Infinite Joy

Infobox Musical
name=Infinite Joy


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music= William Finn
lyrics= William Finn
book= Revue
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productions= 2001 Off-Broadway
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"Infinite Joy" is a musical revue consisting of songs by Broadway composer William Finn. The songs are mostly material cut from Finn's earlier shows and material from works Finn was then working on. Several of the songs were included in the composer's song cycle "Elegies".

The revue was performed on various dates from September 2000 and January 2000 at Joe's Pub, a nightclub within The Public Theater in New York City. [ [http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/6450 Information about the review at Theatremania.com] ] Finn played the piano and sang several songs. Other performers included: Liz Callaway, Carolee Carmello, Lewis Cleale, Stephen DeRosa, Wanda Houston, Norm Lewis, Mary Testa, Farah Alvin, James Sasser, and Kristin Woodbury.

A live recording was made at the January 2001 performance and released on RCA Victor. [ [http://www.falsettos.net/infinite_joy.php Information from the Falsettos website] ] William Ruhlmann, reviewing the the recording for All Music Guide wrote: "Finn's songs often have an "inside baseball" quality to them, revolving around the gay, Jewish world of musical theater. But they are often so witty, moving, and accomplished that they become universal despite themselves." [ [http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?r=1&ean=90266376629 Information and review of the CD from All Music Guide] ]

On March 29 2004, another concert of Finn's songs was performed at the Merkin Concert Hall as part of The Kaufman Center's annual Broadway Close Up series, called "More Infinite Joy: The Music of William Finn". Performers included Betty Buckley, Stephen DeRosa, Raúl Esparza, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Janet Metz. The songs were from Finn's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", "Elegies", "Falsettos", and "A New Brain". [ [http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/103024 Theatremania.com description of the 2004 concert] ]

A third installment, "Even More Infinite Joy" was presented by The Kaufman Center at Merkin Concert Hall on October 31 2005, featuring Finn. [ [http://www.kaufman-center.org/press/pr/0506/092705finn.htm Notice of the 2005 concert] ]

ongs

*Mister Make Me a Song
*How Marvin Eats His Breakfast
*The Music Still Plays On
*Republicans
*I'd Rather Be Sailing
*Hitchhiking Across America
*That's Enough For Me
*And They're Off
*Anytime
*Falsettos At the East Milford Community Center (Finn & DeRosa's spoken intro)
*The Baseball Game
*The Bitch and the Madonna (Finn welcomes Mary Testa & Carolee Carmello)
*All Fall Down
*When The Earth Stopped Turning
*Tannis Root (Bill & Mary discuss parenting)
*Set Those Sails
*I Have Found
*Infinite Joy
*Stupid Things I Won't Do
*Infinite Joy (reprise)
*Bows

References

External links

* [http://www.rhapsody.com/williamfinn/infinitejoythesongsofwilliamfinn Free music tracks from the CD (U.S.A. Only)]