Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:20pm

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.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:35pm

I Had a Dream About You is indeed great. 

My pick would be Unusual Way, sung by Peta Toppano on the Australian cast album. Those first notes make me emotional straight up. 

Updated On: 9/2/24 at 04:35 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:42pm

My Husband Makes Movies

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:52pm

I usually think it’s “Unusual Way” or “My Husband Makes Movies” but I love “Losing Roberto” and “The Proposal” so much. Tough choice. 

Updated On: 9/2/24 at 04:52 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 5:03pm

“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.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 5:14pm

I have a particular affection for the lovely trio "Finally To Know" from Death Takes a Holiday. Of course the only version I know was sung by original cast members JIll Paice, Alexandra Socha, and Mara Davi at the Laura Pels and on the cast recording.

[DCS]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 6:38pm

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.

[JoeW4]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 7:01pm

It's gotta be "The Proposal," but a close second for me is "By the River." Both mind-blowingly beautiful, and utterly haunting pieces of music.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 9/2/24 at 7:22pm

 

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 1:30am

His praises are definitely under sung and I think he’s written some of the most beautiful music for the theatre. Love Can’t Happen from Grand Hotel immediately came to mind. I also have a soft spot for Simple from Nine. The list goes on and on

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 1:20pm

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.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 5:19pm

I agree. So many great, great songs.  'Getting Tall' always gets me, too.

I also love 'My Grandmother's Love Letters'.

[Ensemble1716440075]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 8:22pm

"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]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 9:05pm

I think the opening of Titanic with the entire “The Launching” sequence is simply unmatched in any other musical. Perfectly encapsulates the moment they are portraying. 

[berniesb!tch]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 11:09pm

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. 

[jagman106]

Posted: 9/3/24 at 11:30pm

I also think Unusual Way is simply gorgeous (I'm partial to the Benanti/Bandeiras rendition for the 2003 Nine revival), but I also have particular affection for The Bells of St. Sebastian.

[Owen22]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:06am

Unusual Way is an almost perfect song.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 7:47am

It’s dawning on me that, with Nine and Titanic, he wrote the absolutely perfect songs that each moment required. He may not have written as many musicals as some, but the ones we do have are really brilliant and enchanting. 

[BalconyClub]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 8:20am

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.

[TBFL]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 9:19am

Love Can't Happen - Grand Hotel

The Proposal/The Night Was Alive - Titanic

[DaveyG]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 10:09am

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

[BalconyClub]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 1:41pm

DaveyG said:  ...  "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."

Wow! That is amazing. Thank you for the clarification.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/4/24 at 2:01pm

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.