THAT GIRL SINGS

I got an email the other night from Marlo Thomas asking for my help. Over the years I have written several special material songs for her beginning with a tribute to Alan Alda and several ALSAC songs for St. Judes. Now Marlo is starring in the new Arthur Laurents play at the George St. and doing their benefit on Sunday so she wants a funny parody. At first I was under the email impression that it needed to be a tribute to Arthur so I wrote a quick first draft of "Everything's Coming up Arthur"

HE IS FRESH
HE IS NEW
HE'S A YOUNGSTER WHO'LL BE NINETY TWO
YOU MIGHT SAY HE'S NOT SHY
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ARTHUR

HE IS KNOWN
FOR HIS GRIT
YOU CAN TRY BUT HE WON'T TAKE YOUR SHIT
HE MAKES GROWN DIVAS CRY
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ARTHUR

IF HE SAID IT
YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IT'S TRUE
HE'LL TAKE CREDIT
ASK HIS OPINION?
YOU'LL GET IT!

HE WOULD SAY
"IT'S A FACT
I'M THE GUY WHO TAUGHT STREISAND TO ACT"
AND SHE JUST MIGHT CONCUR
THAT'S THE WAY THAT THEY WERE
DIRECTOR, WRITER, EVERYTHING YOU DO
MEANS
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ARTHUR
FOR ME AND FOR YOU

HERE'S MY SERMON
ARTHURS BEEN THRU 'EM ALL
HAROLD CLURMAN
HELL, HE GOT THRU ETHEL MERMAN!

ETC.

Well, it turned out that the event wasn't about Arthur but to raise money for the George St. Theater. So out goes Arthur and in comes a version of Together begging for money in a funny way...

The end goes something like this

SO DON'T BE A SCHMUCK
JUST GIVE US A BUCK
CAUSE WE'RE TAX DEDUCTIBLE TOO
THIS THEATRE'S BRAVE AND FULL OF PLUCK
WHERE ELSE COULD YOU HEAR THAT GIRL SAY FUCK?
TOGETHER WE'RE COUNTING
MAKE OUR COUGHERS COUGH
KEEP OUR NUMBERS MOUNTING
TOGETHER WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU

Still have lots of polishing to do on this and she only needs to sing it on Sunday! Yikes.

The other news of the day is that DK and I were asked to co-host the NEO concert at the York theatre on Monday. We must be the last resort, but hell, we are thrilled to be asked. Two years ago we were the New Emerging whatever and now we are hosting them. That must be a step up.