Posted: 8/29/17 at 9:52pm
Out There from Hunchback is one of my favorites.
Posted: 8/30/17 at 4:26am
Public User said: "Instead of "feel-good", I think you are talking about women belting out their determination to withstand all odds sort of thing. For some reason, it just doesn't have the same qualities when a man tries to sing them, probably because men traditionally have had the upper hand for so long.
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I think it's because our culture allow women a broader range of emotional expression than is allowed to men, and the same is true of female v. male characters. This has changed somewhat since R&H. See "Dust and Ashes" and "Waving Through a Window" from the same season.
As William Goldman once wrote about movie characters, especially from the 1950s on: men DO while women FEEL. The latter often makes for a bigger song.
Posted: 8/30/17 at 11:15am
I Believe in You H2SUCCEED
Brotherhood of Man H2SUCCEED
Upstairs, Two Flights Up PROMISES, PROMISES
Kansas City OKLAHOMA
She Loves Me SHE LOVES ME
Tonight at Eight SHE LOVES ME
Try Me SHE LOVES ME
Once in a Lifetime STOP THE WORLD...
Gonna Build a Mountain STOP THE WORLD...
Make Way for a Newfangled Preacherman PURLIE
Feeling Good THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
If Ever I Would Leave You CAMELOT
Camelot CAMELOT
Oh What a Beautiful Morning OKLAHOMA
Some Enchanted Evening SOUTH PACIFIC
Where Is the Life of Late I Led? KISS ME, KATE
Get Me to the Church on Time MY FAIR LADY
With a Little Bit of Luck MY FAIR LADY
Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat GUYS AND DOLLS
Just in Time BELLS ARE RINGING
Trouble MUSIC MAN
Don't Marry Me FLOWER DRUM SONG
Put On a Happy Face BYE BEY, BIRDIE
Fireworks DO RE MI
Make Someone Happy DO RE MI
Comedy Tonight FORUM
Mame
Hello, Dolly
Put on Your Sunday Clothes HELLO DOLLY
The First Time ZORBA
All I Care About is Love CHICAGO
Razzle Dazzle CHICAGO
He Tossed A Coin THE ROTHSCHILDS
Greased Lightning GREAW=SE
They're Playing My Song THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG
Shuffle Off to Buffalo 42ND STREET
I've Got to Be There MY ONE AND ONLY et al
I Can't Be Bothered Now CRAZY FOR YOU et al
A woman Is Not a Dress COCO
La Cage aux Folles
Double Talk CITY OF ANGELS
All Ya Have To Do Is Wait CITY OF ANGELS
Feel All Right For the Rest of Your Life FALSETTOS
Aquarius HAIR
I've Got Life/Ain't Got No HAIR
Hair
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