Favorite Musical REprise - the essence of musicals- Page 2

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/9/03 at 9:16pm

I absolutely love "The Speed Test" reprise in Millie! I thought that was too funny! And it doesnt count as a reprise, but "Let Me Entertain You" in Gypsy is brought back in the end with a COMPLETELY different twist, which I absolutely love! I also like the "Good Morning Baltimore" reprise from Hairspray, and last but not least the "I'll Cover You" reprise from Rent!

[Hello Gorgeous]

Posted: 8/9/03 at 10:07pm

I agree also with "As Long As He Needs Me" from OLIVER!, and everything BillyLawlor just said. All of those songs are very moving and powerful to me. I also love the reprises to "There's No Buisness Like Show Business" from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.

[jo]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 12:40am

May I add --

"Bring Him Home" being played while the fallen student rebels lay dead on the barricade.

"Love Changes Everything" in different contexts and with different lyrics ( especially Track 23) in ASPECTS OF LOVE.

Also, "Seeing is Believing" , reprised in different contexts in ASPECTS OF LOVE - one of the most achingly romantic melodies I have ever heard.

And when Hugh Jackman,as Curly, sings "Let People Say We're In Love" after he and Laurey finally admit what people were talking about ( People Will Say We're In Love, sang earlier). Wow!

And I agree with the reprises of CAMELOT and The Impossible Dream. They evoke such powerful calls to noble ideals !


jo Updated On: 8/10/03 at 12:40 AM

[PennyWise]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 1:02am

This is a great thread!

One reprise that hasn't been mentioned is the reprise of "Home" when Belle is comforting the near death Beast in "Beauty and the Beast." It's a quite a touching moment.

Also, I'm not sure if this would be considered a "reprise" or not, but at the beginning and end of "Once on this Island", there is a series of spoken lines (first - the storytellers, last - the Little Girl) "There is an Island where Rivers run deep", etc. I guess that's not really a reprise - what is it?

[MusicMan]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 3:55am

Bringing it full circle.

[Paulie]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 5:03am

"If I Loved You," from CAROUSEL is the strongest, most heart-wrenching reprise I can think of.

Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy,
I let my golden chances pass me by.
Soon you'll leave me,
Off you will go in the mist of day,
Never, never to know
How I loved you,
How I loved you.

Can't listen to it without shedding a tear.

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 7:47am

I also like the reprise of "So IN Love" from Kiss Me Kate when Lili walks out on Fred, and Fred sings it alone after she leaves. Especially when Brian Stokes MItchell and Brent Barrett sang it. It's a really beautiful reprise.

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 10:49am

Paulie.......absooooolutely:)

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 11:50am

Any reprise is just for some reason inspirational. They add to the climax of the story. I love to hear a reprise. I like the one from Music Man and I like Elaborate Lives from aida (and how they end the same as they start).

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 5:36pm

Another great one is when Shelley sings "Such a Lovely Boy" reprising her earlier version on "Such an Ugly Boy" from Bat Boy.

Also, in "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum," the reprise of "Lovely" sung by Hysterium and Pseudolus is just too funny!

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/10/03 at 7:48pm

OOh, I love that one from BatBoy as well. How sweet!

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/11/03 at 10:21am

Mabel's reprise of I won't Send roses-- "So Who Needs Roses" in Mack and Mabel.

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 8/11/03 at 10:34am

And who can forget the reprise of "I Can't Do It Alone" from Chicago with completely different context!

[Victoria Grant]

Posted: 8/11/03 at 11:20am

Another great one is from City OF ANGELS when Stone & Stein are singing I'm Nothing Without You and then at the end when the whole company sings it. When Stein throws his book out into the audience and says " A hollywood ending." and the orchestra goes into a more jazz version what a great song.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 8/11/03 at 11:38am

Pal Joey

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

As nasty and as 'naughty' (for the time) as they come.

"Romance, finis
Your chance, finis
Those ants
That invaded my pants,
Finis.
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
No more."

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/11/03 at 11:39am

ironically, that City of Angels reprise of You're Nothing Without Me is one of my least favorite reprises.

i thought the song was so cool and hot and powerful when sung by the two guys...a great show moment...

for me, adding other singers to it, indeed female singing, in the reprise lowered the testosterone level of the song and made it seem rather trite.

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:53am

in Seesaw.......when

Poor Everybody Else

is reprised as part of the huge tap number with In the Late Great State of New York

it is awesome.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 5:54pm

Another very poignant reprise is in the musical "Shenandoah". The song Violets and Silverbells is sung as the vows in Jenny's wedding. In the second act it is reprised by her brother and sister-in-law as an affirmation of their own commitment to each other.

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 7:24pm

I had forgotten that Shenandoah reprise. There are many wonderful memories of Shenandoah.

[Albin]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 1:55pm

Don't forget the reprise of "Song on The Sand" done as a duet by Albin & Georges in "La Cage." Also, the finale of the same show-it is one big mega-reprise! Updated On: 8/13/03 at 01:55 PM

Posted: 8/14/03 at 9:59am

I'm pretty fond of the rerpise of Enchatment Passing Through at the end of Aida when Radames and Aida are in the tomb dying.

"There'll be no ties of time and space to bind us"
"And no horizon I could not pursue."
"We'll leave the world's misfortunes far behind us."
"And I will put my faith and trust in you."

How sad is that? But, I have to agree that the "All I Ask of You reprise in Phantom is just soooo haunting. My heart breaks for the poor Phantom. "I gave you my music. Made your song take flight...."

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 12:24pm

The "Till There Was You" (reprise) in "The Music Man" when Harold tells Winthrop that he can't go because "for the first time in my life I got my foot caught in the door". I LOVE THAT ENTIRE SCENE!!!