The opening scene from PERFECT PICTURE, (Life is a Dangerous Dance )is performed on CD by Broadway artists, Lillias White and Tom Wopat.  Set at the WHITE PLAINS FAIR OF 1904, the sexy but oily Barker (Wopat) lures a ten year old Norman Rockwell into his seedy Side Show.  At his side is the notorious Amy the Wild Woman (White).  

"Life Is A Dangerous Dance"  From PERFECT PICTURE

Broadway Tony Nominees Emily Skinner, Mark Jacoby, and Bob Stillman recreate the turning point in Norman Rockwell's career as they perform, "Think About the Future."     A young illustrator at THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Norman (Stillman) is perfectly satisfied, until  a fast talking art editor (Jacoby) at the new and glitzy magazine LIBERTY makes him an unbelievable offer if he will sign an exclusive contract.  He doesn't want to leave THE POST, but his wife (Skinner) has other plans! 

"Think About the Future"      from PERFECT PICTURE

In this "11 o'clock number," Tony Winner Lillias White plays the Chanteuse, who reveals in "Perfect Picture,"  Norman Rockwell's  secret guilt regarding his second wife Mary, who now struggles with  alcohol addiction.  

"Perfect Picture"   Title Song from PERFECT PICTURE

Performed by Tony Nominated  Bob Stillman as Norman Rockwell, "Let Me Paint You a Picture" is  Norman's proposal of marriage to the beautiful Mary Barstow.    At the opening of ACT II of PERFECT PICTURE, a  newly divorced Norman  (Bob Stillman) has sworn off love.  Three weeks after meeting Mary Barstow, he is "down on his knee." 

"Let Me Paint You a Picture"

Tony Nominee Andrea McArdle plays the role of Mary Barstow in the studio cast recording of PERFECT PICTURE.  Mary was Norman Rockwell's second wife and 14 years younger.   She married him at the moment when his popularity was reaching celebrity status.    Unlike his first wife, Irene,  Mary not only loved Norman but believed he was a great artist.  Still, their first year of marriage marked the beginning of his life-long bouts with deep depression.   In "A Husband Is,"  a troubled Mary acknowledges that  love is irrational.     

"A Husband Is"  from PERFECT PICTURE

Finale from the holiday musical, BROADWAY SINGS THE ODD POTATO  (book and lyrics by Eileen Bluestone Sherman and music by Gail C. Bluestone, "Child's Dream Will Light the Way," has been performed in concert from New York City's Lincoln Center to a Cathedral  in Rome, Italy, and continues to be a holiday favorite on the airwaves yearly.

16 A Child's Dream Will Light The Way (feat. Lillias White)

In BROADWAY SINGS THE ODD POTATO, Joe Levy grieves for the death of his young wife, Anna.  Here on THE ODD POTATO: THE BROADWAY ALBUM, Tony Winner Hal Linden captures the devoted husband's anguish and longing.

One More Day

In this new musical about legendary artist Norman Rockwell, the character of the sassy Chanteuse (Tony Winner,Lillias White) comments on Norman's "less than perfect first marriage" and his young wife's boredom and frustration with her life.  Driving home that point is the tap accompaniment by Broadway Choreographer and Two-time Tony Nominee Randy Skinner.  