thinking it was the only thing that made him happy — and the more desperate he became to write, the harder it was. Facing his demons head-on inspired this playful track, “do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.” ...

The Ziegfeld Theatre was alive last night with “The Sound of Music,” and it was so loud you couldn ... pasting all over his body the word “Mi,” as in the “Do-Re-Mi” song.