Fuck Yeah Stephen Sondheim
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We all know Sondheim hates his lyrics to “I Feel Pretty.” Wonder if they sound any better in Italian.
“America” from the West Side Story revival.
Music video produced to promote the cast recording.
West Side Story: “Something’s Coming”
Scott Sussman in the 2009 World Tour, recorded in Madrid.
Jeremy Jordan singing “Maria” from the recent West Side Story revival.
(via greenteaandbiscotti)
(via somethingbypuccini)
has a knifing
for its final scene!
Oh what a jolly theatrical season it’s been!
Jerry Herman, “Jolly Theatrical Season” from his revue Parade
(Where are his gala birthday concerts? He turns 81 today!)
Hershey Felder, who’s made a career of one-man shows in which he plays a composers, acting & playing the piano as Gershwin, Chopin, etc., tackles Bernstein in his current show, Maestro Leonard Bernstein, which is in Boston this coming week.
The Saturday night performance has been bought out by the New Center for Arts and Culture for a Jewish community night, but they still have tickets available. If you’re a student, send me a message and I can share a discount code with you. (I’d post it, but I wrote it down at my office and I’m not there right now… And no, you don’t have to be Jewish to come on Jewish community night.)
Yesterday I dove deep into Spotify’s Dionne Warwick collection to discover she did an album of showtunes. It’s fantastic. Here’s “One Hand, One Heart” from Dionne Warwick On Stage and At The Movies. You’ll note that I actually bought the MP3 to share with you because I know you don’t all have Spotify and I love each and every one of you. And also I love Dionne.
Dee Snider and Patti LuPone: “Tonight” and “Somewhere” from West Side Story
This is everything I dreamed it would be and more. Thanks to mrdavidgordon for bringing it to my attention. [Pre-order the album!]
