Welcome to Episode Ten of Show Tunes with Kate Botello! This week - the Holiday Show! It's an hour of holiday treats from all over Broadway. We’ll hear tunes both jolly and sentimental, some from unexpected places. At Intermission, we’ll have a chat with our friend Nate Patten, who just opened the holiday run of ELF at Madison Square Garden.
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Click through to see this week's playlist, watch a show-stopping dance number and find out how to hear your voice on the show!
Here's this week's playlist:
- ELF: THE MUSICAL (2010) - Overture
- IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS (2008) - Snow
- WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) - White Christmas
- IRMA LA DOUCE (1960) - Christmas Child
- BEST LITTLE WH*REHOUSE IN TEXAS (1978) - Hard Candy Christmas
- THE WHO'S TOMMY (1993) - Christmas/See Me, Feel Me
- PROMISES, PROMISES (1968) - Turkey Lurkey Time
INTERMISSION - An interview with Nate Patten, Musical Director of ELF: THE MUSICAL on tour and for the Broadway Holiday run! Plus, "There is a Santa Claus."
- LEADER OF THE PACK (1985) - Christmas/Baby Please Come Home
- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2011) - Christmas is My Favorite Time of Year
- HERE'S LOVE (1963) - Pine Cones and Holly Berries/It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
- SHE LOVES ME (1963) - Twelve Days to Christmas
- MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- ELF: THE MUSICAL (2010) - Finale
- Under the credits - MAME (1966) - We Need a Little Christmas
Here is the incredible, "Turkey Lurkey Time," from PROMISES, PROMISES. Choreography by Michael Bennett and Bob Avian. Featuring the fabulous Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee and Margo Sappington. Happy Everything, everybody!
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