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A scene from Disney's "On The Record": Left to right, Tyler Maynarg Meredith Inglesby
Andrew Samonsky Keewa Narulkzh, Andy Karl.
SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News
C
lifford Schwartz can identify him-
self as production supervisor for
two upcoming shows — On the
Recorg the Disney musical soon to arrive
at the Fisher Theatre, and his younger
daughter's bat mitzvah party soon to be
held on Long Island.
Music is critical to both.
"The music and the way it's arranged
in On the Record set this show apart,"
says Schwartz, 47, who will be overseeing
the technical elements during the Detroit
run, Feb. 8-27. "The cast, on a sound-
studio set, gets through 64 songs from
Disney films and other projects to tell
the new stories of this production."
Two romances, one involving a young
couple and another linking a more
mature duo, develop without dialogue.
The sequenced songs, written over a
span of 75 years, join with innovative
staging to carry the story lines, which are
enacted by eight cast members backed
up by a nine-member band.
The selection of music reaches back to
the 1930s and includes the writing of
Jewish composers.
Clearly, Alan Menken has the largest
impact, with songs from the most recent
Home on the Range as well as The Little
Mermaid Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin,
Hercules and The Hunchback of Notre
Dame, completed with various writing
partners.
Randy Newman's numbers were heard
in Toy Story, while brothers Richard and -
Robert Sherman are represented through
selections from Mary Poppins.
Very familiar tunes include Menken's
"Be Our Guest," Newman's "You've Got
a Friend in Me" and the Shermans' "A
Spoonful of Sugar."
"This show is aimed at a family audi-
ence, and it's a good way to introduce
young people to the stage," says
Schwartz, who has supervised five pro-
ductions of Aida and three productions
of Chicago. "It's for adults who listened
to many of the songs when they were
kids and are continuing to listen to
them. It's also for kids who are listening
to the numbers as new songs."
"The songs in On the Record give peo-
ple a feeling of joy and happiness," says
Schwartz, who has toured to Detroit
with Big: the Musical and Sing Mahalia
Sing. "When I brought my kids to see
the show, it gave me satisfaction and
enjoyment to watch their faces as they
recognized the tunes."
As Schwartz visits the tour cities (the
show has yet to appear on Broadway) to
make sure all the technical elements are
in place, he takes time to meet with the
people, including the DJ, involved in his
daughter's bat mitzvah. Although he
doesn't believe the DJ will be inclined to
include the music from On the Record for
the dancing teenage guests, he's trying to
think of a way to get at least one cast
member to perform one of the songs.
"The music plays out in my head," he
explains. "An important part of the beau-
ty of the arrangements is the way the
music flows between songs. Sometimes,
the show has a portion of a song to roll
into the next. My favorite is 'Reflection'
from Mulan. It takes my breath away
because it's so stunning to hear."
On the Record runs Feb. 8-27 at the
Fisher Theatre. Performance times
are 8 p.m. Tuesdays Fridays, 2 and 8
p.m. Saturdays and 1 and 6:30 p.m.
Sundays. $32.50-$72.50. (313) 872-
1000 or (248) 645-6666.