re: The Quintet from WEST SIDE STORY / One Day More from LES MIZ / We Don't Talk about Bruno from "Encanto" -- what are their musical historical roots?
I know what you mean. The thrill of seemingly disparate musical themes and voices coming together as one is as high as it gets. The weaving of a life tapestry. Like the reconciliation of seemingly irreconcilable storylines. Like the final comings-together in Shakespeare’s CYMBELINE, which always makes that play worth waiting for.
Is TRADITION from Fiddler somewhat like that? Is the three-part song in Company’s NOT GETTING MARRIED TODAY? Is the BALLET number in A Chorus Line? And, in its own ineffable way, the SUNDAY from Sunday in the Park with George...? I’m being looser with the definition, but looking at musical artists’ illusions of worlds coming together. (What about NOW, SOON, and LATER from Night Music?)
