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Never listening to anything but this ever again. #godra
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Lindsay Mendez - Pretty Funny by Pasek and Paul (LIVE at Joe’s Pub) (by pasekandpaul)
I legitimately...
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PlayDeclan Bennett and the West End company of Once perform “Gold.”
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GUYS I WAS AT THE LEAFS GAME WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS CRYING
YOU KNOW NOTHING JON SNOW!… sorry your team...
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“Make Someone Happy” as heard on Go Back Home (2013)
music Jule Styne lyric Betty Comden, Adolph Green
performance Audra McDonald
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As the woman who sang Irving Berlin’s lynching-themed ballad “Suppertime” on an album titled Happy Songs, Audra McDonald has always had a whimsical relationship with the concept of happiness. This lush and somewhat melancholy arrangement of the-only-song-from-Do-Re-Mi-that-anyone-has-heard-of is a welcome addition to the cannon of Audra’s bittersweet/joyous songs.
My copy of this album arrived today and I am in a coma of happiness. Is that a thing? That should totally be a thing.
Ha! Kudos to you, Mr. Headline Writer.
Lindsay Mendez - Pretty Funny by Pasek and Paul (LIVE at Joe’s Pub) (by pasekandpaul)
I legitimately thought that belting that high on an e vowel was physically impossible. Ugh, what a range.
STOP BREAKING MY HEART, LINDSAY MENDEZ.
Declan Bennett and the West End company of Once perform “Gold.”
GUYS I WAS AT THE LEAFS GAME WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS CRYING
YOU KNOW NOTHING JON SNOW!… sorry your team lost. :’(
That is amazing.
(via thedavidmurphy)
People with significant others: David Burtka is better at birthdays than you are.
(There’s a whole other topic about money and flexible schedules, but for now let’s just focus on ridiculously awesome birthday planning.)
Musicnotes.com has figured out why I make purchases from their site (image from an email they just sent me). And I’m a little freaked out.
I’d be less freaked out if their audition song suggestions were good.
Why “Smash” Killed Off A Fan Favorite
If the death on the last episode of Smash reminded you of the real-life story behindRent, that was intentional. I spoke with showrunner Joshua Safran and actor Andy Mientus about the Rent connection, and the decision to end one character’s run shortly before Smash reaches its big finish.
“There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity (Original London Cast, 1967)
music Cy Coleman lyric Dorothy Fields
performance Josephine Blake, Paula Kelly, Juliet Prowse
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Meanwhile, Across the Pond: London Cast Recordings of Broadway Hits, Day 4
This is most certainly my favorite song in the score—and perhaps by favorite in Cy Coleman’s catalog. I find the hook in the accompaniment irresistible. All three ladies give joyous and idiosyncratic performances here (click on their names to learn more about them), and the recording is more complete than the version found on the OBCR.
One of my favorite songs, too. And it contains what is probably my most favorite lyric in all of musical theater: “When I sit at my desk on the forty-first floor/In my copy of a copy of a copy of Dior.”
Think about what Dorothy Fields did with those last nine words. This character’s fondest dream isn’t to have a Dior original. Or a copy. But a copy of a copy of a copy. Every sad little thing you need to know about that character in nine short words. Incredible.
Hi ho the glamorous life… (at Lucie Stern Community Theatre)
