Spring Forward With Some Time-Altering Showtunes of Broadway Past!
Don't forget! Tonight's the night to change your clock for Daylight Savings Time. And since your weekend will be an hour shorter, what better way to numb the pain than with some time-centric performances from Broadway past. Below, enjoy some tunes from shows like THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, and many more!
Edward Bloom stops time when he first claps eyes on his future wife, in BIG FISH's appropriately titled "Time Stops":
Cathy kicks off her retrograde timeline in THE LAST FIVE YEARS by singing about the end of her marriage in "Still Hurting":
Frank, Charley and Mary tell their story of friendship and success (spanning 1957-1976) backwards in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG:
Adriana and Antipholus explain why we have Daylight Savings Time in THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE's "The Shortest Day of the Year":
Gordon awakens from his coma in A NEW BRAIN with a new appreciation for life and the will to reevaluate how he spends his time with "Time":
How do we measure a year? The East Village bohemians of RENT have a good idea in "Seasons of Love":
Mrs. Baskin reflects on how quickly children grow up when she is reminded of her missing son, Josh's birthday in BIG's "Stop Time":
Grandma encourages Pippin to make the most of the time that he's got, because Spring will turn to Fall in just no time at all:
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