what show is ONE NIGHT ONLY from?

[aces25]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 9:25pm

Or was it written for the Tonys?

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 9:26pm

Wow.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 9:27pm

That would be DREAMGIRLS.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 10:41pm

Bam.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 10:48pm

And if you don't have the OCR of Dreamgirls..don't walk...run and get it !!!!

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 10:51pm

oh, broadwayboobs, NO. i am telling you IM NOT GOING...
-d.b.j-

[tkts]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 11:02pm

Now we have proof this board is full of 16 year olds.

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 11:21pm

hey don't knock the young! my favorite cast recording when I was 16 was Chess. i did have my rent phase but it lasted all of 3 weeks. being young doesn't necessarily mean that you think wicked is a masterpiece and consider rent to be a "classic work"

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 11:25pm

Nothing wrong with someone wanting to know where a song came from. We should be happy to help someone discover a show they didn't know before.

[dymk]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 11:27pm

So what we should do is give aces25 some other suggestions on wonderful Broadway, Off-Broadway, etc. recordings so we can "broaden horizons", if you will. Don't get me wrong, I laughed when I read the thread, but I think it's great that a "younger" generation is getting into Broadway. Keep those questions coming!

[jezzebelle]

Posted: 6/7/04 at 11:28pm

I got started on stuff like "West Side Story". In fact, when I was in 8th grade, my dream role was Riff. I'm a girl, so you can see the problem. :)

I went thru a Rent phase as well, but I was way late to the Rent mania. It's up to us older people to educate younger people about classic musical theatre, not knock em' for not knowing shows beyond newer things. How else will they learn variety ?

Dreamgirls OCR is one of the best cd's I own, by the way. Right up there with Into the Woods, WSS, Les Miserables, Chess, etc.

-Jess

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 12:28am

And then after you get the OBCR you need to tear down the mountain, yell, scream and shout for the double disc Actor's Fund Dreamgirls Concert

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 12:32am

hehe jezzebelle, the way you phrased it made it sound like you were describing drugs. though musicals are arguably a kind of drug, very addictive. but you're right, everyone has to start somewhere. there's nothing wrong with people new to the game who haven't gotten into the "hard stuff" yet. it's up to everyone else to inform.

[jesseeinstein]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 12:40am

wow.... you NEED to get the Dreamgirls cd and/or the 2 disc concert version immediately!!!
-Jesse

[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 1:14am

Wow, lets bite aces25 head off for not knowing a song from dreamgirls....real classy my friends.

[jezzebelle]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 1:24am

heheheh, you're right mistermatt, re-reading my post, it did sound like I was describing drugs. :) Musical theatre is very much my drug of choice. I was an odd child growing up and proud of it.

-Jess

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 4:28am

well then hello from another odd child turned musical nerd! but for the record, let's not confuse me with Mister Matt or Matt G. I am Broadway Matt, the third of the Matts here. i joked to Matt G on PM that soon we'll be able to put on a production of Five Guys Named Matt. and musical theatre is definitely my anti-drug. if not for the musicals, I'd likely be pretty heavy into the crack or something similar.

[jezzebelle]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 8:56am

Whoops, my apologies. They're so many Matt's here, my head is spinning. :)

Let's hear it for the nerds ! (makes me want to burst into "Let's hear it for the boy.")


-Jess

-Jess

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 10:16am

I AM MELINDA !

No, wait

I am Mister Matt
I am Mister Matt
I am Mister Matt

Will the REAL Mister Matt please stand up?

This thread makes me feel so OLD.....

[BroadwayBoy2005]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 10:27am

Well, I'm 18 (as of two weeks ago) and I just saw 'Miss Saigon' last month. That was the first time I'd ever heard of it, too. But next month, I'll see 'Dreamgirls' for the first time, as well. That 'One Night Only' song was pretty catchy, though. Still can't get it out of my head.....

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 10:34am

Broadwayboy - You're in for a real treat! One of the greatest overall scores I've had the pleasure of enjoying. I certainly count the original staging as one of the best nights of theatre I've experienced, and anyone I've talked to about the benefit concert a couple of years ago thought it was great as well.

MisterMatt - there will always be those that are younger - and oler (where is Miriam, by the way?) Personally, I don't begrudge ANY of the time I've had, because it only means that much more I've been able to enjoy. I love being able to share that awareness with the younger folk, and relish in their opportunity to keep my eyes open to what may be happening now.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 11:26am

I remember discovering musicals when I was about 17, so I know how it is. I do envy you BroadwayBoy! I saw a production of Dreamgirls a few years back with the awesome Fuschia Walker (Jennifer Holliday was out that weekend) and I was blown away by the show and by Fuschia. I honestly couldn't imagine Jennifer giving a better performance (her bug-eyed belts scare the crap out of me). It was the first time I ever experienced mutliple ovations during a song (seven ovations during And I am Telling You I'm Not Going). I have always wanted to see it again. I hope the production does justice to the show.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 11:37am

I can certainly see how jennifer can seem intimidating - all I can tell you is that it was like being subsumed by a tidal wave of power.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 12:08pm

Jennifer gave the single greatest performance in a musical that I've ever seen in 30+ years of theatregoing and Bennett's staging is absolutely unparalleled. It's amazing Fuschia Walker is STILL out there doing the show. I saw her play Effie back in the mid-80's (her sister Arnetia played Lorell in the same production -- both have great voices). Fuschia was a first rate Effie -- one of the three or four best I've seen (I've seen 8 and heard tapes of another 4 or 5) -- but Holliday was truly a force of nature (it was literally difficult to breathe when she was going full tilt) and no one has ever quite been her equal in the role.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/8/04 at 12:15pm

I LOVE Jen Holliday in dreamgirls! I CHERISH that album


How can someone know Broadway and not know "One Night Only" is from dreamgirls??