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?
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
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?
Posted: 7/17/16 at 1:28pm
Bring Him Home -Les Mis.
Updated On: 7/17/16 at 01:28 PM
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.
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.
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.
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
Posted: 7/20/16 at 12:31am
"Time" from Tuck Everlasting is also a really emotional song.
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?
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.
