Celtic Woman: The Best Of Times

[ShiningBright]

My new show idea! I love making up shows!
Line up: Éabha McMahon, Susan McFadden, Mairéad Carlin, Máiréad Nesbitt; special guests: Deirdre Shannon, Alex Sharpe
Act I dresses: Teal a-line dress with a sweetheart neckline and a kind of bronze-brown vest above it for Éabha; elegant pale pink two-layered dress with a cream white small jacket for Susan; cream white straight dress for Mairéad C with a dark red men's velvet jacket above it; multicoloured skirt for Máiréad N with a golden vest; intense purple for Deirdre with golden gloves; sea blue mermaid dress with mint green top and gloves(jackets/vests/gloves only part-time)
Ceili dresses: long-sleeved, midi lenght wrap arounds in all shades of green
Act II dresses: All dark brown velvet; mermaid with a wide tail and off-the-shoulder sleeves for Éabha; straight with lace-sleeves for Susan; mermaid with some detail on the neckline for Mairéad C; velvet corset but satin shashes as the skirt for Máiréad N; vulominous skirt and wrap around top for Deirdre, longsleeved, but shoulder-free a-line dress for Alex

Act I
An Eternal Journey (original) - all, extrended fiddle solo for Máiréad N
The Snows They Melt The Soonest (traditional) - all
Down With Love (Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg from Hooray for What!) - Susan
An Seanduine Dóite (traditional) - Deirdre with Máiréad N
Dublin In The Rare Old Times (traditional) - Éabha
Ringsend Rose (traditional) - Éabha and Susan
Dancing On The Ceiling (Richard Ridgers/Lorenz Hart from Ever Green) - Mairéad C
Lea Halalela (Hans Zimmer/Lebo M from The Lion King) - Alex and group
If I Loved You (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein from Carousel) - Alex with Máiréad N
Unexpected Song (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Don Black from Song & Dance) - Máiréad N
The Wild Song (Michael McGlynn) - Mairéad C, Alex, Deirdre
Down By The Salley Gardens (traditional) - all (acapella)
Bali Ha'i (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein from South Pacific) - all
Who Will Buy (Lionel Bart from Oliver!) - all
All Things Bright And Beautiful (traditional) - all

Act II
Find A Lover (original ceili song) - all
Half A Moment (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Alan Ayckbourn from By Jeeves) - Susan and Alex
I Wish My Love Was A Red, Red Rose (traditional) - Mairéad C
Strange and Lovely Song (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice from The Likes Of Us) - all
Cariad (traditional) - Alex
Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Michel Lengrad/Alan & Marilyn Bergman from Yentl) - Deirdre
One I Love (traditional) - all
Celtic Prayer (David Agnew) - Máiréad N with Mairéad C
The White Rose (Michael McGlynn) - Deirdre, Éabha, Mairéad C
Skyline Pigeon (Elton John/Bernie Taupin) - all (acapella)
Home And The Heartland (Bill Whelan from Riverdance) - Éabha and Deirdre
The Little Horses (traditional) - Susan
Noyana (traditional/Lebo M from The Lion King) - all
Feed The Birds (Richard & Robert Sherman from Mary Poppins) - Éabha
The Best of Times (Jerry Herman from La Cage Aux Folles) - all (with MUCH repeat on the chorus and a LOT of power - the ultimate showstopper)
You Raise Me Up (Rolf Lovland/Brendan Graham) - all
Finale (medley of Celtic Prayer, Noyana and An Eternal Journey) - all

[rfcw]

I'm very Inspired By your such awesome Creativity idea's as I'm Excited as if this were to Happen now Real!  
ShiningBright    Outstanding Proposal*Indeed!!

[Emer Dreamer]

  Intriguing  Chiara ... 

[ShiningBright]

Wow, thank you both!

[ShiningBright]

Push!

I'd really like to get responses on this. I still think it would make a fantastic Celtic Woman show. The line up is both Celtic and musical theatre-ish, and so is the song list. Much traditional, much musical theatre.

I'd also love to know what you think about the title song and show stopper bing The Best of Times. I think it would be perfect!

[rfcw]

You'l never know unless you try..