Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
#1Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:20pm
Let's show Maury Yeston some appreciation. He deserves more than he gets.
What is your all time favorite, and in what version?
For me, I Had A Dream About You, as performed by Betty Buckley.
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BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
#2Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:35pm
I Had a Dream About You is indeed great.
My pick would be Unusual Way, sung by Peta Toppano on the Australian cast album. Those first notes make me emotional straight up.
#4Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 4:52pm
I usually think it’s “Unusual Way” or “My Husband Makes Movies” but I love “Losing Roberto” and “The Proposal” so much. Tough choice.
Updated On: 9/2/24 at 04:52 PM
#5Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 5:03pm
“The Proposal” was my first thought. I can’t think of very many platonic duets between two men or where they’re not pining after the same woman. Beautiful song.
#6Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 5:14pm
I have a particular affection for the lovely trio "Finally To Know" from Death Takes a Holiday. Of course the only version I know was sung by original cast members JIll Paice, Alexandra Socha, and Mara Davi at the Laura Pels and on the cast recording.
DCS
Featured Actor Joined: 3/19/08
#7Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 6:38pm
I've always had a soft spot for "Getting Tall" from Nine. It comes at the end of the show and is sung by young Guido and always brings a tear to my eye because of its placement in the show and the message it conveys after everything we've seen come before it in the show.
#8Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/2/24 at 7:01pm
It's gotta be "The Proposal," but a close second for me is "By the River." Both mind-blowingly beautiful, and utterly haunting pieces of music.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 1:30am
His praises are definitely under sung and I think he’s written some of the most beautiful music for the theatre. Love Can’t Happen from Grand Hotel immediately came to mind. I also have a soft spot for Simple from Nine. The list goes on and on
#11Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 1:20pm
It’s so hard to pick just one, but my selection for today is NEW WORDS sung by Brent Barrett on “The Maury Yeston Songbook” from PS Classics. For me, that is a true Desert Island Disc.
#12Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 5:19pm
I agree. So many great, great songs. 'Getting Tall' always gets me, too.
I also love 'My Grandmother's Love Letters'.
Ensemble1716440075
Chorus Member Joined: 5/23/24
#13Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 8:22pm
"The Night Was Alive" - Titanic.
"Home" - Phantom
I like the show...I was NOT a Leo fangirl in 1997. But I saw a local professional production and I liked it. The scene with the separation of husbands and wives was very moving. Just thought I'd add that.
Phantom was the first professional show I saw that made me love theater.
I know you said one, but I had to give the other one a shoutout.
#14Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 9:05pm
I think the opening of Titanic with the entire “The Launching” sequence is simply unmatched in any other musical. Perfectly encapsulates the moment they are portraying.
berniesb!tch
Stand-by Joined: 5/23/21
#15Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 11:09pm
corninthesky said: "I think the opening ofTitanicwith the entire “The Launching” sequence is simply unmatched in any other musical. Perfectly encapsulates the moment they are portraying."
THIS!!!! Best opening and song in a musical ever. The launching and there she is are just the most beautiful.
jagman106
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/19
#16Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/3/24 at 11:30pm
I also think Unusual Way is simply gorgeous (I'm partial to the Benanti/Bandeiras rendition for the 2003 Nine revival), but I also have particular affection for The Bells of St. Sebastian.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#17Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:06am
Unusual Way is an almost perfect song.
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
#18Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 7:47am
It’s dawning on me that, with Nine and Titanic, he wrote the absolutely perfect songs that each moment required. He may not have written as many musicals as some, but the ones we do have are really brilliant and enchanting.
#19Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 8:20am
When Titanic started previews, Act 2’s WE’LL MEET TOMORROW wasn’t in the show.
Maury sensed a need for a departure number - in which loved ones acknowledged that they have to say goodbye. He wrote the bittersweet number during previews.
The night it first appeared in the show, it was piano accompaniment ONLY. The full orchestration was added the next night.
#20Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 9:19am
Love Can't Happen - Grand Hotel
The Proposal/The Night Was Alive - Titanic
DaveyG
Leading Actor Joined: 8/11/05
#21Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 10:09am
BalconyClub said: "When Titanic started previews, Act 2’s WE’LL MEET TOMORROW wasn’t in the show.
Maury sensed a need for a departure number - in which loved ones acknowledged that they have to say goodbye. He wrote the bittersweet number during previews.
The night it first appeared in the show, it was piano accompaniment ONLY. The full orchestration was added the next night."
"We'll Meet Tomorrow" was in the show from the first preview, but it was a solo for the character of Charles. The characters of Charles and Caroline were drastically reduced during previews. Yeston wrote the song "To the Lifeboats" overnight during the 3rd week of previews and reassigned who sang "We'll Meet Tomorrow" to make it a full cast number.
"To the Lifeboats" went in with piano only and segued into a fully orchestrated "We'll Meet Tomorrow". The following night the sequence was completed with Jonathan Tunick's thrilling orchestration and my friends who worked on the show credit it for saving Act Two.
#22Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 1:41pm
DaveyG said: ... "To the Lifeboats" went in with piano only and segued into a fully orchestrated "We'll Meet Tomorrow". The following night the sequence was completed with Jonathan Tunick's thrilling orchestration and my friends who worked on the show credit it for saving Act Two."
Wow! That is amazing. Thank you for the clarification.
#23Your favorite Maury Yeston song? Just one...
Posted: 9/4/24 at 2:01pm
I've been thinking about this question since it was posted hoping to be more original than joining the Unusual Way bandwagon...but I cannot. It's simply perfection. Especially as sung by the late, great Rebecca Luker who looks stunning as a brunette.
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