Me too, what a gorgeous song. The new playbill is really pretty, and I hope people go back to see it, with all the new promo codes and all. They are killing it and need to be open as long as possible
Oh good god, most of this score is ridiculously good, isn't it? I mean, yes, Marge's number is ridiculous and pointless, and some of the choral moments are super-cheesy, but to think that Wondering is not even the best number in the show and yet still sounds so glorious... wow.
I'll try not to think about the lyrics too much (as wonderful as the sentiment sounds, what does "you and I are just one second and a million miles to go" mean? Robert sings it as if it's some kind of beautiful, passionate declaration of love and that they must be together, but the words suggest that even he knows they can't be together...) and just wrap myself up in the music.
Maybe I'll go and see this again at the weekend if it means a free cast album too. In the meantime, I'll just listen to Wondering again...
You totally should, but not all the promo codes will give you the free download for the cast album. It's a specific one. I've been listening to the five songs on SoundCloud every day since they were released. Magical.
Love "Wondering" so much. So pumped for this recording.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Same here. It's after midnight and still listed as a partial album. The missing song is "One Second and a Million Miles"...
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
Oh God, it's absolutely stunning! This is the type of score that makes me believe in Broadway again. I was never a huge fan of Jason Robert Brown's work, but this is best score yet, by a long shot! Yes, there are a few numbers where I remember why I never liked him, but all of Kelli O'hara's solos and the duets with Pasquale are gorgeous. I've appeased myself in the wait for "One Second and A Million Miles" by purchasing those songs, and I'm in heaven! Can't wait for the entire album to be available. How long should that be?
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir