Girls, Wait Till You Hear This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              The first time I heard the song "What Did I Have? (I Don't Have Now)" was when Eydie Gorme did a cover of it, belting her heart out.  For many it became the definitive rendering of that, and being the last of the belters, I have been singing it Eydie's way for years.

                              But first let me get back to "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever," one of the most ignored musicals, along with "RAGS."

                                 David and I saw a Broadway revival of it in 2011 that introduced to us a young lady named Jessie Mueller, who for several years thereafter, was the Toast Of Broadway.  Alas, Jessie, where are you now, when so needed???????????

                                   But the musical had been dramatically reconfigured so that homosexuality played a part in it, and when Harry Connick Jr. on stage wax so afraid to kiss David Turner, it became a laugh fest.  Except when Jessie was on.

                                     ENCORES has done this show with Kristin Chenowith, and the Irish Repertory Theater has done it with Melissa Erico.  I would have liked to have seen it with her. 

                                        But, like 'Merrily,' has anyone gotten this show right?  The cast album is gorgeous, and Barbara Harris gives the song I mentioned a beautiful vulnerability that makes it achingly heartbreaking.

                                          The cast album is a master class in how this show should be done right.

                                       Here is Barbara singing it the way it should be sung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                     Darlings, if only Broadway was this again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!