STANDUP SHAKESPEARE Words by William Shakespeare; Music by Ray Leslee; Book by Kenneth Welsh Theatre 890, Off-Broadway - April 4, 1987 (2 perfs) The set-up is simple: a Burlesque style comedian known simply as The Fool trades witticisms with a pair of cabaret singers. Stand-up Shakespeare sets the timeless language of the Bard to the exciting rhythms of jazz, baroque, samba and gospel-rock original music. A fractured love story is performed by a modern-day Fool and two glorious singers. CAST (original members) —Taborah Johnson, Kenneth Welsh, Thomas Young, Jack Bashkow, Marshall Coid, Dean Johnson, Ray Leslee The action occurs Will’s Place, a pub. The revue was presented in two acts. MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE ”Love Is Perjured Everywhere” (from Romeo and Juliet) (Marshall Coid, Thomas Young, Taborah Johnson), “Come Live with Me” (Thomas Young) “Make Me a Willow Cabin” (Taborah Johnson) “Take, Oh Take” (Measure for Measure) (Thomas Young) “I Will Tarry” (Kenneth Welsh) “I Do Love Thee” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Kenneth Welsh) “The Chain Song” (Taborah Johnson) “O Mistress Mine” (Twelfth Night) (Thomas Young) “I to the World” (The Comedy of Errors) (Company) ACT TWO ”When in Disgrace” (Sonnet 29) (Thomas Young) “I Know a Bank” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Ray Leslee) “Will She Not Come Again” (Thomas Young, Ray Leslee, Kenneth Welsh) “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” (Thomas Young, Kenneth Welsh) “Some Glory in Their Birth” (Thomas Young) “That Time of Year” (Kenneth Welsh) “Shall I Compare Thee” (Sonnet 18) (Taborah Johnson) “I Do Love Thee” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Thomas Young) “Love Is Perjured Everywhere” (reprise) (Romeo and Juliet) (Company) INSTRUMENTATION: Piano/Conductor, Woodwinds, Violin, Bass
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