#1
Posted: 9/3/05 at 10:55pm
Trying to think of sung prayers in musicals. Got Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler. What else...?
Prayers in Broadway Musicals...
#2
Posted: 9/3/05 at 10:57pm
Hymn to Dionysos - The Frogs
Bar Mitzvah prayers - Falsettoland
Numerous Jewish prayers, including the prayer over the candles - Caroline or Change
Bar Mitzvah prayers - Falsettoland
Numerous Jewish prayers, including the prayer over the candles - Caroline or Change
#3
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:00pm
Um Pray in Once On This Island
Be the change you want in the world....
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#4
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:00pm
"Pass the Cross to Me" - Shenandoah
i know its technically a hymn, but 9 years of Catholic school remind me that a hymn is a "sung prayer".
Damn those nuns.
Speaking of which, the "Preludium" and "Wedding Processional" in "The Sound of Music" consist of many traditional Latin rites.
i know its technically a hymn, but 9 years of Catholic school remind me that a hymn is a "sung prayer".
Damn those nuns.
Speaking of which, the "Preludium" and "Wedding Processional" in "The Sound of Music" consist of many traditional Latin rites.
Updated On: 9/3/05 at 11:00 PM
#5
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:03pm
I'll second Caroline and Fiddler.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#6
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:06pm
How could anyone forget 'Bring Him Home'?
#7
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:06pm
Prayer For a Duck - Pippin!
"His breath has ebbed, his pulse is low
His feet are webbed, but even so
You must know
That although our tears are poised to burst
We've kept our faith warm through the worst
We haven't cursed our luck or run amuck
To prayer we've stuck
Please reward our pluck
And save this duck!"
So cute :)
"His breath has ebbed, his pulse is low
His feet are webbed, but even so
You must know
That although our tears are poised to burst
We've kept our faith warm through the worst
We haven't cursed our luck or run amuck
To prayer we've stuck
Please reward our pluck
And save this duck!"
So cute :)
"You just have to do what your voice tells you to do." -Linda Eder
#8
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:13pm
The Finale in Les Mis also has Valjean and Fantine praying. That kind of goes along with "Bring Him Home".
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
#10
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:24pm
Kaddish from Rags
Question: Will Esparza win for The Homecoming?
BobbyBubby: I hope so. If only for the mental health of many people on this board.
#11
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:30pm
How about "Til We Reach That Day" from Ragtime?
"How Blessed We Are" from Big River
In a way, "Rain Song" from 110 in the Shade
"If Prayin' Were Horses" from Civil War
"My Maker" from Jane Eyre
"Gethsemane" from JCS
"Close Every Door" from Joseph
"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon
--- I think it depends on what TYPES of prayer you're looking for!
"How Blessed We Are" from Big River
In a way, "Rain Song" from 110 in the Shade
"If Prayin' Were Horses" from Civil War
"My Maker" from Jane Eyre
"Gethsemane" from JCS
"Close Every Door" from Joseph
"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon
--- I think it depends on what TYPES of prayer you're looking for!
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#12
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:41pm
Eva starts praying at the end of the Waltz in Evita. She's fussing at the man upstairs anyway.
Idina: This is called a kielbasa!
Pianist: It's called a 'KA-basa'...
Idina: It's called a kabasa? Oh, a KIEL-basa's a sausage, isn't it? I CAN PLAY THAT TOO! HULLO!!
#14
Posted: 9/3/05 at 11:51pm
Prayer of the Comfort Counselor from Spelling Bee!
#15
Posted: 9/4/05 at 12:02am
Les Miserables has more than its share of prayer-like songs. Even before I saw the show, I had heard Michael Crawford's rendition of "Bring Him Home" and thought it was some sort of hymn...I had no familiarity with the musical at the time. A few months after seeing it, though, I did a high school theology paper on it.
And there's always that Latin chorus in "Carpe Noctem" from "Tanz der Vampire." "Dies irae, Kyrie, Libera me Domine. Dies Irae, Kyrie, Requiem Da Domine." And so on...
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And there's always that Latin chorus in "Carpe Noctem" from "Tanz der Vampire." "Dies irae, Kyrie, Libera me Domine. Dies Irae, Kyrie, Requiem Da Domine." And so on...
#16
Posted: 9/4/05 at 12:21am
the title song from the Color Purple
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#17
Posted: 9/4/05 at 12:24am
As far as off-Broadway goes, there's some Latin prayers in Nunsense and there's the song "Our Father" from A Man of No Importance.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#18
Posted: 9/4/05 at 12:55am
a WHOLE bunch in bare. peter says the our father a lot, the opening song is a mass, and a lot of parts take place in confession.
Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree"
~Related~
#19
Posted: 9/4/05 at 1:19am
The Bells of St. Sebastian from NINE
But the music of the ringing
Was the music of our singing
When we were singing Kyrie Eleison,
Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison.
Each day at lauds
Each night at vespers
From every tower the hour would be tolled
For those of us at St. Sebastian,
No longer young and not yet old.
But the music of the ringing
Was the music of our singing
When we were singing Kyrie Eleison,
Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison.
Each day at lauds
Each night at vespers
From every tower the hour would be tolled
For those of us at St. Sebastian,
No longer young and not yet old.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#20
Posted: 9/4/05 at 1:30am
Sh'ma in Parade.
-Anyone want to turn anarchist with me?"Bless you and all who know you, oh wise and penguined one." ~YouWantItWhen????
#21
Posted: 9/4/05 at 1:51am
while not on Broadway, nor an entire song, but Edgar's section in "Comfort and Joy" from Bay Boy is a prayer, albeit a prayer to not be a bat anymore.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#23
Posted: 9/4/05 at 3:47am
What about "Tender Shepherd" from PETER PAN, or "One Hand, One Heart" from WSS (technically a wedding vow, but still, they're talking to God).
There are several points in TWO BY TWO in which people talk to God, including one section where the entire cast prays in unison:
OH LORD, CREATOR OF THE EARTH
RULER OF THE SKIES AND THE SEA
OH LORD. PROVIDER OF THE LIGHT
GIVE US FAITH, GIVE US HOPE...
There are several points in TWO BY TWO in which people talk to God, including one section where the entire cast prays in unison:
OH LORD, CREATOR OF THE EARTH
RULER OF THE SKIES AND THE SEA
OH LORD. PROVIDER OF THE LIGHT
GIVE US FAITH, GIVE US HOPE...
#24
Posted: 9/4/05 at 7:33am
Colm Wilkinson's BRING HIM HOME from Les Miserables is exceptionally powerful and poignant as he sings it to a sleeping Marius ( played by Michael Ball in the original production). Turning full circle, Michael Ball has recorded this song and he also delivers the song with the same emotional intensity ( maybe from sharing that exceptional moment onstage decades ago).
Even played without the lyrics, this melody is haunting and very touching ( it was used as background music for the death at the barricades scene in STAGE BY STAGE, a documentary on Les Mis).
Even played without the lyrics, this melody is haunting and very touching ( it was used as background music for the death at the barricades scene in STAGE BY STAGE, a documentary on Les Mis).
#25
Posted: 9/4/05 at 9:17am
There are HOASANNAs in both Sarafina and JCS.
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