SONG & DANCE is a unique tour de force comprised of two distinct parts.
TELL ME ON A SUNDAY (Act I) follows a free-spirited English woman's acclamation to New York City through musical monologues and letters home to England, while highlighting her dalliances and disappointments with four men.
VARIATIONS (Act II) offers a dynamic choreographic profile of one of those men.
VARIATIONS, the "dance" of the title, originated in 1979 when Andrew Lloyd Webber composed a set of variations on Paganini's A Minor Caprice No. 24 ideally suited for ballet.
TELL ME ON A SUNDAY originated one year later as a one-woman musical consisting entirely of songs.
Two years following, both works were presented in tandem and SONG & DANCE was born.
Cast Requirements: PRINCIPALS
Act I: One Woman
Act II: Dancers as desired
Set Requirements: SONG AND DANCE requires a unit set suggesting Emma’s apartment in New York City in the present.
Genre / Style: Musical
Rehearsal / Orchestral Material: 3 VOCAL SCORE, 1 TRUMPET, 1FULL CONDUCTOR’S SCORE, 2 GUITARS, 2 KEYBOARDS I & II, 1 DRUMS, 3 CELLO I, II & III, 1 PERCUSSION, 1 BASS, 3 WOODWINDS I, II & III, 2 HORNS I & II.
Musical Numbers: Unexpected Song, Sheldon Bloom, Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad, Take That Look Off Your Face, You Made Me Think You Were In Love, Tell Me On A Sunday, Married Man.