Suzanne Somers sings "Fifty Percent" from BALLROOM

[morosco]

Fifty Percent (from Ballroom) performed by Suzanne Somers

[BobbyBubby]

Genius!

[fashionguru_23]

Bless you for finding this!! How I wish I had seen this!

In case anyone is wondering, Ms. Somers also wants you to "Take Back Your Mink": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3bzxDSxD0s She also wonders 'If I Only Had A Brain". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwm6-4bX84

[WldKingdomHM]

omg this is amazing. I never laughed so hard at a show in my life. this is everything

[JSquared2]

Ah yes --- one of the MANY highlights (lowlights?) of a show that culminated with Ms. Somers pushing a huge cart out onstage loaded to the gills with every product she had ever hawked on HSN, QVC, etc.

[BrodyFosse123]

[bryan2]

WTF was that...did she really think she was that interesting that people wanted to know her life story...just beyond awful

 

[BrodyFosse123]

WTF was that...did she really think she was that interesting that people wanted to know her life story...just beyond awful

Heck, this got her finally ON Broadway and in her own one-woman show and reviewed by The New York Times and doing material she wanted to do.  So, it all didn't fair well after all, at least she's part of Broadway history and now has more material to talk about.  Not too shabby, I'd say.  Better to try and fail than never trying at all.  One off her Bucket List.  Next hurdle.  

  

[JSquared2]

No surprise --- her husband is the sole producer listed in the Playbill --- nothing but a vanity project.

[WldKingdomHM]

Let’s not forget the Thunderbird car costume.

[BrodyFosse123]

We... will... never... forget.

[SomethingPeculiar]

This made me go back and listen to Dorothy Loudon's stunning original version. Billy Goldenberg's melody is fairly straightforward, but that arrangement/orchestration is really sophisticated. The accompaniment could almost be its own composition. (Not surprising, Goldenberg started out as a Broadway dance arranger and primarily worked as a film composer, and Jonathan Tunick did the orchestrations for Ballroom.)

[WldKingdomHM]

That pic is everything.

[Prisoner of 7th Ave]

Even with the horrible quality of the video of Loudon's Tony night performance, it  shines like the lighthouse at Pharos  compared with Suzanne Somers's amateur night foray.  

[morosco]

I'm sure you guys have seen Loudon sing this 1998. Just sublime.

Loudon