Movies

When I was 22 years old and newly married, my husband and I moved to Arizona. We were in our apartment, and one day, I heard the theme to a movie playing in another room. I said to Mark, “that’s the theme to The Shrike!” The Shrike was a 1955 film noir starring June Allyson and Jose Ferrer. It was …

Andy Williams sang some of the best songs from movies. Think of A Summer’s Place, Charade, The Days of Wine and Roses and more. A funny story that Andy used to tell was that he sang several Academy Award nominated songs on the Oscars and some of these songs won the award. Andy’s mom would tell everyone she knew that …

Our last show, Sherry’s Cherries: And the Winner Is… Or Should Have Been, paid tribute to Academy Award winning songs and some of those that were nominated. Below is a list of the movies which highlighted these songs. Song Movie Year Winner or Nominee The Continental The Gay Divorcee 1934 Winner The Way You Look Tonight Swing Time 1936 Winner …

Are you ready to take a flight with me to Neverland courtesy of John Williams? On Sunday, December 4th Movies Broadway Singers and Beyond will take flight to Neverland. Some of my all-time favorites are on this show. Defending Your Life by Michael Gore was the music from Albert Brooks’ movie Defending Your Life. For people who have never seen …

My fondness for Lorenz Hart goes back a long way. He’s one of the first people I’d hug when I cross over. (The other two are Judy Garland and Stephen Sondheim.) Our next Sherry’s Cherries pays tribute to some of the songs that I could not live without. You’ll hear voices like Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Carly Simon, Ella Fitzgerald, …

I’m often asked what my favorite song is. Oh my! Would that be Broadway, movie soundtracks or pop music. I actually have hundreds of favorites.  Sherry’s Cherries new show will present some of these personal favs. When I was 17 and a student at NYU, I bought my first Carmen McRae album, Second to None. To this day I cherish …

Classical music is timeless. Many films have used classical music to enhance their storytelling. Whenever people remember 2001: A Space Odyssey, one immediately thinks of Richard Strauss’ Sprach Zarathustra. Producer of Gone with the Wind, David O. Selznick used two of Claude Debussy’s pieces, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn, and The Girl With the Flaxen Hair in the …

From the opening bars of music from the film, Jaws, you know the shark is nearby and there is very little time left.  Many of my friends have husbands who love action and adventure films. Sometimes the guys would go to these movies as a group and the women would go to the “chick-flicks”.  I love movie soundtracks. On our …

When my daughter was a baby, I used to put melodic music on each night when I tucked her in. She absolutely loved bedtime. Today she plays three instruments and is in two orchestras.  The music on my next Sherry’s Cherries pays tribute to “the melody.” Beautiful melodies can be calming, peaceful, or lift the spirit.   As a child my …

My next show will showcase songs from movies. Not soundtracks, but songs like Moon River, Charade, A Summer Place and several dozen others that perhaps you haven’t heard. Pay special attention to Magic Mona from The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. It’s a wonderful song sung by an extraordinary singer, Phyllis Hyman. Truly one of my favorites. Another song I love, …