Valerie & Tim: Songs Comic & Sublime

  • You'd Be Surprised
  • Sentimental Journey
  • That's Entertainment
    • That's Entertainment
    • In the Mood
    • Give 'em the Oo La La
    • Fred & Ethel - Great Songs of Astaire & Merman
    • Noel & Cole: Together with Music
    • Marching Along with Time
  • Talk to Me Baby
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1. Gee, But It’s Good to Be Here   
Matt Dubey & Harold Karr  (Ethel, Happy Hunting, 1956)
Vocals: Valerie, Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

2. I Got Rhythm   
George & Ira Gershwin   (Ethel, Girl Crazy, 1930)
Vocals: Valerie, with Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

3. Night and Day   
Cole Porter   (Fred, Gay Divorce, 1932)
Vocals: Ben •  Piano: Brad

4. Put Me to the Test   
George & Ira Gershwin   (Fred, A Damsel in Distress, 1937)
Vocals: Ben • Piano: Brad

5. They Say It’s Wonderful   
Irving Berlin   (Ethel, Annie Get Your Gun, 1946)
Vocals: Valerie & Ben • Piano: Brad

6. Please Don’t Monkey with Broadway   
Cole Porter   (Fred, Broadway Melody of 1940, 1940)
Vocals: Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

7. I’d Rather Charleston   
Desmond Carter & George Gershwin  
(Fred, Lady, Be Good!, 1924)
Vocals: Valerie & Ben • Piano: Brad & Tim

8. Cheek to Cheek 
Irving Berlin   (Fred, Top Hat, 1935)
Vocals: Ben • Piano: Brad

9. I Get a Kick Out of You    
Cole Porter   (Ethel, Anything Goes, 1934)
Vocals: Valerie •  Piano: Tim

10. It’s the Animal in Me 
Mack Gordon & Harry Revel   
(Ethel, The Big Broadcast of 1936, 1935)
Vocals: Valerie • Piano: Tim

11. Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil 
Irving Berlin   (Ethel, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 1938)
Vocals: Valerie & Brad • Piano: Tim

12. This Is It
Dorothy Fields & Arthur Schwartz (Ethel, Stars in Your Eyes, 1939)
Vocals: Valerie, with Ben, Brad & Tim  • Piano: Tim

13. You’re the Top 
Cole Porter   (Ethel, Anything Goes, 1934)
Vocals: Valerie, Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

14. Dress Up Medley:
Top Hat 
Irving Berlin   (Fred, Top Hat, 1935)
My Walking Stick 
Irving Berlin   (Ethel, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 1938)
Vocals: Valerie, Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

15. Pick Yourself Up 
Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern   (Fred, Swing Time, 1936)
Vocals: Brad • Piano: Tim

16. A Couple of Swells 
Irving Berlin   (Fred, Easter Parade, 1948)
Vocals: Valerie & Ben • Piano: Tim

17. Triplets
Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz   (Fred, The Band Wagon, 1953)
Vocals: Valerie, Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

18. Dancing in the Dark 
Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz   (Fred, The Band Wagon, 1953)
Vocals: Ben • Piano: Brad

19. Give Him the Oo-la-la 
Cole Porter   (Ethel, DuBarry Was a Lady, 1939)
Vocals: Valerie • Piano: Tim

20. Show Biz Medley:
There’s No Business Like Show Business 
Irving Berlin   (Ethel, Annie Get Your Gun, 1946)
That’s Entertainment 
Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz   (Fred, The Band Wagon, 1953)
Vocals: Valerie, Ben & Brad • Piano: Tim

21. Encore:  They Can’t Take That Away from Me 
George & Ira Gershwin   (Fred, Shall We Dance, 1937)
Vocals: Valerie, Ben, Brad & Tim


FRED & ETHEL 
Great Songs of Astaire & Merman
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This star-kissed pairing of pairs has made a foursome that seems destined to remain a team. You have a formula for a madcap evening of vaudeville and old-fashioned crooning that remind us what a great legacy we have inherited in the Great American Songbook. In the hands of this foursome "Fred & Ethel" is a flawlessly constructed show. All four performers were able to shine in this program.


John Amodeo, Bay Windows

"Fred & Ethel" is a spine-tingling tribute. Singers Valerie Anastasio and Benjamin Sears are more than capable of pulling it off. They both have strong, beautiful voices that send shivers up your spine. Accompanists Tim Harbold and Bradford Conner are equally brilliant on piano. It can't be stressed how wonderful the musical interpretations are. This is probably the best musical theatre this reviewer has heard on the Cape this season.

Rebecca M. Alvin,The Cape Codder

The music cooked! When they do "Fred and Ethel" again don't miss it. You'll be tickled pink.

Beverly Creasey,Theatre Mirror

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