What are some renditions of musical theater songs that you love, sung by performers who didn't originally sing the role?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Yes, definitely Peters' "Being Alive". Also her rendition of "Unexpected Song".
Lea Salonga's "On My Own" has become, for me, the definitive version.
I also love Judi Dench's "Send in the Clowns".
Colm Wilkinson's "Music of the Night" is much, much better than Crawford's.
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HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
mostly anything done by Audra on either of her first two albums. Matt Bogart - Proud Lady/Being Alive Jason Graae - Applause Bernadette - Being Alive Billy Porter - And I'm Telling You... Norm Lewis - With So Little To Be Sure Of/Who Could Be Blue? Lillias White - I Am Changing Liza Minnelli - Some People Lea Delaria - I Can Cook Too
Ooooh, also Michael Ball's "Losing My Mind". It's stunning. I've always felt the song should be done by a man.
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HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Bernadette's 'Being Alive' Dorothy Loudon's 'You Could Drive a Person Crazy/ Losing My Mind' George Hearn's SWEENEY TODD Nathan Lane's 'Comedy Tonight' Liza Minnelli's 'Some People' Mandy Patinkin's 'Something's Coming' (Don't ask me why?) Topol's 'If I Were a Rich Man' BSM and Marin Mazzie's KISS ME, KATE Bernadette's 'Not A Day Goes By' And though it is certaintly not better than Garland's, I like Patinkin's 'Over the Rainbow' more than anybody's rendetion but hers
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
"I'll emphasise most every word, and twitter like a little bird, to prove...I'm...HAAAP-PYYY. someWHERE O-ver the rainbow, watch me cry! Are you watching me cry, mother???"
He sang 'Something's Coming' on his album EXPERIMENT.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
"Being Alive" - Bernadette "Not a Day Goes By" - Bernadette "No One is Alone" - Bernadette "Broadway Baby" - Bernadette "Sooner or Later" - Bernadette "Johanna" - Megan Mullally (and Bernadette, but I think I prefer Mullally's) "If I Loved You" - Barbra Streisand every Maureen song in Rent - Maggie Benjamin every Mimi song in Rent - Karmine Alers "Glitter and Be Gay" - Kristin Chenoweth "Getting Married Today" - Madeline Kahn
"Glitter and be Gay" - Kristin Chenoweth "Don't Tell Mama" - Susan Egan "The Story Goes On" - Susan Egan "The Miller's Son" - Emily Skinner "Being Alive - Bernadette Peters (I think was the first song I ever heard her sing)
Send in the Clowns - Streisand Over the Rainbow - Streisand This is the Moment - Donny Osmond Where is Love - Liz Calloway and Billy Porter I Have Dreamed/We Kiss in a Shadow/Wonderful - Streisand Somewhere - Streisand