Souvenirs of Paris, 1950
The most widely-performed of Claudia's cabaret programs for schools and her only character-driven theatre-piece, Souvenirs of Paris, 1950 introduces Marcelle, a Parisian café owner who recounts through song the events of her tumultuous life in France before,
during and after World War II. Includes songs made famous by Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf,
Juliette Gréco and Yves Montand and songs celebrating the Paree of American
composers Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and Vernon Duke.
Playlist
The "long show" runs about 75 minutes
That's what makes Paris Paree
Sammy Cahn & Vernon Duke
Champs-Elysées
Mike Deighan, Mike Wilsh, Pierre Delanoe
Le gamin de Paris
Mick Micheyl & André Mares
Grands boulevards
Jacques Plante & Norbert Glanzberg
La vie en rose
Edith Piaf & Mack David
Barbara
Jacques Prévert & Joseph Kosma
Paris Blues
Duke Ellington
Cabdriver's Nightmare
(Le cauchemar du chauffeur de taxi)
Jacques Prévert & Joseph Kosma
Poor People of Paris
Jack Lawrence & Marguerite Monnot
Another Song about Paris
David Frishberg
Milord
Georges Moustaki & Marguerite Monnot
Aux �les Hawaii Pascal & Jean Bastia
Les berceaux
Gabriel Fauré & Sully Prudhomme
L'accordéoniste
Michel Emer
Les feuilles mortes/Autumn Leaves
Jacques Prévert & Joseph Kosma; Johnny Mercer
You don't know Paree
Cole Porter
Non, je ne regrette rien
Michel Vaucaire & Charles Dumont
C'est si bon - as an encore!
Henri Betti & André Hornez
