Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:50am
I love asking this every year - What was your favorite song from this Broadway season?
For me, it's "Satisfied".
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:51am
I think mine is "Satisfied" as well, though several from Hamilton are worthy of mention: "Wait for It", "My Shot", "Nonstop", "Room Where It Happens"
Updated On: 4/18/16 at 10:51 AM
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:52am
Helpless
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:56am
My pick would also be "Satisfied."
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:12am
"Satisfied" - That song breaks my heart. EVERY. TIME.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:18am
'Helpless' from Hamilton. As someone that almost universally listens to female R&B and showtunes, it might actually be my favorite song ever. Combined with that brilliant rap verse from Lin and Phillipa's glorious vocal runs at the end. Ugh I just love it.
Updated On: 4/18/16 at 11:18 AM
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:20am
I also think 'Satisfied' is near perfect. I'm also quite partial to 'What About Love' from The Color Purple. It's such a poignant love song!
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:29am
I haven't seen the spring-opening shows yet, but of shows that opened by February, my favourite song has been "My Manhattan" from Daddy Longlegs. But that is off-Broadway, so doesn't qualify in the OP's question as being from this Broadway season. From Hamilton, I most enjoy "Wait For It" and "One Last Time". And from The Color Purple, "I'm Here".
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Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:42am
Wait for It. I have yet to see several musicals from the spring, but since this is one of my favorite musical theater songs ever, I doubt it will be surpassed.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:43am
'So Familiar' from Bright Star
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:45am
The Room Where it Happens
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:51am
A tie between "The Schuyler Sisters", "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" (both HAMILTON) and "Push Da Button" (THE COLOR PURPLE)
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:55am
Room Where it Happens or She Used to Be Mine
Posted: 4/18/16 at 12:14pm
Not Broadway but Good For You from Dear Evan Hansen
Posted: 4/18/16 at 12:16pm
Satisfied and she used to be mine are my most played songs on my phone.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 12:27pm
"Take a Break" and "Helpless" are definitely up there.
As for non-Hamilton selections, I love "Woah, Mama" and "I Had a Vision" from Bright Star, as well as "She Used to Be Mine" from Waitress.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 12:30pm
The "Helpless"/"Satisfied" chunk of the show is brilliance beyond words. That, of course, isn't to take away from the utter brilliance of songs like "Room Where It Happens," "Non-Stop," "My Shot," "Quiet Uptown," "Who Lives, etc.," "What'd I Miss?," the opener... Oh wait, the entire rest of the show.
I'd also like to take this time to point out my particular appreciation for the song "Hurricane," which I think is severely underrated and serves as a critically important and successful character development point in the show.
Also, Cynthia Erivo's "I'm Here." Iconic.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 1:05pm
Although all of Hamilton is brilliant, "Non-Stop" and "The Room Where It Happens" are my favorite two songs from any musical in history and completely run away with the season for me. "She Used To Be Mine" is another favorite of mine, and although it's not new, I loved "Memories of You" from Shuffle Along.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 1:30pm
Satisfied
She Used To Be Mine
You Matter to Me
Higher
Killing Spree
Posted: 4/18/16 at 2:16pm
When I first read through this thread just now, my first reaction was "Why is almost everybody only picking songs from Hamilton?" Then I looked back through the list of original musicals I've seen this season, and I remembered why. I've seen relatively few original musicals this season, and even fewer with scores that I really liked. With the exception of Hamilton, my favorite scores from this season were actually all Off-Broadway (I haven't seen Waitress, American Pyscho or Tuck Everlasting yet). Some of my favorite songs from those Off-Broadway shows were:
"Sinner's Land" from Futurity
"Beautiful" from Invisible Thread
"Bela Musana" from Invisible Thread
"Like Other Girls" from Daddy Long Legs
"For Forever" from Dear Evan Hansen
"Requiem" from Dear Evan Hansen
"Daughters Of" from First Daughter Suite
Posted: 4/18/16 at 2:21pm
Oh yes, I forgot basically the entire Dear Evan Hansen score. I especially love Waving Through A Window, Good For You, and For Forever.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 2:26pm
I love that this has naturally become an unofficial Hamilton thread. I really just love everything the girls sing: Schuyler Sisters, Helpless, Satisfied, Say No to This, Take a Break...this score is phenomenal.
Stuff I like from other shows: Vanilla Ice Cream, Dear Friend, A Trip to the Library, When He Sees Me, Far From the Home I Love...
Posted: 4/18/16 at 2:27pm
Satisfied and Wait for It from Hamilton. I also enjoyed Good for You from Dear Evan Hanson.
Posted: 4/18/16 at 2:32pm
I rode my bike to work this morning and couldn't stop singing "Selling Out" to myself, so I will have to go with that and "Killing Spree."
Posted: 4/18/16 at 2:33pm
This was such a good season for songwriting.
Satisfied, The World was Wide Enough, and Wait for It from Hamilton.
She Used to Be Mine from Waitress.
The Secret of Happiness, Like Other Girls, and I Have Torn You From My Heart from Daddy Longlegs
I'm also partial to this version of Miracle of Miracles from Fiddler,
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