http://www.metafilter.com/tags/pacificovertures Posts tagged with 'pacificovertures' at MetaFilter. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:33:30 -0800 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:33:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60720/Someone%2Din%2Da%2DTree%2Dfrom%2D1976%2DBroadway%2DShow%2DPacific%2DOvertures <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx6hhy2Dwzw&amp;mode=related&amp;search=">"Someone in a Tree" -- an incedibly rare video from the original, 1976 production of "Pacific Overtures."</a> I grew up listening to an L.P. of these same people perform this same song, but I've never before seen them perform it. I grew up in Southern Indiana, so actually seeing a Broadway show was out of the question. But I loved this song, and -- years later -- I read that it was Stephen Sondheim's favorite of all the songs he ever wrote. Today, I found this video on YouTube and it was like finally seeing someone after being blind for years. I still have chills running up and down my spine. Also: Sondheim <a href="http://sondheim.com/community/">forum</a>, online <a href="http://sondheim.org/php/home.php?menu=0&submenu=0&latest=5">journal</a>, and various gems (and bombs) on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=sondheim&search_sort=relevance&search_category=0&page=1">youtube</a> -- including <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-VXXZLh2a0">the man</a> himself teaching a master class and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miwTE_h4YlE">this</a> 12-year-old's spirited performance! tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60720 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:33:30 -0800 broadway musical musicals overtures pacific pacificovertures sondheim stephen stephersondheim youtube grumblebee