Songs about Beginnings
Songs about Beginnings
I'mHere79
Swing Joined: 7/5/16
#1Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/5/16 at 4:58pm
I'm leading a Broadway musical concert + discussion group for seniors this week on the theme of "Beginnings" (or new beginnings).
Wondering if people here might be able to help me generate a list of classic Broadway songs (preferably from the Golden Age of musicals) that relate directly to beginnings!
Thanks!!
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#3Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/5/16 at 6:40pm
Always Starting Over from If/Then
The title track from Bright Star
Jud Faginsky
Stand-by Joined: 2/11/05
#4Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/5/16 at 8:02pm
"Waiting for Life to Begin" from Once on This Island
"Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along.
I'mHere79
Swing Joined: 7/5/16
#6Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/5/16 at 10:42pm
Sounds like a rough topic to discuss with seniors since all of the songs listed, especially those mentioned not from the Golden Age, only feel sort of insipid for anyone over forty.
Even Before The Parade Passes By is a difficult topic if one is over fifty and has to consider their limited options at that point in life- unless the discussion is about possibilities for their grandchildren, Send In The Clowns sort of best suits the moment by the great man himself. Still, it is a melancholy moment and tune to discuss.
Jud Faginsky
Stand-by Joined: 2/11/05
#7Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/5/16 at 11:26pm
About 20 years ago I sang in an a cappella group. One of the songs we sang was the Boyz II Men song, "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," which is a song about the end of a love affair. One day we sang a concert at a retirement home and we included that song on our set list. About halfway through the song we realized that it was a really bad choice for a retirement home concert. Lyrics like, "If we get to see tomorrow," and "I thought we'd get to see forever but forever's gone away," have a really different meaning.
artisn'teasy
Chorus Member Joined: 6/19/11
#8Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/5/16 at 11:48pm
Strike Up the Band- Strike Up the Band
This is the Moment- Jekyll & Hyde
Its Not Where You Start, it's Where You Finish- Seesaw
Another Op'nin', Another Show- Kiss Me, Kate
Something's Coming- West Side Story
#9Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 12:29am
"The Story Goes On" from BABY maybe?
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#10Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 1:07am
"All I Need is One Good Break" -- FLORA, THE RED MENACE
"On the Other Side of the Tracks" - LITTLE ME
belrowley
Understudy Joined: 5/14/16
#11Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 3:32am
"Morning Glow" from Pippin
Granted, in the context of the show, it's about starting over after committing patricide/regicide... but it's a lovely song nonetheless.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#12Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 6:20am
That's a Beginning ZORBA
Learn to be Lonely A DOLL'S LIFE
Take the Moment DO I HEAR A WALTZ?
Do Re Mi THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Oh What a Beautiful Morning OKLAHOMA
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
Rumpelstiltskin
Broadway Star Joined: 4/22/07
#14Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 9:15am
Two from The War of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd:
Nothing Can Stop Me Now: https://youtu.be/y-vjJRjb_9k
Sweet Beginning: https://youtu.be/zgWKxCPEKkI
#16Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 11:40am
In the Beginning - Children of Eden
Spark of Creation - Children of Eden
We Start Today - Baby
One Brick at a Time - Barnum
Brand New Start - Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
Starting Here Starting Now - Starting Here Starting Now
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
JennH
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#17Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 7/6/16 at 12:05pm
I'm surprised it took that long to mention In the Beginning LOLZ!
At the Beginning from Anastasia.
I've found that it seems a lot of these songs reside in the contemporary realm more than the Golden Age realm.
realryanmccurdy
Swing Joined: 11/2/16
#18Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 11/2/16 at 4:59pm
Here's something related to your query!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Katrina-Lenk-to-Lead-Reading-of-New-Musical-BEGINNINGS-Featuring-Score-by-Chicago-20160322
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#19Songs about Beginnings
Posted: 11/2/16 at 5:32pm
His query was six months ago.
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