Who Sang It Better – Come What May
With Valentines Day approaching I thought it would be good to look at one of my favourite romantic songs…Come What May. I love that this song has been done in so many different styles and it will actually be the first duet I have featured on this series! Come What May is a secret love […]
Who Sang It Better – Any Dream Will Do
For the 10th in the series of Who Sang It Better, I’ve decided to look at the musical that first introduced me to musical theatre. Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was the first show I ever saw and since then I’ve not really left a theatre auditorum! Any Dream Will Do therefore seemed a […]
Who Sang It Better…All That Jazz
I thought that lockdown provided the perfect time to continue my ‘Who Sang It Better’ series. In thinking which song to look at I was shocked (and frankly disappointed with myself) that it had taken me this long to look at this song! Performed by so many of our musical theatre greats I have picked […]
Who Sang It Better…She Used to Be Mine from Waitress
It is the show that everyone is talking about…although not always for the right reasons! One thing people do seem to agree on however is the beauty of the song, ‘She Used to Be Mine.’ In the musical the song is sung by Jenna, who is pregnant by her abusive husband. The song is about […]
Who Sang It Better…Burn from Hamilton
The next in the series of ‘Who Sang It Better’ is none other than the iconic song ‘Burn’ from the hit musical Hamilton. Burn comes in Act 2 when Hamilton admits to an affair in a public pamphlet in order to save his career. The song is sung by his wife, Eliza. First up is […]
Who Sang It Better – As Long As He Needs Me
As Long As He Needs Me… Having looked at Memory, Defying Gravity, Gethsemane, Music of the Night & Bring Him Home the next obvious musical theatre song to have a look at has to be As Long As He Needs Me from Oliver. The number As Long As He Needs Me comes when Nancy expresses […]
Who Sang It Better – Tell Me It’s Not True
Who Sang It Better I’ve previously looked at Memory, Defying Gravity, Bring Him Home, Gethsemane and Music of the Night in this series and I thought it was about time to add to the list the classic song from Blood Brothers….’Tell Me It’s Not True.’ Tell Me It’s Not True is sung at the end […]
Who Sang It Better…Music of the Night
Music of the Night… Having looked at Memory, Defying Gravity, Gethsemane, & Bring Him Home the next obvious musical theatre song to have a look at has to be Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera. The number Music of the Night comes when the Phantom finally gets Christine to his lair beneath […]
Who Sang It Better – Bring Him Home
Who Sang It Better… Bring Him Home from Les Miserables This is the first entry in my new series – Who Sang It Better when I look at different versions of the song and come to my humble conclusion of who sang it better? I’d love to hear from you to see if you agree […]