“For fans of Jerome Kern, a religious experience. The to-die-for vocal arrangements (by the gifted music director David Loud) included dazzling harmonies, and the sort of whistling, humming and ahhhh-ahhh-ahhhh vocals that nobody seems to do anymore. Among the evening's highlights: a beguiling "In the Heart of the Dark"; a haunted "Go, Little Boat"; the funny and sad "Bill"; quirky comic turns "Let's Begin," "We're Crooks" and "Ain't It Funny...?"; and the reassuring finale "Look for the Silver Lining.”
–Playbill.com

Jerome Kern: The Land Where the Good Songs Go

Using the astonishingly fresh music of Jerome Kern and the lyrics of over a dozen of his collaborators, including Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, and P.G. Wodehouse, THE LAND WHERE THE GOOD SONGS GO, a new revue, weaves the stories of three couples (how they meet, fall in love, and face life's inevitable challenges) into a theatrical song cycle that sparkles with wit, tenderness, and warmth. A cast of top Broadway talents -- Kate Baldwin, Heidi Blickstenstaff, Rebecca Luker, Philip Chaffin, Graham Rowat and Matthew Scott -- offer delectable renditions of over 30 Kern songs, for which music director David Loud provides brand new vocal arrangements and orchestrations: standards such as “A Fine Romance”, “Long Ago (and Far Away)” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” and “The Way You Look Tonight,” as well as forgotten tunes like "An Irish Husband," "Bill's a Liar," "We're Crooks," "The Subway Express," "Ain't It Funny...?" and "Never Marry a Girl." THE LAND WHERE THE GOOD SONGS GO was first presented in New York City at Merkin Concert Hall in November of 2010, leading Playbill to rave, "For fans of Jerome Kern, [it's] a religious experience."

1. The Land Where the Good Songs Go
   
2. The Subway Express
   
3. Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Drinks Make?
   
4. (I'm Looking for) An Irish Husband
   
5. Never Marry a Girl
   
6. Rolled Into One
   
7. How'd You Like to Spoon With Me?
   
8. They Didn't Believe Me
   
9. Nesting Time in Flatbush
   
10. Let's Begin
11. Interlude #1
    
12. Nobody Else But Me
    
13. Heaven in My Arms/Dancing Time
    
14. I've Taken Such a Fancy to You
    
15. We're Crooks

1. Now That We Are One
   
2. A Fine Romance
3. The Way You Look Tonight
4. The Last Time I Saw Paris
5. My Boy
6. In the Heart of the Dark / Just Let Me Look at You
7. Go Little Boat
8. Interlude #2
9. All the Things You Are
10. April Fooled Me
11. Bill
12. Bill's a Liar
13. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
14. Till the Clouds Roll By / Look For the Silver Lining
15. Long Ago (And Far Away)