Caroline, Or Change is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Tony
Caroline, Or Change is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and score by Jeanine Tesori that combines negro spirituals, blues, Motown and classical music with Jewish Klezmer and folk music.
After a successful run Off-Broadway, it transferred to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, starring Tonya Pinkins in the title role and directed by George Wolfe. It was critically acclaimed and nominated for six Tony Awards in 2004, including Best Musical.
This video illustrates some of the steps in taking a concept to Broadway - from the perspective of the music.
0:00 Composition - Jeanine Tesori
1:28 The story - Tony Kuchner/Tonya Pinkins
4:29 Role of music - Tonya Pinkins/George Wolfe
6:33 Getting from very good to brilliant - Wolfe/Kuchner/Tesori
8:45 Opening Night - Tonya Pinkins
The video excerpts are taken from the 2007 documentary "Show Business: The Road to Broadway."
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When Elaine was 17, Marlon Brando asked her out on a date. In this video, 77-year-old Ela
When Elaine was 17, Marlon Brando asked her out on a date. In this video, 77-year-old Elaine remembers that night.
Excerpt from the 2002 DVD "Elaine Stritch: At Liberty."
To view some of Elaine's best performances on YouTube, see our playlist at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=28F93D639217913B
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Interestingly, this is our most-watched video worldwide in June, 2008 - but doesn't make t
Interestingly, this is our most-watched video worldwide in June, 2008 - but doesn't make the top 10 in the US/Canada.
"Sister Act 2: Back In the Habit" was a somewhat predictable 1993 movie - but with many amazing musical performances. This set of performances is currently the #1 video on BestArts worldwide.
This video includes some of the best music from the film, emphasizing student performances. All of these songs are great:
0:00 His Eye Is On The Sparrow - Tanya Blount
0:30 His Eye Is On The Sparrow - Lauryn Hill and Tanya Blount
1:15 Oh, Happy Day - Ryan Toby, soloist
3:22 Dancing In The Street - Whoopi Goldberg
4:30 Lord, Send A Revival - The Iris Choir, soloist unknown
5:23 Joyful, Joyful - Lauryn Hill, soloist
Available on the 1993 DVD "Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit."
Tanya Blount, Lauryn Hill and Ryan Toby give astonishingly good performances. Lauryn Hill, who was 18 in this film, has built a very successful musical career.
Ryan Toby was 15 when this movie was filmed. His solo in "Oh, Happy Day" was particularly memorable for the high note at 3:01. This E6+ is a rare achievement from a man. Wikipedia has an interesting article on the "whistle register" (above falsetto) that he used to produce this note. Ryan is currently a successful songwriter living in Atlanta.
See also "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" - by Chris Dilley and Ritter Hanz at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f63LwX8zWwc
- by Shelly Bort and Brent Rayburn at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BL0oL3UJ8s
Try a whacked out version of "Joyful, Joyful" by Anthony Johnson and friends at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiSDnX93Baw
This is one of the most frequently "favorited" videos on BestArts. See the others at http://www.thebestarts.com/bestartstier1
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Judy Garland and 21 year old Barbra Streisand sing a Broadway medley.
Since we couldn't
Judy Garland and 21 year old Barbra Streisand sing a Broadway medley.
Since we couldn't name all of the songs in this medley, we asked viewers to help us out. The songs (identified by berliita and StephanAOTTO) are:
0:14 Hooray For Love / Leo Robin & Harold Arlen
0:46 After You've Gone / Henry Creamer & Turner Layton
1:15 By Myself / Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz
1:42 'Swonderful / Gershwin
1:55 How About You / Burton Lane & Ralph Freed
2:25 Lover, Come Back To Me / Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II
2:50 You And The Night And The Music / Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz
3:16 It All Depends On You / Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew Brown (lyrics) & Ray Henderson (music)
Available on the 1963 DVD "Judy Garland Show, Volume 5."
For more great Judy Garland Show videos, see http://www.theBestArts.com/JudyGarland
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In 2001, author and artist Maurice Sendak entered into an unusual collaboration with the P
In 2001, author and artist Maurice Sendak entered into an unusual collaboration with the Pilobolus Dance Company to create "A Selection," a contemporary ballet inspired by true stories of the Holocaust.
This video contains extensive rehearsal footage throughout that illustrates how the dancers themselves participate in the process used to choreograph the work. The collaborative process is so extensive that the dancers all receive a permanent choreography credit. Performance footage is included at 0:00 and 2:15.
Although many dancers are shown, Benjamin Pring and Otis Cook are featured. Don't miss "Bendable Ben" at 6:50-8:05...
The resulting dance piece, "A Selection", is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muUcsQel4Qs
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This wonderful rendition from Heather Headley of "He Touched Me" will give you chills. Th
This wonderful rendition from Heather Headley of "He Touched Me" will give you chills. This is that rare video that can be watched over and over again.
See more from Heather at http://www.thebestarts.com/heatherheadley/
"He Touched Me" was written by Ira Levin and Milton Schafer for their 1965 musical "Drat! The Cat!" which starred Lesley Ann Warren, Elliott Gould and Beth Howland (who later earned fame in "Company.")
Although the show closed after only 8 performances, Elliott's wife at the time, Barbra Streisand, went on to include the song on 8 albums - including her "Greatest Hits." That's a lot to live up to, but Heather makes the song her own with this beautiful rendition.
Heather has appeared on Broadway in "The Lion King" and won the Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Musical" in 2000 for her role in "Aida." She's been nominated for two Grammy Awards.
Excerpt from the 2000 DVD "My Favorite Broadway: the Love Songs."
This is one of the most frequently "favorited" videos on BestArts. See the others at http://www.theBestArts.com/bestarts
Heather joins Adam Pascal in a duet of "Elaborate Lives" from "Aida" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyk88o7gk9c
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Beautiful ballad "Like It Was" from "Merrily we Roll Along" - sung by Carol Burnett to Geo
Beautiful ballad "Like It Was" from "Merrily we Roll Along" - sung by Carol Burnett to George Hearn. Carol's performance is a master class in a how to convey emotion through song.
Available on the highly recommended 2000 DVD of the Sondheim revue "Putting It Together".
For more from this wonderful revue: http://www.thebestarts.com/puttingittogether
Browse our website or playlists for more from Putting It Together, George Hearn, Carol Burnett, Ruthie Henshall and John Barrowman.
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In 1999, "Fosse" was nominated for 8 Tony Awards and won 3 - including "Best Musical." Th
In 1999, "Fosse" was nominated for 8 Tony Awards and won 3 - including "Best Musical." The 2001 recording of "Fosse" is one of the best musical theatre DVDs available. Because we uploaded excerpts from "Fosse" when we first created BestArts, many of our subscribers haven't discovered these great gems.
So, we've created a collage of the entire musical, with each excerpt averaging about 20 seconds. We hope you'll watch the entire collage - and then try out the amazing performances. Normally, we'd simply create a "Best of" playlist - but almost every performance here would deserve a place.
In his lifetime, Bob Fosse was nominated for 20 Tony Awards in 12 different musicals, most of which are represented in the musical "Fosse." 8 of Bob's 10 Tony Award wins were for choreography, which noone else has matched.
One performance from the show "Fosse" that is often overlooked is "Mr. Bojangles." The dance wonderfully portrays the idea that no matter our age, we all have a younger spirit inside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3Kv4CAUSs
Find the Fosse videos easily at http://www.theBestArts.com/Fosse/
0:00 Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Big Deal
0:15 Fosse's World
0:42 Bye, Bye Blackbird - Liza With a 'Z'
0:56 Percussion 4 - Dancin'
1:06 From the Edge - Dancin'
1:23 Big Spender - Sweet Charity
1:39 Crunchy Granola Suite - Dancin'
2:05 From This Moment On - Kiss Me Kate
2:17 Transition - Redhead
2:40 I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man - Dancin'
3:06 Shoeless Joe Ballet - Damn Yankees
3:28 Dancing in the Dark
3:54 Steam Heat - Pajama Game
4:18 I Gotcha - Liza With a 'Z'
4:40 Rich Man's Frug - Sweet Charity
5:02 Cool Hand Luke - Bob Hope Special
5:20 Nowadays - Chicago
5:36 Hot Honey Rag - Chicago
6:00 Glory - Pippin
6:21 Manson Trio - Pippin
6:34 Mein Herr - Cabaret
6:47 Take Off With Me/Pas de Deux - All That Jazz
7:02 Razzle Dazzle - Chicago
7:16 Who's Sorry Now? - All That Jazz
7:28 There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made - All That Jazz
7:48 Mr. Bojangles - Dancin'
8:15 Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise) - Big Deal
8:41 Sing! Sing! Sing! - Dancin'
All excerpts are taken from the very highly recommended 2001 Region 1 DVD, "Fosse." Region 1 DVDs can be viewed on DVD players sold in the US/Canada, special "region-free" DVD players, and almost all PC/Mac DVD players worldwide. "Fosse" is available for purchase/rent at all major US/Canada online distributors.
Although we own fancy video editing software, this collage was created with Microsoft's free Windows Movie Maker. If you own Windows XP, you own this software.
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Raúl Esparza, playing the lead role of Bobby, sings "Being Alive," the finale from the 200
Raúl Esparza, playing the lead role of Bobby, sings "Being Alive," the finale from the 2006 revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company."
Hear more songs from the "Company" revival at http://www.theBestArts.com/companyrevival
This video is an excerpt from the highly recommended 2008 PBS DVD "Company." The DVD is Region 1 only (US/Canada DVD players or worldwide PC DVD players).
In 2007, "Company" won Tony Awards for "Best Revival of a Musical" and "Best Direction of a Musical (John Doyle)." Raúl was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. The original 1970 production was nominated for 12 Tony awards and won 6 of them.
There are many great version of this song available:
Amazing original Broadway cast version from Dean Jones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UDtlTqQTIo
Patti LuPone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zoGmcMP0fI
Sung as a round in "Putting It Together" by George Hearn, John Barrowman, Ruthie Henshall, Carol Burnett and Bronson Pinchot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWepVt0SPbM
Bernadette Peters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KiXNZ-VrXQ
John Barrowman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAA1WW0Qpcw
PBS and Image Media have affirmed their copyright of this material - but are allowing these posts on YouTube. We extend our warmest thanks to them.
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