the reprise is better than the song....
the reprise is better than the song....
chrissydee
Featured Actor Joined: 2/21/07
#1the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 4:52am
Fun game... name songs of which you prefer the reprise....
I'll Cover You reprise from RENT always kills me!
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#2the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 6:07am
I Love reprises where they basically take the whole song again and change the context. I'll cover you is a great example.
In the musical Love Story which played in London the final song was a reprise of the first number called "What Can You Say". It was absolutely stunning. The reprise of Everything we Know in Love Story absolutely broke me to tears.
Some lighter examples, I love how Hello is reprised in Book of Mormon, and Take me to Heaven in Sister Act. Also the reprise of "The Last Time" in the musical of Lend Me a Tenor comes at the most perfect moment.
Inigomontoya
Featured Actor Joined: 6/24/07
#2the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 6:32am
Not a day goes by - Merrily we roll along
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#3the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 6:50am
Technically the full version of "Old Friends" is the reprise in Merrily
You also have "One" in A Chorus Line and the various reprises of "Moonfall" in Drood are all very interesting.
#4the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 6:50am
I'll Cover You (Reprise) RENT
So In Love (Reprise) KISS ME KATE
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#5the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:28am
"Some Enchanted Evening" from "South Pacific"
"I Am The One" from "Next To Normal"
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
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#6the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:48amWith Every Breath I Take from City of Angels. Act I, it's a beautiful ballad. Act II, it's a heartbreaking duet leading to the inevitable conclusion of Stone's story.
#7the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:49am"Mama Who Bore Me" from Spring Awakening
May I take your hat, your coat, and your swastikas?
#8the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 10:11am
Written In The Stars (Reprise) - AIDA
He Lives In You (Reprise) - LION KING
The Song That Goes Like This (Reprise) -SPAMALOT (Sure the first one's hilarious, but I personally love this one even more and crack up every time)
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Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#10the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 10:51am
"With Ann/You On My Arm" from La Cage.
The reprise between George and Albin is much better than the original song Jean Michelle sings.
greensgreens
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/09
#11the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 10:52amHE WHISTLED AT ME from Starlight Express - in the original production. I absolutely love the Fairlight orchestrations in the reprise. So good in a very cheap 80s electronic way - just like the show.
#12the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 12:27pmI've always preferred the second "Agony" from Into the Woods.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#13the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 1:01pm
I Am What I Am from La Cage is technically a Reprise of We Are What We Are.
Bread & Theatre (People in the Picture)
#15the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 1:47pmI'll second the Old Friends reprise in Merrily.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#16the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 1:55pm
Other than cutesy pastiche reprises - often by secondary, sometimes juvenile, couples when the original is sung by the leads - most reprises successfully build from, provide greater emotional impact, and enhance, often very poignantly, the nuance of the original exploration/hearing of the song.
Just one example: Fagin and Dodger's final exit in Oliver, reprising and, precisely as they leave the stage, profoundly underscored by "I Think I Better Think It Our Again" is extremely effective.
Sinfonia2001
Stand-by Joined: 1/16/07
#17the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 2:37pm
"Alive" from jekyll and Hyde. The reprise adds a whole different section and its more exciting with the background chorus.
One night only from dreamgirls.
#18the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 2:42pm
I ditto "He Lives In You" from The Lion King
"Sunday" from Sunday In The Park With George
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SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#19the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 3:20pm
"Sun and Moon (Reprise)" in Miss Saigon is one of my favorite theatre moments ever. Gut-wrenching.
Not that the original song isn't good, of course!
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#20the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 3:38pm
'The Other Side of the Tracks' from LITTLE ME.
Specifically thinking of the Faith Prince/Martin Short Revival here.....her reprise of this just shortly after the initial slower version is thrilling.
rougeduck
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/07
#21the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 3:59pm
Elaborate Lives from Aida
The Letter from Billy Elliot
Off the top of my head.
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#23the reprise is better than the song....
Posted: 6/23/11 at 5:11pm
Hairspray: Velma's Revenge in my openion is better then (The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs. now i know that this isnt techinally a Reprise but it basically is.
Cats: Memory Reprise over Memory.
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