As for the Topic of the Day...
The first song that comes to mind, well, actually it's a mélodie, is Debussy's setting of the Verlaine poem, "Green", that is paired with "Spleen" as part of the Ariettes Oubliées. I remember having to learn that accompaniment for some grad school auditions - and I still have most of it "memorized" in my fingers. Fauré also set the same poem, but sets a totally different mood with his harmonies.
I love "Chevaux du bois" from
Ariettes oubliees, which is not about green, but Giuseppe Verdi's name is Joe Green and I love nearly everything he wrote.
I'm back: good blood pressure, loss of 12 lbs, and I have a chest xray tmorrow at 12:30.
To continue the saga of David Morse, John Dossett, and Stuart White: Stuart was the original director of CRIMES OF THE HEART regionally and a lot of the play's success, I believe, is due to his input since I have yet to see another Beth Henley play as good. For the 30s revue, John Dossett sang beautifully Rodgers & Hart's "My Romance" from JUMBO, and David, who's a much better actor than singer, had "Brother, Can You spare A Dime," as I recall. I met Tom Jones' first wife Elinor through Stuart; he was directing a play she'd written with Jeanne Moreau in the title. Elinor was a major reason Tom and Harvey became interested in Colete, since it was her play about the author that got the ball rolling.
I last saw John, who's married to Michelle Pawk, at a preview of CABARET and I haven't seen David in probably 20 years since he and his wife live in LA.