A better version of ALTO'S LAMENT

[BSoBW2]

A better version of ALTO'S LAMENT#0

Posted: 5/7/06 at 12:21am

Link gone. Updated On: 7/2/06 at 12:21 AM

[TheatreDiva612]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#1

Posted: 5/7/06 at 12:27am

Andrea Rivette's Alto's Lament is definitley my favorite. It is amazing.

[timote316]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#2

Posted: 5/7/06 at 12:28am

You know, I've never heard that song before. Very funny. And Andrea does a great job

[Popular]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#3

Posted: 5/7/06 at 12:33am

I've never heard it before either... super cute. Great job :)

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#4

Posted: 5/7/06 at 12:51am

I like both Andrea's and Emily's...are there any others?

It is a pretty brilliantly written song...the way they intelligently weave all the alto parts together, but somehow it is one cohesive tune.

Akiva

[HBG]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#5

Posted: 5/7/06 at 1:24am

Megan Hilty performed it at the Hurricane Katrina benefit at the Gershwin back in September and was absolutely amazing and hilarious! Plus, since she is known for her super high notes, it was nice to hear that she can sing alto with ease...that's actually the range she said she feels most comfortable singing in.

"Free from what, Tracy? Free from what?"

[BSoBW2]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#6

Posted: 5/7/06 at 1:28am

Yes, we all know Megan Hilty sang it.

This is all about ANDREA!

[Unknown User]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#7

Posted: 5/7/06 at 1:31am

I love Megan!!!! I would love to hear her version!
She is my very, very favorite GAAAAAAAlinda EVER....eeeeeeever!!!!!!!

ps..is this thing ON?!!!

[dr_jekyll2]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#8

Posted: 5/7/06 at 1:36am

I just listened to Andrea's sound clip and it's great! Wish I could have seen her performance live.

[Blanche]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#9

Posted: 5/7/06 at 4:07am

Andrea is awesome. In every sense of the word.

[acrocksyo]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#10

Posted: 5/7/06 at 4:26am

I must say that I like Andrea's version better than Emily's, and I love Emily's. Praise be to BSoBW2, oh and to Zina Goldrich &
Marcy Heisler for writing it.

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[WickedGeek28]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#11

Posted: 5/7/06 at 9:17am

"ps..is this thing ON?!!! "

Hahaha, I love her during that. My other personal favorite is "I will now turn your simple frock into a magnificent ballgown - oooooooooo!" She is literally too cute. And she is the nicest woman one can ever meet.

"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

[All_For_Laura]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#12

Posted: 5/7/06 at 9:26am

Andrea you are amazing! Best alto's lament ever!

...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...

[All_For_Laura]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#13

Posted: 5/7/06 at 9:26am

Andrea you are amazing! Best alto's lament ever!

...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...

[PaigeByPaige]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#14

Posted: 5/7/06 at 10:25am

Rosemary Ashe (Original Carlotta in POTO and most recently Mrs Andrews in MARY POPPINS) did a great version of this song during her cabaret.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists. - Stephen Sondheim

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#15

Posted: 5/7/06 at 10:41am

Emily's version rocks, but I've always been partial to Marcy Heisler's own rendition

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[st8gemom]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#16

Posted: 5/7/06 at 10:54am

Where can I hear Andrea's Alto's Lament???

[BluCat500]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#17

Posted: 5/7/06 at 11:03am

You can download it from the link in the first post.

Loved it!

So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space

[st8gemom]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#18

Posted: 5/7/06 at 4:29pm

God!!!!! I love Andrea even more, now! That was amazingly wonderful!

[BSoBW2]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#19

Posted: 5/7/06 at 5:34pm

Her voice is beautiful.

And the song is so much better when you hit the note!

[ElphabaRose]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#20

Posted: 5/7/06 at 9:06pm

Andrea, what is this from?

Whatever happened to class?

[nickynackyneevy38]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#21

Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:32pm

hi there, my name is niamh and i just joined broadwayworld.com and i am now in love with all things andrea and all things coleen sexton! i have only just finished watching J and H that i got off ebay and i am in love with it. people like andrea and coleen just completely blow me away, how so much talent can reside in one person is incredible. ive been searching the internet for different pictures and songs sung by these two, because andrea and coleen are fast becoming two of my favourite broadway stars. i wish i could hit high notes like andrea can, they sound so pure and sweet. she is just amazing, there is no other word for it. because i live so far away its practically impossible 4 me 2 ever see andrea live and i realli enbey all the people that can see her. i never knew she was ill!! i really hope she is beter now because she'd be a great loss to musical theatre. how does everyone manage to contact her?

ANDREA IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AMAZING!

sympathy, tenderness..

Updated On: 7/1/06 at 06:32 PM

[BobbyBubby]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#22

Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:36pm

I freaking hate the Alto's Lament...

[BwayBaby18]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#23

Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:40pm

Sry Ems will always win the best version. She brings soooooooo much character and life to that song.

[Blanche]

re: The best version of ALTO'S LAMENT#24

Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:47pm

Sorry BwayBaby, I think Andrea's version is better.