"a discussion with Rice and Webber about starring in the musical, but her voice was declared ""too delicate"" for singing the numbers on ""Evita"". So they offered her one-song which was not sung by Eva's character, and that was ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"". Dickson recalled that during the recording sessions, Webber asked her to sing in a higher range than her usual, since the ""mistress"" character was a teenager, and should have sounded younger. Before the sequence of the eviction of the mistress occurs in Act I of the musical, Eva's character sings the song ""Hello and goodbye"" and"
"after hearing her previous work. Rice and Webber asked her to record the song using a higher than usual pitch, so that she sounded younger like her character. Featuring instrumentation from guitar, marimba, harp and keyboard, ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" finds Dickson singing in a soprano voice. Critically appreciated, the song was released as a single on 7 February 1977, and reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. Dickson has stated that she did not like her recorded version of the track and employed a different arrangement during her future live renditions. The song has been covered and"
"was released in October 1976. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart and enjoyed similar success internationally. Dickson's ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" also became a hit. In the US and UK, respectively, Karen Carpenter, Olivia Newton-John, and Petula Clark released cover versions of ""Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"". The musical employs an eclectic range of styles. Classical music in ""Evita"" includes the opening choral piece (""Requiem for Evita"") and a choral interlude in ""Oh What a Circus"", as well as instrumental passages throughout the musical such as the orchestral version of the ""Lament"" and the introduction to ""Don't"
"moved to Broadway after originally opening in London's West End, and it became the template for subsequent productions of the musical for the following quarter of a century. The musical charts Eva Perón's life from an ambitious teenager, through her career as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946, until her death in 1952 at the age of 33. It includes some of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's best known material, including ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" and ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"". On 21 August 2017, Opera Australia announced that Arena would be taking on the lead role"
"knew what she was doing sleeping with an older man, and yet there is something expletive about it as well. Eva's bitchiness should be enjoyed by an audience, but they should also be investing in the plight of a young girl's eviction. The narrative of this section is so well structured that it is obvious the journey of the mistress is complete by her exit. This allows the audience to invest in a single moment while also learning more about Eva and Peron's character as they move forward in the story. ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" was first recorded by"
"the Irish Singles Chart, where it remained for 3 weeks. Elsewhere, it had a relatively poor chart performance; in Sweden it peaked at number 60, while in the Netherlands it peaked at number 91. ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" was Madonna's first single released in Australia to miss the ARIA top 100. AllMusic's Jose F. Promis, wrote that ""the song finds Madonna giving an understated and inspired performance [...] One hopes that this overlooked gem might find its way onto future [Madonna] hits collections, because it is truly a wonderful song"". Author Thomas S. Hischak called it ""plaintive"". ""Billboard""s Geoff"
"then ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" begins. A soft strummed guitar in broken chord patterns heralds the introductory music. Dickson sings the opening verse, and the chorus which is repeated twice as she asks, ""So, what happens now?"" and wonders about her immediate future, ultimately concluding that she would survive. For the second verse, the lyrics reflect on this recurring pattern of being evicted out of men's lives, and the final verses have a more positive outlook toward's the subject's life. The song finishes with the mistress asking the question, ""Where am I going to?"" as a male voice pacifies"
"rock solid."" Tucker was once again in the bottom two in week eight, the quarter-final stage of the series. She was in the sing-off for a second time, this time with Niamh Perry, with Perry having received the lowest number of viewers votes. They sang ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" from the musical ""Evita"". Lloyd Webber chose to save Tucker and eliminate Perry. At the semi-final stage, week nine, Tucker was in the bottom two for a third time, together with Samantha Barks, who had received the lowest number of viewers votes. They sang ""Memory"" from the musical ""Cats"". Cameron"
"album on February 4, 1997. A separate version called the ""Miami Mix"", which included re-recorded vocals in English and Spanish and an Argentinean bandoneon in the song's intro, was promoted to radio. Madonna's vocals received positive critical response and the song reached the top-ten of the charts a number of nations, including the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, and received gold certifications from five of them. ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" was the third and final single released on March 3, 1997. Upon its release, the song reached the top-ten of the charts in Italy and the United Kingdom. The"
"Me Argentina"" and ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall""—the former won the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997. Critical reception towards the soundtrack was mixed, with AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling it ""unengaging"" while ""Hartford Courant""s Greg Morago praised Madonna's singing abilities. ""Evita"" was a commercial success, reaching the top of the charts in Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, while attaining top-ten positions in other major musical markets. In the United States, the soundtrack reached a peak of number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart, and was certified quintuple platinum by the"
"and Bert"" also led to her guest residency on ""The Two Ronnies"", which brought Dickson's singing to the attention of more than ten million BBC Television viewers every week. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice also spotted Dickson in ""John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert"", and invited her to record ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" from their new musical ""Evita"", which became her second hit in 1977. She contributed two tracks to ""Scouse the Mouse"" a children's album (1977) with Ringo Starr and others. Also during the late 1970s, Dickson also contributed backing vocals to two best-selling albums by"
"influences and piano sounds. After a short interlude by Nail, ""On This Night of a Thousand Stars"", a distorted electric guitar and bass heralds ""Eva and Magaldi / Eva Beware of the City"". Here the lyrics talk about warning Eva from strangers in the big city. The sound of train horns, Latin percussion, drums, and light guitars introduce ""Buenos Aires"", talking about Eva finally arriving in the city. The melody finds Madonna singing in a higher range, and the song has a heavy composition in the middle with guitar, trumpets and discordant music. ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" begins with"
"Suitcase (Mary J. Blige song) ""Suitcase"" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was co-written by Mark J. Feist, Crystal Nicole, and Adrian Sotomayor, and produced by the former for Blige's soundtrack album ""Think Like a Man Too"" (2014), recorded for the comedy film of the same name. Sent as the album's lead and only single for urban contemporary and urban adult contemporary airplay in the US on June 10, 2014, following the release of the buzz track ""A Night to Remember"", it reached the top 30 on the US Adult R&B Songs chart. On May"
"down and put up a hotel,"" an in-joke reference to the fact that the show was playing in the Marquis Theatre, part of the Marriott Marquis complex built on the spot where the Morosco stood). His monologue at the musical's intermission point ends when he changes records (ostensibly preparing the turntable to play the musical's second act), then leaves the stage ""to use the bathroom"". The new record is actually the second act of a different musical by the same composer and librettist, starring many of the same actors. ""Message from a Nightingale"" is performed in costumes evoking Imperial China,"
"record, saying that the audience can listen to the opening of the second act of ""The Drowsy Chaperone"", and leaves for the restroom. A scene set in an oriental palace appears onstage, with characters in stereotypical oriental costumes and the chaperone costumed as an Englishwoman in a hoopskirted dress (""Message from A Nightingale""). Man in Chair hurriedly stops the record, explaining to the audience that that was the wrong record—it was the musical ""The Enchanted Nightingale"", not the second act of ""The Drowsy Chaperone"". He finds the right record, and ""The Drowsy Chaperone"" continues. In a musical dream sequence, Janet"
"as the finale ""When You Want to Fall in Love"" and later as a new song in the first act ""Unexpected Song"". Some of the songs from the score managed to find a life after the original production: ""Half a Moment"" was later recorded by Lloyd Webber's second wife, Sarah Brightman, on the album ""The Songs That Got Away"" and the track ""Summer Day"" was re-written and appeared in new chordal disguise as ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" in Evita. A small section of ""Half a Moment"" was cut from the song and reused in ""Sunset Boulevard"" as part of"
"Hurt Locker (musical) Hurt Locker The Musical is a fictional musical in the 2014 Broadway premiere production of ""Hedwig and the Angry Inch"". In the Broadway performance of ""Hedwig and the Angry Inch"", the musical opens with Hedwig explaining that the musical only ran for a single night before closing during intermission, and that she has convinced a producer to let her perform in what would otherwise be an empty stage. Fake Playbills for the musical are used as props and are found scattered on the floor of the Belasco Theatre and contains advertisements for other fake musicals such as"
"Bathhouse: The Musical! Bathhouse: the Musical! is an American musical with music and lyrics by Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack with additional material by Ryan Beck and Jason Wetzel. The show follows the story of Billy, a wide-eyed youth venturing into a bathhouse for the very first time. He's looking for love, but soon realizes that the other patrons are looking for something… a little more temporary. With some guidance, Billy soon learns the ins and outs of bathhouse etiquette.<br> The musical is structured like a revue composed of original songs that humorously depict the vagaries of men meeting other"
"be one of the musicals two ""most commanding ballads"", alongside ""Home"", another song Belle performs in the production. When Braxton debuted ""A Change in Me"" during her opening night at the Palace Theatre on September 9, 1998, critics and audiences immediately praised the addition of the new song and Braxton's performance overall. ""The Daily Review"" wrote, ""As she approached the chorus of 'A Change in Me,' Braxton let loose a vocal wail that seemed to send a shuddering rush through to the back of the audience."" Braxton subsequently performed the song live on ""The Rosie O'Donnell Show"" on October 7,"
"song ""bring[s] down the house."" ""Emertainment Monthly"" noted the song is ""one of the most monumental numbers in ""Hamilton"""". Uloop called it one of the show's catchiest tunes, along with ""Wait For It"". ""RG Magazine"" wrote the song ""captures the emotional and political complexities of Burr."" The Room Where It Happens ""The Room Where It Happens"" is a song from Act 2 of the musical ""Hamilton"", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. The musical relates the life of Alexander Hamilton and his relationships with his family, and Aaron Burr. Lin-Manuel Miranda composed the"
"command performance of his musical ""Ghosts in the White House"" for President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter on October 30, 1978 at the White House Halloween party. About 600 White house staffers and their families attended. His musical ""Seneca Falls: A Documusical on the History of Women's Rights and Achievements"", a work about the history of women's rights, was performed at the National Women's Hall of Fame. The show was also performed on October 28, 1976, at the Women's Hall of Fame's Second National Honors Ceremony at Carnegie Hall. Another musical that he composed, ""Scarecrow"" (based on Nathaniel"
"that housed Tammany Hall. He alternated his theater's presentations between operettas and family-oriented variety shows, creating what became known as vaudeville. His theater featured performers such as Ben Harney presenting a new style called ""ragtime"" as well as other up-and-coming talents such as Weber and Fields, George M. Cohan, Sophie Tucker, Lillian Russell, Buster Keaton, Gus Edwards, Eva Tanguay, Blossom Seeley, Benny Fields, May Irwin and Eddie Leonard. Harry S. Sanderson was his business manager from 1878 until 1908. The business records from this period are available to researchers. In the musical Hello, Dolly!, the song ""Put On Your Sunday"
"Got A Little Time"", ""Tom"", ""Safe"", ""The One I Love"", ""Mistress of the Senator"" and ""The Bed Was Not My Own"". The musical premiered Off-Broadway at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (at Lincoln Center) on December 30, 1993 in previews and closed on March 27, 1994, after 101 performances. Directed and musically staged by Graciela Daniele the show was much in the vein of Stephen Sondheim's ""Sunday in the Park with George"" in that the staging was like a classic painting coming to life. It received eight Drama Desk Award nominations including Best Musical, three for LaChiusa (Outstanding Book of"
"in a Broadway theater. It was also used as a way to update the script to modern day as well as explain how Hedwig would be able to use such stage settings. Various newspapers have commented favorably on the faux Playbills, both an element of the musical and as a piece separate from the musical itself. The faux Playbills were written by writer-performers Mike Albo and Amanda Duarte, and designed by Rogers Eckersley Design. Hurt Locker (musical) Hurt Locker The Musical is a fictional musical in the 2014 Broadway premiere production of ""Hedwig and the Angry Inch"". In the Broadway"
"continue with the role of Millie in order to film her own sitcom. She was replaced by Erin Dilly, but prior to public previews, Sutton Foster, her understudy, was chosen to assume the title role, a move that propelled her to stardom. The musical premiered on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 18, 2002 and closed on June 20, 2004 after 903 performances and 32 previews. Directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Rob Ashford, orchestration was by Doug Besterman and the late Ralph Burns, scenic design was by David Gallo, costume design was by Martin Pakledinaz, and lighting"
"Blues Away."" The second act's lesser known but crackling ""Fire Crackers/""Song of Freedom"" is also [a] show stopper."" The musical received one 2017 Tony Award nomination, for Best Choreography for Denis Jones. The musical was nominated for the 2017 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography. Holiday Inn (musical) Holiday Inn (also known as Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical) is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1942 film of the same name. The libretto is by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical opened on Broadway in 2016 after premiering at"
"Wig in a Box Wig In A Box: Songs from & Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical ""Hedwig and the Angry Inch"". It was released in 2003 through Off Records, and proceeds benefited the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which is the home of the Harvey Milk High School, a New York City public school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and even cisgender and/or straight youth who have experienced homophobic and gender identity discrimination and violence at home and/or in other public schools and who are at risk of not"
"sets and costumes by David Zinn, lighting by Ben Stanton, projections by Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, and choreography by Danny Mefford. In response to a controversy in which the legislature of South Carolina attempted to financially punish the College of Charleston for choosing the original graphic novel of ""Fun Home"" as a reading selection for incoming freshmen, the off-Broadway cast presented a concert of songs from the musical to a full house in Charleston, South Carolina, in April 2014. Bechdel, Kron, Tesori and musical director Chris Fenwick accompanied the cast. The musical began previews at Broadway's Circle in the"
"two scenes: ""A Forest in Autumn"" and ""A Glade in Wonderland"". Act II, ""Through the Looking Glass"", consists of four scenes: ""Through the Looking Glass""; ""The Garden of Live Flowers""; ""A Sea-Shore""; and ""The Banqueting Hall – The Forest Again."" A review in ""The Theatre"" summarised the story as follows: The musical was frequently revived during West End Christmas seasons during the four decades after its premiere. London productions were mounted at the Globe Theatre in 1888, with Isa Bowman as Alice; the Opera Comique in 1898; the Vaudeville Theatre in 1900, with some new additional music by Slaughter; the"
"it, that's it' and then we cut it."" Once the demo of ""Suitcase"" was completed, Epic Records head L.A. Reid became instrumental in getting Blige on it. The music video for ""Suitcase"" was directed by Mike Ho. In the clip, with mascara running down her eyes, a teary-eyed and disheveled Blige sits in an all-white room while being observed by men in lab coats. Her man, played by actor Christian Keyes, stands on the other side of the glass as she reflects on all the heartache he has caused her. Suitcase (Mary J. Blige song) ""Suitcase"" is a song by"
"The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall is a musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and a book by Gesner and Nagle Jackson. The production opened and closed on May 13, 1979 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway after only seven previews and one regular performance. Morrissey Hall is a girls school in England. The day has hardly begun when Headmistress Julia Faysle reads in an unflattering remark about the quality of girls produced by her school. The Sixth Form mistake her subsequent concern for their health and grooming as being a"
"Broadway musical ""Rent"" in the song ""La Vie Boheme"". She is also mentioned in the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers 1935 film ""Top Hat"" and in the song ""Roseability"" by the Scottish rock group Idlewild. Composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Royce Vavrek's opera ""27"" about Stein and Toklas premiered at Opera Theatre of St. Louis in June, 2014 with Stephanie Blythe as Stein. Edward Einhorn wrote the play ""The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein"", a farce about their fantasy marriage that also told the story of their life. It premiered in May 2017 at HERE Arts"
"feature a chorus of professional female dancers. It introduced musical hits such as ""I'm Just Wild about Harry"", ""Love Will Find a Way"", and ""In Honeysuckle Time"". The musical launched or boosted the careers of Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson, Florence Mills, Fredi Washington and Adelaide Hall. The show also contributed to the desegregation of theaters in the 1920s, giving many black actors their first chance to appear on Broadway. Once the show left New York, it toured for three years and was, according to Barbara Glass, the first black musical to play in white theaters across the United States. Its"