i have to agree with "this is the moment" from jekyll and hyde
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
Ooh, that should be a graduation to remember. Let us know how it goes!
DJ Jellyfeltz's Weekly "Don't You Just Hate That?" (courtesy of Scott Cohen)
Walking by the same person you've already walked by in the dairy, produce, and frozen-food sections.
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the ACTUAL and BEST and MOST AMAZING and WRITTEN BY THE BEST COMPOSER/LYRICICT EVER (besides Marc) is in fact, and yes, i am right...(is this enough PASSIOn for you, Jose'?)
OUR TIME from Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim
FOR GOOD from Wicked WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL from Leader of the Pack- absolutley beautiful and the most approprieate grad song I can think of! Hear My Song from Songs for A New World Bring on Tommorow from Fame (come on, it takes place at a graduation) I Sing the Body Electric from the movie Fame (their grad song) This is the Moment from Jekyll and Hyde I Will Never Leave You from SideShow I Have A Dream from Mamma Mia. Or Thank You For The Music (I sang that at my graduating concert) Somewhere Over the Rainbow (cheeeeeeese but it's sweet) Louder than Words from Tick Tick Boom
not broadway, but what about the beatles maxwell silver hammer? Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again Teacher gets annoyed Wishing to avoid an unpleasant scene-e-e-ene She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away So he waits behind Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead
P.C. thirty one said "we've caught a dirty one" Maxwell stands alone Painting testimonial pictures, oh, oh, oh, oh Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery Say he must go free ("Maxwell must go free!") The judge does not agree, and he tells them so-o-o-o But, as the words are leaving his lips A noise comes from behind
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon his head Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that he was dead
er... that third eye blind one "graduate" works too
We actually did OUR TIME at our graduation in 2005.
Here are some other good suggestions: Bring On Tomorrow (Fame - the musical) The Hills of Tomorrow (Merrily We Roll Along) I Sing the Body Electric (Fame - the movie) I Have a Dream (Mamma Mia) Thank You For The Music (Mamma Mia) Slipping Through My Fingers (Mamma Mia) -- okay, more of a mother/daughter song, but still very sentimental Easy Terms (Blood Brothers) Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Sound of Music) Seasons Of Love (Rent) Louder Than Words (Tick Tick Boom) Love Heals (Jonathan Larson) Hear My Song (SFANW) You'll Be In My Heart (Tarzan) A Tough Act To Follow (Curtains) As We Stumble Along (The Drowsy Chaperone)
There are so many good ones...
but probably the best songs to use in graduation are those by Marvin Hamlisch The Way We Were (The Way We Were) What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line) and my favorite: In Our Hands (Smile)
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
We Go Together from Grease Big Man In Town from Jersey Boys(especially the lyric, I'm gonna make it, just wait and see and the lyric, You'll be proud of me) As We Stumble Along from The Drowsy Chaperone Follow That Dream from All Shook Up Find Your Grail from SpamAlot Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life from SpamAlot Dirty Rotten Number from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
I remember that we did the four-part harmony version for "For Good" (I was one of the soloists). Ah, memories . . . But for other senior-type functions we did "Sunday" from Sunday in the . . .
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott
I can't believe no one has mentioned "A KID INSIDE" from IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGHSCHOOL? We did it my senior year of highschool and then I managed to do it again in college. The song is beautiful and uber perfect for graduation. BArry Manilow did a cover of it too. Here's a taste of the lyrics...
There's a kid inside, and I have him with me always. There's a kid inside, Walking down old high school hallways. There's a kid inside, At a desk, at a dance, in the halls, in the showers. There's a kid inside to this very day. And he makes a try for that high pop fly, That I fumbled one September. And he makes a fuss over some A plus, That I shouldn't still remember. And he goes along, Getting hurt, getting mad, fighting fights that are over. And unless I'm strong, All my senses are carried away. I can feel my hand, my trembling hand, On Michelle's angora sweater. I can hear my band, that awful band, Only now it sounds much better. I can see the kid, the kid I use to be, On the stage, on the field, on the lunch line.
finally, someone said DIRTY ROTTEN NUMBER from DRS. Cause that would be my first choice.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre-
You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree. ~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel. ~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known. ~A Tale of Two Cities ~
I don't know if anyone has mentioned "Bring on Tomorrow" from Fame.
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott