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Posted: 7/30/06 at 3:07pm
For many of us, there are those songs from shows that, everytime you listen to them, you can't help but tear up, get shivers down your spine, feel intense emotions; songs that make you angry, sad, joyously happy, liberated. Songs that make you think and FEEL, that you connect with deeply on a personal level. It may be a specific actor whose performance of that song affects you in particular.
For me, those songs are Stranger in This World and Petrified from TABOO, as performed by Euan Morton and Raul Esparza, respectively. The former stands out for me as, knowing Boy George's background, the lyrics make real sense and Euan Morton just spills those emotions out into the song. Raul Esparza gives an equally moving performance in Petrified. I think it's fair to say that the performances of Mr. Morton and Mr. Esparza in TABOO were the two most emotionally wrought that season.
And most recently, the song What About Love?, as performed so gorgeously by Elisabeth Withers-Mendes and LaChanze in THE COLOR PURPLE, touches me every time I hear it. First off, it's wonderful to hear a love ballad between two women. Broadway has seen love ballads between a man and a woman, between two men, a man and a transvestite, among other gender pairs. These two women deliver such intense performances, you can't help but feel where Celie is and how vital what she's discovering is. Not to mention what the voices of Ms. Withers-Mendes and LaChanze bring to this song. I think Ms. Withers-Mendes gives the most underrated featured performance of the season.
What songs from shows do you find heartwrenching?
For me, those songs are Stranger in This World and Petrified from TABOO, as performed by Euan Morton and Raul Esparza, respectively. The former stands out for me as, knowing Boy George's background, the lyrics make real sense and Euan Morton just spills those emotions out into the song. Raul Esparza gives an equally moving performance in Petrified. I think it's fair to say that the performances of Mr. Morton and Mr. Esparza in TABOO were the two most emotionally wrought that season.
And most recently, the song What About Love?, as performed so gorgeously by Elisabeth Withers-Mendes and LaChanze in THE COLOR PURPLE, touches me every time I hear it. First off, it's wonderful to hear a love ballad between two women. Broadway has seen love ballads between a man and a woman, between two men, a man and a transvestite, among other gender pairs. These two women deliver such intense performances, you can't help but feel where Celie is and how vital what she's discovering is. Not to mention what the voices of Ms. Withers-Mendes and LaChanze bring to this song. I think Ms. Withers-Mendes gives the most underrated featured performance of the season.
What songs from shows do you find heartwrenching?
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-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 8/1/06 at 03:07 PM
