West Coast Premiere Musical
Here's to the Ladies!
The Women of Tin Pan Alley
Conceived and created by Joanne Schmoll -- Music Arrangements by Linda Dowdell

A Cabaret

Directed by Denise Winter

Music Direction by Linda Dowdell

Production sponsor: Sirens Pub

Our production has closed.  Thank you all!

Here are the ladies!  (Photos and profiles of all the songwriters and lyricists featured in the show.)

Jerry Kraft, SeattleActor.com:  "Ms. Buchanan... has a voice to die for, and such theatrical intelligence that her numbers often become things of beauty. ...more than just great singing, it's a great musical theatre moment... [Y]ou won't find a more satisfying evening's entertainment, a more fully pleasing performance of songs from a very special time in American music, anywhere. This is a terrific show."

Kitsap Sun: ...extremely effective and atmospheric... both hugely reverent and great fun... a great evening’s entertainment. You really should come to this cabaret."

P.T. Leader:  "Buchanan’s voice is marvelous, and her “God Bless the Child” is especially compelling..."
 

Cast list

Press release with photos

Previews and Reviews

Venue:  Key City Playhouse

Time:  Two hours -- which includes one intermission.

Ages:  Appropriate for all ages.

Description

Come raise your glass to the ladies of song,

as we celebrate the women who gave heart and soul

to the Great American Songbook.

From “I’m in the Mood for Love” to

“God Bless the Child,” the genius of writers like Kay Swift,

Billie Holiday, Dorothy Fields, and Betty Comden

comes to life in this dynamic musical revue.

A partial list of songs featured in "Here's to the Ladies!"

I Feel A Song Coming On   (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)
        Them There Eyes   (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William G. Tracey)
                I Can’t Give You Anything But Love   (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)

        If You Hadn’t but You Did   (Jule Styne / Betty Comden & Adolph Green)
                I’ll Never Smile Again   (Ruth Lowe)
                        Pick Yourself Up   (Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields)

Scarlet Ribbons   (Evelyn Danzig / Jack Segal)
        I Can Cook Too   (Leonard Bernstein / Betty Comden & Adolph Green)
                My Husband’s First Wife   (Jerome Kern / Irene Franklin)

        I Get Along Without You Very Well   (Hoagy Carmichael / J. B. Thompson)
                Shine On, Harvest Moon   (Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth)
                        The Way You Look Tonight   (Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields)

Here are the ladies!  (Photos and profiles of all the songwriters and lyricists featured in the show.)
 

Cast

Crew

Featuring...

• Heather Dudley Nollette
• Marlette Buchanan  (*)
• Lee Harwell

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(*) Performing with KCPT by special appearance agreement

with Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional

actors and stage managers

Previews

Reviews

Press release and photos...

Article with interviews in the PDN... 

Article with interviews in the Kitsap Sun...

Michael Moore in the Kitsap Sun...

Jerry Kraft on SeattleActor.com

Kathie Meyer in the P.T. Leader...

Student review by Tanner Matthew...

Audience Comments

Loved "Here's to the Ladies." Hated the seating. No one should be expected to watch a great show like this while having to sit perched on a bar stool for two hours.  This is unacceptable theater.  -- Phil
 

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