starring
Julia McKenzie , Elizabeth Seal Teddy Green and David Kernan
Introduced and narrated at the piano by the composer and Hollywood film producer Arthur Schwartz
'They Didn't Believe Me', 'Ole Man River ', ' I Won't Dance ', ' A Fine Romance', 'Look for the Silver Lining ', Smoke gets in Your Eyes', 'All the Things You Are'.
A cast of singers and dancers and a 30-piece session band get together in an informal appreciation of the many flawless melodies of a master composer of theatre music. Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was the father-figure of American popular composers whose song ' They Didn't Believe Me ', written in 1914, influenced them all and set America on the path away from imported European operetta. Dancers: CHRISTINE CARLSON
JANE DARLING , CAROLYNN HAMILTON
HARRY HIGHAM
GERARD HUNT , BRYAN PAYNE
THE MIKE SAMMES SINGERS DON LUSHER (trombone) Pianist and arranger
DENNIS WILSON
Musical director RONNIE HAZLEHURST Choreography GILLIAN GREGORY Script associate BENNY GREEN Lighting ROBBIE ROBINSON Sound LEN SHOREY
Designer STEPHEN BROWNSEY Director RON ISTED
Producer KENNETH CORDEN