 Song of Singapore
Musical-comedy-cabaret
Book, Music and Lyrics by Erik Frandsen; Michael Garin; Robert Hipkens;
Paula Lockheart.
Song of Singapore , Off-Broadway: 459 (Perfs)
May Fair Theatre, London - 2 July - 9 September, 2001
Synopsis
Song of Singapore is an excuse for some fun.
Set in Singapore in 1941, the show is about dizzy, dumb blonde chanteuse
Rose, who has lost her memory. As the Japanese are about to attack Rose
comes out of amnesia with the news she is the long-lost Amelia Earhart.
As the show ends she decides to rescue her beloved bandsmen by flying
them to safety. Unfortunately, the safe haven she chooses is in Hawaii,
and by now it is, of course, December 7th , the day that will live in
infamy, the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour.
The score is a vivid parade of 40s parodies and pastiches (Andrews Sisters
close-harmony, scat, swing, gospel) with just enough of an original twist
to deliver a comic punch.
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