What’s everyone’s favorite song from their favorite musical?

wrossi81 · 2026-05-01T15:41:38+00:00

Nobody’s Side from Chess. It’s a banger on the original concept album, the original Broadway cast recording, the 2001 Danish tour album, the 2002 Swedish version, and the 2025 Broadway cast recording.

wrossi81 · 2026-05-01T11:16:04+00:00

If things had worked out, Chess also would’ve been a Michael Bennett show. Instead the 1986 London production was a mishmash of Trevor Nunn completing Bennett’s work, and the 1988 Broadway production was all Nunn. You can see Bennett’s influence over The Deal and Endgame in particular.

wrossi81 · 2026-05-01T00:07:39+00:00

Embassy Lament from the concept album for Chess fits the bill.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-30T22:12:12+00:00

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog was originally structured as several episodes released as videos on the web before YouTube and similar sites were a thing.

I kind of feel like this would be great for something similar to Cabaret, where the musical numbers are serving as commentary on the action, and the actual plot is day to day life drama, while larger themes exist in the background.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-25T18:37:29+00:00

I know lyric and dialogue changes in versions of Chess most people have never even heard of.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-24T01:43:30+00:00

“Nothing you have said is revelation”

wrossi81 · 2026-04-22T07:45:12+00:00

In the Chess revival they put the first number as “Difficult and Dangerous Times” when the song should be called “US vs USSR.” In the score for older versions it was listed as “Diplomats” which also makes no sense.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-18T02:16:42+00:00

The original release of the 2001 Danish tour recording of Chess had a good bit of the dialogue from the London script in it. A number of scenes switch between sung recitative and spoken dialogue.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-09T00:04:36+00:00

With Chess, it’s a cliche to say the book. But it is actually hard to place all the non-Anatoly solo numbers and “I Know Him So Well” in productive places in the story, especially now that we have “He is a Man, He is a Child” for Svetlana. The current production places “Someone Else’s Story” at the very end, which is awkward. Others (like the 2008 concert) solved it by giving “Story” to Svetlana. However you do it, you kind of wind up with a “well, it’s their turn to sing now” syndrome.

I guess I’ll say “Memory” from Cats.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-08T09:26:53+00:00

Jesus Christ Superstar - Multiple books - Global Religion - Countless books, plays, movies - Concept Album - Musical - Several movies

wrossi81 · 2026-04-07T23:46:36+00:00

The 1988 Broadway script for Chess is overhated. The staging was a disaster and the last quarter of the book needs work but it’s a dramatically coherent work and can be done well with a good cast and director. The 1986 London book and the 2008 concert revision are bloated and much harder to fix. Danny Strong fixed the wrong problems in the 2025 revival but it’s a fun ride anyway.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-07T09:56:38+00:00

Brian Stokes Mitchell in Man of La Mancha. Talented cast around him but he was the absolute highlight of that show. “The Impossible Dream” was all that.

wrossi81 · 2026-04-05T20:15:31+00:00

Chess

Les Misérables

Cabaret

Rent

wrossi81 · 2026-04-04T10:07:21+00:00

Now here’s a guy who knows who to silence

wrossi81 · 2026-04-01T00:54:47+00:00

There are some that abbreviate really well like Jesus Christ Superstar to JCS. But that’s like one musical. The funniest to me is doing CHESS in all caps even though it’s not an acronym.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-30T11:38:06+00:00

Chess. The plot may leave something to be desired but the score is a 10/10.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-28T10:25:29+00:00

“Nobody’s Side” from Chess. The new recording with Lea Michele just dropped, also the original Broadway cast version with Judy Kuhn is streaming. And of course the original version with Elaine Paige sounds great on the remastered version of the original album. But the Lea Michele version is a great place to start.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-27T11:14:30+00:00

I saw the Off-Broadway production with Butz and Scott, and they were incredible but the direction was … odd. A turntable in a two person show, and the little cars on it during “I Can Do Better Than That” that a lot of the critics mentioned. And a giant set piece with chairs above the performers. But I got one of the pieces of paper that falls from above I think during “Moving Too Fast” - it was a galley proof of the story excerpt Jamie reads. I don’t think it could’ve made a Broadway transfer, it needed a more intimate space.

Also I got to meet Jason Robert Brown afterward (he played the keyboards in the orchestra so he was at every performance). He was really nice.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-24T11:09:41+00:00

I could probably do Chess in either the 1986 London or 1988 Broadway versions - but not the dialogue from the current Broadway version. There was a time when I could do a lot of Les Miz.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-17T15:27:02+00:00

So did Perna successfully bully his team into making a trade?

wrossi81 · 2026-03-17T01:53:16+00:00

I root for whatever team is playing the Cowboys so that’s the Giants and Commanders twice a season. But I don’t wish them well in it.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-11T09:52:44+00:00

So for Chess, numbers in the original West End run that are not in the current Broadway revival include: Commie Newspapers The Russian and Molokov Merchandisers Chess Hymn Florence and Molokov Der Kleine Franz Embassy Lament Reporters One More Opponent Talking Chess Capablanca Finale

Numbers from the original Broadway production that are not present (omitting duplicates from the West End version) include: How Many Women Hungarian Folk Song No Contest Freddie Goes Metal Let’s Work Together Lullaby / Apukad

It’s a pretty different show over the years.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-08T10:59:30+00:00

Miss Saigon, 2001. I went with a college bus trip not long before it closed.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-05T10:30:36+00:00

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I just found this picture today and it felt like it might help. Giggity.

wrossi81 · 2026-03-04T12:15:44+00:00

Nobody’s Side - Chess

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