"Dust and Ashes" from The Great Comet audio or lyrics?- Page 2

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/17/16 at 12:41pm

Would Lili Cooper be joining the company again since spongebob doesn't look like it's coming in for another year? Or has she already been replaced?

[willep]

Posted: 7/17/16 at 1:15pm

The full cast was already announced, Amber Gray is returning to the role.

Updated On: 7/17/16 at 01:15 PM

[John Adams]

Posted: 7/17/16 at 1:26pm

What an amazing number. It's like a show unto itself.

It's so rare that men get these kinds of songs of emotional depth, vulnerability and reflection in a musical, but seem to be written for women much more often (i.e. "Fifty Percent", "I Dreamed A Dream","The Story Goes On", "If He Walked Into My Life", etc.). Men usually get a more "macho" treatment like "Soliloquy" from Carousel.

This number contains elements from some of the few solo numbers I can think of where a male character is required to be more emotionally exposed: "Gethsemane", "Being Alive" and a touch of "I Can't Make This Movie".

Can anyone think of other solo numbers for male characters that require demonstrating emotional vulnerability?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/17/16 at 1:28pm

Bring Him Home -Les Mis.

Updated On: 7/17/16 at 01:28 PM

[John Adams]

Posted: 7/17/16 at 2:03pm

dramamama611 said: "Bring Him Home -Les Mis."

Of course! (How'd I forget that one?)

I was scrolling through my iTunes library and also found, "I Stayed" from A Catered Affair. To add to the "macho"/emotionally suppressed list, there's "A Hymn to Him" from My Fair Lady.

[Steve C.]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:08pm

I'm really looking forward to seeing The GC. We just got matinee tix for the same day we got tickets to "Sunday ITP", on a Wednesday night.

I haven't heard but bits and pieces but now, after listening to "Dust..", I a few others, I'm encouraged...plus I'm a sucker for what sounds like huge, lush, orchestrations. Can JG act? I've never seen him in anything. However, he hits it with this, he totally owns this song...way up into the rafters.     

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 6:37pm

It was posted on Facebook today.  Fine song, moving lyrics and great acting vocal performance by Groban.   I have not seen the show, and have found the cast recording intriguing and droll but, with some exceptions, somewhat repetitive in style and tone.  This is a great addition to the score.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/18/16 at 7:06pm

"Can anyone think of other solo numbers for male characters that require demonstrating emotional vulnerability?"

Sure.

Soliloquy  CAROUSEL

Funny  CITY OF ANGELS

All of My Life  DO RE MI

Fanette  JACQUES BREL...

Next  JACQUES BREL...

Amsterdam  JACQUES BREL...

The Girl That I Will Marry  JACQUES BREL...

What Kind of Fool Am I?  STOP THE WORLD...

What More Can I Say?  FALSETTOS

No More  INTO THE WOODS

Who Can I Turn To?  THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT

Feeling Good  THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT

Who Am I?  LES MISERABLES

Lonely Town  ON THE TOWN

Lonely House  STREET SCENE

The Road You Didn't Take  FOLLIES

No One Has Ever Loved Me   PASSION

Her Face  CARNIVAL

I Wish It So  JUNO

Night Song  GOLDEN BOY

Bess, You Is My Woman Now  PORGY AND BESS

This Nearly Was Mine  SOUTH PACIFIC

I Remember Sky  EVENING PRIMROSE

A Call From the Grave  THREEPENNY OPERA

A Quiet Girl  WONDERFUL TOWN

I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You  TWO BY TWO

What You'd Call A Dream  DIAMONDS

My Best Girl  MAME

Mama, A Rainbow  MINNIE'S BOYS

Hey There  PAJAMA GAME

Once Upon A Time  ALL AMERICAN

I Don't Remember You  THE HAPPY TIME

Lost in the Stars  LOST IN THE STARS

I'll Buy You A Star  A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

That's a Beginning  ZORBA

Chavaleh  FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

In My Own Lifetime  THE ROTHSCHILDS

Where Do I Go?  HAIR

Promises, Promises  PROMISES, PROMISES

She Wasn't You  ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER

Joey, Joey, Joey  THE MOST HAPPY FELLA

I Talk to The Trees  PAINT YOUR WAGON

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face  MY FAIR LADY

Old Man River  SHOW BOAT



 

Updated On: 7/19/16 at 07:06 PM

[Harrisonmlewis]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 12:31am

"Time" from Tuck Everlasting is also a really emotional song.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 12:57am

To someone who saw the most recent production at ART, is this what the orchestrations sound like now?

[Valentina3]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 6:34pm

I really would love to hear Sondheim review this score and the lyrics. He has such crisp and concise opinions, oftentimes ruthless.