Tag: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Songs from Musicals: #10, “I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You,” from Evita

Honorable mentions: “Waltz for Eva and Che,” “A New Argentina” Depending on which Evita you know, your opinion of Eva herself is necessarily changed. I’ve always been partial to the original Broadway version with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, more for LuPone than anything else; I adore Patinkin’s Che, but LuPone sings a practically impossible… Read More Songs from Musicals: #10, “I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You,” from Evita

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Songs from Musicals: #15, “Gethsemane,” from Jesus Christ Superstar

Honorable mentions: “Heaven on Their Minds,” “The Temple” (Got here just in time for Easter. Boom.) I wish ministers would spend more time noticing that Jesus of Nazareth was a man, a real historical person. This is basically indisputable; one can honestly and intelligently argue about his birthplace, the message of his ministry, and his… Read More Songs from Musicals: #15, “Gethsemane,” from Jesus Christ Superstar

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Songs from Musicals: #18, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again,” from The Phantom of the Opera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLP7DmuBsI Honorable mentions: “Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer,” “Why Have You Brought Us Here?” Okay, grab a pen or pencil and a piece of scratch paper. You have one minute to write down everything you associate with The Phantom of the Opera. It might be a song, or character, or something from the production… Read More Songs from Musicals: #18, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again,” from The Phantom of the Opera

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Songs from Musicals: #35 “The Greatest Star of All,” from Sunset Boulevard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8RZR5O5CK4 Honorable mentions: “New Ways to Dream,” “This Time Next Year” Like Jeremy Jordan, Sunset Blvd  (as I’m going to call it to avoid confusion) has gotten thorough treatment on this blog in the recent past. And while Sunset Blvd and Sunset Boulevard aren’t the same thing at all, they are devilish close. One occasionally wonders how Don Black and… Read More Songs from Musicals: #35 “The Greatest Star of All,” from Sunset Boulevard

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Songs from Musicals: #39, “Til I Hear You Sing,” from Love Never Dies

Honorable mentions: meh The premise of Love Never Dies is, at best, distasteful: a decade after the events of The Phantom of the Opera, we find out that the Phantom has escaped to Coney Island, where Raoul and Christine show up, and we are treated to a sermon about which man Christine should have chosen. I don’t believe… Read More Songs from Musicals: #39, “Til I Hear You Sing,” from Love Never Dies

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Songs from Musicals: #49, “Any Dream Will Do,” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Honorable mentions:  “One More Angel in Heaven,” “Joseph’s Coat” There’s a part in Gangs of New York where Happy Jack sees Johnny cradling a music box he intends to give to Jenny, smacks it out of Johnny’s hand with his billy club, listens to it briefly, and then says, “Not my favorite tune.” This is more… Read More Songs from Musicals: #49, “Any Dream Will Do,” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

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Songs from Musicals: #50, “The Moments of Happiness,” from Cats

Honorable mentions: “Memory,” “Mr. Mistoffelees” This is a weird musical. It’s not the weirdest musical – to me, Germany’s favorite, Starlight Express, will always be the winner of that competition – but Cats is perhaps objectively odd. It is a democratic musical, where there are certain starring roles (Grizabella, the Rum Tum Tugger, Jemima, Munkustrap) and then a… Read More Songs from Musicals: #50, “The Moments of Happiness,” from Cats

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