"on stage. The song was described as one of the biggest and most commercially successful hits from ""The Phantom of the Opera"" by the staff at ""Show Music"". ""All I Ask of You"" was commercially successful in several territories internationally. In the United Kingdom, it became Richard's 52nd top ten single by peaking at number three on 4 October 1986. Its success allowed it to be listed on the year-end chart in that country, where it was ranked at number 31. The song was later certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on 1 October 1986 for shipments of 250,000"
"Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals, notably ""The Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You"" from ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""I Don't Know How to Love"
"other tracks from the musical including ""Music of the Night"" and ""All I Ask of You"". He was surprised to find he was later replaced by Michael Crawford. For ""Behind the Mask"", Cameron Mackintosh said: ""He wasn't that experienced as an actor. It became obvious to me, and then I discussed it with Hal and Andrew, who also came to the same conclusion that this was a lovely impulse but not the right decision for the show."" Harley later recalled: ""What happened is a mystery to me. There was no hint that they were unhappy with me, or that they"
"song ""Angel of Music"" (The Mirror) and before ""The Music of the Night"" (and is reprised in Act Two at the end of the song ""Notes/Twisted Every Way""). It takes place as the Phantom escorts Christine by boat to his lair beneath the Opera Garnier. It is sung as a duet by Christine and the Phantom. At the end of the song, Christine sings her highest note in the show, an E6. In different shows, Sarah Brightman sings this song in different duets with other performers, Antonio Banderas, Chris Thompson, Alessandro Safina, Mario Frangoulis, Colm Wilkinson, Anthony Warlow, John Owen-Jones,"
"The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is a musical by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell. It is structured into five acts, each of which is a short musical parodying (and paying homage to) the style of an American or British musical theatre composer or composer/lyricist team, all dealing with roughly the same classic melodrama plot: ""I can't pay the rent!"" The musical premiered off-Broadway in 2003 at the York Theatre. It again played off-Broadway in 2005 at the Dodger Stages V with the same cast. It also had a production on London's West End,"
"Of Thee I Sing Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the ""love"" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water. The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances, gaining critical and box"
"All I Ask of You (album) All I Ask of You is the first greatest hits album by Australian singer Marina Prior. The album was released on 17 April 2006. Prior is considered to be the leading lady of Australian theatre and has received numerous awards, including Green Room Awards, Mo Awards and in 1993, she received the Advance Australia Award for her contribution to the performing arts. The album features tracks from her three studio albums; ""Leading Lady"", ""Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber"" and ""Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein"". The album was released a month prior"
"of Music"" is halfway through its promising chores it becomes not only too sweet for words but almost too sweet for music"", stating that the ""evening suffer(s) from little children"". Columbia Masterworks recorded the original Broadway cast album a week after the show's 1959 opening. The album was the label's first deluxe package in a gatefold jacket, priced $1 higher than previous cast albums. It was #1 on Billboard's best-selling albums chart for 16 weeks in 1960. It was released on CD from Sony in the Columbia Broadway Masterworks series. In 1959, singer Patti Page recorded the title song from"
"including ""Romeo and Juliet"", ""The Grapes of Wrath"" and ""The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"". He received the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Original Music in Theater Production in 1998 for ""The Comedy of Errors"", and in 1999 for ""Much Ado About Nothing"". He also received a best composer nomination for ""As You Like It"" in 2002. In 2004 he was nominated for two Jefferson Awards for ""The Taming of the Shrew"" and ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". His musical theatre work in the USA includes ""One Last Summer"", ""In Stitches"" and ""Female Problems"" for which he received a"
"Out of You"", ""All Through the Night"", ""You're the Top"" (one of his best-known list songs), and ""Blow, Gabriel, Blow"", as well as the title number. The show ran for 420 performances in New York (a particularly long run in the 1930s) and 261 in London. Porter, despite his lessons in orchestration from d'Indy, did not orchestrate his musicals. ""Anything Goes"" was orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Hans Spialek. Now at the height of his success, Porter was able to enjoy the opening night of his musicals; he would make a grand entrance and sit in front, apparently relishing"
"for a Theatre Fans Choice Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, 2010. She subsequently performed ""The Phantom"" duet with Ramin Karimloo at Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th birthday concert in Hyde Park, London. She has sung the duet ""All I Ask of You"" with co-star Simon Bailey on the Grand Staircase of the actual Opera Garnier in Paris (where ""Phantom"" is set) for CBS television and the same song on the Alan Titchmarsh show on ITV1. On 3 October 2010 she appeared as part of the Alumni Ensemble in the 25th Anniversary Celebration of ""Les Misérables"" at London's O2"
"You and the Night and the Music ""You and the Night and the Music"" is a popular song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. The song was debuted in the Broadway show ""Revenge with Music"". The show originally opened on November 28, 1934, ran for 22 performances, after which it closed. It then reopened on December 24, 1934, and ran for an additional 135 performances. Authors Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, in their book ""Song by Song: 14 Great Lyric Writers"", say that “...the musical yielded two enduring hits and a profit although it was an artistic"
"on ""The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection"" in 1991. It is covered by Webber's younger brother and cello player Julian on the 2001 album, ""Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber"". A separate choral arrangement of ""All I Ask of You"" appears on The King's Singerss ""Chanson d'Amour"" (1992). Elaine Paige released a solo version for ""Essential Musicals"" in 2006. American vocalist Jackie Evancho's version of ""All I Ask of You"" was included on her 2011 studio album ""Dream with Me"" and peaked at number four on ""Billboard""s Classical Digital Songs component chart following its release. On Susan Boyle's album """" (2012), she"
"mortal, incurring the wrath of their father, Zeus."" He has noted that the stage musical focuses more on the Greek mythology plotlines but has ""a lot of [parody] references to the movie."" The score retains the hits from the film and also includes new arrangements by Eric Stern of ""I'm Alive,"" ""Magic,"" ""Suddenly,"" and ""Dancin',"" as well as integrating two classic Electric Light Orchestra songs, ""Strange Magic"" and ""Evil Woman,"" plus Farrar's ""Have You Never Been Mellow."" The musical was first given a workshop production and backers' audition at the Minetta Lane Theater in Greenwich Village, New York City, in"
"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts. It is the second-longest running Off Broadway musical. The musical was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Off-Broadway musical in 1997. The musical premiered Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre on August 1, 1996 and closed on July 27, 2008, after 5,003 performances. Directed by Joel Bishoff, the cast featured Jordan Leeds, Robert Roznowski, Jennifer Simard, and Melissa Weil. It was first produced in the town where playwright"
"The Story of Tonight ""The Story of Tonight"" is the fourth song from Act 1 of the musical ""Hamilton"", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song recounts a meeting which occurred in 1776 between Alexander Hamilton, John Laurens, Hercules Mulligan and Marquis de Lafayette. In the song, the four young revolutionaries declare their loyalty and fealty to the newly-started revolution, and consume alcohol in a bar. They state that their liberty and freedom can never be taken from them, and that"
"All Shook Up (musical) All Shook Up is a 2004 American jukebox musical with Elvis Presley music and with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story is based on William Shakespeare's 1602 play ""Twelfth Night"". The musical had a developmental staging at the Goodspeed Musicals May 13-June 6, 2004, with most of the Broadway cast, except for Manley Pope in the lead role of Chad. Christopher Ashley directed, with choreography by Jody Moccia. The musical had a tryout in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace from December 19, 2004, through January 23, 2005. After the tryout, changes were made to the"
"Palaces"", ""The Apple Tree"", ""On the Town"", ""The Prisoner of Second Avenue"", ""Awake and Sing!"", ""Broadway Bound"" and ""Subways Are for Sleeping"", for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, beating out Barbra Streisand in ""I Can Get It for You Wholesale"". She has been nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award and received a second Tony Award nomination for ""Broadway Bound"". In June 1979, Newman and Arthur Laurents collaborated on the one-woman show ""The Madwoman of Central Park West"". Produced by Fritz Holt, it featured songs by Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, John Kander,"
"better."" A new ""Overture"" was added, and ""Ball of Wax"" has been replaced by a new, but similar song, ""You Gotta Let Go"". The production opened to mixed reviews, although it received three Tony Award nominations. Randolph was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, while Hugh Vanstone won the award for Outstanding Lighting Design. It was announced on 24 July 2012, that the Broadway production would close on 18 August 2012 after 136 regular performances. A national tour for fall 2013 was confirmed. The first UK Tour opened in Cardiff on 10"
"che tacete"" which was used in Puccini's 1910 opera ""La fanciulla del West"". The matter was settled out of court between the two parties soon after the lawsuit was revealed. However, author John Snelson, who wrote a biography on Lloyd Webber in 2009, further compared ""All I Ask of You"" to the same aforementioned melody, citing similar ""motivic connections"" and ""operatic and emotional cross-references"" as his evidence. Polydor, an English-based record label, first released ""All I Ask of You"" as a single on 26 September 1986. It was distributed in several formats. The 7"" single features the track plus B-side"
"Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2012, won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Best Choreographer (Bill Deamer) and Best Costume Design (Jon Morrell). The musical was also nominated for five Whatsonstage.com Awards. Top Hat (musical) Top Hat the Musical is a 2011 stage musical based on the 1935 film of the same name, featuring music and lyrics by Irving Berlin with additional orchestration by Chris Walker. The show opened on 16 August 2011 at the Milton Keynes Theatre, touring the United Kingdom before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End. ""Top Hat"" won multiple 2013 Laurence"
"I Can Get It for You Wholesale I Can Get It for You Wholesale is a musical, produced by David Merrick, music and lyrics by Harold Rome, and book by Jerome Weidman, based on his 1937 novel of the same title. It marked the Broadway debut of 19-year-old Barbra Streisand, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. The story is set in the New York City Garment District in 1937, during the Great Depression, and the songs utilize traditional Jewish harmonies evocative of the setting and the period of the"
"Music Man, The Robe, Hello, Dolly!, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Phantom Of The Opera, RENT, Anne of Green Gables, Annie, The Pink Panther, Titanic, The Miracle Worker, The Fiddler on the Roof, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney’s Mary Poppins and Disney’s Tarzan. The NRCA SQUIRE THEATRE is excited to announce our 2016-2017 season of excellence on the stage! We have entitled this year as THE YEAR OF THE CLASSICS. From Irving Berlin’s holiday favorite, WHITE CHRISTMAS, to one of Broadway’s most celebrated musicals, WEST SIDE STORY, this year will be a memorable one! The dance department"
"Collins, John Pizzarelli, Mark Murphy, Cleo Laine, Maureen McGovern, Betty Buckley, Julia Migenes, Dianne Reeves, Myrra Malmberg, Madeline Eastman, and Barbra Streisand. Dawn Upshaw included ""Take Me to the World"" on her 1994 musical theatre album ""I Wish It So"". Barbra Streisand recorded the song ""Take Me to The World"" with Antonio Banderas for her 2016 album """". Evening Primrose (musical) Evening Primrose is a musical with a book by James Goldman and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on a John Collier short story published in the 1951 collection ""Fancies and Goodnights"". Written originally for television,"
"a Musical was ""Hello, Dolly!"". The John Gassner Award winner was Bess Wohl for ""Small Mouth Sounds"". The nominees included ""American Psycho"" and ""She Loves Me"" – 8; ""Bright Star"" and ""On Your Feet!"" – 7; ""Dear Evan Hansen"" – 6; ""Eclipsed"", ""Lazarus"", ""Long Day's Journey Into Night"" and ""Spring Awakening"" – 5; and ""The Humans"", ""A View From the Bridge"" and ""Waitress"" – 4. Multiple winners: ""She Loves Me"" – 4; Long Day’s Journey Into Night – 3. The Outstanding New Broadway Musical was ""Bright Star"", and the Outstanding New Broadway Play was ""The Humans""; Outstanding Revival of a"
"failure.” The song has since become an enduring jazz standard. You and the Night and the Music ""You and the Night and the Music"" is a popular song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. The song was debuted in the Broadway show ""Revenge with Music"". The show originally opened on November 28, 1934, ran for 22 performances, after which it closed. It then reopened on December 24, 1934, and ran for an additional 135 performances. Authors Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, in their book ""Song by Song: 14 Great Lyric Writers"", say that “...the musical yielded two"
"of romance between the two. Because of problems the show went through during out of town tryouts, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, the successful composing team of ""Fiddler on the Roof"" were brought in to contribute additional songs including ""Cold Clear World"" and ""I Shall Miss You."" They also wrote ""I'm In London Again"" which was the first number for Irene Adler, but after opening night, this number (which can be heard on the cast album) was dropped and replaced by another Bock-Harnick composition, ""Buffalo Belle"" which had Irene Adler performing an elaborate Wild West number. The musical opened on"
"Nobody till Somebody Loves You"", and ""You're All I Need to Get By""), Stevie Wonder, The Supremes (""Buttered Popcorn"", ""Where Did Our Love Go""), The Miracles (""Shop Around""), The Marvelettes (""Please Mr. Postman""), Mary Wells (""Bye Bye Baby""/""Two Lovers Medley""), The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas (""Dancing in the Street""), The Contours (""Do You Love Me""), and The Jackson 5. The musical contains a total of 66 songs. The following song list is not the order of the songs in the production: Charles Isherwood, in his review for ""The New York Times"", wrote: ""More than 50 songs...are performed in 'Motown,'"
"Award for Best Musical, and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. Composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams (who had previously collaborated on the score to ""Bye Bye Birdie"", among others) wanted to write a musical version of the 1950 movie, ""All About Eve"". However, Twentieth Century Fox, which owned the rights to the movie, refused to grant them the rights to the script or the title. They were, however, able to purchase the stage rights to the short story on which ""All About Eve"" had been based, Mary Orr's ""The Wisdom of Eve"". The"
"You"" – 4, ""The Heidi Chronicles – 3 and ""The Last Ship"" – 3. Multiple winners: ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" (5, including Outstanding New Broadway Play), ""An American in Paris"" (3, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical), ""Hamilton"" (3, including Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical), ""The King and I"" (3), ""The Audience"" (2), ""On the 20th Century"" (2) and ""You Can't Take It With You"" (2). The John Gassner Award winner was ""The Invisible Hand"" by Ayad Akhtar. The nominees included 11 nominations for ""A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"", 8 nominations for the new musical ""Aladdin"","
"The Sound of Music (song) “The Sound of Music” is the title song from the 1959 musical ""The Sound of Music."" It was composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. In 1959, Rodgers and Hammerstein asked singer Patti Page to record the title song of their forthcoming musical, ""The Sound of Music"", hoping for some national attention. Page recorded the song for Mercury Records on the day that the musical opened on Broadway. Since Page's version was recorded a week before the original Broadway cast album, Page was the first artist to record any song from"
"sets and costumes by Bob Crowley. The music is from the film with two additional songs, and the cast is also the orchestra. The musical opened up to generally positive reviews. Since its opening, ""Once"" has been named Best Musical by The Outer Critics' Circle, Drama League, The New York Drama Critics' Circle, and The Tony Awards. The Broadway production of ""Once"" was nominated for a total of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (Steve Kazee), Best Actress in a Musical (Cristin Milioti), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Elizabeth A. Davis) and Best Direction"
"musicals The Phantom of the Opera, We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia, West Side Story, Annie, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Grease and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; international artists Bryn Terfel, Elaine Paige, Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein, Hale and Pace, Roy Chubby Brown, Anthony Warlow and David Campbell; boutique shows Slava's Snowshow, One Night of Queen, Circus Oz, Potted Potter, Stomp, Abba Mania, Storm and Raise the Red Lantern by the Chinese National Ballet; plays Stuff Happens, The Woman in Black, The Mousetrap, Grumpy Old Women and The 39 Steps; children's shows Barney the Dinosaur, Thomas the Tank Engine,"