This unique musical revue features 40 of the songs that first put Irving Berlin on the map. There are rollicking numbers that many of us will know from performances of them, in films, by the likes of Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Alice Faye, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman.... Others will comes as wonderful surprises. The show is written for 10 singing actors--five male, five female. Simple unit set.
Judy Garland, Louis B. Mayer, Irving Berlin
ASCAP award-winner Chip Deffaa, who conceived and created this show, has mixed Berlin classics with delightful rarities, opening a window onto a golden age of entertainment. This show offers terrific opportunites for singing and dancing--with just enough facts about Berlin thrown in, to set these memorable musical numbers in context....
We're grateful to the actors who've been helping us develop this show. Instrumental demo recordings are available now. We'll be making vocal demo recordings this year.
From left to right: Matt Zanfagna, Casie Pepe-Winshell, Michael Kasper, Tori Weaver, Emily Bordonaro, Chip Deffaa, Alex Craven, Missy Dreier, Joris de Graaf, Peter Charney, Rachel Hundert, Chloe Brooks, Michael Townsend Wright
The Berlin name is magic. And so are the Berlin songs. The Irving Berlin RagtimeRevue is a surefire crowd-pleaser!
The Irving Berlin Ragtime Revue may be licensed from: Chip Deffaa Productions 50 Quartz Lane Paterson, NJ 07501-3345 telephone: (973) 684-3340 Email: originalcast1@aol.com
Or contact: Peter Sawyer President The Fifi Oscard Agency 110 W. 40th St., Suite #704 New York, NY 10018 tel. (212) 764-1100 Email: psawyer@fifioscard.com
Big thanks to the terrific singing actors who've helped us in the launching of this show. (Pictures below are from our first reading, at Ripley Grier Studios in New York.) Instrumental demo recordings are available now. We'll be making vocal demo recordings this year.
From left to right: Alex Craven, Michael Kasper, Tori Weaver, Emily Bordonaro, Chip Deffaa, Casie Pepe-Winshell, Joris de Graaf, Missy Dreier, Peter Charney, Rachel Hundert, Chloe Brooks, Michael Townsend Wright
THE IRVING BERLIN RAGTIME REVUE, a high-spirited, song-driven musical show, featuring more than 40 irresistible numbers, requires a cast of ten players (five female, five male).
This is one of five different shows celebrating Berlin that Chip Deffaa has created. You might also be interested in these other shows (all of which are available for licensing now):
THE IRVING BERLIN STORY is a full-scale biographical musical, written for 20 or 30 (or more) players. You can make the chorus as large as you desire. This is a perfect choice for schools, colleges, community theaters and regional theaters seeking to present an exuberant musical comedy with a big cast. IRVING BERLIN & CO. is a lively biographical musical written for a cast of 12 or so players.
IRVING BERLIN'S AMERICA, an intriguing two-character musical play, is set on the last night of Berlin's life. A curious young visitor gets Berlin to review the life he's led.
IRVING BERLIN: IN PERSON is a one-man show--a terrific vehicle for a triple-threat entertainer.
Irving Berlin and his first wife, Dorothy Goetz Berlin
Irving Berlin and friends...
The Irving Berlin Ragtime Revue may be licensed from: Chip Deffaa Productions 50 Quartz Lane Paterson, NJ 07501-3345 telephone: (973) 684-3340 Email: originalcast1@aol.com
Or contact: Peter Sawyer President The Fifi Oscard Agency 110 W. 40th St., Suite #704 New York, NY 10018 tel. (212) 764-1100 Email: psawyer@fifioscard.com
