Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010
L. Gardner
We were reminded this past week of an episode of Newhart called "Hi, Society"; the main plot involves Dick escorting Stephanie to a posh party in New York City, where she instructs him that whenever he's at a loss for words, to "throw your head back in a playful manner and laugh knowingly" (advice that's come in handy here at PS Classics, by the way). But the subplot -- the relevant plot here -- concerns one L. Gardner, a guest at the inn who checks in while everyone's asleep, and the ongoing efforts of Joanna, George and Larry to determine if L. Gardner is a man or a woman. Only the two Darryls have actually seen L. Gardner, and of course, they're mute. When one of the Darryls mimes that L. Gardner is a woman, and the other mimes that L. Gardner is a man, Larry is left to conclude that L. Gardner must be (wait for it) "a swing dancer from the road company of the lilting Jerry Herman musical La Cage aux Folles." more...

Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010
The Boys of Summer
The Broadway Boys -- a collection of the hottest tenor voices currently working on the New York Stage -- released their debut disc, LULLABY OF BROADWAY, on PS Classics on June 8th, and it instantly shot to #6 at iTunes. The group's distinctive way of infusing elements of pop, gospel, funk and jazz into traditional Broadway repertoire has been so graciously welcomed by customers and applauded by critics that we've already begun work on a follow-up disc, a holiday album to be released in late Fall. more...

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2010
on a desert island with thee
With over ninety CD's in our catalog now, we realize it's gotten harder for newcomers to our site to browse through our product, in search of what they might like best. So over the next few weeks, we're going to be asking folks on our staff to suggest 15 "desert island" tracks from our catalog -- i.e., stranded on a desert island, these are the tracks they'd most want on their iPod, or iPhone, or iWhatever. more...