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Dream is a musical revue based on the songs of Johnny Mercer. The book is by Jack Wrangler and co-producer Louise Westergaard. The show ran on Broadway in 1997.

Production

The revue opened on Broadway on April 3, 1997 at the Royale Theatre after twenty-four previews. Directed and choreographed by Wayne Cilento, the costumes are by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting by Ken Billington and sets by David Mitchell. The cast featured Lesley Ann Warren, John Pizzarelli, Margaret Whiting, Jessica Molaskey and Brooks Ashmanskas. [1] [2]

It closed on July 6, 1997 after 109 performances.

Songs

All lyrics by Mercer.

Song Music
" Dream" Mercer
" Lazybones" Hoagy Carmichael
"On Behalf of the Traveling Salesmen" Walter Donaldson
"Pardon My Southern Accent" Matt Malneck
" You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" Harry Warren
"Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" Richard Whiting
"Goody, Goody" Malneck
" Skylark" Carmichael
"The Dixieland Band" Bernie Hanighen
"I Had Myself a True Love / I Wonder What Became Of" Harold Arlen
"Jamboree Jones Jive" Mercer
" Fools Rush In" Rube Bloom
" Come Rain or Come Shine" Arlen
" Out of This World"
" I Remember You" Victor Schertzinger
" Blues in the Night" Arlen
" One for My Baby"
" You Were Never Lovelier" Jerome Kern
" Satin Doll" Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
" I'm Old Fashioned" Kern
"Dearly Beloved"
"This Time the Dream's on Me" Arlen
" Something's Gotta Give" Mercer
" Too Marvelous for Words" Whiting
" I Thought About You" Jimmy Van Heusen
"And the Angels Sing" Ziggy Elman
" The Fleet's In" Schertzinger
"G.I. Jive" Mercer
"I'm Doin' It for Defense" Arlen
" Tangerine" Schertzinger
" Day In, Day Out" Bloom
" Jeepers Creepers" Warren
" That Old Black Magic" Arlen
" Laura" David Raksin
"You Go Your Way" Mercer
" My Shining Hour" Arlen
" Hooray for Hollywood" Whiting
" Accentuate the Positive" Arlen
" In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" Carmichael
" Charade / Days of Wine and Roses" Henry Mancini
" Moon River"
" On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" Warren

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Viagas, Robert and Lefkowitz, David. " 'Dream' Courts Seniors With $40 Matinees" Archived March 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 11, 1997
  2. ^ Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review. 'Dream' " curtainup.com, accessed August 25, 2013

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