Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...

Let's show Maury Yeston some appreciation. He deserves more than he gets.

What is your all time favorite, and in what version?

For me, I Had A Dream About You, as performed by Betty Buckley.

“The Proposal” was my first thought. I can’t think of very many platonic duets between two men or where they’re not pining after the same woman. Beautiful song.

I've always had a soft spot for "Getting Tall" from Nine. It comes at the end of the show and is sung by young Guido and always brings a tear to my eye because of its placement in the show and the message it conveys after everything we've seen come before it in the show.

It’s so hard to pick just one, but my selection for today is NEW WORDS sung by Brent Barrett on “The Maury Yeston Songbook” from PS Classics. For me, that is a true Desert Island Disc.

"The Night Was Alive" - Titanic.

"Home" - Phantom

I like the show...I was NOT a Leo fangirl in 1997. But I saw a local professional production and I liked it. The scene with the separation of husbands and wives was very moving. Just thought I'd add that.

Phantom was the first professional show I saw that made me love theater.

I know you said one, but I had to give the other one a shoutout.

Updated On: 9/3/24 at 08:22 PM

corninthesky said: "I think the opening ofTitanicwith the entire “The Launching” sequence is simply unmatched in any other musical. Perfectly encapsulates the moment they are portraying."

THIS!!!! Best opening and song in a musical ever. The launching and there she is are just the most beautiful.

Unusual Way is an almost perfect song.

When Titanic started previews, Act 2’s WE’LL MEET TOMORROW wasn’t in the show.

Maury sensed a need for a departure number - in which loved ones acknowledged that they have to say goodbye. He wrote the bittersweet number during previews.

The night it first appeared in the show, it was piano accompaniment ONLY. The full orchestration was added the next night.

BalconyClub said: "When Titanic started previews, Act 2’s WE’LL MEET TOMORROW wasn’t in the show.
Maury sensed a need for a departure number - in which loved ones acknowledged that they have to say goodbye. He wrote the bittersweet number during previews.
The night it first appeared in the show, it was piano accompaniment ONLY. The full orchestration was added the next night."

"We'll Meet Tomorrow" was in the show from the first preview, but it was a solo for the character of Charles. The characters of Charles and Caroline were drastically reduced during previews. Yeston wrote the song "To the Lifeboats" overnight during the 3rd week of previews and reassigned who sang "We'll Meet Tomorrow" to make it a full cast number.

"To the Lifeboats" went in with piano only and segued into a fully orchestrated "We'll Meet Tomorrow". The following night the sequence was completed with Jonathan Tunick's thrilling orchestration and my friends who worked on the show credit it for saving Act Two.

Updated On: 9/4/24 at 10:09 AM

I've been thinking about this question since it was posted hoping to be more original than joining the Unusual Way bandwagon...but I cannot. It's simply perfection. Especially as sung by the late, great Rebecca Luker who looks stunning as a brunette.