I have searched through YouTube to find the best copies of every single song, in order, that comprise The Last Five Years. When possible, they are the original Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott versions. Enjoy!
OK, I admit it. I’m not a huge Twilight fan, I’m not caught up in the huge “New Moon” craze. I could care less. My vampire affinities lie with True Blood. My only interest in the series is that I think it’s great that Anna Kendrick is finally getting her due – or, at least, some recognizability.
She’s fantastic. I first became aware of her in the AWESOME “Camp” – I know it’s esoteric, but I’m in it’s target audience – and that movie just thrills my little theater geek heart to no end! And, in a movie filled with awesome renditions of musical theater classics, Anna absolutely steals the show with her mid-song replacement in Ladies Who Lunch from Company.
But it’s no wonder – Anna, at 12, become the third youngest person ever nominated for a Tony Award for her work in High Society, playing Dinah. The role actually won her the Theatre World Award and the Drama Desk Award.
Take a look at these two videos of Anna stealing the show – the first is of her seminal scene in Camp, the one I referred to above, and the second is of her performing Life Upon the Wicked Stage from Showboat, backed up by the Kit Katt Girls from Cabaret from 1999’s Broadway: The Leading Ladies show.
Here are two really cool and different renditions of the most romantic song of all time, Someone to Fall Back on by the luminous Jason Robert Brown, that I found on YouTube:
So, the government feels I need to tell you that some of the things I link to on this blog (books, CDs, you get the picture) may give me a commission if you buy it. Hosting costs money, people! :D
And, really, what do I have to gain by telling you that a shitty CD is actually good? LOL
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