It would be neat to hear what Jim Steinman has up his sleeve...
But I adore Jason Robert Brown (always thought it would interesting to see what he could have done with a show like RAGTIME)
and after hearing Live Out Loud from A Little Princess by Andrew Lippa I am dying to hear more of his work.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
Adam Guettel Jason Robert Brown Lin-Manuel Miranda
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!)
I chose, and my world was shaken- So what? The choice may have been mistaken,
The choosing was not...
"Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
Of course Sondheim, but not another Bounce. Strouse Strouse Strouse. I know he has a huge amount of flops, but listen to the scores of Golden Boy, Rags, Dance a little Closer. What happened to Marty?
J.R. Brown Guettel Lippa LaChiusa Sondheim Wildhorn Yazbeck
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Frankel and Korie together again-their music is gorgeous and Lippa
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
Jeanine Tesori Ricky Ian Gordon (more like Dream True or Only Heaven, less like Orpheus & Euridice or My Life With Albertine) Pasek & Paul Brian Lowdermilk Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen Steve Marzullo Jeff Blumenkrantz Jenny Giering Joshua Salzman (I Love You Because) Jason Howland (Little Women... I'd love to see what he could do with a better lyricist than Mindi Dickstein) David Kirshenbaum Joe Iconis
Maybe that long of a list cheapens the significance, but I honestly want to hear more from all of these composers. I didn't include some of my favorite composers (Michael John LaChiusa, Adam Guettel, William Finn, Stephen Flaherty) because I feel like we have a lot from them already and some of them have started recycling. So for them I'm not dying for a new show immediately...I'd rather they spend time to do it as well as I know they all can.
LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon, and Joseph Thalken all received grants from Signature Theatre to develop and execute a workshop/full production of a new show over the next three seasons. I believe it is one show from one composer each season, or at least that was how it was explained at the recent cabaret highlighting their work.
So, we will hear more (new stuff) from them. I am particularly glad about the LaChiusa case. I would also like to hear more from Guettel and Ahrens and Flaherty.
"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)