It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!
Powered by Disqus
insidemysanity Asks:
itsdlevy Said:
If you are really all that concerned with what percentage of your money goes to the people who actually made the album as opposed to those who provide the infrastructure for you to get the album, may I suggest buying the New Broadway Cast Recording directly from PS Classics?
No matter how you rationalize it, you’re not going to convince me that somehow it’s righteous to steal an album when you could own it legally for $10 - $15.
It’s rare that I stumble on a Sondheim track I didn’t know existed, but that very thing just happened: Judy Kaye sings “Uptown, Downtown,” cut from Follies, on the album Songs of New York, with an orchestra conducted by John McGlinn.
Did this get replaced by Lucy & Jessie? Why do I know nothing about it? What is happening with my life?
Yes, it was replaced by “Lucy & Jessie” during previews at the request of Michael Bennett. It’s been recorded many times, including on the cast recordings of Marry Me A Little and the Paper Mill Playhouse recording of Follies.
Well my dear,
Too bad.
It wasn’t meant to happen.
No harm done,
How sad.
It wasn’t meant to happen.
We had our little moment —
No, don’t.
Don’t worry for me.
I worry for you, dear.
I want you to be happy.
Happy.
So my dear,
Goodnight.
It wasn’t meant to happen.
Pleasant dreams,
I’ll write.
It wasn’t meant to happen.
The candlewick was wet,
The champagne was flat,
The timing was wrong.
A little regret
And that’s that.
I’ll get along.
“We’ll both get along,”
She said as she exited smiling.
No, I mean it’s a shame
But there’s no one to blame.
“And we’ve got to be strong,” she said
As she called out tomorrow.
No, it would have been fun…
But its over and done…
Now I really must run.
Well, my dear,
Take care.
It wasn’t meant to happen.
Yes, I know,
Unfair.
It wasn’t meant to happen…
I guess.
God bless.
It seems…
Sweet dreams…
Good try.
Good bye…
Missed the Tony noms in real time, so I will now tweet my reactions to the list, as published by Playbill: owl.li/aCQOh
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Best Play noms all seem appropriate to me. I can only understand Leap of Faith’s nom as a fuck you to Ghost, or a gift to @mrtylermartins.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Is Evita really a better revival than Godspell?
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Controversial opinion: I would vote for One Man, Two Guvnors for Best Score.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
The Best Actor in a Play category is like an amazingly demented game of F/M/K. I need to see a lot of plays in the next month.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Not sure who I’d bet on for Best Actor in a Musical, but I think Ron Raines is safe not writing a speech.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
I haven’t seen all the Best Actress/Musical nominees, but based on first out of town preview of P&B I’d give @AudraEqualityMc all the Tonys.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
DEAR GODS OF THEATER PLEASE LET ANDREW GARFIELD AND REEVE CARNEY DO A SPIDERMAN BIT AT THE TONY AWARDS INVOLVING UPSIDE DOWN KISSING
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Also Phillip Boykin. (Meaning he should get a Tony Award, not an upside-down kiss from Reeve Carney. Well, maybe that too.)
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Best Featured Actress in a Musical should be renamed Best Featured Actresses in Roles/Shows Clearly Beneath Their Talents.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Peter and the Starcatchers got a design nod? Isn’t it a bare stage and a piece of rope?
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
If Bob Crowley doesn’t win for design of a musical then we are doomed to a decade of Broadway shows that look like videogame acid trips.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Godspell didn’t get a single nomination? WTF Tony Awards? You really thought Spiderman and Ghost and Leap of Faith were more worthy? FEH
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Seriously I think it’s a shame that @solidgoldstein wasn’t recognized for his work on @BwayGodspell.
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
Also, if Bernie Peters can get a fake Tony as an apology for not getting an acting nom, can’t we recognize the ensemble of @BwayGodspell?
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
<END OF TONY RANT>
— David Levy (@itsdlevy) May 1, 2012
This album…
When I was in the fifth grade and first started being obsessed with Stephen Sondheim, I devoured the book Sondheim & Co. by Craig Zadan. Like, memorized it. Including the appendices, which included both a list of songs cut from each of Sondheim’s shows, and a list of cast recordings of each of the shows.
Over the years, I’ve managed to hear each and every one of those cut songs. And I had tracked down copies of every single cast recording mentioned. Except for one: Songs of Sondheim, the Dublin cast album of Side by Side by Sondheim.
I was starting to think this album didn’t actually exist. The reference to the album was removed from the second edition of Sondheim & Co., and one of my theater friends on Twitter who has EVERYTHING didn’t have it.
And then today, through the amazing connections we’ve all developed with people on the internet, and some indispensable help from youregonnalovetomorrow, I finally got to hear this album.
After about 25 years of build up, it was necessarily a let-down. But I love Side by Side by Sondheim so it’s a treat to hear an album of the material recorded by a different producer. This one is recorded live, and includes a bit of the narration. And, as you’ll hear on this track, the narrator steps in to sing one of the songs. And if I have any Irish readers, I hope they’ll forgive me for saying that I think “Could I Leave You” sung by someone who sounds like a leprechaun is simply irresistible. (Perhaps Jason Graae, Broadway singer and former voice of the Lucky Charms elf, could add this to a future cabaret act.)
Anyway, I can’t imagine that any of you reading this are as fascinated with this track as I am, but I couldn’t wait to share it. Enjoy.
Might I also add that I have a very special place in my heart for people who talk-sing Sondheim, and while no one does it quite like Julie Wilson, this deserves a spot of honor in any talk-sing mixtape.
youregonnalovetomorrow Asks:
itsdlevy Said:
So much has been written about Follies that I don’t know that I’m going to be able to come up with much that you don’t know about it.
Sondheim likes to brag that the only time he’s used trunk songs was in the score to Road Show, but several of the rejected songs from Follies ended up in the score to Stavisky.
youregonnalovetomorrow Asks:
itsdlevy Said:
In 2000, the East/West Players in Los Angeles did an all-Asian production of Follies starring, among others, Sab Shimono and Alvin Ing from the original cast of Pacific Overtures. This was the first Follies I ever saw on stage.
This is what star power looks like.
I sort of want them all to touch their rings together and create the gay version of Captain Planet.
Can you name all the ladies in this clip?
Sometimes I encounter old posts of mine and am pleasantly surprised by the writing.
He didn’t answer my question, but nonetheless I find his responses really interesting.
