best songs in come from away?
best songs in come from away?
Broadwayxxx
Chorus Member Joined: 11/1/14
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:12pm
I don't know about best, but my favorite is Prayer.
I think lots of people will say Me and the Sky, but I found it out of place
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Updated On: 6/13/17 at 10:12 PM
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#5best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:23pm
My favorite overall segment is from "On the Edge" until "Screech in"
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#6best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:24pm
Favorite song to listen to on the cast album? "Me and the Sky"
Favorite song to experience in the theatre? "Prayer"
#7best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:25pm
"Stop the World" and "Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere" are my favorites. I actively dislike "Welcome to the Rock" which has become the show anthem.
#8best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:26pm
yes to The Prayer as well. Also, Me and the Sky; Something's Missing & Heave Away/Screech In.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#9best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 10:51pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "Favorite song to listen to on the cast album? "Me and the Sky"
Favorite song to experience in the theatre? "Prayer"
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Ditto to this.
#10best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/13/17 at 11:17pm
oncemorewithfeeling2 said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "Favorite song to listen to on the cast album? "Me and the Sky"
Favorite song to experience in the theatre? "Prayer"
Ditto to this.
"Ditto from me too!"
cam5y
Stand-by Joined: 1/8/10
#11best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:21am
I love Heave Away/Screech In and Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere.
coreman009
Stand-by Joined: 11/30/13
#12best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:15am
Welcome to the Rock and Me & The Sky are the obvious choices. But Prayer was a completely gorgeous and creative song. And Something's Missing was so emotional and really hit home.
#13best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:23am
Just a few off the top of my head:
"Prayer" (which is ironic, because I'm an atheist)
"Heave Away"
"Welcome to the Rock" (which I'm surprised to say is really growing on me, as I didn't particularly care for it when I first saw it performed on TV)
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
kellyhallo
Chorus Member Joined: 6/24/08
#15best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:56am
38 Planes(Reprise)/Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere
MyLife
Broadway Star Joined: 12/2/06
#16best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:58am
I agree with those above but I also love 28 Hours/Wherever We Are and how it captures the initial fear and confusion turned insanity/madness of the passengers stuck on board the planes/
#17best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:00am
I catch myself repeating Heave Away a lot more than I expected... such a fun song. But the "best song" to me is hands down Me and the Sky.
Clyde15
Leading Actor Joined: 5/9/15
#18best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:08pm
While I agree with what everyone else has said, I am Here is one of the most beautiful songs in show. The desperation in her voice is heartbreaking. You can feel her pain which a lot of cast recordings dont convey
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#20best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:40pm
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theaterdude2
Stand-by Joined: 3/28/16
#22best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:34pm
It is indeed hard to find a good song in CFA in my opinion, but I must admit I enjoy "Me & The Sky".
Not sure why anyone would want to listen to a song with these vomit-inducing lyrics. But to each their own.
Make me a channel of your peace:
Where there is hatred
Let me bring your love
Where there is injury
Your pardon, Lord
And where there's doubt
True faith in you
"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
FrizzyAnya
Understudy Joined: 6/9/17
#23best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:39pm
Bro you know that's an actual hymn? They didn't write those lyrics, they brought in an actual song that means a lot to a lot of people.
#24best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:44pm
"The Prayer" is actually four real hymns. One Christian(Catholic), one Jewish, one Muslim & one Hindi. It's really a breathtaking piece in the show.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Updated On: 6/14/17 at 10:44 PM
#25best songs in come from away?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:54pm
Certainly explains why it's so awful.
"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
Updated On: 6/14/17 at 10:54 PM
