Honorable mentions: “The Prince Is Giving a Ball,” “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?” There are good love stories about people who have been in love for a while, maybe. There aren’t very many at all about people who consistently love each other throughout; they’re about people learning to love one another again, or… Read More Songs from Musicals: #13, “Ten Minutes Ago,” from Cinderella
Honorable mentions: “Many a New Day,” “It’s a Scandal! It’s an Outrage!” There’s a 12-step program out there for people who are addicted to male solos from musicals, and I don’t know where it is yet, but I’m starting to worry that I need to find it and join it. It’s hard not to feel… Read More Songs from Musicals: #28, “Lonely Room,” from Oklahoma!
Honorable mentions: “Something Good,” “Edelweiss” The Sound of Music, your mother’s and my mother’s favorite musical. I think as soon as a woman with kids turns forty – maybe even thirty-five – she gravitates inexorably towards the Julie Andrews film, which won Best Picture a year after #33, four years after #43, and seven years… Read More Songs from Musicals: #32, “The Sound of Music,” from “The Sound of Music”
Seeing Things Secondhand 