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Dateline: 26th January, 2003 He Wasn't Born a Fool - He had to Work Hard to Get That Way! So said Danny Kaye's wife Sylvia Fine. MTM Productions present the premiere of Kaye's the Word!, a celebration of songs made famous by Danny Kaye, by Tony Hare, starring Paul Hull with Sarah Elliott. Musical Director Colin Billing. Directed by Adèle Anderson at the New End Theatre, from Tuesday 18th February to Tuesday 4th March. The premiere of a tribute to Hollywood legend Danny Kaye (written by Tony Hare of Radio 2's The News Huddlines), featuring many of his famous, nonsensical, tongue-twisting songs. In an evening recreating the atmosphere of a bygone era, cabaret star Paul Hull, one of the most versatile singers on Britain's musical cabaret scene, pays tribute to this comedy legend and gets his tongue around such classic songs and routines as "Pellet with the Poison" from the film The Court Jester, Tchaikovsky (in which the names of more than fifty polysyllabic Russian composers are rattled off in 39 seconds), Minnie the Moocher, The Maladjusted Jester, Life Could Not Better Be, Lullabye in Ragtime, Anatole of Paris, No Two People and, not forgetting The Ugly Duckling, from the film Hans Christian Andersen. The production is directed by Adèle Anderson, from the acclaimed comedy group, Fascinating Aida. Danny Kaye was one of the truly great American entertainers, with an enormous creative range, encompassing dance, popular song, classical music, complicated verse, impersonation and improvisation, which melded together into an utterly unique, signature style. He was equally popular and at home on the stage, television, the silver screen, and radio. Born David Daniel Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1913, Danny Kaye's knack for comedy was honed as a comedian in the Catskills. One night, in 1933, he lost his balance and the audience broke into a roar of laughter. He would later incorporate this into his act. Throughout the late 1930s Kaye performed material written by his wife, Sylvia Fine, who would later write many of his most famous lyrics and tongue-twisters. Throughout his career he starred in seventeen movies, including The Kid from Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General, Hans Christian Andersen, and the incomparable The Court Jester. It was in the latter and the "Pellet with the Poison" routine that Kaye displayed the vocal talents which made him famous with " The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, Tickets are £17.00 (£13.00 concessions) . Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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