"was never released as a single until Kahara's cover. The song was suggested for Kahara's comeback by executives at Universal J, Kahara's record label and the one behind the Japanese release of the soundtrack for the 2012 film adaptation of ""Les Misérables"". Coincidentally, the song happened to be a favorite of Kahara's that she often sang at auditions. The song was recorded with a backing orchestra of 41 musicians. The cover art for the single pays homage to the musical and the character of Fantine by depicting Kahara as a broken but hopeful woman. The single also includes a piano"
"I Have Dreamed (song) ""I Have Dreamed"" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ""The King and I"". In the original Broadway production it was sung by Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas. It has since become a standard, with many artists recording the song. The tune has been accused of similarities to Alfred Newman's track, ""The Hill of the Brilliant Green Jade"", from the 1944 film ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" starring Gregory Peck, though only seven notes are the same. In the show, the characters of Lun Tha and Tuptim sing of how they have"
"music prior to the ""We Kiss in a Shadow"" sequence. However ""I Have Dreamed"" is featured on the movie soundtrack album. I Have Dreamed (song) ""I Have Dreamed"" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, ""The King and I"". In the original Broadway production it was sung by Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas. It has since become a standard, with many artists recording the song. The tune has been accused of similarities to Alfred Newman's track, ""The Hill of the Brilliant Green Jade"", from the 1944 film ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" starring Gregory Peck, though"
"I Dreamed a Dream (musical) I Dreamed a Dream is a jukebox musical with a book co-written by Alan McHugh and Elaine C. Smith and produced by Michael Harrison. It is based on the life of Susan Boyle and her 2010 autobiography, ""The Woman I Was Born to Be"". The score features songs recorded by Boyle, hymns, traditional songs and popular songs, mostly from the 1960s to the 1980s. The show premiered on 27 March 2012 at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, directed by Ed Curtis and choreographed by Nick Winston. Smith stars as Susan Boyle, and Boyle herself sings"
"sensitive biopic. I Dreamed a Dream (musical) I Dreamed a Dream is a jukebox musical with a book co-written by Alan McHugh and Elaine C. Smith and produced by Michael Harrison. It is based on the life of Susan Boyle and her 2010 autobiography, ""The Woman I Was Born to Be"". The score features songs recorded by Boyle, hymns, traditional songs and popular songs, mostly from the 1960s to the 1980s. The show premiered on 27 March 2012 at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, directed by Ed Curtis and choreographed by Nick Winston. Smith stars as Susan Boyle, and Boyle"
"finale for, perhaps, the greatest standing ovation the show will ever receive."" Nominated in 10 categories for Atlanta's 2009-2010 Suzi Bass Award, I Dream won in the ""Outstanding World Premiere"" (Play or Musical) category. A Concept Album of ""I Dream"" entitled I Dream (The Concept Recording) was recorded in 2015, featuring Quentin Darrington as 'Martin' and Avery Sunshine as 'Coretta' - released for digital download and streaming, including on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify I Dream (opera) I Dream is a fully through-composed Opera by Douglas Tappin (librettist, lyricist, composer), based on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.. The"
"I've Got a Dream ""I've Got a Dream"" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater from Disney's 2010 animated feature film, ""Tangled"". It is performed by Brad Garrett, Jeffrey Tambor, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. ""I've Got a Dream"" is performed by a bunch of pub-dwellers who initially intimidate Rapunzel and Flynn, but they eventually bond over their shared desire for more in their lives. The song revolves around the notion that ""'Thugs' means, 'criminals who are basically misunderstood'."" ComingSoon said the song was ""memorable for the silly barbarians"". Purity and Precision says that in"
"I dreamed"". Other male singers who have recorded the song include rock singer David Essex on his 1987 album ""Centre Stage"", ""Phantom of the Opera"" star Michael Crawford on his 1987 album ""The Phantom Unmasked"" and on his 1992 release ""With Love"", LuPone's ""Evita"" co-star Mandy Patinkin on his 1994 album ""Experiment"" and British theater star Michael Ball (Marius in the Original London production of ""Les Mis"") on his 1996 album ""The Musicals"". In 1991, Aretha Franklin included a version of the song on her album ""What You See is What You Sweat."" Although not released as a single, Franklin"
"You've Got to Have a Dream You've Got to Have a Dream: The Message of the Musical is a book written by the British theologian Ian Bradley, first published in 2004, exploring the spiritual dimension of musical theatre. In his study, Bradley includes works with an overt religious subject matter, for example, ""Godspell"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" and ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" as well looking at musicals such as ""Les Misérables"", ""The Lion King"" and ""Carousel"". His thesis is that Churches have a great deal to learn from modern musicals and could usefully incorporate their spiritual and theological values,"
"I Dreamed ""I Dreamed"" is a popular song with music by Charles Grean and lyrics by Marvin Moore. It was published in 1956. The biggest hit version was done by Betty Johnson in 1956. This recording was released by Bally Records as catalog number 1020. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 15, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #9; on the Best Seller chart, at #22; on the Juke Box chart, at #15; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #12. Altogether it spent 18 weeks on the charts. The"
"Perchance to Dream (musical) Perchance to Dream is a musical romance with book, lyrics and music by Ivor Novello. It was the only musical for which Novello wrote lyrics. The title is a quotation from William Shakespeare's play ""Hamlet"". The plot, like many of Novello's plots, is a romantic adventure tale, telling the parallel stories of the fates of several inhabitants of the same house through differing time periods. The stories interconnect and have unforeseen repercussions, one upon the other. It opened on the London stage at the Hippodrome Theatre on 21 April 1945. The show starred Novello as Sir"
"Dreamgirls Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, the musical follows the story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called ""The Dreams"", who become music superstars. Staged with a mostly African-American cast and originally starring Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Obba Babatundé, the musical opened on December 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway."
"The musical was then nominated for 13 Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and won six. It was later adapted into a motion picture from DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures in 2006. The film starred Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, and Keith Robinson. Act I: 1960s In 1962, The Dreamettes, a hopeful black girl group from Chicago, enter the famous Amateur Night talent competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York (""I'm Lookin' for Something"", ""Goin' Downtown"", ""Takin' the Long Way Home""). The group is composed of full-figured lead singer"
"I Hope I Get It ""I Hope I Get It"" is a song from the musical ""A Chorus Line"". ""A Chorus Line"" premiered Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in May 1975. The musical moved to Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in July 1975. The dancers sing about their worries, fears, and doubts regarding a new job opportunity. Only a select few may be chosen, so they are trying to keep their cool under enormous pressure. They feel like everything they have done throughout their life had led up to this moment. Musicals101 explains: Ken Mandelbaum, author of ""A Chorus Line"
"A Man Has Dreams ""A Man Has Dreams"" is a song from Walt Disney's film ""Mary Poppins"", written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The song melody is a slowed down version of ""The Life I Lead"" which serves as Banks's leitmotif as he was fired. In both the motion picture and the stage musical, the song is performed as a conversational duet between Bert, the chimney sweep (Dick Van Dyke) and George Banks (David Tomlinson). It is operatic in nature, sung dialogue, and was highly unusual for a musical film of that era. The song incorporates a"
"I've Dreamed of You ""I've Dreamed of You"" is a 1999 adult contemporary single by Barbra Streisand from the album ""A Love Like Ours"". It has lyrics by Ann Hampton Callaway and music by Rolf Lovland and was produced by Streisand. Upon request by Barbra Streisand, the song was written by Ann Hampton Callaway as Streisand's wedding song to actor James Brolin. It was one of two songs recorded by Streisand that were written by Callaway. The song was released in mid 1999 in anticipation of the release of ""A Love Like Ours"" in October of that year. Streisand performed"
"a stand-alone song. It has also been parodied. I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls or The Gipsy Girl's Dream is a popular aria from ""The Bohemian Girl"", an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn. It is sung in the opera by the character Arline, who is in love with Thaddeus, a Polish nobleman and political exile. In addition to its regular performance in the opera, and in cast recordings of the opera, the aria, which was very popular in the 19th and 20th centuries, has been recorded"
"dream, but she is very grateful to be home. As Aunt Em and Uncle Henry leave her alone in her bedroom to rest, a gust of wind blows open her cupboard door, revealing the ruby slippers. Most of the musical's songs are taken from the 1939 film and were written by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg. New numbers written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice include a song for Professor Marvel (""The Wonders of the World"") and the Wicked Witch of the West (""Red Shoes Blues""), two songs for the Wizard (""Bring Me the Broomstick"" and ""Farewell to"
"a compilation, and the title track to the Australian album, Lucy Maunder sang the song for ABC Classics ""I Dreamed a Dream: The Hit Songs of Broadway"" The song had a resurgence in popularity in 2009 when Scottish singer Susan Boyle performed it as her audition for the third series of the British reality television programme ""Britain's Got Talent."" Boyle's performance elicited a unanimous vote for passage into the next round of competition by judges Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell, with Morgan giving Boyle ""the biggest yes [he had] ever given"" in his three years of judging the"
"I Have a Dream (song) ""I Have a Dream"" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was featured on the group's sixth studio album ""Voulez-Vous"" and released as a single in December 1979. The single became a big hit, topping the charts in many countries and peaking at No. 2 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1979. Twenty years later, Irish pop group Westlife released a version of the song which reached No. 1 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1999. The song was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and was taken"
"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls or The Gipsy Girl's Dream is a popular aria from ""The Bohemian Girl"", an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn. It is sung in the opera by the character Arline, who is in love with Thaddeus, a Polish nobleman and political exile. In addition to its regular performance in the opera, and in cast recordings of the opera, the aria, which was very popular in the 19th and 20th centuries, has been recorded many times by a variety of musicians as"
"Dream of a Summer Night Dream of a Summer Night (, also spelled as ""Dream of a Summer's Night"") is a 1983 Italian musical film written and directed by Gabriele Salvatores, at his directorial debut. Based on a rock musical directed by the same Salvatores, it is a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". It was screened in the ""De Sica"" section at the 40th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. The wedding day of Teseo and Ippolita, two young heirs of the Milanese bourgeoisie, is near. Everything has been arranged: the party will take place"
"has performed the song at various venues, including the 1993 inaugural celebration for U.S. President Bill Clinton. In the film ""The Commitments"" (1991), one of the girls auditioning for the titular band sings ""I Dreamed a Dream"" as her audition song. Other female singers who have recorded versions of the song include English singer and stage actress Elaine Paige, from a 1993 performance at Birmingham Symphony Hall which was included on her 1995 album, ""Encore"", original ""Annie"" title cast member Andrea McArdle in the 1996 recording ""On Broadway"", New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra and British pop star Petula Clark, each"
"song became a focus of litigation in 1958 in the case ""Dorchester Music v. National Broadcasting Company"" [171 F. Supp. 580 (S.D. Cal. 1959)]. Fred Spielman, who had composed the song ""Rendezvous"" in 1953, charged that Grean had plagiarized from his song in writing ""I Dreamed."" (No charge was made with reference to the lyrics.) The court found in favor of the plaintiff on November 18, 1958. I Dreamed ""I Dreamed"" is a popular song with music by Charles Grean and lyrics by Marvin Moore. It was published in 1956. The biggest hit version was done by Betty Johnson in"
"song, all the music in the play is heard in three extended dream sequences: the Glamour Dream, the Wedding Dream, and the Circus Dream which, to some extent, become three small operettas integrated into a straight play. The final song, ""My Ship"", functions as a leitmotif for Liza's insecurity: as each dream commences, a snippet of the tune is heard, as it is a haunting melody which Liza recognizes but cannot name, or sing with words, until her anxiety is resolved. The musical opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon) on January 23, 1941 and closed"
"a musical about the famous disaster. ""What drew me to the project was the positive aspects of what the ship represented – 1) humankind's striving after great artistic works and similar technological feats, despite the possibility of tragic failure, and 2) the dreams of the passengers on board: 3rd Class, to immigrate to America for a better life; 2nd Class, to live a leisured lifestyle in imitation of the upper classes; 1st Class, to maintain their privileged positions forever. The collision with the iceberg dashed all of these dreams simultaneously, and the subsequent transformation of character of the passengers and"
"Christmas Dream ""Christmas Dream"" is a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, with German lyrics by Andre Heller, for the 1974 Columbia film ""The Odessa File"". It is sung by Perry Como and the London Boy Singers and is included on the album ""A Perry Como Christmas"". Como and the choir performed the song, a few weeks after the film's October 1974 release, on ""Perry Como's Christmas Show"" (seen here). The single made it to #92 on the Billboard charts in December 1974. It also was sung by a Toronto-based a cappella group, The Mistletones, who were"
"""Daydream"". Kika Edgar recorded a Spanish cover titled ""Un sueño que alguna vez soñé/A dream I once dreamed"" for her album ""Broadway"". In 2011, Celtic Woman performed ""I Dreamed a Dream"" as part of their 2011 ""Believe"" tour, recorded by PBS at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The song was one of two songs sung as ""A Tribute to Broadway"", the other song being ""Circle of Life"" from the Disney movie ""The Lion King"". The song, which was only released on DVD and as part of the television special, was sung by Lisa Kelly and Chloë Agnew. As part of"
"Dream,"" and this amiable but uninspiring piece does nothing to halt the process, despite curiosity value provided by Barbra Stanwyck, back with Paramount for the first time in ten years."" The film's screenwriters, Anthony Lawrence and Allan Weiss, were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. The film generated a best-selling soundtrack album that went #1 on the ""Billboard"" charts. The soundtrack album would be Presley's final #1 soundtrack and last #1 album until 1969's ""From Elvis in Memphis"", which topped the charts in the U.K. Roustabout (film) Roustabout is a 1964 American musical"
"as much as the animated sequence channels Monty Python and Mel Brooks."" FilmTracks wrote "" At least there's no yodeling in ""I've Got a Dream"" (behold Home on the Range for that pleasure), and Moore's contribution actually works well when mixed with all the colorful secondary voices."" I've Got a Dream ""I've Got a Dream"" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater from Disney's 2010 animated feature film, ""Tangled"". It is performed by Brad Garrett, Jeffrey Tambor, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. ""I've Got a Dream"" is performed by a bunch of pub-dwellers who initially"
"Dreams (Fleetwood Mac song) ""Dreams"" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album ""Rumours"" (1977). In the United States, ""Dreams"" was released as the second single from ""Rumours"" on March 24, 1977, while in the United Kingdom it was released as the third single in June 1977. A performance of ""Dreams"" on stage was used as the promotional music video. In the US, ""Dreams"" reached the top spot on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, the band's only number-one single there; it sold over a million copies. In Canada, ""Dreams"" also reached number one on"
"& the Dreams entered the UK Singles Chart at number 67 on September 6, 2009 due to strong digital download sales. An audition performance by 21-year-old Rozell Phillips on the reality TV show ""The X Factor"" renewed interest in the song, three years after it was initially released. One Night Only (song) ""One Night Only"" is a song from the 1981 Broadway musical ""Dreamgirls"", with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger. In the context of the musical, ""One Night Only"" is performed twice in succession, as differing versions of the song — a soul ballad by the"
"I Dream (opera) I Dream is a fully through-composed Opera by Douglas Tappin (librettist, lyricist, composer), based on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.. The world premiere of this ""Rhythm and Blues Opera"" opened in July 2010 on the Alliance Stage of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. ACT 1 On the morning of April 3, 1968, a young preacher from Atlanta prepares for a journey to Memphis, Tennessee to join striking sanitation workers. During the night he has experienced a recurring dream – one that is a disconcerting mix of reminiscence and premonition. Always, at the center"