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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2020 17:53:49 GMT
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Post by sf on Mar 17, 2020 16:43:17 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 20, 2020 18:26:33 GMT
I absolutely adore this album.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 20, 2020 19:23:48 GMT
I absolutely adore this album. That sounds right up my street. Where can I find it? Nothing on Apple music
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2020 19:38:51 GMT
Check Amazon. In the US, it's already up in their mp3 section, not sure about other countries.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 21, 2020 9:30:44 GMT
I absolutely adore this album. That sounds right up my street. Where can I find it? Nothing on Apple music I'm listening on spotify. If you are already a member of an other platform and don't want to pay for a second just get the free membership with the odd advert
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 22, 2020 11:07:26 GMT
Happy Birthday to the legend that is Uncle Steve xx
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Post by theatremadness on Mar 22, 2020 12:38:27 GMT
Sondheim Prom from 2010 (YES REALLY) is on BBC4, 11pm tonight
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Post by harrietcraig on Mar 22, 2020 15:22:18 GMT
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Post by Nicholas on Mar 22, 2020 15:24:06 GMT
Sondheim means SO MUCH to me – to so many of us – that I could just gush about how perfect everything the man ever did was for hours. I’ll always consider the times I saw Sondheim in conversation some of the highlights of my life. His musicals have, through various points in my life, changed it entirely. Seeing Company with Raul Esparaza on a cruddy YouTube link as a teenager was unbearably personal; seeing Company a decade later, older and ‘wiser’, with Rosalie so perfectly embodying Bobbie’s insecurities and society’s pressures, felt unbearably personal all over again in such a different way. It’s not just that Sweeney changed my life; it’s that Sweeney could change my life all over again in ten year’s time. So perfect, so timeless, so multitudinous, so meaningful are his musicals.
However, today of all days, I just want to return to his warmth. The man’s always praised for his wit and wordplay and complexity, but it’s his insight and sincerity and simplicity that has me returning to him – a feeling I feel listening to “Move On”, or “Our Time”, or the ending of The Frogs, or “The Miller’s Son”. I can think of no better words for today than this infinity in a grain of sand – this song, from Into The Woods. It’s gotten me through dark times. It’s gotten my through my first week of isolation this week. It will get me though until I’m 90 myself. For being so truthful, humane and empathetic, I owe so much to Sondheim – we all owe so much to Sondheim. If I could, I’d thank the man for all those beautiful messages. This one’s speaking to me so profoundly at this point in time.
Hard to see the light now Just don’t let it go Things will turn out right now We can make it so Someone is on your side No-one is alone
(P.S. On a similarly emotional note, Sondheim Disco Boogie is on Amazon, but also broadwayrecords if you want to support them directly and nob off Jeff Bezos - www.broadwayrecords.com/shop/losing-my-mind-a-sondheim-disco-fever-dream-mp3. $12.99 well spent…)
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Post by theatreian on Apr 2, 2020 10:17:25 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 2, 2020 14:12:35 GMT
Sondheim wrote a reply to the New York Times articles, which for him were a bit dismissive on George Furth.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 21:36:28 GMT
One of the many things I appreciate about Sondheim is how well he defends book authors for his shows, always trying to make sure they are credited appropriately.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 5, 2020 8:19:23 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 21, 2020 15:56:12 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 21, 2020 18:48:42 GMT
That’s 1am uk time 😢
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Post by n1david on Apr 24, 2020 11:58:52 GMT
Good news - we'll be able to watch it the next day (and thereafter...)
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Post by craig on Apr 24, 2020 15:18:27 GMT
I'm so excited to watch it. What a gift!
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Post by alece10 on Apr 24, 2020 16:59:15 GMT
I'm pretty sure this is going to be my favourite online show so far by a mile and so glad it's going to be available to view after initial broadcast as there is no way I could stay up during the night to watch it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 0:51:16 GMT
It's been quite the clusterf**k so far with starting 30 minutes late and now on a tech hold after no sound from Esparza following the opening number.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 27, 2020 1:08:48 GMT
Now it's working, but who knows for how long.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 2:51:55 GMT
Once they went to performances (which are all taped) it's been fine and some of the performances have just been outstanding.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 2:52:05 GMT
Once they went to performances (which are all taped) it's been fine and some of the performances have just been outstanding.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 27, 2020 3:23:47 GMT
A song list for those who care:
- Overture - Follies (Stephen Schwartz)
- Overture - Merrily We Roll Along (Orchestra)
- There Won't Be Trumpets - Anyone Can Whistle (Sutton Foster)
- Witch's Rap - Into the Woods (Neil Patrick Harris)
- What More Do I Need? - Saturday Night (Kelli O'Hara)
- What Can You Lose? - Dick Tracy (Judy Kuhn)
- Johanna - Sweeney Todd (Katrina Lenk)
- Marry Me A Little - Company (Aaron Tveit)
- Finishing the Hat (snippet) - SITPWG (Ian Armitage)
- It Takes Two - Into the Woods (Beanie Feldstein & Ben Platt)
- With So Little To Be Sure Of - Anyone Can Whistle (Brandon Uranowitz)
- Children and Art - SITPWG (Melissa Errico)
- By The Sea - Sweeney Todd (Randy Rainbow)
- The Miller's Son - A Little Night Music (Elizabeth Stanley)
- Lesson #8 - SITPWG (Mandy Patinkin)
- Broadway Baby - Follies (Maria Friedman)
- Giants in the Sky - Into the Woods (Lin Manuel Miranda)
- Loving You - Passion (Lea Salonga)
- I Remember - Evening Primrose (Laura Benanti)
- No More - Into the Woods (Chip Zien)
- Children Will Listen/Not While I'm Around - ITW/Sweeney (Josh Groban)
- The Flag Song - Assassins (Brian Stokes Mitchell)
- Finishing the Hat - SITPWG (Michael Cerveris)
- The Boy From... - The Mad Show (Linda Lavin)
- Buddy's Blue - Follies (Alexander Gemignani)
- Someone In a Tree - Pacific Overtures (Ann Harada, Thom Sesma, Austin Ku, Kelvin Moon Loh)
- Take Me To The World - Evening Primrose (Raúl Esparza)
- Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music (Donna Murphy)
- The Ladies who Lunch - Company (Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep & Audra McDonald)
- Move On - SITPWG (Jake Gyllenhaal & Annaleigh Ashford)
- Anyone Can Whistle - Anyone Can Whistle (Patti LuPone)
- No One Is Alone - Into the Woods (Bernadette Peters)
And a post-credit I'm Still Here sung by a big bunch of actors, including Ian Armitage, André De Schields, Judy Kaye, Barbara Walsh, Claybourne Elder, Kate Baldwin and many more
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Apr 27, 2020 4:48:00 GMT
Once they went to performances (which are all taped) it's been fine and some of the performances have just been outstanding. I was tempted to start listing my highlights but there really were SO many it would be redundant. I REALLY needed this after sitting though the melodrama of Love Never Dies last night. An embarrassment of riches all round.
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Post by callum on Apr 27, 2020 14:03:18 GMT
Enjoyed it a lot - surprised there was no Gypsy or West Side Story and heavy on Into the Woods & SITPWG.
Ladies Who Lunch with that gorgeous trio was the highlight!
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Post by craig on Apr 27, 2020 14:32:10 GMT
Well, this was the best 2 and a bit hours I've had all lockdown. Like all the best Sondheim productions, I was moved to laughter and moved to tears.
Highlights were Audra, Christine and Meryl (obviously), Donna Murphy, Patti LuPone playing against type, Jake and Annaleigh (WOW!), Schwartz' Follies overture, Aaron Tveit, Judy Kuhn, Alexander Gemignani and Michael Cerveris. Some absolutely stunning performances made even more special given the limitations.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 27, 2020 16:37:48 GMT
No Gypsy and West Side because he didn't write the music I guess?
But yes, best time I've had all lockdown. Chip Zien holding his hat and singing No More was a little too much for me to handle and I sobbed. Same with Donna Murphy singing Send in the Clowns
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Post by alece10 on Apr 27, 2020 17:01:49 GMT
I'm up to Ben Platt and loving it. Have to stop now as need to make my daily phone call to my dad and have dinner but I'll be back to finish it later.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 27, 2020 18:35:32 GMT
Wow. That was great, especially Someone in a tree
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