A musical extravaganza featuring old beats in new meters.

It was first performed at Boskone 43, 17 February 2006, Sheraton Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.  A printed libretto was sold at the performance.

Cast: Tom Courtney, David G. Grubbs, Chip Hitchcock, Ellen Kushner, Suford Lewis, Elise Matthesen, Delia Sherman.

Narrator:  John M. Ford.

Accompaniment by Gary McGath, Kip Williams.

Special thanks

to Gay Ellen Dennett ("Of course I can find your sheet music—I'm a librarian.")

to David G. "Keymaster" Grubbs, for scores and transpositions.

produced and directed by Davey Snyder with assistance from Chip Hitchcock.

The Songs

• "The Overture" ("Guys and Dolls," Frank Loesser)—Delia Sherman & Tom Courtney
• "A Matter of Taste" ("Adelaide's Lament," Frank Loesser)—Ellen Kushner
• "Red Moondance" ("Moondance," Van Morrison)—David G. Grubbs
• "You're Snow Vain" (You're So Vain," Carly Simon)—Elise Matthesen
• "Cinderella's Way" ("My Way," Jacques Revaux & Claude Francois)—Ellen Kushner and David G. Grubbs
• "Something Beauty" ("Somethin' Stupid," by C. Carson Parks)—Tom Courtney
• "Beauty and the ..." ("The Man That Got Away," Harold Arlen from A Star is Born)—Suford Lewis
• "Puttin' on the Gander" ("Puttin' on the Ritz," Irving Berlin from Puttin' on the Ritz)—Delia Sherman
• "A Royal Interlude" ("Do You Love Me?" Jerry Bock from Fiddler on the Roof)—Suford Lewis & Chip Hitchcock