The Rent film vocal selections book has two songs not in the broadway selections book(Light My Candle and Love Heals).Light My Candle was worth getting the film selections for me because that is my favorite song in RENT.As I said, I love the pictures from the movie too.
Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.
"Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield
I got the Grimmerie, the Playbill Yearbook, and ( a while ago) Wicked tickets for Tuesday in DC. My parents said they gave me an Audrey Hepburn DVD collection because I love Broadway, though I don't totally understand that collection, though I do love Audrey Hepburn. :]
"But now the air is filled with confusion. We replace care with illusion."
I got: The Producers (film soundtrack) A Broadway Theatre Poster Calender
I'm getting more tomorrow :)
"Let the little girl go, and that poor little dog? Dodo." That's my favorite line in the whole show (Wicked). My next favorite line is "Oh! It seems the artichoke is steamed."
Got Kiss of the Spider Woman obc, Parade, and Into the woods dvd. Damnit for The color purple, sweeney todd, and see what I wanna see not being out in time for christmas!
Wicked: The Grimmerie Rent Coffee Table Book Mary Poppins OLCR Chitty OLCR Theatermania Gold Club Memebrship TDF Renewal Dessa Rose (when it comes out)
I got: Making it on Broadway (which I have finished) Pippin OBCR A Chrous Line OBCR My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs Tickets for Wicked A bear from my boyfriend that was wearing a Rent t-shirt that he made. It was adorable.
I will be getting the piano music for Rent for the second night of Hannukah...tonight! It's actually one of only two presents this year, my family isn't big on the whole present thing.
CDs: Merrily We Roll Along - Leicester a CD of Sondheim songs sung by the gay man's chorus of Los Angeles featuring Joanna Gleason My mother got creative this year.
I also got two books, a collection of Edward Albee plays and a collection of Richard Greenberg plays.
And an iPod - it counts because so far it has 227 show tunes on it. (the majority of which are Sondheim.)
Playbill Yearbook Wicked Hooded Sweatshirt Broadway: The American Musical CD box set CDs - A Chorus Line & Hairspray Glinda earrings (yes, I love wicked but really I love earrings)
These aren't broadway but still cool...
Radio City Christmas Spectacular tickets (in Charlotte, NC) & gift certificate to Broadway Dance Center
The Color Purple (novel) Phantom (novel) Woman in White (novel) Candide (novel) The Pillowman (script) Playbill Yearbook (book)
Candide (OBCR) The Essentail Musicals (CD)
Into the Woods (dvd) The Sound of Music (dvd) The Producers (orig dvd) Man of LaMancha (dvd) Chitty Chitty Bang Band (dvd)
"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
Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time
The book is an amazing reference!
"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 got Sweeney Todd OBC Highlights and a RENT charm for a charm bracelet my Aunt is getting me, she's going to start a tradition of getting me broadway themed charms for it, which i love that idea so much. the bracelet is late, however, gotta love shipping lol.
You're always sorry,
You're always grateful,
You hold her, thinking:
"I'm not alone."
You're still alone.
-"Sorry-Grateful" Company
Ok, this may seem like alot, but this is everything I got from my entire family for Hannuka. I basically got a trip to NY for five days. When I was there, this is what I got:
Tickets:
Abagail's Party The Color Purple A Touch of the Poet Seascape Orson's Shadow The Odd Couple Spamalot
Merchandise:
Sweeny Todd (poster) Imaginary Friends (poster) Sly Fox (poster) Jersey Boys (poster) Chita Rivera (poster) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (poster) The Color Purple (poster) A Touch of the Poet (poster) Seascape (poster) Orson's Shadow (poster) The Odd Couple (poster, shirt) Spamalot (poster, 2 shirts, black knight, rabbit, coconauts) God's Country (script)
And to top it all off, my uncle suprised me with an ipod that has turned into my Broadway showtunes headquarter. I have 444 songs on it, all showtunes. I am actually listening to The Full Monty recording as I type (Big Black Man to be exact).
BOOKS: -101 Greasted Broadway Musicals by Ken Bloom (One could quibble with some of the choices...DO RE ME?...but the hundreds of colour phots are wonderful!); & Ethel Merman : The Biggest Star on Broadway
CD's: -Sondheim Sings; BRIGADOON (Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy); THE STUDENT PRINCE (Dorothy Kirsten,Robert Rounsville); EVITA (1978 London cast); GODSPELL (Barrett Foa cast)
DVD: Barbara Cook sings Sondheim; Broadway's Lost Treasture III
As usual my family was wonderful and we had a fantastic Christmas. Most important for us is the chance to get together.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com