The Follies – Musical Comedy players skewering local, national and international politics since 1993
UPDATE: Friday Oct. 3. Hear the Follies 2014 sing Auf Wiedersehen to a certain council member. Hurry A few tickets are still available for Friday. “Overflow” seats Saturday. $100 with food. Get some tickets now online.
Bus Barn theatre – now dubbed the Los Altos Stage Company – will be presenting its humorous roast of politics from the local level…to the international level next week. Lalahpolitico has obtained a titillating preliminary draft of the 22 song musical comedy program. Talented local songwriters have written original librettos that will be sung by local acting talent to popular melodies. This is the 21st year for the “Follies,” making you laugh out loud since 1993.
Tickets are going fast. $60 Thursday, Oct. 2; $100 Friday, Oct. 3 with reception afterwards; $100 Saturday, Oct. 4 with reception afterwards. Get some tickets now online.
Local Follies Roasts
WHATEVER GOOGLE WANTS
Googleplex “large” housing option. Image at www.spur.org
“Whatever Google Wants” … set to the melody of Adler/Ross’s Whatever Lola Wants. Hmmm, Google seems to want Mountain View.
[hr]WHAT SHALL WE DO?
“What Shall We Do with The Civic Center!!!” Photo of citizens brainstorming on oh so many site plans summer 2014
“What shall we do?”… with the Los Altos Civic Center, set to the melody of What shall we do with Drunken Sailor
EXCERPT
What shall we do with the Civic Center?
What shall we do with the Civic Center?
What shall we do with the Civic Center?
To keep the people happy?
Way hay and up she rises
Two stories, up she rises
Three stories, up she rises
Earl-y in the morning.
Add a cafe and a senior center,
Add a cafe and a senior center,
Add a cafe and a senior center,
To keep the people happy.
A CANYON
Los Altos Downtown First Street, Canyon Construction, summer 2014
” A Canyon” …in Los Altos on First Street, set to the melody Maruice Williams’ Little Darlin
EXCERPT
Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay,
It’s a canyon,
A First Street canyon,
Oh, what
Did they do?
It’s too huge-a,
It’s just wrong-a (la la la la la la)
And now
We lost our view, (ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh)
TEN LONG YEARS
“It seems both sides can be wrong. It’s time to find a plan that works.Let it go. So we can stop singing this damn song.”
“Ten Long Years” …before the Los Altos School District and Bullis Charter’s agreement, set to the melody K and R. Lopez’s Let it Go
EXCERPT
We can’t go back, it’s time to find a plan that works; Let it go, let it go
It seems both sides can be wrong
Let it go, let it go
So we can stop singing this damn song,
Here we stand
After ten year’s war
Let’s all move on,
We’ll fight about something new anyway!
USED TO BE
“Used to Be” … we had a Boardwalk Restaurant, set to the melody of Young/Resnik’s Under the Boardwalk
EXCERPT
Our favorite restaurant is down on State Street, Beausejour
You can almost taste their coq au vin and crepes that’s for sure,
It’s disappeared too! Adieu, cherie!
Where are the Los Altos restaurants that used to be?
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Some International Follies Roasts
“On the Blitz” …Russian aggression, set to Irving Berlin’s Putting on the Ritz
“Eastside Story” …Crimea invasion, set to Bernstein/Sondheim’s Maria from Westside Story
“Burning Up” …climate change, set to Dennis Linde’s Burning Love
Get one for your favorite kitty. http://elitedaily.com/news/world/kim-jong-un-and-putin-cat-scratching-posts/764390/
Some U.S. Follies Roast Topics
The One percent vs. the 99%, Concealed carry laws, Donald Sterling racism, Obamacare, Chris Christie, the U.S. Congress
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are going fast. $60 Thursday, Oct. 2; $100 Friday, Oct. 3 with reception afterwards; $100 Saturday, Oct. 4 with reception afterwards. Get some tickets now online.
