SOUNDBITE OF BILL CHARLAP TRIO'S "BE COOL"). Well, beyond the facts of the AIDS disaster, that "supposed" rejection of a monogamous lifestyle proved to be highly unsatisfying for a large segment of the gay community. The original stimulus for reviewing this disc was to ask whether or not Buckley would make a good Rose, since she recently played the part at the Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey. Stephen Sondheim lyrics Not a Day Goes. Buckley makes a fine recovery here. GROSS: But you've talked about George Gershwin and Harold Arlen as great influences on you and they were both very influenced by jazz. And then she starts - sorry about that. SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JET SONG"). SANDIFUR: (As Young Phyllis, singing) Will it be birds in spring or hara-kiri? SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER). Therefore, for the lyrics to have used four-letter words would have been completely out of style and a sort of showing-off for its own sake. She does catch the full drama of the song's final third, however, which more than makes up for the earlier misstep. As Joe) (Singing) Oh sure, I know, it's not that kind of show, but can't you have a score That's sort of in-between? But as long as her director has kept her from flying off in some strange direction, she should be one of the best Roses ever seen.
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Mind, this would work a lot better if we could actually see Ms. Peters play with her audience, instead of just hearing her wrap them around her dainty finger. Pay the Puerto Ricans back, make a mess of them. SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NOT A DAY GOES BY"). Not a blessed day, but you're still somehow part of my life and you won't go away. Read the second line because that's the one that clinches it. Publisher: From the Show: From the Book: The Smash Broadway Collection. And the ones that interest me in writing are not the mindless, playful - playful, yes; mindless, no. Scorings: Piano/Vocal/Chords.
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These are probably the worst pies in London. SONDHEIM: No, not really. Maybe that'll be useful. SONDHEIM: Oh, well, I wasn't trying to do anything different than I was trying to do in the "Jet Song. " There is no introduction, the curtain simply rises and there they are in bed, singing at each other. Track 14: "Being Alive" (from Company). GROSS: That's "Not A Day Goes By" from the 1994 York Theater Company revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along. " Half a minute, can't you sit? When the dialogue is going on, they never use four-letter words. You are the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song. But this one very specifically with the lyric because it applies to two very distinct and distinctly defined situations - one a divorce and one when they got married. He trod a path that few have trod, did Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street.
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The authoritative record of NPR's programming is the audio record. We started this interview with a song from the first Broadway show he wrote the lyrics for, "West Side Story. " And I said, well, the scene in the bedroom is really Frederick's scene. It happens with a lot of other songs in the show, too. PETERSON: (As Young Ben, singing) You're going to love tomorrow. Use the citation below to add these lyrics to your bibliography: Style: MLA Chicago APA. Buckley's approach is fairly good, bright and brassy, but I can't help feeling that when Rose breaks down and starts calling out "Momma", that Buckley is calling for her own mother rather than referring to herself. This is a song I never really felt much warmth for. When writing about working with Jule Styne on "Gypsy, " you say, only superhuman confidence keeps you writing fearlessly into old age; Jule Styne was one of the few who had it in spades. The audience restrains itself to a mere twenty-five seconds of applause. SANDIFUR: (As Young Phyllis, singing) Say toodle-oo (ph) to sorrow. I told him, and he got that wide-eyed look on his face. There'll be less of them.
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It was Bernadette's first recorded solo concert, and her first appearance at Carnegie Hall. Track 11: "There Won't Be Trumpets" (from Anyone Can Whistle). Before we get back to the interview, let's hear another song from his 1971 show "Follies. " SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC). And when people went to - and it's still true - go to a musical, they want songs; they don't want semiopera. But it's autobiographical in the general sense. GROSS: Give me an example of the kind of trick rhyme you're talking about. There's not a tune you go bum-bum-bum-di-dum. But no, I don't have that drive, and I don't have that eagerness that Jule had every day of his life. Track 9: "Happiness" (from Passion). You never wanted enough - all right, tough, I don't make that a crime. And I'm telling you them pussycats is quick.
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All the days that I thought would never end, all the nights with another day to spend, all those times I'd look up to see Sally standing at the door, Sally moving to the bed, Sally resting in my arms with her head against my head. Take Me To The World. Today was the second part of our tribute to him. Scoring: Tempo: Slowly. SONDHEIM: The idea of the show was to go - as the listeners may not know - go backwards in time from a very successful group of 40-year-olds or 45-year-olds and take them back to their very youthful days before they compromise their principles.
On the next two tracks, Buckley makes what I consider to be a serious miscalculation. Rich can't be sustained without ruining the word, so it sounds like it fits the short phrase, and it fits her voice. And we got to Washington, and then everybody sort of felt that maybe it was a little too gentle. SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST). SONDHEIM: Oh, goodness. And, so yeah - so I was writing to that kind of plot. How did you solve the problem with "Some People"?
WALTON: (As Franklin) (Singing) Good. Freely flows the blood of those who moralize. Writer/s: Stephen Sondheim. She is simply too sharing and endearing a performer to pull that one off. We started quiet and slow, with no surprise. What Bernadette does here is strip away the gender issue, and get at the heart of discovering that the person one has dreamt of truly exists. With Ms. Peters, the interplay is two-way, interactive. WALTON: (As Franklin) (Unintelligible), Mary... PRICE: (As Charley) Say hello.
It is now back in Company, closing out the first act. It's the scene in which Frederick and Desiree, who had an affair in the past, were about to resume their affair. You gave me such a fright. I've lived through both the downbeat Act I version, where "there's hell to pay, " and the upbeat Act II version, "and I have to say" I like living the upbeat version more. GROSS: And do you want to describe where the song fits into the story? She is singing about community and the need for people to interconnect, even with those people who may represent the opposite side of an issue. And they're not like verse, either. But the song we wrote, "Everything's Coming Up Roses, " is an absolutely imitation, "Blow, Gabriel, Blow, " Cole Porter kind of - or Irving Berlin or any of those brassy songs that they wrote for Ethel to sing. If you look through his lyrics, you'll find that because it was - the style in those days was to use kind of fancy-ass words and play with them. I've never been a big fan of this song, but I am a fan of how she sings it. They're telling a story. Long ago All we had was that funny feeling, Saying someday we'd send 'em reeling, Now it looks like we can! You know, there are certainly musicals that audiences get put off by on first seeing, usually because of the subject matter.
SONDHEIM: I think that's what art's about anyway. SONDHEIM: No, but I set up a rhyme scheme there of inner rhymes because I wanted the song to speed along, and inner rhymes help speed lines.