LoveNDino Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Stephen's Sondheim's Loving You, 7/28/17 Barbra Streisand and Patrick Wilson and here they are, talking about it Donna Murphy and Jere Shea, original Broadway cast + WilliamM and TruHart1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Dietrich also sang in Hebrew in Tel Aviv Edited July 28, 2017 by WilliamM TruHart1 and LoveNDino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 Across The Universe Rufus Wainwright Kurt Cobain Fiona Apple (for the Pleasantville soundtrack) Beatles (original) + WilliamM and TruHart1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) I believe Cole Porter wrote the song for Merman. Edited July 29, 2017 by WilliamM TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 And of course, he also wrote "I Get A Kick Out Of You" for her, for the same show. The story goes that Porter was getting pissed off with latecomers, so in Anything Goes he went against the usual trend of starting the show with a chorus number, and opened with a short scene that culminated in "I Get A Kick." So that, if you wanted to hear Merman sing one of the show's biggest hits, you HAD to get to the show on time. Merman eventually demanded that the song get heard later in the show, so they snuck in a reprise toward the end of Act II. Very interesting to compare Merman's original 1934 recording of the song with the parallel recording of the star of the 1935 London cast, Jeanne Aubert. Quite different, lol. Also, here's Aubert with her co-star, Jack Whiting, singing "You're The Top." TruHart1 and LoveNDino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruHart1 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 And of course, he also wrote "I Get A Kick Out Of You" for her, for the same show. The story goes that Porter was getting pissed off with latecomers, so in Anything Goes he went against the usual trend of starting the show with a chorus number, and opened with a short scene that culminated in "I Get A Kick." So that, if you wanted to hear Merman sing one of the show's biggest hits, you HAD to get to the show on time. Merman eventually demanded that the song get heard later in the show, so they snuck in a reprise toward the end of Act II. Very interesting to compare Merman's original 1934 recording of the song with the parallel recording of the star of the 1935 London cast, Jeanne Aubert. Quite different, lol. Also, here's Aubert with her co-star, Jack Whiting, singing "You're The Top." I had never even heard of Jeanne Aubert, though looking her up, she had quite the life, child actress and later silent films in her native France. Married to a wealthy American who survived the crash of the Hindenberg, well-respected London musical star in the original London cast of Anything Goes as these selections document and much later (1960's & 70's) a star of series TV in France, finally passing at age 88. Not sure I like her turning I Get a Kick into an operetta number though. LOL Here's the duet with Sutton Foster and (as Rosie says, 'cutie-pie') Colin Donnell from the excellent Broadway revival I saw in 2011 of the show: TruHart1 + WilliamM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ nycman Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 As long as we're having a "You're the Top" marathon.... And yes I embody and embrace every word in that sentence... I give you the amazing. Dionne Warwick..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Sorry I can not watch NPH and David Burtka without remembering Burtka naked throughout the Albee play "The Play About The Baby." NPH is a very lucky man. LoveNDino and TruHart1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewtex Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 My "You're The Top" contribution (opening and closing credits of "What's Up Doc"): TruHart1 and + WilliamM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOBt5JKYtTk I enjoy Rufus singing Judy Garland, or any other songs. But, I saw/heard Garland sing "Come Rain or Come Shine" in Boston a few months after the Carnegie Hall concert in 1961. Harold Arlen was not in the audience in Boston, but the song was my most memorable few minute of Judy Garland in person. Edited July 30, 2017 by WilliamM LoveNDino, TruHart1 and OCClient 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 The Bitch Is Back, 7/30/17 Tina Turner Elton John (original) Elton John and Tina Turner TruHart1 and + quoththeraven 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Take Me or Leave Me, from Rent, 7/31/17 Aaron Tveit and Gavin Creel (MCC Miscast Benefit) Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker + WilliamM and TruHart1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruHart1 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Take Me or Leave Me, from Rent, 7/31/17 Aaron Tveit and Gavin Creel (MCC Miscast Benefit) Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker Which made me think of Sixteen Going on Seventeen from The Sound of Music With Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Rolf and Jay Armstrong Johnson as Liesl (from Broadway Backwards): Original version with Daniel Truhitte (Rolf) and Charmian Carr (Liesl) (from the 1965 film): ...and an updated version just for giggles (from Miscast): TruHart1 LoveNDino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) 1959 Broadway Original Cast: Sixteen Going on Seventeen Oscar Hamerstein died about ten months after the musical opened. Edited July 31, 2017 by WilliamM TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1959 Broadway Original Cast: Sixteen Going on Seventeen Oscar Hamerstein died about ten months after the musical opened. And...Brian Davies (Rolf) went on to star in the original A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Lauri Peters (Liesl) went on to marry Jon Voight. Rodgers went on to try to write more shows, none of them successful. But even so, what an amazing career. (Same for Hammerstein, of course.) TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Hallelujah, 8/1/17 Jeff Buckley Leonard Cohen (original) TruHart1, + quoththeraven, + WilliamM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Hallelujah, 8/1/17 Jeff Buckley Leonard Cohen (original) tyro, + WilliamM, TruHart1 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Rodgers went on to try to write more shows, none of them successful. But even so, what an amazing career. (Same for Hammerstein, of course.) I saw "The Sound of Music" just before Oscar Hammerstein died...only my third musical on Broadway. There was a large crowd outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theater after the show. Perhaps people knew Hammerstein had cancer, and was near death. The day before I saw "Gypsy" from a front row seat. At one point, Merman started crying. TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Rodgers went on to try to write more shows, none of them successful. But even so, what an amazing career. (Same for Hammerstein, of course.) I saw "The Sound of Music" just before Oscar Hammerstein died...only my third musical on Broadway. There was a large crowd outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theater after the show. Perhaps people knew Hammerstein had cancer, and was near death. The day before I saw "Gypsy" from a front row seat. At one point, Merman started crying. TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I saw "The Sound of Music" just before Oscar Hammerstein died...only my third musical on Broadway. There was a large crowd outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theater after the show. Perhaps people knew Hammerstein had cancer, and was near death. The day before I saw "Gypsy" from a front row seat. At one point, Merman started crying. Rodgers, by the way, detested "covers" of his own music - he didn't care at all for people re-arranging what he wrote. He even got into fights with his orchestrators when their work seemed to overshadow his. Not generally a nice man, from what I understand. A shame, considering his undeniably classic tunes, and his 60 years of writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Poker Face, 8/3/17 The Magnets Lady Gaga (original) TruHart1 and + WilliamM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 LoveNDino and TruHart1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OCClient Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Loved Smash!! Here's one more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YVL8I-o8lM TruHart1 and LoveNDino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveNDino Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Ex's and Oh's, 8/3/17 Noah Guthrie Elle King (original, and I swear, it's not because of the ample beefcake on display...) TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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