coming to the conclusion that Melbourne is the one with the problem, not him. Perry declares that Melbourne "Is an unfaithful creature." Astonished this declaration, Melbourne insists that he's "the most faithful creature in all of London". Just as him makes his declaration, he is confronted by a number of former lovers including Bethesda (Melbourne Bumblescratch - Reprise) whose complaints show the love rat in a very different light. Suddenly surrounded, Melbourne grabs onto the leg of a raven who flies off with him. Mid-air he realizes he’ll either be killed by being dropped or by being eaten alive by the bird once they’ve landed. In desperation, Melbourne prays to God, something he's not done before. Miraculously, a swarm of albino bats scares off the raven and Melbourne’s life is spared. Humbly Melbourne sings (The Music of the Spheres).

Melbourne seeks out Perry who, in the interim, had returned to Thamesa’s home (And One Day/We’ve Got To Get Out of This Place!) and subsequently suffered a mortal wound by the hand of Thamesa’s father, Thomas Farynor. Finding Perry near death, Melbourne vows to protect Thamesa from “the wickedness of the world” (Dual Epiphany). Heartbroken, Melbourne tucks the diamond he’d stolen from Socrates into Perry's lifeless palm vowing to live a more noble life in honor him (My Place In the Sun).

ACT II:

Melbourne’s storytelling prowess proves useful in gaining followers (All Fallen Angels) and Bethesda is brushed to the side. Socrates too, has lost most of his pack’s loyalty to Melbourne’s new message of hope. Socrates prepares a trap for Melbourne that he believes will bear the storyteller out as a fraud (“Socrates’ Ploy”). Squabbler and Rufus bring Melbourne the news that Thamesa is about to die, a victim of the plague (News of Thamesa's Imminent Demise). In an effort to at least partially fulfill Perry's dying wish, that he "protect Thamesa from the wickedness of this world, Melbourne visits the sick girl and suddenly sees beyond her disfigured appearance, discovering the inner beauty which Perry saw easily. He renews his pledge to protect her, even in death (Beautiful Now). Not wanting to endanger his young followers, Melbourne once again conjures up Hookbeard, beckoning his help . Together they fend off would be scavenger rats at the Churchyard of St. Ghastly Grim. Having done a noble deed, Hookbeard suddenly regains his memory and ascends to the next world (Hookbeard’s Theme (Reprise Part 1)/Let Us Pass/Hookbeard's Theme (Reprise Part 2).

Without Hookbeard or Perry, Melbourne acknowledges that he can't live in the past or dream about the future, but must focus on "the now" (The Present Tense). But all alone, he quickly falls into Socrates’ tainted cheese trap Ain’t That Just the Whiff?). He takes the bait and eats the tainted cheese and is shortly thereafter overwhelmed by a guilt spawned hallucination (Bumblescratch Nightmare). His worst fears manifest, Melbourne must now face the Widow MacGregor’s ghoulish spirit and admit culpability for his crimes against her. Amazingly, when he faces her and admits his regret, Melbourne discovers that the Widow holds no grudge against him, indeed she is grateful to him (Long Long Road). However, as Melbourne's delirium subsides, and Socrates shows his once zealous minions the defiled state in which Melbourne has stooped. Squabbler and the others become disillusioned with Melbourne but instead of returning to Socrates' fold, they decide to go leaderless. Anarchy ensues (We Will Live To Be Free). Without any allies left to assist him, Melbourne tries to get away from Socrates and the others unnoticed (S'ppose I Should Have Seen It Coming). But Socrates, Fats and Charmer stop him. Melbourne tells Socrates that he can die, satisfied in the knowledge that while he may have lost control of the rats, so has Socrates (Kill Me Now). Socrates reveals that he never wanted to kill Melbourne. Rather, he wants Melbourne to use his great thieving talents in order to execute a heist on his behalf - to steal the crown jewel from King Charles II. Socrates details how the heist will be accomplished (Farynor).

Melbourne realizes that he must decide, once and for all, whether he will live by the virtues of sin or of righteousness. The ghosts of Perry and Hookbeard remind Melbourne that there is, indeed a third option for a rat: “The Ratly Path of Compromise!” (Dance Dance Dance). With that, Melbourne agrees to do the heist. True to form, Melbourne successfully steals Charles’ jewel from the Tower of London, escaping unscathed, only to discover that all the city is ablaze due to a fire he had inadvertently started. Melbourne rushes to rescue Bethesda when Socrates confronts him and demands the jewel he had just stolen. Melbourne lies to Socrates, telling him that he lost the jewel. Fire raging in the background, the rivals engage in combat. Tragically, Socrates catches fire and, refusing Melbourne's help, burns to death (Blackness Fills the Night). By dawn, the city is in cinders, dead rats blanket the ground. Noting the death of the rodents coinciding with the end of the plague, the Londoners come to the horrible realization that it was the rats who’d been the cause of the plague all along (All the Rats Are Dead). A woman cries out, “Plague Rat!” as the sole rat survivors, Melbourne and Bethesda, drift down the Thames on Hookbeard’s boat. Melbourne takes the condemnation in stride, having accepted his role in the world. Lovingly he gives Bethesda the jewel he’d stolen from King Charles and lied about to Socrates, as the twosome continue their easterly adventure, sailing bravely into the rising sun of morning (Plague Rat/Epilogue).

Synopsis

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ACT I: In London, during the Great Plague of 1665 we meet a plague rat named Melbourne Bumblescratch who tells stories to, (and occasionally steals from), the other rats who happen to pass by. Despised for his chicanery, Melbourne spends a great deal of his time dodging those whom he has wronged; including his long suffering fiancée, Bethesda; and Socrates who is the King of the Pack Rats. In the first scene, Melbourne inadvertently pickpockets a precious, blue and white jewel from Socrates, thinking that all he had stolen was a mere morsel of cheese (‘London In The Plague’) but by the time he realizes what he has done, it’s too late. As he makes his escape, Melbourne meets a young, homeless rat named Perry. Perry takes an instant liking to Melbourne, refusing to leave his side (‘Thank You Sir’). The others surround Melbourne and Perry when, like a magician, Melbourne sprinkles some ‘Jiggery Pokery’ (gunpowder) on the ground and the duo disappear into the smoke of the explosion. Bethesda vows to make Melbourne pay for his treachery (‘Melbourne Bumblescratch’). Contrasting Bethesda’s tirade, Melbourne expresses his own, more relaxed approach toward life - and toward connubial fidelity - in (‘At Least A Rat ‘As Got An Excuse’).

Meanwhile, Socrates’ henchmen, Fats and Charmer, have caught up to Melbourne, following him and Perry into a rat pub only to lose the twosome once again. Later on, Fats and Charmer must try to justify their incompetence to Socrates (‘Socrates’ Scorn’) but the King Rat refuses to accept their paltry excuses. After a long night on the run, Melbourne reluctantly offersPerry, still in tow, a place to stay (‘Close Scrape Today’). As Melbourne falls asleep, he has nightmares of being caught by Socrates. Suddenly he is awoken by his recurring hallucination: Hookbeard, the amnesiac ghost of a legendary rat pirate (‘Hookbeard’s Theme’). Melbourne explains to the audience that his hallucinations are due to his one-time consumption of tainted cheese (‘Don’t Eat Bad Cheese!’). Still Melbourne insists that it is a manageable condition. Hookbeard chastises Melbourne for stealing Socrates’s jewel, demanding Melbourne give the jewel back. Melbourne claims that he can’t, ‘much as he’d like to,’ due to the jewel having being lost. The sceptical ghost takes pity on Melbourne, reluctantly promising to protect him from Socrates, should the need arise (‘Hookbeard’s Rebuke’).

Waking from his hallucination, mid-chase, Melbourne realizes that he and Perry are fleeing from Socrates at that very moment! They escape into St. Ghastly Grim Church. Perry is mesmerized by the grand architecture and coloured light produced by the stained glass. Jaded Melbourne remains unimpressed. (‘Can You Hear The Music?’). Just then Perry and Melbourne are kidnapped by a dangerous gang of troglodyte rats. (‘Storyteller’). As it so happens, the Underdwellers love hearing stories about ‘the above world’. Egged on by Perry, Melbourne tells his most gruesome tale: The saga of (‘The Widow MacGregor’) - a destitute woman of ill-repute whose dead carcass was devoured by a single, mysterious rat. The Underdwellers delight in Melbourne’s revolting tale. They don’t notice that Melbourne and Perry have slipped away, once again under the veil of confusion caused by Melbourne’s gunpowder explosion (‘Jiggery Pokery’).

Back at Melbourne’s nest, above Thomas Farynor’s home and bakery, Perry encounters the baker’s daughter, Thamesa. She takes Perry as her pet (‘What Is This That I See’). Perry is instantly smitten (‘Adorable Me!’). Melbourne disapproves of the relationship, insisting Perry break it off. Perry refuses. (‘Unhand Me!’). He struggles with his new found feelings for Thamesa (‘That’s Something’) coming to the conclusion that Melbourne is the one with the problem, not him. Perry declares that Melbourne “Is an unfaithful creature, incapable of giving his heart to anyone.” Astonished by Perry’s declaration, Melbourne protests that he is indeed “the most faithful rat in all of London.” This statement seems less and less likely as Melbourne is confronted by a succession of many former lovers including Bethesda (‘Melbourne Bumblescratch – Reprise’). Suddenly surrounded, Melbourne grabs onto the leg of a raven who flies off with him. Mid-air Melbourne realizes that his life is in serious peril. In desperation, Melbourne prays to God, something he’s never considered doing before. Miraculously, a swarm of albino bats scares off the raven and Melbourne’s life is spared. Humbled and awed, Melbourne sings (‘The Music of the Spheres’).

Melbourne seeks out Perry to tell him what happened. In the interim, Perry has returned to Thamesa’s room (‘And One Day’/’We’ve Got To Get Out of This Place!’) and subsequently suffers a mortal wound by the hand of Thamesa’s father, the royal baker, Thomas Farynor. Finding Perry near death, Melbourne vows to protect Thamesa from “the wickedness of this world” (‘Dual Epiphany’). Heartbroken, Melbourne tucks the diamond he’d stolen from Socrates into Perry’s lifeless palm vowing to live a more noble existence in honour of his fallen friend (‘My Place In The Sun’).

ACT II:

Melbourne’s storytelling prowess proves useful in gaining followers (‘All Fallen Angels’) and Bethesda is brushed to the side. Socrates has suffered the loss of his minions to Melbourne’s newfound message of hope. In retaliation, Socrates prepares a trap for Melbourne that he believes will bear him out as a fraud (‘Socrates’ Ploy’). Squabbler and Rufus bring Melbourne the sad news that Thamesa is about to die, a victim of the plague (‘News Of Thamesa’s Imminent Demise’). Honouring his promise to Perry, Melbourne reluctantly visits the sick girl only to find that he can now see beyond her disfigured appearance. Melbourne is able to glimpse her inner beauty. Melbourne renews his pledge to protect her, even in death (‘Beautiful Now’). Not wanting to endanger his young followers, Melbourne once again conjures up Hookbeard, beckoning his help. Together they fend off would be scavenger rats at the Churchyard of St. Ghastly Grim. Having finally done a noble deed, Hookbeard regains his memory and ascends to the next world (‘Hookbeard’s Theme [Reprise - Part 1]’/’Let Us Pass’/’Hookbeard’s Theme [Reprise - Part 2]’).

Without Hookbeard or Perry by his side, Melbourne acknowledges that he must focus his life on the here and now (‘The Present Tense’). Just then, he falls prey to Socrates’ tainted cheese trap (‘Ain’t That Just The Whiff?’). He takes the bait and eats the foul cheese and is then overwhelmed by a guilt spawned hallucination (‘Nightmare’). His worst fears manifest, Melbourne must face the Widow MacGregor’s ghoulish spirit and admit culpability for his crime against her: Melbourne confesses that he was the small rat in the story he told to the Underdwellers. He was the one who devoured the Widow’s rotting corpse all those years ago. And that shame has haunted him ever since. To his amazement and relief, Melbourne discovers that the Widow harbours no grudge against him, indeed she is grateful to him for the colourful stories he told her when she was dying (‘Long Long Road’). As Melbourne’s delirium subsides, Socrates is able to show his once zealous minions the defiled state in which Melbourne has stooped. Disgusted with both Melbourne and Socrates, Squabbler encourages the rats to follow their own, carnal desires (‘We Will Live To Be Free’). With no allies left, Melbourne must try to escape from Socrates, Fats and Charmer unaided (‘S’ppose I Should Have Seen It Coming’). But Socrates won’t let this happen. Realizing that he is trapped, Melbourne tells Socrates that he is ready to die. everyone’s surprise, Socrates reveals that he never wanted to kill Melbourne. Rather, he wants Melbourne to use his great thieving talents in order to execute the greatest heist of all time: To steal the crown jewel from King Charles II. Socrates details how the heist will be accomplished (‘Farynor’).

Melbourne must now decide, once and for all, whether he will live by the virtues of sin or of righteousness. The ghosts of Perry and Hookbeard remind Melbourne that there is, indeed a third option: “The Ratly Path of Compromise!” (‘Dance Dance Dance’). With that, Melbourne agrees to do the heist. True to form, Melbourne successfully breaks into the Tower of London and steals King Charles’ jewel. He escapes unscathed, only to discover that all the city is ablaze due to a fire he had inadvertently started by dropping some ‘jiggery pokery’ along the way to the Tower. Melbourne rushes to rescue Bethesda when Socrates confronts him and demands the jewel he had just stolen. Being true to his inner rat, Melbourne lies to Socrates, telling him that he lost the jewel. Fire raging in the background, the rivals engage in combat. Tragically, Socrates catches fire and, refusing Melbourne’s help, burns to death (‘Blackness Fills The Night’). By dawn, the city is in cinders, dead rats blanket the ground. Noting the death of the rodents coinciding with the end of the plague, the human Londoners come to the horrible realization that it was the rats who’d been the cause of the plague all along (‘All The Rats Are Dead’). A woman cries out, “Plague Rat!” as the sole rat survivors, Melbourne and Bethesda, drift down the Thames on Hookbeard’s boat. Melbourne takes the condemnation in stride, having accepted his gruesome role in the world. Lovingly he gives Bethesda the jewel he’d stolen from King Charles and lied about to Socrates, as the twosome continue their adventure eastward, sailing bravely into the rising sun of morning (‘Plague Rat’/’Epilogue’).

Musical Numbers

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Cut Musical Numbers

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The following is a list of numbers (or partially written numbers) either for the 2013 workshop or for the 2016 Adelphi this.

Act I

  • 1. Everybody Hide – Fats, Charmer
  • 2. Ring-A-Ring-A-Rosy – Thamesa
  • 3. Go To Sleep, Sweet Plague Rat – Melbourne
  • 4. Bring Out Your Dead – Body Collector, Chorus
  • 5. I Want To Believe In Love – Perry
  • 6. Where Did He Go? – Melbourne, Bethesda
  • 7. Really Rather Strange – Melbourne, Bethesda
  • 8. I'm Faithful (To All My Lovers) – Melbourne, Bethesda
  • 9. Always A Test – Hookbeard, Melbourne
  • 10. Good At Being Gruesome – Perry, Thamesa
  • 11. The Plague's The Thing – Ponchus, Judas

Act II

  • 12. Oh What A Lovely Plague! – Chorus
  • 13. The Sun Is Shining In My Head – Mordekai (aka Squabbler)
  • 14. Bethesda's Drunken Lament – Bethesda
  • 15. It's Depressing – Socrates
  • 16. Many Different Ways To Skin A Rat – Socrates, Caspian

Orchestration

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Original (Edinburgh) Cast Recording

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thumb|right|Love Birds CD Cover The Love Birds Original Edinburgh Cast Recording was recorded on July 30, 2015 and mixed on July 31 and August 3. The CD was produced by Robert Sherman. The music was produced by Richard Healey, Neil MacDonald and Nick Taylor and recorded, mixed and mastered by Nick Taylor at Porcupine Studios in South London. The CD was released by SimG Records on August 17, 2015, with pre-orders and advance copies available from August 13.[6] The recording was released digitally on iTunes on September 14, 2015.[7]

Track listing

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Bumblescratch (Original Adelphi Cast Recording)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."London In The Plague"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Jessica Martin, Jacob Chapman, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:37
2."Thank You Sir"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:14
3."Melbourne Bumblescratch"Jessica Martin, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:40
4."At Least A Rat 'As Got An Excuse"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood1:09
5."Socrates' Scorn"Jacob Chapman, Alastair Barron, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:36
6."Close Scrape Today"Darren Day, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood3:35
7."Hookbeard's Theme"Darren Day, Michael Xavier, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood0:46
8."Can You Hear The Music?"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff2:58
9."Jiggery Pokery"Darren Day, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan1:43
10."What Is This That I See?"Ilan Galkoff, Cathy Read2:03
11."Adorable Me!"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff3:05
12."That's Something"Ilan Galkoff, Cathy Read3:11
13."Music Of The Spheres"Darren Day2:47
14."Dual Epiphany"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff1:19
15."My Place In The Sun"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Jessica Martin, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:47
16."Beautiful Now"Cathy Read, Darren Day, Teddy Moynihan, James Dangerfield, Michael Xavier2:34
17."I Cannot Hear You"Darren Day, Michael Xavier2:47
18."Hookbeard's Theme (Reprise Part 1)/Let Us Pass/Hookbeard's Theme (Reprise Part 2)"Michael Xavier, Katie Kerr, Dickie Wood, Alastair Barron, Darren Day2:58
19."Bumblescratch Nightmare"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Jacob Chapman, Rat Chorus1:43
20."Long Long Road"Jessica Martin, Rat Chorus2:03
21."We Will Live To Be Free"Jacob Chapman, Teddy Moynihan, Darren Day3:05
22."Dance! Dance! Dance!"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Michael Xavier3:11
23."Blackness Fills The Night"Darren Day, Jacob Chapman, Rat Chorus, Humans2:47
24."Plague Rat"Darren Day, Jessica Martin, Human Chorus1:19
25."Epilogue"Darren Day, Chorus2:47
Total length:38:30

Track list information according taken from the CD liner notes.

Differences Between the Show and the CD Running Order

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Slight modifications were made to the running order of the CD. "On Cloudy Days" was re-introduced into the running order after having been cut during rehearsals for Edinburgh. (It had been cut so the show would comply with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's one-hour compliance rule.) The "Crunchy Crackers" brief reprise was also cut from the show for that reason, but was not included in the recording. "Old Fashioned Guy" (brief reprise) which is sung by Armitage to Veronica, was also left out of the recording. A number of songs which did not have endings in the context of the show, including "The Flipper Flap" and "Love Birds" were given "button" endings for the purposes of the cast recording.[8]

Critical Response

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The critical response meeting both Love Birds during its Edinburgh run and its simultaneous "Original Edinburgh Cast Recording" release was very positive. In The Stage's wrap-up edition of the festival, on September 3, 2015 reporter Paul Vale declared Love Birds his "Critic's Pick" of the Fringe.

Track listing

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Love Birds (Original Adelphi Cast Recording)
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."London In The Plague"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Jessica Martin, Jacob Chapman, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:37
2."Thank You Sir"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:14
3."Melbourne Bumblescratch"Jessica Martin, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:40
4."At Least A Rat 'As Got An Excuse"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood1:09
5."Socrates' Scorn"Jacob Chapman, Alastair Barron, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:36
6."Close Scrape Today"Darren Day, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood3:35
7."Hookbeard's Theme"Darren Day, Michael Xavier, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood0:46
8."Can You Hear The Music?"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff2:58
9."Jiggery Pokery"Darren Day, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan1:43
10."What Is This That I See?"Ilan Galkoff, Cathy Read2:03
11."Adorable Me!"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff3:05
12."That's Something"Ilan Galkoff, Cathy Read3:11
13."Music Of The Spheres"Darren Day2:47
14."Dual Epiphany"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff1:19
15."My Place In The Sun"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Jessica Martin, Emma Harrold, Katie Kerr, Jessie May, Cathy Read, Alastair Barron, James Dangerfield, Teddy Moynihan, Dickie Wood2:47
16."Beautiful Now"Cathy Read, Darren Day, Teddy Moynihan, James Dangerfield, Michael Xavier2:34
17."I Cannot Hear You"Darren Day, Michael Xavier2:47
18."Hookbeard's Theme (Reprise Part 1)/Let Us Pass/Hookbeard's Theme (Reprise Part 2)"Michael Xavier, Katie Kerr, Dickie Wood, Alastair Barron, Darren Day2:58
19."Bumblescratch Nightmare"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Jacob Chapman, Rat Chorus1:43
20."Long Long Road"Jessica Martin, Rat Chorus2:03
21."We Will Live To Be Free"Jacob Chapman, Teddy Moynihan, Darren Day3:05
22."Dance! Dance! Dance!"Darren Day, Ilan Galkoff, Michael Xavier3:11
23."Blackness Fills The Night"Darren Day, Jacob Chapman, Rat Chorus, Humans2:47
24."Plague Rat"Darren Day, Jessica Martin, Human Chorus1:19
25."Epilogue"Darren Day, Chorus2:47
Total length:38:30



2018 UK and Ireland Tour

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On December 3, 2017 it was announced that A Spoonful of Sherman would tour the UK and Ireland in 2018.

  1. ^ AP News Desk (February 2, 1948). "'Faciebat Anno 1717' Sam the Fiddler Died Poor But Owned a Stradivarius" Delaware County Daily Times Pg. 3.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sherman, Robert B. "Al's Time" in Walt's Time: From Before To Beyond. Santa Clarita, CA: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998, pg. 90. Cite error: The named reference "Al's Time" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sherman, "My Time (part 1)" in Moose: Chapters From My Life, p. 349
  4. ^ "Bumblescratch - SimG Records".
  5. ^ "Home -".
  6. ^ "SimG Records". simgproductions.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ^ "iTunes". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Discogs.com - Love Birds: The Musical (Original Edinburgh Cast Recording)". Discogs.
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