Jamie deRoy & friends presents “Songs from Tony Award Winning Musicals, Part Three,” airing on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 8 PM, on Spectrum HD Channel 1993 and Verizon FIOS Channel 37—as well as multiple times on East Hampton LTV Channel 20 at later dates.
Appearing on this episode are: cast members Lauren Worsham and Jeff Kready singing “Inside Out” from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which won Best Musical in 2014. Music is by Steven Lutvak and lyric by Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak.
Stephen Carlile of The Lion King sings “On the Street Where You Live” from the 1957 Tony Award winning musical My Fair Lady, with music by Frederick Loewe and lyric by Alan Jay Lerner. The Accidentals perform “Seasons of Love” from the 1996 winner Rent, with music and lyric by Jonathan Larson.
The late Doreen Montalvo (1964-2020), original cast member of In the Heights, which won Best Musical in 2008, performs “Paciencia y Fe.” Music and lyric are by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Tony nominee Martin Vidnovic sings “I Am What I Am” from 2984 winner La Cage Aux Folles, music and lyric by Jerry Herman.
Tony Award Winner Stephanie J. Block sings “The Writing’s on the Wall” from Rupert Holmes’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which won Best Musical in 1986. (Block appeared in the revival.) 2005 Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox performs “Keepin Out of Mischief Now” from Ain’t MisBehavin’, which won in 1978. Music and lyric is by Thomas “Fats” Waller and Andy Razaf respectively. Paulo Szot, Tony Award winner for South Pacific in 2008, sings “Stars” from Les Miserables, the 1987 Best Musical, written by Claude-Michel Schonberg with lyric by Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer.
The original shows were filmed at Birdland and the Metropolitan Room. Musicians playing on Part Three are: Ron Abel (piano), Tom Hubbard (bass), Christopher Denny (piano) and Billy Stritch (piano).
Jamie deRoy & friends is directed by Barry Kleinbort and produced and edited by Russell Bouthiller.
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