I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
"What Kind Of Fool Am I?" from Stop The World, I Want To Get Off "Who Can I Turn To?" From Roar of the Greasepain, The Smell of the Crowd Those are really the only two I can think of.
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"Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime "Is Anybody There" from 1776 "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis "Pity the Child" from Chess "Marry Me a Little" from Company
The numbers that stood out from the ones I've seen: 1. The Confrontation (Chris' Part), Miss Saigon 2. Stars, Les Miserables 3. Back In Town (Thuy's Part), Miss Saigon 4. Where Is Love?, Oliver! 5. If I Loved You (Reprise), Carousel 6. I Don't Care Much, Cabaret
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
And "Anthem" from "Chess" and "In My Own Lifetime" from Bock and Harnick's "The Rothchilds"
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
Sure it's a good song, but when I think "Rose's Turn" and "Lot's Wife" I think mental breakdown.
Therefore, the only ones that I think are on a similar playing field are "Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd, "Soliloquy" from Carousel, "Confrontation" from Jekyll and Hyde, and "Betrayed" from The Producers.
BRING HIM HOME from LES MIZ I AM WHAT I AM from LA CAGE PITY THE CHILD from CHESS AMERICAN DREAM from MISS SAIGON
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Not to threadjack, but what song could be equivalent to "Meadowlark" from the Baker's Wife? It's great in the way that it tells a story and soars beautifully when it comes to the melody.
Any thoughts?
~Sam
Oh, and if you're a 16 year-old skinny white kid (full disclosure: I'm a 19 year-old skinny white guy), PLEASE do sing "Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime. You demean the very message of it when it's overdone like that.
Definately "Gethsemane" from Jesus Christ Superstar, because it start out really big and then mellows out. Emotional all the way through. Updated On: 5/28/06 at 11:39 AM
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd) I Am What I Am (La Cage aux Folles)
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
I can't believe no one has mentioned "Betrayed" from THE PRODUCERS. In fact, it originally contained a section which directly parodied "Rose's Turn", but that bastard Arthur Laurents would not give permission (even though Sondheim and the Jule Styne estate said it was OK).
And yes, "All Of My Life" from DO-RE-MI, written by Jule Styne, has often been nicknamed "Hubie's Turn".