A Fine Romance

Saturday night Polly and I attended a benefit for the Motion Picture & Television Fund. This was the 4th Annual “A Fine Romance”. The party was held at the Sony Pictures Studios (formerly the MGM Studios, where some of the best musicals ever were shot including “Singing In The Rain”). They had converted a large soundstage into two separate areas, one for cocktails and hors d’oeuvers, the other for the wonderful show we were treated to.

Catherine Zeta-Jones & Hugh Jackman hosted a the star-studded evening celebrating the love affair between Broadway and Hollywood.  Accompanied by a live orchestra under the baton of the Hollywood Bowl’s John Mauceri, a breathtaking array of singers from film and stage musicals performed the songs that have tied both coasts together for decades.

The list of performers included Amy Adams, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Sandy Duncan, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Kelly, Zachary Levi, Audra MacDonald, James Marsden, Donna Murphy, John Lloyd Young and Zeta-Jones. It was a tight 90 minute show full of singing and dancing!

My favorite song in the show was Sandy Duncan singing "Neverland" from "Peter Pan". It made me think of my kids and brought a tear to me eyes. If you don't know the song, here are the lyrics.

I have a place where dreams are born,
And time is never planned.
It's not on any chart,
You must find it with your heart.
Never Never Land.

It might be miles beyond the moon,
Or right there where you stand.
Just keep an open mind,
And then suddenly you'll find
Never Never Land.

You'll have a treasure if you stay there,
More precious far than gold.
For once you have found your way there,
You can never, never grow old.

And that's my home where dreams are born,
And time is never planned.
Just think of lovely things.
And your heart will fly on wings,
Forever in Never Never Land.

You'll have a treasure if you stay there,
More precious far than gold.
For once you have found your way there,
You can never, never grow old.

And that's my home where dreams are born,
And time is never planned.
Just think of lovely things.
And your heart will fly on wings,
Forever in Never Never Land