DREAMING OF A SONG

DREAMING OF A SONG is the first artistic collaboration of Billy Stritch and Klea Blackhurst - together they created a critically acclaimed show that joyously mined the catalogue of one of America’s most treasured songwriters, who wrote such standards as “Skylark”, “Georgia On My Mind” and “Star Dust.”Hoagy Carmichael, the celebrated American composer, pianist, singer,actor and bandleader, wrote some of the most lasting and influential popsongs of the twentieth century. Collaborating with lyrists that range fromFrank Loesser, Mitchell Parish and Johnny Mercer to Ned Washington,Paul Francis Webster and Harold Adamson, his contributions toHollywood films and the hit parade are invaluable to the Great AmericanSongbook.Klea’s ebullient delivery complements Billy’s suave crooning on aremarkable range of Carmichael’s compositions. Selections range fromstandards loved around the world – like such as “Star Dust,” “Heart andSoul” and “Skylark” – to lesser-known songs “Doctor, Lawyer, IndianChief” (first performed by Betty Hutton in the 1945 film The Stork Club)and “My Resistance Is Low” (a hit in London from the film Las VegasStory, but relatively obscure in the states) to the virtually unknown, like“Walk It Off.” Klea and Billy take turns on solos, such as her rollickingtake on the rarity “Come Easy Go Easy Love," and his impassioned,powerful “Georgia On My Mind.”Starring Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch

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