I love Don Henley! I went through a stage two years ago where I was completely into The Eagles and that's almost all I listened to. Now not so much for some reason...
Right now I am listening to the OBC of La Cage but also wishing it was the revival cast. I tried listening to La Cage and then The Producers right after it to try to do a Gary cross-over, but it wasn't too successful. I must admit I'm not such a fan of the original cast. But if it's the only way I can hear the songs again, so be it...
~Jessica
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
~Roger Bart
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
PARADE is my new addiction, a real guilty pleasure...
See them laugh when an angel dies! See them tell of the truth of their lies! But they'll run on the judgment dayyyy! Someone's gonna pay when the flood comes!
How can I not feel guilty finding tunes like that catchy?
My current playlist consists of: Stevie Nicks American Analog Set Aqualung Boards of Canada Bedhead Christine McVie Cliff Richard ELO Lindsey Buckingham The Pernice Brothers Ryan Adams Slowdive
Actually Evelyn, I'm pretty sure the lyrics are "See them tell all their Jew-loving lies", but regardless, I completely agree...words cannot describe how I feel about that musical. Despite, but really because of, the subject matter.
I was listening to La Cage about an hour ago while working on my essay, but right now I have You're a good man charlie brown (revival) on.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
"Actually Evelyn, I'm pretty sure the lyrics are "See them tell all their Jew-loving lies", but regardless, I completely agree...words cannot describe how I feel about that musical. Despite, but really because of, the subject matter."
And to think I had picked that line as the one that I thought *didn't* directly reference Jewish people so that no one here would be offended by overtly musicalized anti-Semitism! :) My favorite songs from the show are The Old Red Hills of Home, The Factory Girls/Come Up to My Office, A Rumblin' and a Rollin', and Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes (of course). It's a brave work of great depth.
And if you've never read the novel Ragtime, you should becaues Leo Frank figures into it toward the end.
