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Lyrics - Don Black
Opened - 1982
Main characters - Only one: an English girl
Plot - Song and Dance has two separate halves. Firstly there is a song cycle called 'Tell me on a sunday', then there is a choreographed dance section called 'Variations', both written at separate times by ALW. 'Variations' doesn't have a story. 'Tell me on a Sunday' is a one woman show about an English girl living in New York. The songs are mainly about her love affairs, and one by one they go wrong. There are also some songs about coming to terms with New York life in general. The English girl joins in again at the end of Variations dance for one last song.
Songs (With marks out of 10) -
1.Let me finish (7)
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2.It's not the end of the world (10)
3.Sheldon Bloom (8)
4.Capped teeth and Caeser salad (10)
5.You made me think you were in love (9)
6.The last man in my life (10)
7.Come back with the same look in your eyes (10)
8.Take that look off your face (9)
9.Tell me on a Sunday (10)
10.I'm very you, you're very me (8)
11.Nothing like you've ever known (10)
12.When you want to fall in love (10)*
Favourite song - Nothing like you've ever known
Favourite character - Let me weigh up the options....
Favourite quote -
"Don't leave in silence with no word at all. Don't get drunk and slam the door.
Thats no way to end this. I know how I want you to say goodbye. Don't run off in the pouring rain,
don't call me as they call your plane, take the heart out of all the pain. Take me to a park
thats covered with trees. Tell me on a Sunday...please."
- Hoping her man will end things properly, 'Tell me on a Sunday'
Comment - You get a lot of value for money with Song and Dance. 'Tell me on a Sunday' would be a great little musical on it's own, but you get the rockin' violins of Variations too! There are lots of lovely songs in 'Tell me on a Sunday', and some great snaps of American culture. It could have been better with some of her men singing a song or two, but then the point was a one woman show. Variations on it's own would not be that good, but there are some really cool tunes in it and the superb 'When you want to fall in love' at the end. Despite 'Tell me on a sunday' and 'Variations' being part of the same musical, I've never actually listened to them together!