We'll finish our brief tribute to the new musical Harmony which opens on Monday -- finally, 26 years after I saw its premiere tryout production in San Diego. The show's writers Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman have shown remarkable determination getting it here. I have no idea how it will do with critics and the public. It had a highly-successful off-Broadway run a couple years ago at the acclaimed Yiddish National Theatre Folksbienne with very respectable reviews. But Broadway is another animal. Tonight, we'll end things with three songs from the show. This first is the opening title song, performed by the main characters, the Comedian Harmonists, a real-life mixed-religion troupe that was hugely popular in Germany and around the world in the early 1930s...until Hitler came to power. Joining them is Chip Zien, who plays one of the group, known as "Rabbi", but from decades later, a character who looks back at their experience, narrating and commenting on it all. This comes from a Press Day, which presented highlights of the show. Here, next, also from the Press Day, is the song "Where You Go." It's performed by Sierra Boggess (for whom I've posted a lot of videos on this site, and who starred on Broadway in The Little Mermaid), along with Julie Benko, who recently had a lot of acclaim as the replacement 'Fanny Brice' in the revival of Funny Girl. And finally, this is the breakout song from the show, "Every Single Day." This performance comes from a cabaret night by performers in the National Yiddish Theatre Folkbienne production, lead here by Shayne Kennon.
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