Taken from Irvine Berlin's classic musical White Christmas. 'I Love A Piano' performed by Anja Palmer (Judy Haynes) & Craig Butterworth (Phil Davis) and the ladies tap chorus. January 2015.
+ChristchurchTC No problem. I've yet to see a production on person (but will get there one day) but love the videos. I'm a friend of Andy Bulmer which is how I came to watch your videos and was impressed from day one. As I said, very polished and very professional. I also like your own take on the shows you do rather than doing an exact copy of film or stage version.
Very nice. In the spirit of constructive criticism, if this were to be done again, I'd ask the choreographer to allow the dancers a little more movement, allowing them to dance around the stage and around each other as opposed to being so stationary. It's almost as if he was afraid they'd bang into each other so he kept the dancers in their own personal spaces. I'd also focus on the dancers who either weren't smiling and having fun (the audience pays to see you have fun) or looking down instead of up and out with confidence. Butterworth, great job dancing and singing but SMILE!!! Even on Broadway my attention is drawn away from a number by those who do not smile. And I KNOW how expensive good wigs are but I'd rethink a few of these. Ms. Palmer's wig (and, actually, sincerity of delivery) came off a little too "Baby June." Foster's wig in "Anything Goes" was equally as bouncy, unnatural-looking and distracting. BUT ... if I can be this picky, it must have been a great and enjoyable production. Stage productions are usually ten times more enjoyable live, of course, than on screen and I did enjoy this.
Always so polished. I have to say that Craig has great lines (dancing lines) and this song is one of my Berlin favourites.
+Christopher Shelvey-Tutt Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Apologies it has taken so long to respond.
+ChristchurchTC No problem. I've yet to see a production on person (but will get there one day) but love the videos. I'm a friend of Andy Bulmer which is how I came to watch your videos and was impressed from day one. As I said, very polished and very professional. I also like your own take on the shows you do rather than doing an exact copy of film or stage version.
I thought that this song was from 'Easter Parade' and not 'White Christmas' Performed there delightfully by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire..
You are correct.
bring it on
Very nice. In the spirit of constructive criticism, if this were to be done again, I'd ask the choreographer to allow the dancers a little more movement, allowing them to dance around the stage and around each other as opposed to being so stationary. It's almost as if he was afraid they'd bang into each other so he kept the dancers in their own personal spaces. I'd also focus on the dancers who either weren't smiling and having fun (the audience pays to see you have fun) or looking down instead of up and out with confidence. Butterworth, great job dancing and singing but SMILE!!! Even on Broadway my attention is drawn away from a number by those who do not smile. And I KNOW how expensive good wigs are but I'd rethink a few of these. Ms. Palmer's wig (and, actually, sincerity of delivery) came off a little too "Baby June." Foster's wig in "Anything Goes" was equally as bouncy, unnatural-looking and distracting. BUT ... if I can be this picky, it must have been a great and enjoyable production. Stage productions are usually ten times more enjoyable live, of course, than on screen and I did enjoy this.