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OFAM 2014 Matinee Concert Make 'Em Laugh The lighter side of Hollywood, 1940-59 Fri, Aug 8, 1:30 - 3:00 pm Jaqua Concert Hall, The Shedd Institute |
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The number one reason we decided to do another year of the Songbook in Hollywood, bringing our period of focus up through the 1950s, is because Ken was extremely disappointed that he couldn't sing "That's Amore" last year. Well, maybe it wasn't THE number one reason, but it did spark the realization that OFAM 2013's celebration of the classic Songbook in Hollywood from 1930-49 missed a lot of great tunes like "That's Amore". Introduced in the 1953 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedy The Caddy, this wonderful Harry Warren/Jack Brooks standard became a great hit for Martin, was his signature song, and is just about as iconic 1950s as Marilyn Monroe, Bob's Big Boy and the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. So now Ken gets to sing it, along with a pile of other fine 1940s and '50s lighter fare, like "Triplets", "Well, Did You Evah?", "Chica Chica Boom Chic", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Make 'Em Laugh", "A Couple Of Swells", and more!
| Now You Has Jazz (1955) High Society |
| You Don't Have To Know The Language (1947) Road To Rio |
|  | Triplets (1937) Between The Devil Words by Howard Dietz - Music by Arthur Schwartz |
| Your Feet's Too Big (1936) Words by Ada Benson - Music by Fred Fisher |
| Inka Dinka Doo (1933) interpolated into Two Girls And A Sailor Words by Ben Ryan - Music by Jimmy Durante |
| Featured composers, lyricists, creators | | | Ada Benson, - Irving Berlin, 1888-1989Jack Brooks, 1912-1971 Nacio Herb Brown, 1896-1964Johnny Burke, 1908-1964 Howard Dietz, 1896-1983 Jimmy Durante, 1893-1980 Ray Evans, 1915-2007 Fred Fisher, 1875-1942 Arthur Freed, 1894-1973 Mack Gordon, 1904-1959Bert Kalmar, 1884-1947 Jerry Livingston, 1909-1987 Frank Loesser, 1910-1969Cole Porter, 1891-1964Harry Ruby, 1895-1974 Ben Ryan, 1892-1968 Arthur Schwartz, 1900-1984 Jimmy Van Heusen, 1913-1990Harry Warren, 1893-1981 |
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Make 'Em Laugh Ticket Prices |
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A | 32.00 | 29.00 | 27.25 | 25.75 | 16.00 | B | 28.00 | 25.25 | 24.00 | 22.50 | 14.00 | C | 22.00 | 20.00 | 18.75 | 17.75 | 11.00 | O | 18.00 | 16.25 | 15.50 | 14.50 | 9.00 |
 | Jaqua Concert Hall The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts 285 E Broadway Eugene, Oregon 541-434-7000 |
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Purchase tickets at: The Shedd Ticket Office 541.434.7000
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