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Happy Hour #24: A New World Whirl – ‘Songs for a New World’
Happy Hour #24: A New World Whirl – ‘Songs for a New World’
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Length:
86 minutes
Released:
Dec 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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Set sail with us as we explore Jason Robert Brown's early song cycle, “Songs for a New World.” We talk the contentious differences between Revues, Musicals and Song Cycles, kvetch about the “Contemporary Musical Theatre Song” and ruminate on misplaced production concepts.
Songs for a New World (Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
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SHOW NOTES
Jason Robert Brown not only played piano during the original production of Songs for a New World he also regularly performs his own stuff! Check him out singing “King of the World!”
Feel like Tommy? Didn't know “Surabaya Santa” was a reference to a Kurt Weill song? Well, live in the dark no longer!
You'd never believe it, but this is the London production Jimi references.
Wanna listen to a “Contemporary Musical Theatre Song?” Here you go! Wanna hear Jimi singing it? Go bug him on twitter.
What's the certain sign of a “contemporary musical theatre” show? A song about coffee, that's what.
We didn't talk about it, but listen to this “Jason Robert Brown Song.”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Support the Show ➤
Set sail with us as we explore Jason Robert Brown's early song cycle, “Songs for a New World.” We talk the contentious differences between Revues, Musicals and Song Cycles, kvetch about the “Contemporary Musical Theatre Song” and ruminate on misplaced production concepts.
Songs for a New World (Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
Amazon / iTunes / Spotify
SHOW NOTES
Jason Robert Brown not only played piano during the original production of Songs for a New World he also regularly performs his own stuff! Check him out singing “King of the World!”
Feel like Tommy? Didn't know “Surabaya Santa” was a reference to a Kurt Weill song? Well, live in the dark no longer!
You'd never believe it, but this is the London production Jimi references.
Wanna listen to a “Contemporary Musical Theatre Song?” Here you go! Wanna hear Jimi singing it? Go bug him on twitter.
What's the certain sign of a “contemporary musical theatre” show? A song about coffee, that's what.
We didn't talk about it, but listen to this “Jason Robert Brown Song.”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Dec 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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