Tag: Song
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Introducing Re-prizes: “Raise a Little Hell”
Minimum familiarity: None A reprise in a musical occurs when we hear a song that we’ve already heard before, often in a new context and with modified lyrics. And the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a “re-prize” as “The word you’ve entered isn’t in the dictionary.” Which means I can define it here however I want. A…
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Why Is “Wait for Me” So Good?
The iconic not-quite Act I finale of Hadestown is musical theater at its finest: a perfect intersection of dozens of art forms that transcends them all. Wait for What? “Wait for Me” is probably the single song most associated with the musical Hadestown, thanks to a performance at the Tony Awards in 2019. And yes,…