JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS

'''Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris''' is an American musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel. The original show debuted Off-Broadway in 1968 at The Village Gate Theater in Greenwich Village and ran for more than four years. Its original performers were Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Shawn Elliott, and Alice Whitfield. The production was directed by Moni Yakim with Production Supervision by Eric Blau. In 1974, it was revived at the Astor Place Theatre for a limited run.
The revue, consisting of around 25 songs, is performed by four vocalists, two male and two female. Jacques Brel contributed most of the music and French lyrics; English translations were provided by Eric Blau, Stone's husband, and Mort Shuman, a Brill Building songwriter responsible for such hits as "This Magic Moment", "Viva Las Vegas", "Teenager In Love", and countless others.
The production enjoyed considerable success not only in New York but also in Johannesburg, South Africa in the 1970s, becoming the longest-running musical production in that country's musical history. In 1975, a film version was released as part of the American Film Theatre series.


A 1988 limited-run revival served as the 20th anniversary production of the show at Town Hall in Manhattan (and one night at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.). It was produced by Eric Blau and Dr. Reuben Hoppenstein and was directed by Elly Stone and starred Karen Akers, Shelley Ackerman, Elmore James and Kenny Morris.
In 2006, a new production opened Off-Broadway at the Zipper Theater in New York City for an open-ended run. While this revival used the same Blau-Schumann translations as the original production, there were also significant changes: the order of songs was rearranged, numbers were reorchestrated, and some songs were dropped or added. The well-received production was directed by Gordon Greenberg with musical direction and new arrangements by Eric Svejcar and starred Robert Cuccioli, Natascia Diaz, Rodney Hicks and Gay Marshall. The cast recording of the new production was recorded by Ghostlight Records for release on November 21, 2006.

Contents

Musical Numbers

Reference

Musical Numbers

#Overture
#Marathon (Les flamandes)
#Alone (Seul)
#Madeleine
#I Loved (J'aimais)
#Mathilde
#Bachelor's Dance (La bourrée du célibataire)
#Timid Frieda (Les timides)
#My Death (La mort)
#The Girls And The Dogs (Les filles et les chiens)
#Jackie (La chanson de Jacky)
#The Statue
#Desperate Ones (Les désespérés)
#Sons of... (Fils de...)
#Amsterdam
#The Bulls (Les taureaux)
#Old Folks (Les vieux)
#Marieke
#Brussels (Bruxelles)
#Fanette (La fanette)
#Funeral Tango (Le tango funèbre)
#The Middle Class (Les bourgeois)
#You're Not Alone (Jef)
#Next (Au suivant)
#Caousel (La valse à mille temps)
#If We Only Have Love (Quand on n'a que l'amour)
SONGS ADDED FOR THE 1975 FILM VERSION
#The Taxi Cab (Le Gaz)
#My Childhood (Mon Enfance)
#My Last Supper (Le Dernier Repas)
#Song For Old Lovers (La Chanson Des Vieux Amants)
SONG ORDER FOR THE 2006 REVIVAL
ACT ONE
#Le Diable (Ça Va)
#If We Only Have Love
#Alone
#I Loved
#Jackie
#My Childhood
#Madeleine
#Bachelor’s Dance
#Fanette
#Le Moribond
#The Desperate Ones
#Timid Frieda
#The Girls And The Dogs
#Statue
#Sons Of
#Amsterdam
ACT TWO
#The Bulls
#Brussels
#Ne Me Quitte Pas
#Middle Class
#Old Folks
#Funeral Tango
#My Death
#Marieke
#Song For Old Lovers
#Next
#No Love You’re Not Alone
#Carousel
#If We Only Have Love

Reference

''The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology'' by Stanley Green and Richard Walters