Tim Minchin premieres new song for "Groundhog Day" musical in Hyde Park
Tim Minchin premieres new song for "Groundhog Day" musical in Hyde Park
#1Tim Minchin premieres new song for "Groundhog Day" musical in Hyde Park
Posted: 7/17/14 at 2:30pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppvgd-1YBvQ
I don't know how much this will resemble the song's final form, but Minchin has long performed solo versions of his show tunes, particularly "When I Grow Up" and "Naughty" in concerts. So this is a ballad from his upcoming "Groundhog Day" musical.
#2Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 2:37pm
Thank you for the link! I was looking for this after the article from yesterday and I just couldn't seem to find any footage of it.
#2Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 3:30pmThe man is a genius.
....but the world goes 'round
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#3Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 4:39pmI love him. The song sounds beautiful.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#4Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 4:45pmHe should've won the Tony... I'll say it again. He should've won the freaking Tony.
#6Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 5:34pmIf Groundhog Day ends up coming to Broadway, maybe he'll win a Tony for that show...
#7Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 6:13pmThis is going to be a killer role for the guy who is lucky enough to play it.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#8Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 7:19pmThe song is really pretty but far more somber and serious than I would have expected for "Groundhog Day". Very curious.
#9Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 7:33pmI think that's the hallmark of Tim's work- building scores and songs where the ludicrously grotesque comic stylings and serious emotional introspection can work side by side.
#10Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/17/14 at 7:37pmI guess I would have expected some humor making it's way into the lyrics but I'm intrigued!
#11Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/18/14 at 8:19pm
This version also has his performance of "When I Grow Up" afterwards, which is pretty awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67pfbEWOxk
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#12Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/18/14 at 10:36pm
Of all the composer demo recordings that are regularly traded, no one seems to have Minchin's Matilda demo, which sucks, because I think I would like it just as much as I do the Broadway cast album, and more than the West End.
There are very few shows where I like the demo more than the real thing. Spring Awakening is one. I think this might be another. (I had high hopes for the Book of Mormon demo, but it turned out a little blander than expected.)
#13Tim Minchin premieres new song for
Posted: 7/19/14 at 2:59amI found this song pretty bland actually
