Carlson-Palmer Productions LLC presents
“Fools for Love: Happiness & Heartache in Broadway, Opera and the Great American Songbook”
Fourteenth Annual Concert
Let’s fall in love!! We present our fourteenth annual concert of Broadway & opera selections, plus fantastic tunes from the Great American Songbook. Our concert was filmed live on August 25, 2024 and follows the romantic journey of Emma and Paul as they meet, fall in love, and experience happiness and heartache - while we support literacy and Arts Integration programs at Fairview Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana.
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To learn more about Fairview Elementary School, please visit www.mccsc.edu/fairview.
Thank you for being part of the Fairview community! Our wonderful audience members (in-person and online) have donated over $35,000 since 2014 to benefit literacy and Arts Integration programs at Fairview as it serves students whose families often face significant economic challenges.
Concert Program
Act I, Part 1
“Lucky Day” (from George White’s Scandals: Buddy DeSylva) - Overture & opening titles
1:31 “I’ve Got the World on a String” (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
3:03 Welcome remarks & cast intros; Great American Songbook; meet Emma & Paul
8:17 Duet Medley: “All I Need Now Is the Girl” (Gypsy: Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim);
“A Sunday Kind of Love” (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, Louis Prima)
Act I, Part 2
11:00 Fairview Elementary School, Bloomington, Indiana: A community of support & donation info
13:55 Intro: Carmen first rehearsal
14:19 Dialogue: Emma & Paul
14:44 Duet: “Si tu m’aimes, Carmen” (Carmen: Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy)
16:31 Intro: Bizet’s Carmen; Emma & Paul's opening night
18:30 Aria - Seguidilla: “Près des remparts de Séville” (Carmen)
21:03 Aria - Toreador Song: “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre” (Carmen)
Act I, Part 3
25:51 History of Fairview Elementary
28:13 Intro: Carmen closing night; Immigrants & the Great American Songbook
29:48 Dialogue: Paul & Emma
30:24 “I Only Have Eyes for You” (Dames: Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
Act I Finale
33:13 Intro: New relationship; taking it slow or rushing in?
35:08 Dialogue: Emma & Paul
35:31 “My Foolish Heart” (My Foolish Heart: Victor Young, Ned Washington)
37:48 “Let’s Fall in Love” (Let’s Fall in Love: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
39:15 “Taking a Chance on Love” (Cabin in the Sky: Vernon Duke, John LaTouche, Todd Fetter)
Entr’acte
41:15 “Just in Time” ( Bells Are Ringing: Jule Styne); video segment on Fairview Elementary Arts Integration programs; donation info
Act II, Part 1
44:33 Intro: Welcome back & thanks; after happiness, heartache
47:44 “Well, of all people … Long ago” (Trouble in Tahiti: Leonard Bernstein)
52:25 Dialogue: Paul & Emma
53:11 “I’m a Fool to Want You” (Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra)
57:54 “Send in the Clowns” (A Little Night Music: Stephen Sondheim)
1:01:53 “A Cottage for Sale” (Willard Robison, Larry Conley)
Act II, Part 2
1:05:00 Intro: What now?
1:05:57 “Stormy Weather” (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
1:10:33 “We’ll Be Together Again” (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine)
Act II Finale
1:14:15 Intro: Final thanks & donations; Emma & Paul’s journey; “fools for love”
1:15:57 Dialogue: Emma & Paul
1:16:45 “Almost Like Being in Love” (Brigadoon: Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)
1:18:12 “Just in Time” (Bells Are Ringing: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
1:18:58 “Lucky Day” (George White’s Scandals: Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
1:21:40 “Lucky Day” - end credits & final bows
Cast
Anna Singer, soprano
Richard Lewis, baritone
Robert Frankenberry, pianist
Production
Stage Direction: Richard Lewis
Videography & Audio Mixing: Steve Sobiech
Video Production & Editing: Payton Whaley
Benefit Support: Kiwanis Club of Bloomington, IN; Goldin Appraisals
Program Support: Don Harp; Anna Singer
Broadcast video shows full list of credits.