Hey All, I am working on a project and I am trying to think of musical theatre songs about the seasons. Either with the names in the title, or about the season itself, or that sums up the spirit of the season. I have done the search the web option, but you folks are a deeper and more nuanced lexicon of musical theatre knowledge! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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Another Winter in a Summer Town from Grey Gardens
Younger than Springtime from South Pacific
Updated On: 3/12/15 at 08:50 PM
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Colors of Paradise from Spitfire Grill
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"Summertime" from Porgy & Bess
"A Summer in Ohio" from The Last 5 Years
"Did Spring Come to Texas" from Giant
"Autumn" from Titanic
"The Lusty Month of May" from Camelot
"June Is Busting Out All Over" from Carousel
and, of course, "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers
"Springtime for Hitler" - The Producers
"Girl for All Seasons" from GREASE 2... seriously. lol.
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Seasons of Looooooooohuhuhuhuhuhuhuuuuve
Try to Remember from The Fantasticks
The Ziegfeld girl segment of "His Love Makes Me Beautiful" in FUNNY GIRL.
"April Showers" (a Jolson standard)
"It Might as Well Be Spring" STATE FAIR
"The Lusty* Month of May" CAMELOT
"September Song" KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY
"June Is Busting Out All Over" CAROUSEL
"White Christmas" WHITE CHRISTMAS
"Easter Parade" EASTER PARADE (any holiday song, really)
"I Love Paris" CAN-CAN (takes Paris through the seasons)
"Six Months Out of Every Year" DAMN YANKEES
*Thanks to Danny for giving us the correct title of the CAMELOT song. I have amended my list.
Updated On: 3/12/15 at 10:32 PM
I believe it is called the Lusty Month of May
Yes, Fantod. You and Danny are right, and I have corrected my post. Thanks.
Another one from Camelot is If Ever Would I Leave You, which I've always had a fondness for.
all four seasons:
Winter, from The Visit.
Summer Nights from Grease
Another Autumn from Paint Your Wagon
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (that might just be a Barbra Streisand song and not from a musical)
I believe it was originally sung by June Christy, but no Spring... is not from a musical.
Winter of the Mind from PORTRAIT OF JENNY
Summer, Summer from TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
April in Paris from WALK A LITTLE FASTER
I'll be Seeing You from RIGHT THIS WAY
His Love Makes Me Beautiful - Funny Girl
The Song of Purple Summer from Spring Awakening
It's Spring from A Year With Frog and Toad
Spring from bare
Spread A Little Sunshine from Pippin
"Before the Summer Ends" - DRACULA
"Snow Falls" - Camille Claudel
Autumn in Connecticut from Far From Heaven
Blame It On The Summer Night from Rags
It Must Be Spring from Three Wishes for Jamie
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One of my favorites is Think Spring from Come Summer.
Also:
Five Minutes of Spring (The Happiest Girl in the World)
The Springtime Cometh (Flahoooey)
Spring Is Here (I Married an Angel)
Later Than Spring (Sail Away)
And on a comic note, April in Fairbanks (New Faces of 1956).
For summer, there's Summertime Love from Greenwillow, and the title song from Come Summer.
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"Winter's on the Wing" and "Wick" from The Secret Garden.
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If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot
Our Last Summer - Mamma Mia
Song of a Summer Night - The Most Happy Fella
Once Upon A December (Anastasia)
Ain't It Awful, The Heat? (Street Scene)
Sunshine (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
The sun won't set / Night waltz (A Little Night Music)
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Junior, watch your language: it's Too Darn Hot. :)
The Sun Won't Set A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
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