Fuck Yeah Stephen Sondheim
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Palate cleanser.
I like this symphonic medley from Company so much I bought the mp3 just to be able to upload it here for people who don’t have Spotify, but it’s too big. So if you don’t have Spotify (or even if you do), spend the $0.99 and buy it because it’s really that good.
Setting the stage for Callaway, who is the main reason why I am heading into Paris (I usually dread going into Paris - I have a somewhat irrational fear of not knowing whether I can beat the non-queue system and actually get food. I love the city, but fish out of water methinks).
- YOUNG PHYLLIS: Hey, I thought you said tonight'd be Tony's--
- YOUNG BUDDY: This joint is just as grand.
- YOUNG SALLY: We girls got dressed for dancing at Tony's--
- YOUNG BEN: This joint is in demand.
- YOUNG SALLY and YOUNG PHYLLIS: Ta-ta, goodbye, you'll find us at Tony's--
- YOUNG BUDDY and YOUNG BEN: Wait till you hear the band!
- YOUNG SALLY and YOUNG PHYLLIS: You told us Tony's, That we'd go to Tony's.
- YOUNG BUDDY and YOUNG BEN: I told you Tony's?
- ALL GIRLS: Then Ben mentioned Tony's. Well, someone said Tony's. There's dancing at Tony's--
- ALL MEN: When's Ben mentioned Tony's? I never said Tony's. It's ritzy at Tony's--
- ALL: All right, then, we'll go!
But, yo!! Can we talk about the epic-ness that IS Debbie Allen as ‘Anita’ in the revival of ‘West Side Story’ in ‘80?
Lord…Mama went AWF!!
And when she and all the girls snatched every wig in that audience starting at 2:10, I hollered!!!
Classic.
Debbie is ALL MANNER OF FIERCENESS, personified.
(via mtplaylist)
Charlie Rosen gives “Another Hundred People” the big band treatment, sung by Jay Armstrong Johnson who sounds like he’s doing the musical equivalent of slam poetry.
“Interesting Questions,” a song cut from Into the Woods. For all you out there wondering why the narrator doesn’t get to sing… it wasn’t always that way. (This song occurred at the moment when the rest of the cast turns on him and throws him to the giant.)
PS Classics has revealed the track listing for its expansive two-disc Off-Broadway cast recording of the Tony Award-winning musical Passion, featuring Judy Kuhn, Ryan Silverman and Rebecca Luker. In anticipation of the album, PS Classics shared an exclusive track with Playbill.com.
This sounds really good. Really good.
Cristin Milioti sings a cover of “Losing My Mind” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies.” on May 26th, 2013 at Joe’s Pub with Will Connolly.
Long-time followers of this blog know that I’ve been searching (for years at this point) for a viable Sondheim ukulele cover. Leave it to the multi-talented Cristin Milioti to finally come up with one.
In 1981 the Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along was panned by critics and closed after just 15 performances. Its composer Sondheim tells #r4pm why the show is back and garnering rave reviews.ilw
