Desert Island Discs, Broadway edition

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/9/24 at 6:24pm

Inspired by Greta Gerwig’s recent appearance on the BBC radio show, I’m wondering... what eight tracks would you bring with you if you were cast away on a desert island? Broadway or stage musicals in general only, please.

For me...

 

Gypsy Overture, Jules Styne

Wilkommen, Cabaret, John Kander and Fred Ebb

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Richard Rodgers

There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This, Cy Coleman

Losing My Mind, Stephen Sondheim (Bernadette 2011)

I Had A Dream About You, Maury Yeston (Betty Buckley)

Sunday, Stephen Sondheim

I Got Plenty o Nuttin’, Gershwin and Heyward

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kdogg36]

Posted: 1/9/24 at 8:01pm

Great thread! I'm sure I'll have to resist the temptation to edit this later, but:

Bench Scene/"If I Loved You" (Carousel, 2018 Broadway Cast, Rodgers/Hammerstein)

"Please Let Me Tell You" (The Most Happy Fella, OBC, Loesser)

"Our Time" (Merrily We Roll Along, York Theater recording, Sondheim)

"Seeing is Believing" (Aspects of Love, OLC, ALW/Black/Hart)

"Happiness" (Passion, OBC, Sondheim)

"Fable" (Light in the Piazza OBC, Guettel)

"21 Guns" (American Idiot, OBC, Green Day)

"Ring of Keys" (Fun Home, OBC, Tesori/Kron)

Updated On: 1/9/24 at 08:01 PM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/10/24 at 11:48am

Great list, kdogg. I forgot to ask the question the show always ends on... if you could only save ONE of these records from the waves, which would you choose?

Me, I'd go for Gypsy Overture.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 1/10/24 at 12:43pm

I will think of 50 more in the next hour, but these are the ones that came to mind immediately.

Gypsy Overture

Mame Overture

A Weekend in the Country (ALNM)

If I Loved You (Carousel)

Rose’s Turn (Lansbury Gypsy)

Act 1 Finale (Les Miserables)

Embraceable You (Girl Crazy?? Crazy for You)

Once Upon a Time (All American)

The Party’s Over (Bells are Ringing)

Old Friends (Merrily)

Waiting for the Girls Upstairs (Follies)

I Have Dreamed (TKAI)

People Will Say We’re In Love (Oklahoma)

Finale — Man of La Mancha

Finale — Mame

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/10/24 at 12:50pm

Eight only! BBC are very strict about this. Rules are rules.

P.S. Composers like Sondheim, Jule Styne, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Marvin Hamlisch, and more, have all featured on this show. Their episodes are available as podcasts and worth a listen.

[sondheim94]

Posted: 1/10/24 at 3:54pm

Man on man this is damn near impossible... lets see...

I started with a list of about 40 and finally narrowed it down

 

Look at Me, from The Witches of Eastwick

Capricious and Fickle, from Promenade

Twenty Million People, from My Favorite Year

The Desert, from Giant (LaChiusa)

Tunnel of Love, from Side Show

Always Better, from The Bridges of Madison County

Saturn Returns (reprise), from Myths and Hymns

Some Kinda Time, from Dogfight

 

I really had to turn off my analytical brain and think about what 8 songs would bring joy, pass time, I could sing to, and would give a good message... I'm still not satisfied with all my choices haha