The delicious Judy Blazer sings an original song written just for her!

Paprika

I'm so proud of this cue that I wrote for a scene where Prince Eric walks down a steep mountain to find what is the imposter, Ursula, singing Ariel's siren song.

The Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Eric's Decision

Composed by David Krane especially for the 1986 series 'FILM ON FILM' for PBS, hosted by Vito Russo, this 24 minute soundtrack performed in one take by the composer is one of the most rare film fragments from 1919, considered to be the first film on the subject of Homosexuality. Banned and burned by the Nazis, this fragment was discovered in an German attic and restored.

Different From The Others (1919) - 1986 Soundtrack

Theme from 'An Uncommon Woman' - anuncommonwomanfilm.com

Waltz For Rhoda

Excerpts from the musical "Aspire"; visit davidkrane.com for more information

Behind Every Story

Waking From a Dream

A magical vocal quartet beckons us into a world where creative desire creates reality as Garson, a musical theatre composer, asks us if we've ever longed to live in another time. Alice, his collaborator and sometimes lover, rushes in to Grand Central Station to meet him for her celebratory birthday lunch on the Super Chief dining car restaurant, a new hot spot, recreated on a track at the station.

01. Prologue

Upon learning that the show option they were counting on is not moving forward,
Alice blows out the candles on her birthday cake while making an impassioned wish that if they could go back in time to the Golden Age of Hollywood, 1949, they would flourish. The lights magically change, and incredibly, the dining car is actually moving, and they are amazed to find that her wish was granted. The waiter, now transformed into a train conductor, presents them with round trip tickets good only for one year. They arrive at Union Station, Hollywood, where their song, GOIN' HOLLYWOOD, is a big production number where 'everyone knows their song!'.
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02. Goin' Hollywood

Alice and Garson meet A.J. Engerman, head writer at MGM, who is intrigued enough to hire them.
​They meet the quirky team of writers, and Nancy, an ardently socialist MGM mail girl who takes a shine to Garson, and they are clued in to how things work at MGM.
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03. Tap It Out

Wangling an invitation to one of Gene Kelly's parties, Alice and Garson compose a tour-de-force song to show off their talents to the Hollywood elite, 'Naming Names', a satire about the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and the Communist scare, which was building at that time. With a stylistic nod to the great Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers, this number is a huge success, but also quite incendiary.

04. Naming Names

AJ congratulates Alice & Garson for their brilliant work, but says they are 'too smart' for Hollywood, and should never write this kind of song again in this dangerous political climate. We learn that he had been a Communist in the 30's and worries that he will be found out.
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05. Too Smart

Alice and Garson have a great meeting with L.B. Mayer, who has been told of their success at Gene Kelly's party. He advises them not to write songs like that again, but at the same time gives them an option to write a new movie musical, 'The Sewing Girl', which will star a tap-dancing Ann Miller playing Betsy Ross. A.J. is to direct, a huge promotion for him, but he has to sign a pledge that he has never been a Communist. Alice convinces him to do it, but at the shoot, he is served with papers to appear before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and his career is now over. Garson, at the Act One curtain, 'What have we done, Alice?'
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07. In The Blink Of An Eye

Act 2 opens at a screening for 'The Sewing Girl', starring Ann Miller playing a tap-dancing Betsy Ross, which is a monumental bomb. The Writers delight in AJ's failure, as he had stolen the idea from one of them. 
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08. It Couldn't Happen To A Nicer Guy

The Writers' schadenfreude couldn't be contained in one number. They encore their glee at AJ's huge flop film.

09. Nicer Guy Encore

In spite of everything, Alice and Garson take a moment to marvel at all that's happening to them in 1949.
"You gotta admit it's exciting!"
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10. You Gotta Admit

Nancy, the far left leaning mail girl, smitten, tries to forcefully convince Garson that only she has his best interests at heart and that Alice is not at all the one for him.

11. Nancy's Song

After being named as a Communist and fired, A. J. sees his name being scraped off the door of his office and sings a sad and soulful song about his destroyed life and the hell that he's going through.
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12. Your Name On The Door

As a result of the failure of 'The Sewing Girl', Garson is loaned out to Republic Pictures in 'Gower Gulch', so named for the many Westerns that were filmed on Gower Street. He writes a song, featuring Alice's 'Wonderlads',  but without Alice, who has been promoted to AJ's old job at MGM. It's not going well for either of them.
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13. Gower Gulch

In honor of the 90th birthday of the late Alice Hammerstein Mathias, sung by Rebecca Luker with David Krane at the piano.

Krane/Cole

Alice's Song by Stephen Cole & David Krane

The York Theatre Off Broadway Cast of the true story of Stephen Cole and David Krane's wild adventure writing the first American musical to premiere in the Middle East.

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