The Music Clinic Theatre Company presented its final show of the production

AUTUMN LEAVES

Sunday, Oct 31st at 2:00PM. Our musical received rave reviews following all 4 shows from audience members, and it featureed talented singers and musicians performing show tunes, folk songs, and original material.  Set in our charming intimate theatre the show wove a story of the seasons (particularly Fall) and passages through time and relationships. 

Many thanks to our director, Laurie McDaniel, and our cast and crew:  Rusty Locke, Elaine Reidel, Tom Mann, Jon Warren, Eric Marsh, Chris Knisely, and Brenda Strong.  Great Job!  Well Done!!

And many thanks to our audience members and patrons.  Your support made this production possible, and your enthusiasm made it so much fun!  We are eagerly looking forward to our next project!  And as soon as we know what it is, we’ll let you know!

There were 4 performances:

Thursday, Oct 28th @ 7:00PM

Friday, Oct 29th @ 7:00PM

Saturday, Oct 30th @ 7:00PM

Sunday, Oct 31st @ 2:00PM (matinee & final performance)

Tickets were $15, $12 for seniors 60+

The Music Clinic Theatre Company CAST of “Autumn Leaves” featured:
Laurie McDaniel, director and faculty member of the Music Clinic
Karen Simpson, teacher and owner of the Music Clinic
George “Rusty” Locke
Elaine Reidel
Thomas Mann
Jonathen Warren
and Nancy Stevenson (Piano)

SONGS included are:
“Autumn Leaves” by Joseph Kosma & Johnny Mercer – 1945 originally in french, then recorded by Jo Stafford and later by Nat King Cole, and also many others – also featured in the 1956 film “Autumn Leaves” – has become a pop and a jazz standard
“September Song” by Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson – from the 1938 Broadway musical, “Knickerbocker Holiday”
“Broadway Baby” by Stephen Sondheim – from the 1971 Broadway musical, “Follies”
“I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face” by Frederick Lowe & Alan Lerner – from the 1956 musical, “My Fair Lady”
“I Love You” by Karen Simpson – 1980
“You Raise Me Up” by Rolf Løvland & Brendan Graham – recorded more tha 125 times, perhaps most famously and recently by Josh Groban
“O, Mio Babbino Caro” by Giacomo Puccini – from the 1918 opera, “Gianni Schicchi”
“Gin I Were A Baron’s Heir” by the poet Robert Burns – the music is traditional Scottish – recorded by Jean Redpath
“Getting Married Today” by Stephen Sondheim – from the 1970 Broadway musical, “Company”
“Try To Remember” by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jone – from the 1960 Broadway musical comedy, “The Fantastiks”
“Edelweiss” by Rogers & Hammerstein – from the 1959 musical, “The Sound Of Music”
“As Love Abides”, lyrics by Laurie McDaniel
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell – a jazz standard from 1940
“Gracias a la Vida” (“ThanksTo Life”) by Violetta Parra, 1964
“The Miller’s Son” by Stephen Sondheim – from the 1973 Broadway musical, “A Little Night Music”
“Who Knows Where The Time Goes” by Sandy Denny (1967) – recorded by Judy Collins, Eva Cassidy, and many others
“La Vie en Rose” by Louiguy & Edith Piaf (1947)
“Shenandoah” , a traditional folk song sung by lumberjacks who brought it down river and passed it on to seamen who sang it as a short-haul chantey on square-rigged ships. It tells of the love of a white man for Shenandoah, the daughter of a native American chief in Virginia.
“Nowadays” by John Kander & Fred Ebb – from the 1975 Broadway musical, “Chicago”
“The Prayer” by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis- 1998 – recorded by Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Charlotte Church, and many others
“When The Show Comes To A Close” by George “Rusty” Locke – 2010
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Hammerstein & Rogers – from the 1945 musical “Carousel”