christinebaranski:

Waitin’ for My Dearie – Soundboard recording; Encores Brigadoon

Brigadoon New York City Center (November 2017)

where do I go? who do I talk to? where do I find a passport to disappear?

kelllioharaa:

“And then there’s O'Hara, whose “Waitin’ For My Dearie” and “Almost Like Being in Love” spill over with blissful warmth and beauty. Like enchanted Scottish villages, talent like hers doesn’t come around very often.“

“But by “vehemently alive”, I refer especially to Kelli O’Hara, who stars as Fiona MacLaren. It can be no surprise that she sings the part well; she has always sung everything well. And though her voice, impossibly, continues to bloom, it is the naturalness of her style, both in singing and acting, that makes her irreplaceable in material like this.”

elliesattlers:

Waitin’ For My Dearie | Kelli O'Hara, Brigadoon @ New York City Center, 11.15.17

all-fades-away:

Brigadoon | New York City Center | November 15, 2017

Kelli O’Hara as Fiona MacLaren
Patrick Wilson as Tommy Albright

“Almost Like Being in Love”

broadwayreprise:

Kelli O’Hara and Patrick Wilson in Brigadoon

all-fades-away:

Brigadoon | New York City Center | November 15, 2017

Kelli O’Hara as Fiona MacLaren
Patrick Wilson as Tommy Albright

“From This Day On”

francescajohnson:

Head the the Highlands with Highlights of Kelli O'Hara, Patrick Wilson & More in BRIGADOON!

annbradleys:

Photo Flash: Kelli O'Hara, Patrick Wilson & More In Rehearsal for BRIGADOON!

syntaxofaberrations:

In the original Brigadoon… the village is supernaturally protected from witches… But Brigadoon wasn’t really about witchcraft; the witches were a metaphor for the evils of the world.

In Goodman Theatre’s excellent new version of Brigadoon, for which Lerner’s original script has been revised by Brian Hill, the witch metaphor is discarded entirely.  Here, the evil that the village avoids is very real.  It’s war— specifically the 1745-‘46 uprising of Scottish highlanders against the British monarchy.  Hill’s libretto underscores a thematic connection between the 18th century conflict and the 20th century world war from which Tommy has returned, disillusioned and emotionally lost.

Director-choreographer Rachel Rockwell and Hill seek to make Brigadoon resonate for audiences besieged by daily news of bloodshed around the world— Israel, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Nigeria, central Africa— and anxious about American involvement in the endless, ever-escalating violence.

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hesupportsyou:

Kevin Early and Jennie Sophia as Tommy and Fiona in the Goodman Theatre’s new production of Brigadoon