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Infinite Joy is a tribute to William Finn performed at Joe's Pub in January 2001 as part of The Songbook Series. A live recording was made on RCA Victor on January 14th and 15th, 2001.

The show featured Liz Callaway, Carolee Carmello, Lewi Cleale, Stephen DeRosa, Wanda Houston, Norm Lewis, Mary Testa, Farah Alvin, James Sasser, and Kristin Woodbury singing well-known and not-so-well-known songs by William Finn. Finn himself even sings a few numbers! They are accompanied by Vadim Feichtner on piano.

Song Sung by From
Mister, Make Me a Song William Finn written for Mandy Patinkin to sing on an album of Finn's music
How Marvin Eats His Breakfast Stephen DeRosa with Farah Alvin, James Sasser, Kristin Woodbury In Trousers
The Music Still Plays On Wanda Houston A New Brain
Republicans William Finn Written in response to the 2000 elections
I'd Rather Be Sailing Liz Callaway A New Brain
Hitchhiking Across America Lewis Cleale with Farah Alvin, James Sasser, Kristin Woodbury written for abandoned show about trying to find love
That's Enough For Me Wanda Houston Romance in Hard Times
And They're Off Lewis Cleale with Farah Alvin, James Sasser, Kristin Woodbury A New Brain
Anytime Norm Lewis cut from A New Brain (and later performed in Elegies)
The Baseball Game Stephen DeRosa Falsettoland
All Fall Down Mary Testa America Kicks Up It's Heels/ Romance in Hard Times
When the Earth Stopped Turning Carolee Carmello written after the death of Finn's mother
Set Those Sails Mary Testa with Farah Alvin and Kristin Woodbury In Trousers
I Have Found Carolee Carmello The Royal Family of Broadway
Infinite Joy Liz Callaway written on a vacation
Stupid Things I Won't Do William Finn The Royal Family of Broadway
Infinite Joy (Reprise) Norm Lewis written on a vacation

Some pictures can be found here from the Carolee Carmello website.


More Infinite Joy: The Music of Bill Finn

More Infinite Joy: The Music of Bill Finn was performed at The Kaufman Center in New York on Monday, March 29, 2004 as part of the BROADWAY CLOSE UP series. The show featured Betty Buckley, Stephen De Rosa, Jerry Dixon, Raul Esparza, Janet Metz, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Gi-Hieh Lee, Sebastian Arcelus, Lisa Howard, Kate Wetherhead. Vadim Feichtner was again Music Director & played piano. William Finn himself sang a few songs!

The songs were:

Song Sung by From
Mark's All Male Thanksgiving William Finn Elegies
How Marvin Eats His Breakfast De Rosa, Arclus, Howard, Wetherhead In Trousers
Chess Game/This Had Better Come to a Stop Dixon, Esparza March of the Falsettos
My Dogs Ferguson Elegies
All Fall Down Metz America Kicks Up It's Heels/ Romance in Hard Times
Republicans William Finn Written in response to the 2000 elections
Only One Buckley
Elegies
Mister Choi and Madame G. Dixon with Arcelus,Howard Wetherhead
Elegies
I'm Not that Smart Ferguson
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Hitchhiking Across America Esparza with Arceus, Howard ,Wetherhead written for abandoned show about trying to find love
Monica and Mark Esparza, Ferguson, and Dixon
Elegies
Anytime Metz
Elegies
The Baseball Game De Rosa Falsettoland
Let's Take a Stroll Arcelus Wetherhead The Royal Family of Broadway
Gloriously Imperfect De Rosa
The Royal Family of Broadway
I Have Found Howard
The Royal Family of Broadway
Stupid Things I Won't Do William Finn The Royal Family of Broadway
Joe Papp Dixon with Esparza, Ferguson Elegies
I'm Not That Pretty Lee
co-written with Gi-Hieh Lee
Welcome to My Hole De Rosa
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
I'd Rather be Sailing Dixon A New Brain
And They're Off Esparza with Arcelus, Howard Wetherhead
A New Brain
I'm Breaking Down Metz
March of the Falsettos
14 Dwight Ave Buckley, Ferguson Elegies
The Day the Earth Stopped Turning Ferguson
Elegies
Infinite Joy Buckley
Elegies
What More Can I Say? Esparza Falsettoland

Below is a review by Paul, who also provided all the info about More Infinite Joy:

"Just got back from New York (I live in Vancouver). I booked a seat for this
William celebration last August and was not disappointed. The Merken Concert
Hall was sold out.

What a phenomenal event. Hosted by Mr. Finn, who sang three songs himself.
The event lasted three hours - two hours longer than promised.

Singing was out of this world. Hard to tell you the highlights, but Betty
Buckley's Infinite Joy the perfomers were all so good. Janet Metz, as
probably know, is currently off Broadway now in You're Perfect Now Change.
Jerry Dixon, Raul Esparza, Jesse Ferguson and Stephen DeRosa are all well
respected Broadway talents.

Even the back-up singers, especially Lisa Howard who gave a mind blowing
performance (brought the house down) of I Have Found, form The Royal Family.

A great, great, evening!"

 

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