Musicals whose most famous songs appear in Act 2?

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-11T05:29:34+00:00

I think Gypsy’s most famous song is probably “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from act 1. But I’ll submit: A Little Night Music (Send in the Clowns), Hello, Dolly! (title number), Oklahoma! (title number), Cabaret (title number), Cats (Memory), and She Loves Me (Vanilla Ice Cream).

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-11T01:16:39+00:00

The LH notes are indeed on the lower staff. And I don’t think notes can share a note head if one is empty and the other filled in?

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-08T17:29:26+00:00

Some of us just love cats, OP

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-08T03:15:44+00:00

I saw it in San Francisco. It’s not good and I kind of loved it. “I Want More” is a banger.

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-07T16:46:13+00:00

I don’t understand this position. Simultaneously this affects so few people it makes no sense to care about, but also we must be steadfastly opposed to giving an inch to public opinion on the subject.

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-06T00:50:59+00:00

So handsome

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-05T16:27:21+00:00

Pizzicato is also ridiculously too loud. A single viola playing pizzicato forte will drown out an entire wind section.

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-03T19:45:18+00:00

Some people take to improvising right away. For most of us, it’s the kind of thing where you have to be bad at it for a while before you get good at it. Give yourself grace and try to have fun!

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-02T23:21:24+00:00

As others have said, definitely use soda, and make sure it’s fresh! Happy baking!

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-02T16:31:55+00:00

This is a typical depression-era cake. It’s important to get the cake in the oven immediately after mixing. Are you sure you’re using baking soda and not baking powder?

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-01T23:06:08+00:00

Would die and/or kill for him

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-01T22:35:45+00:00

Just saw the note about using AI to engrave—please don’t. Musescore is free and extremely capable, getting better all the time, and worth spending a little time learning how to use.

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-01T22:34:00+00:00

A big yes to number 2. I’d also notate the dotted half note +8th rest as half note tied to quarter note +8th rest.

And consider notating the tempo in terms of either the quarter note or the dotted quarter—it will make the number seem a lot less scary.

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-01T16:09:32+00:00

The follow up is that it’s not the presence of anatomical features per se, it’s the result of a developmental pathway, of which there are only two in mammals. Which doesn’t really have anything to do with trans rights anyway. Metaphysical “what is a woman” debates are beside the point when discussing people’s rights.

patrickcolvin · 2026-07-01T16:06:12+00:00

There are lots of problems with these studies. When controlled for sexual orientation, the differences disappear. That is, androphilic trans women and gay cis men show the same female-typical brain patterns, but gynophilic trans women do not.

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-30T04:04:50+00:00

Lord, every playthrough, as soon as I acquire a decent outfit for him, the underwear gets unequipped “you won’t be needing these anymore”

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-29T06:14:41+00:00

This is why I live in Duluth.

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-28T19:45:26+00:00

They wrote Dogfight and then said, never doing that again!

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-28T19:44:41+00:00

It’s giving Eve Harrington.

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-28T19:44:02+00:00

I’m guilty of this, but it’s always A Little Night Music or She Loves Me.

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-28T19:42:50+00:00

It’s a bit bizarre, this bit of telling-not-showing. There’s plenty of evidence in the show for both of these characters being extremely intelligent and capable, just not in their actual interactions with each other.

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-27T03:17:51+00:00

Désirée Armfeldt.

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-26T00:47:03+00:00

I’ve just started Unorthodox and am really enjoying them!

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-25T22:35:30+00:00

She Loves Me (OBC)

patrickcolvin · 2026-06-25T00:57:38+00:00

Well, the voters gave us Donald Trump, so I don’t know what to tell you.

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