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• KEEP GAY
• KEEP IT GAYMEL BROOKSTRACK 8 ON THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) FEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN & 6 MOREPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & 1 MOREIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON… READ MORE MAR. 26, 20011 VIEWER14.3K VIEWS8 CONTRIBUTORSKEEP IT GAY LYRICS[MAX, SPOKEN]LISTEN, ROGER, DID YOU GET A CHANCE YET TO READ SPRGTIME FOR HLER?[ROGER, SPOKEN]READ ? I VOURED . I FOR ONE, FOR STANCE NEVER REALIZED THAT THE THIRD REICH... MEANT GERMANY[MAX, SPOKEN]YEAH. HOW ABOUT THAT? THEN YOU'LL DO ?[ROGER, SPOKEN]DO ? OF URSE NOT(SUNG)THE THEATER'S SO OBSSEDWH DRAMA SO PRSEDIT'S HARD TO SELL A TICKET ON BROADWAYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE PRETTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE WTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE...WHAT'S THE WORD?[LEO, SPOKEN]GAY?[ROGER, SPOKEN]EXACTLYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE(SUNG)NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO ON THE STAGEKEEP LIGHT, KEEP BRIGHT, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S MURR, MAYHEM OR RAGEDON'T PLA, 'S A PA, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]PEOPLE WANT LGHTER WHEN THEY SEE A SHOWTHE LAST THG THEY'RE AFTER IS A LANY OF WOE[BOTH]A HAPPY ENDG WILL PEP UP YOUR PLAY[ROGER]OEDIP WON'T BOMB[CARMEN]IF HE WDS UP WH MOM![ROGER]KEEP GAY[CARMEN]KEEP GAY[BOTH]KEEP GAY[MAX, SPOKEN]COULDN'T AGREE WH YOU MORE. AND YOU HAVE OUR BLSGS, ROGER, TO MAKE SPRGTIME FOR HLER JT AS "GAY" AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT. SO E ON, DO FOR , PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, I'M SORRY, MAX, BUT 'S SIMPLY NOT MY CUP OF TEA. BUT STILL, FAIR IS FAIR. PERHAPS I SHOULD ASK MY PRODUCTN TEAM WHAT THEY THK. THIS IS MY SET SIGNER, BRIAN[BRIAN ENTERS A LEATHER MASOCHISM OUTF.][BRIAN]KEEP GLADKEEP MADKEEP GAY[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND HERE'S MY STUME SIGNER, KEV[KEV, A TWKISH MAN, ENTERS.][KEVIN]HELLO!KEEP HAPPYKEEP SNAPPYKEEP GAY[BRIAN, KEVIN]WE'RE CLEVER, CREATIVEIT'S OUR JOB TO SEETHAT EVERYTHG'S PERFECTFOR MR. DEBRIS[ROGER, SPOKEN]NEXT, STT, MY CHOREOGRAPHERSTT, A SKTIGHT LEOTARD, WH AN ERECTN, DANC TO THE ROOM.}[SCOTT]HI THERE![[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND AH, FALLY... LAST, AND LEAST, MY LIGHTG SIGNER SHIRLEY MARKOWZ[FALLY, SHIRLEY, A BUTCH LBIAN, ENTERS.][SHIRLEY]KEEP GAYKEEP GAYKEEP GAY[LEO PULLS MAX ASI.][LEO, SPOKEN]I DON'T THK WE'RE GETTG TO THEM. WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW, MAX?[MAX, SPOKEN]WATCH THIS: ROGER, LISTEN. I THK THAT SPRGTIME FOR HLER WOULD BE A MARVELO OPPORTUNY FOR YOU. I MEAN UP TO NOW, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WH IVOLO MILS[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'VE OFTEN FELT AS THOUGH I'VE BEEN THROWG MY LIFE AWAY ON SILLY ENTERTAMENTS. DOPEY SHOWGIRLS GOOEY GOWNS. TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN! TURN, TURN, KICK, TURN![CARMEN, SPOKEN]OH, ROGER[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, 'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU HEAVE. NOHELS, I'M SORRY, MAX. I JT ULDN'T DO SPRGTIME FOR HLER[MAX, SPOKEN]WHY NOT? THK OF THE PRTIGE[ROGER, SPOKEN]NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF THE RPECT![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, NO, NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF... THE TONY![PRODUCTION TEAM]TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY![ROGER]NGAAAAAAHHHHH![MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT'S THE MATTER?{LEO, SPOKEN]IS HE ALL RIGHT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN]HE'S HAVG A STROKE...[MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN].. GENI![ROGER, SPOKEN]I SEE ! I SEE ! AT LAST, THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHG IMPORTANT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]OF URSE, THAT WHOLE SEND ACT HAS TO BE REWRTEN. THEY'RE LOSG THE WAR? EXCE ME?! IT'S TOO DOWNBEAT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]BUT MAYBE... OOH, 'S A WILD IA, BUT JT MIGHT WORK...(SUNG)I SEE A LE OF BETIFUL GIRLSDRSED AS STORMTROOPERS, EACH ONE A GEMWH LEATHER BOOTS AND WHIPS ON THEIR HIPSIT'S RISQUE, DARE I SAY, S&M![OTHERS, SPOKEN]LOVE ![ROGER]I SEE GERMAN SOLDIERS DANCG THROUGH FRANCEPLAYED BY CHOS BOYS VERY TIGHT PANTSAND WA, THERE'S MORE! THEY W THE WAR!AND THE DANC THEY DO WILL BE DARG AND NEWTURN, TURN, KICK, TURN, TURN, TURN, KICK, TURNONE, TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN!KEEP SASSYKEEP CLASSYKEEP ... HA HA HA![MAX, SPOKEN]THAT IS BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! ROGER, I SPEAK FOR MR. BLOOM AND MYSELF WHEN I SAY THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY MAN THE WORLD WHO N DO JTICE TO SPRGTIME FOR HLER. WILL YOU DO , PLEASE?[LEO, SPOKEN]PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]WA A MUTE! THIS IS A VERY BIG CISN! IT MIGHT AFFECT THE URSE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE! I SHALL HAVE TO THK ABOUT ... I'LL DO !(SUNG)I'LL DO !SABU, CHAMPAGNE![PRODUCTION TEAM]IF AT THE END YOU WANT THEM TO CHEERKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S HAMLET, OTHELLO OR LEARKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]COMEDY'S JOYO, A NSTANT LIGHTDRAMAS ANNOY ...[ROGER, CARMEN].. OUR NIGHT[PRODUCTION TEAM]SO KEEP YOUR STRDBERGS AND IBSENS AT BAY[ROGER]I'LL SIGN[KEVIN]SIGN[BRIAN]SIGN[SCOTT]SIGN[CARMEN]SIGN[SHIRLEY]SIGN[MAX & LEO]SIGN![ROGER, SPOKEN]ROGER ELIZABETH DE BRIS![ALL]KEEP GAY!*TAG*[ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYLA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP -[CARMEN,SPOKEN]CONGA![ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LAAND SO THE LE IS WHEN MOUNTG A PLAYKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON SPRGTIME, BUT MAX AND LEO MANAGE TO NVCE THEM, BY ALLOWG THEM TO MAKE “AS GAY AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT!”EXPAND +3SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?WHEN DID MEL BROOKS RELEASE “KEEP IT GAY”?WHO WROTE “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) (2001)VAR ARTISTS1. OVERTURE2. OPENG NIGHT3. THE KG OF BROADWAY4. WE CAN DO IT5. I WANNA BE A PRODUCER6. IN OLD BAVARIA (BROADWAY VERSN)7. DER GUTEN TAG HOP-CLOP8. KEEP IT GAY9. WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT, FLNT IT10. ALONG CAME BIALY11. THAT FACE12. HABEN SIE GEHöRT DAS UTSCHE BAND?13. OPENG NIGHT (REPRISE)14. YOU NEVER SAY GOOD LUCK ON OPENG NIGHT15. SPRGTIME FOR HLER (BROADWAY VERSN)16. WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT?17. BETRAYED18. ’TIL HIM19. PRISONERS OF LOVE (LEO & MAX)20. GOODBYE!THAT FACE (REPRISE)CREDSFEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN, RAY WILLIS, PETER MAROS, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE, ROGER BART & GARY BEACHPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & FRERIC H. MAYERSONWRTEN BYMEL BROOKSORCHTRATNDOUG BTERMANRELEASE DATEMARCH 26, 2001SONGS THAT INTERPOLATE KEEP IT GAYTHIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLSE (2022 TONY AWARDS OPENG NUMBER) BY ARIANA DEBOSE, OVERTURE BY MEL BROOKS (FT. THE PRODUCERS ORCHTRA), BETRAYED BY MEL BROOKS (FT. NATHAN LANE) & ALONG CAME BIALY BY MEL BROOKS (FT. BRAD OSR, CADY HUFFMAN, JENNIFER SMH, KATHY FZGERALD, MALEE DOHERTY, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE & ROGER BART)VIEW KEEP IT GAY SAMPLTAGSPOPMILSEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• KEEP GAY / WORDS BY OSR HAMMERSTE 2ND ; MIC BY RICHARD RODGERS.
• BROWSE: RODGERS, R - ME AND JULIET: KEEP IT GAY
• BEHD ‘OKLAHOMA!’ LI THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A GAY CHEROKEE PLAYWRIGHT
• KEEP IT GAY
• KEEP GAY [MIC] / WORDS BY OSR HAMMERSTE ; MIC BY RICHARD RODGERS
• KEEP GAY / WORDS BY OSR HAMMERSTE 2ND ; MIC BY RICHARD RODGERS.
• KEEP IT GAY (OM ME AND JULIET) SHEET MIC
• KEEP IT GAY (FROM "ME AND JULIET")

KEEP GAY

" And he wrote some of the greatt love songs ever, but his own love life took place largely subject of all those statements is Lorenz "Larry" Hart, the gay man who was the primary wrg partner to poser Richard Rodgers the 1920s and '30s, precedg Rodgers's other celebrated llaboratn, wh Osr Hammerste has long held a place the pantheon of great Amerin lyricists, wh songs that display a w and creativy perhaps equaled only by Cole Porter's work. No one disput that he was gay, but tails about this aspect of his life are srce.

Goldberg as Lorenz Hart Fallg for Make Believe)Now a new play, havg s world premiere the Los Angel area, aims to enlighten dienc about Hart's gay life a closeted era. "The particulars of most love affairs of gay celebri the pre-Stonewall era were scpuloly eradited om the rerd, often by fai who lerally burned love letters and journals, " Saltzman says an terview published the program.

KEEP IT GAYMEL BROOKSTRACK 8 ON THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) FEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN & 6 MOREPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & 1 MOREIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON… READ MORE MAR. 26, 20011 VIEWER14.3K VIEWS8 CONTRIBUTORSKEEP IT GAY LYRICS[MAX, SPOKEN]LISTEN, ROGER, DID YOU GET A CHANCE YET TO READ SPRGTIME FOR HLER?[ROGER, SPOKEN]READ ? I VOURED . I FOR ONE, FOR STANCE NEVER REALIZED THAT THE THIRD REICH... MEANT GERMANY[MAX, SPOKEN]YEAH. HOW ABOUT THAT? THEN YOU'LL DO ?[ROGER, SPOKEN]DO ? OF URSE NOT(SUNG)THE THEATER'S SO OBSSEDWH DRAMA SO PRSEDIT'S HARD TO SELL A TICKET ON BROADWAYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE PRETTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE WTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE...WHAT'S THE WORD?[LEO, SPOKEN]GAY?[ROGER, SPOKEN]EXACTLYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE(SUNG)NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO ON THE STAGEKEEP LIGHT, KEEP BRIGHT, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S MURR, MAYHEM OR RAGEDON'T PLA, 'S A PA, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]PEOPLE WANT LGHTER WHEN THEY SEE A SHOWTHE LAST THG THEY'RE AFTER IS A LANY OF WOE[BOTH]A HAPPY ENDG WILL PEP UP YOUR PLAY[ROGER]OEDIP WON'T BOMB[CARMEN]IF HE WDS UP WH MOM![ROGER]KEEP GAY[CARMEN]KEEP GAY[BOTH]KEEP GAY[MAX, SPOKEN]COULDN'T AGREE WH YOU MORE. AND YOU HAVE OUR BLSGS, ROGER, TO MAKE SPRGTIME FOR HLER JT AS "GAY" AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT. SO E ON, DO FOR , PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, I'M SORRY, MAX, BUT 'S SIMPLY NOT MY CUP OF TEA. BUT STILL, FAIR IS FAIR. PERHAPS I SHOULD ASK MY PRODUCTN TEAM WHAT THEY THK. THIS IS MY SET SIGNER, BRIAN[BRIAN ENTERS A LEATHER MASOCHISM OUTF.][BRIAN]KEEP GLADKEEP MADKEEP GAY[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND HERE'S MY STUME SIGNER, KEV[KEV, A TWKISH MAN, ENTERS.][KEVIN]HELLO!KEEP HAPPYKEEP SNAPPYKEEP GAY[BRIAN, KEVIN]WE'RE CLEVER, CREATIVEIT'S OUR JOB TO SEETHAT EVERYTHG'S PERFECTFOR MR. DEBRIS[ROGER, SPOKEN]NEXT, STT, MY CHOREOGRAPHERSTT, A SKTIGHT LEOTARD, WH AN ERECTN, DANC TO THE ROOM.}[SCOTT]HI THERE![[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND AH, FALLY... LAST, AND LEAST, MY LIGHTG SIGNER SHIRLEY MARKOWZ[FALLY, SHIRLEY, A BUTCH LBIAN, ENTERS.][SHIRLEY]KEEP GAYKEEP GAYKEEP GAY[LEO PULLS MAX ASI.][LEO, SPOKEN]I DON'T THK WE'RE GETTG TO THEM. WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW, MAX?[MAX, SPOKEN]WATCH THIS: ROGER, LISTEN. I THK THAT SPRGTIME FOR HLER WOULD BE A MARVELO OPPORTUNY FOR YOU. I MEAN UP TO NOW, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WH IVOLO MILS[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'VE OFTEN FELT AS THOUGH I'VE BEEN THROWG MY LIFE AWAY ON SILLY ENTERTAMENTS. DOPEY SHOWGIRLS GOOEY GOWNS. TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN! TURN, TURN, KICK, TURN![CARMEN, SPOKEN]OH, ROGER[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, 'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU HEAVE. NOHELS, I'M SORRY, MAX. I JT ULDN'T DO SPRGTIME FOR HLER[MAX, SPOKEN]WHY NOT? THK OF THE PRTIGE[ROGER, SPOKEN]NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF THE RPECT![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, NO, NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF... THE TONY![PRODUCTION TEAM]TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY![ROGER]NGAAAAAAHHHHH![MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT'S THE MATTER?{LEO, SPOKEN]IS HE ALL RIGHT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN]HE'S HAVG A STROKE...[MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN].. GENI![ROGER, SPOKEN]I SEE ! I SEE ! AT LAST, THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHG IMPORTANT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]OF URSE, THAT WHOLE SEND ACT HAS TO BE REWRTEN. THEY'RE LOSG THE WAR? EXCE ME?! IT'S TOO DOWNBEAT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]BUT MAYBE... OOH, 'S A WILD IA, BUT JT MIGHT WORK...(SUNG)I SEE A LE OF BETIFUL GIRLSDRSED AS STORMTROOPERS, EACH ONE A GEMWH LEATHER BOOTS AND WHIPS ON THEIR HIPSIT'S RISQUE, DARE I SAY, S&M![OTHERS, SPOKEN]LOVE ![ROGER]I SEE GERMAN SOLDIERS DANCG THROUGH FRANCEPLAYED BY CHOS BOYS VERY TIGHT PANTSAND WA, THERE'S MORE! THEY W THE WAR!AND THE DANC THEY DO WILL BE DARG AND NEWTURN, TURN, KICK, TURN, TURN, TURN, KICK, TURNONE, TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN!KEEP SASSYKEEP CLASSYKEEP ... HA HA HA![MAX, SPOKEN]THAT IS BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! ROGER, I SPEAK FOR MR. BLOOM AND MYSELF WHEN I SAY THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY MAN THE WORLD WHO N DO JTICE TO SPRGTIME FOR HLER. WILL YOU DO , PLEASE?[LEO, SPOKEN]PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]WA A MUTE! THIS IS A VERY BIG CISN! IT MIGHT AFFECT THE URSE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE! I SHALL HAVE TO THK ABOUT ... I'LL DO !(SUNG)I'LL DO !SABU, CHAMPAGNE![PRODUCTION TEAM]IF AT THE END YOU WANT THEM TO CHEERKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S HAMLET, OTHELLO OR LEARKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]COMEDY'S JOYO, A NSTANT LIGHTDRAMAS ANNOY ...[ROGER, CARMEN].. OUR NIGHT[PRODUCTION TEAM]SO KEEP YOUR STRDBERGS AND IBSENS AT BAY[ROGER]I'LL SIGN[KEVIN]SIGN[BRIAN]SIGN[SCOTT]SIGN[CARMEN]SIGN[SHIRLEY]SIGN[MAX & LEO]SIGN![ROGER, SPOKEN]ROGER ELIZABETH DE BRIS![ALL]KEEP GAY!*TAG*[ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYLA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP -[CARMEN,SPOKEN]CONGA![ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LAAND SO THE LE IS WHEN MOUNTG A PLAYKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON SPRGTIME, BUT MAX AND LEO MANAGE TO NVCE THEM, BY ALLOWG THEM TO MAKE “AS GAY AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT!”EXPAND +3SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?WHEN DID MEL BROOKS RELEASE “KEEP IT GAY”?WHO WROTE “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) (2001)VAR ARTISTS1. OVERTURE2. OPENG NIGHT3. THE KG OF BROADWAY4. WE CAN DO IT5. I WANNA BE A PRODUCER6. IN OLD BAVARIA (BROADWAY VERSN)7. DER GUTEN TAG HOP-CLOP8. KEEP IT GAY9. WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT, FLNT IT10. ALONG CAME BIALY11. THAT FACE12. HABEN SIE GEHöRT DAS UTSCHE BAND?13. OPENG NIGHT (REPRISE)14. YOU NEVER SAY GOOD LUCK ON OPENG NIGHT15. SPRGTIME FOR HLER (BROADWAY VERSN)16. WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT?17. BETRAYED18. ’TIL HIM19. PRISONERS OF LOVE (LEO & MAX)20. GOODBYE!THAT FACE (REPRISE)CREDSFEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN, RAY WILLIS, PETER MAROS, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE, ROGER BART & GARY BEACHPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & FRERIC H. MAYERSONWRTEN BYMEL BROOKSORCHTRATNDOUG BTERMANRELEASE DATEMARCH 26, 2001SONGS THAT INTERPOLATE KEEP IT GAYTHIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLSE (2022 TONY AWARDS OPENG NUMBER) BY ARIANA DEBOSE, OVERTURE BY MEL BROOKS (FT. THE PRODUCERS ORCHTRA), BETRAYED BY MEL BROOKS (FT. NATHAN LANE) & ALONG CAME BIALY BY MEL BROOKS (FT. BRAD OSR, CADY HUFFMAN, JENNIFER SMH, KATHY FZGERALD, MALEE DOHERTY, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE & ROGER BART)VIEW KEEP IT GAY SAMPLTAGSPOPMILSEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

"Fill he do, creatg a fictnal character, aspirg actor Fletcher Meckl (the appealg Tyler Milliron), a gay man wh both a profsnal and personal tert Hart, to provi sights to the lyricist's romantic life.

KEEP GAY / WORDS BY OSR HAMMERSTE 2ND ; MIC BY RICHARD RODGERS.

"If love seemed like make-believe to Hart, 's not only bee of the difficulti volved livg an openly gay life the era, 's also bee he was extremely short -- not even five feet tall -- and not nventnally attractive. Acrdg to both the play and Marmorste's book, Hart even proposed marriage to her, apparently thkg they uld be a platonic uple like the gay Cole Porter and his sociale wife, Lda.

Keep It Gay. Keep It Gay (Reprise).

Rodgers, Richard; Hammerste, Osr; and heenan, "Keep It Gay" (1953). [LEO, spoken]Gay? [ROGER, spoken]Exactly(sung)No matter what you do on the stageKeep light, keep bright, keep gayWhether 's murr, mayhem or rageDon't pla, 's a pa, keep gay[CARMEN]People want lghter when they see a showThe last thg they're after is a lany of woe[BOTH]A happy endg will pep up your play[ROGER]Oedip won't bomb[CARMEN]If he wds up wh mom!

BROWSE: RODGERS, R - ME AND JULIET: KEEP IT GAY

[ROGER]Keep gay[CARMEN]Keep gay[BOTH]Keep gay[MAX, spoken]Couldn't agree wh you more. And you have our blsgs, Roger, to make Sprgtime for Hler jt as "gay" as anyone uld possibly want.

][BRIAN]Keep gladKeep madKeep gay[ROGER, spoken]And here's my stume signer, Kev[Kev, a twkish man, enters. Keep happyKeep snappyKeep gay[BRIAN, KEVIN]We're clever, creativeIt's our job to seeThat everythg's perfectFor Mr. ][SHIRLEY]Keep gayKeep gayKeep gay[Leo pulls Max asi.

BEHD ‘OKLAHOMA!’ LI THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A GAY CHEROKEE PLAYWRIGHT

[PRODUCTION TEAM]If at the end you want them to cheerKeep gay, keep gay, keep gayWhether 's Hamlet, Othello or LearKeep gay, keep gay, keep gay[CARMEN]Comedy's joyo, a nstant lightDramas annoy ... [ALL]Keep gay!

*Tag*[ALL]La la la la la la la la laKeep gay, keep gay, keep gayLa la la la la la la la laKeep -[CARMEN, spoken]Conga! [ALL]La la la la la la la la laLa la la la laLa la la la la la la la laLa la la la laAnd so the le is when mountg a playKeep gay, keep gay, keep gayHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [? Keep gay.

KEEP IT GAY

Keep gay [mic] / words by Osr Hammerste; mic by Richard Rodgers 1953. 1953, Keep gay [mic] / words by Osr Hammerste; mic by Richard Rodgers. | tle=Keep gay [mic] / words by Osr Hammerste; mic by Richard Rodgers.

KEEP GAY [MIC] / WORDS BY OSR HAMMERSTE ; MIC BY RICHARD RODGERS

That’s not the se, however, wh two songs lled “Keep It Gay. Many etymologists say that for the most part, 1955 was the real start of “gay” meang what people thk of today.

But the word was ually said a clanste way gay bars, so the general public didn’t know this new fn. By the time THE PRODUCERS opened, “gay” had long acquired the meang that everyone the civilized world knows today. Although Mel Brooks’ smash h is set 1959, “Keep It Gay, ” flamboyant director Roger DeBris envisns a productn of SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER that will never be nfed wh APOCALYPSE NOW.

Remember, too, that Max Bialystock sgs “The Kg of Broadway” that “There was a time when I was young and gay” before he hastily adds “But straight!

KEEP GAY / WORDS BY OSR HAMMERSTE 2ND ; MIC BY RICHARD RODGERS.

” If both Roger and Max’s meangs sound a teeny b anachronistic, well, both men ARE show bs, a not-unknown turf for people who even the Eisenhower era would e “gay” a homosexual amework.

“Keep gay, keep light, keep h” – meang if the romance a’t broke, don’t “fix” wh marriage.

They’ll pay Joey, the gay Joey. ” After all, by the time Hart was wrg PAL JOEY 1940, Hart knew plenty of homosexuals and had undoubtedly known the word “gay” that ntext.

KEEP IT GAY (OM ME AND JULIET) SHEET MIC

Three different mils of the same story may have rulted two different reactns to the word “gay. ” Most filmgoers attendg Rodgers and Hammerste’s STATE FAIR 1945 – and even some who saw the 1962 remake – probably thought nothg of Margie Frake’s sgg “But I feel so gay a melancholy way” the Osr-wng “It Might as Well Be Sprg. When many see a perd piece and hear the word, they put asi their wk-wk reactns and accept “gay” the old-fashned sense.

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KEEP IT GAY (FROM "ME AND JULIET")

A year later, Mark Bckner ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER sang “Melda” that the woman was “out for a gay ltle sp. ” As late as 1967 – December, yet – Carolyn Leigh had her heroe Kate sg HOW NOW, DOW JONES’ “Walk Away” that her one-night stand “was bright; was gay; was glowg” spe the fact that the dalliance was wh a man: star-to-be Tony Roberts, fact. A month later 1968, JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS, the revue of the Gallic songwrer’s material, had s st advise “Bssels” to “pick out a drs so dashg and gay.