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POSTPONED DUE TO SUPER BOWL
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012 2:00 PM
IF I LOVED YOU
Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan
with Doug Hammer on piano
Men always want to be a woman's first love—women like to be a man's last romance. Oscar Wilde
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing spoils the taste of peanut butter like unrequited love. Charlie Brown
What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork. Pearl Bailey
Everyone seems to have something to say about love – artists, scientists, inventors, cartoon characters and of course composers and lyricists. Regardless of the time or the place, love songs seem to range from passionate to parental; romantic to raunchy; sacred to sarcastic. This show includes songs by Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Amanda McBroom, Irving Berlin, Michel Legrand, Jonathan Larson, Johnny Mercer and others in a musical celebration of love; unrequited, requited and not-so-requited.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Bobbi Carrey and Will McMillan to hear what songwriters from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood have to say on the controversial, universal, and ubiquitous topic of love.
THE DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY
Sunday Salon Series
77 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA
Admission: Free and Open to the public
Information: www.duxburyfreelibrary.org or 781-934-2721
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 3:00 - 4:00 PM
NEVER NEVERLAND
Songs From On and Off Broadway
Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan
with Doug Hammer on piano
“Give My Regards to Broadway,” “Broadway Baby,” and “Lullaby of Broadway” – Like Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood, and Motown, Broadway has long been a central part of our musical culture and a major source of memorable songs – songs that cut across time and place. “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” from Showboat; “There’s No Business Like Show Business” from Annie Get Your Gun; “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story; “Try to Remember” from The Fantasticks; “Night and Day” from The Gay Divorcee; “I’ll Cover You” from Rent – the list goes on and on and on and on and on.
It was on Broadway where incredible talents such as Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim emerged and defined the times in words and music.
Although the theatres have changed, composers have changed, and shows have changed, Broadway survives. Join vocalists Bobbi Carrey and Will McMillan for a walk down “The Great White Way,” as they revive showstoppers from on and off Broadway.
THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Concerts at the Crane
40 Washington Street
Quincy, MA
Admission: Free and Open to the public
Information: thomascranelibrary.org or 617-376-1301
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 2:00 PM
MOSTLY MERCER
Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan
with Doug Hammer on piano
Johnny Mercer is the greatest American lyricist alive. I could no more write a lyric like one of his than fly.
—Oscar Hammerstein
Johnny Mercer wrote songs for 90 motion pictures, won four Academy Awards, wrote six Broadway musicals, founded Capitol Records and created the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His songs spanned the early days of the Swing Era through the mid-sixties progressive rock era. For five decades he collaborated with America’s greatest composers, including Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, Andre Previn, Henry Mancini and many others.
From “Accentuate the Positive,” “Come Rain or Come Shine” to “P.S. I Love You,” “On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” and “Skylark,” MOSTLY MERCER explores Johnny Mercer’s success as a singer, lyricist, composer and businessman.
VENTRESS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
15 Library Plaza, Marshfield, MA
Admission: Free and Open to the public
Information: 781-834-5535 or www.ventresslibrary.org
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 5:00 - 7:00 PM
IN MY LIFE: A CELEBRATION
Bobbi Carrey with Doug Hammer on piano
Jamaica Plain, MA
Admission: Private Event
MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 7:00 PM
MOSTLY MERCER
Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan
with Doug Hammer on piano
Johnny Mercer is the greatest American lyricist alive. I could no more write a lyric like one of his than fly. —Oscar Hammerstein
Johnny Mercer wrote songs for 90 motion pictures, won four Academy Awards, wrote six Broadway musicals, was a top radio personality and recording artist, founded Capitol Records and created the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His songs spanned the early days of the Swing Era through the mid-sixties progressive rock era. For five decades he collaborated with America’s greatest composers, including Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington, Andre Previn, Henry Mancini and many others.
From “Accentuate the Positive,” “Come Rain or Come Shine” to “P.S. I Love You,” “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” and “Skylark,” MOSTLY MERCER explores Johnny Mercer’s success as a singer, lyricist, composer and businessman.
PEMBROKE PUBLIC LIBRARY
142 Center Street, Pembroke, MA
Admission: Free and Open to the public
Information: www.pembrokepubliclibrary.org
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012 8:00 PM
MOSTLY MERCER
Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan
with Doug Hammer on piano
Johnny Mercer is the greatest American lyricist alive. I could no more write a lyric like one of his than fly. —Oscar Hammerstein
Johnny Mercer wrote songs for 90 motion pictures, won four Academy Awards, wrote six Broadway musicals, was a top radio personality and recording artist, founded Capitol Records and created the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His songs spanned the early days of the Swing Era through the mid-sixties progressive rock era. For five decades he collaborated with America’s greatest composers, including Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington, Andre Previn, Henry Mancini and many others.
From “Accentuate the Positive,” “Come Rain or Come Shine” to “P.S. I Love You,” “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” and “Skylark,” MOSTLY MERCER explores Johnny Mercer’s success as a singer, lyricist, composer and businessman.
FOUR CORNERS ARTS CENTER
3852 Main Road, Tiverton Four Corners, RI
Admission: $20 at the door or $15 in advance online
Information: www.tivertonfourcorners.com or 401-624-2600
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012 8:00 PM
MOSTLY MERCER
Bobbi Carrey & Will McMillan
with Doug Hammer on piano
Johnny Mercer is the greatest American lyricist alive. I could no more write a lyric like one of his than fly. —Oscar Hammerstein
Johnny Mercer wrote songs for 90 motion pictures, won four Academy Awards, wrote six Broadway musicals, was a top radio personality and recording artist, founded Capitol Records and created the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His songs spanned the early days of the Swing Era through the mid-sixties progressive rock era. For five decades he collaborated with America’s greatest composers, including Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington, Andre Previn, Henry Mancini and many others.
From “Accentuate the Positive,” “Come Rain or Come Shine” to “P.S. I Love You,” “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” and “Skylark,” MOSTLY MERCER explores Johnny Mercer’s success as a singer, lyricist, composer and businessman.
SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB
Double Tree Guest Suites Hotel
400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA
Admission: $22 Show only; $64 Dinner/Show package
Reservations and tickets available at TICKETWEB or 617-562-4111
Information: www.scullersjazz.com or 617-783-0090