One of the show-stopping numbers in the Broadway musical, Promises, Promises, was "Turkey Lurkey Time," a largely off-story song 'n' dance performed by three secretaries at an office Christmas party. Once upon a time, it was an odd convention of musical comedies that if possible, you had to have one big dance number that was supposed to take place at some sort of amateur show and it seemed to be required that it never have anything whatsoever to do with the plot. Other examples of this would be the "Steam Heat" number in The Pajama Game and "Who's Got the Pain?" in Damn Yankees.
Anyway, not long ago there was a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit in L.A. that saluted the work of Burt Bacharach. For the Act One closer, director Bruce Kimmel and choreographer Adam Cates decided to present the original "Turkey Lurkey Time" number, and they even re-created the original choreography by Michael Bennett. Here's that performance…
