What a treat to see the now famous director of the first successful Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along ever - 20 years ago. Thank you, Maria Friedman ❤❤❤
@sfogjm Жыл бұрын
Wow! Sung and acted so extremely well. Her performance is right up there with Mazzie's-- both women combining their talent, training, and artistry such that it seems effortless as they pull an audience into story. Thank you for sharing the video.
@barbarapatocka42327 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite female singers of all time. Her voice and acting are superb!!!!
@Martinhj8010 жыл бұрын
One of my biggest moments was to watch Maria Friedman on stage in Ragtime in London doing that part.. It was magical.
@forpeoplelikeme59647 жыл бұрын
Best diction of any current artist without a doubt..see her at Zedels in May 2017
@AJKoehler7 жыл бұрын
Why does she seem happy singing this towards the end?
@happyexpat37445 жыл бұрын
Being she has realized that she does not have to be chained to her husband in 1900's New York, bu has choices and finds empowerment through this realization, which makes her happy. To be introspective, independent, etc....when after yars you were little more than a slave, would make most of us happy. I think.
@Wavinglighter2 жыл бұрын
Because she doesn’t understand the song.
@davidfriscic30092 жыл бұрын
Because she has all the hard work of interpreting this song in a professional and wise manner
@rugby8-Philadelphia6 ай бұрын
@@Wavinglighter ....shhhh
@buddyboy802 жыл бұрын
Related to Sonia Friedman?
@jasonlemoine20742 жыл бұрын
Yes, her sister
@jovanolague3161 Жыл бұрын
I think it was the other way around. Maria was born first and got her career started before Sonia.
@clifordtinguha50123 жыл бұрын
This sounds so Disney. ❤
@PS-DLMA3 жыл бұрын
The composers did also write music for ANASTASIA (animated and stage adaptation)
@michaelwilliamybarra24092 жыл бұрын
@@PS-DLMA Some parts of the orchestrations for this show(by William David Brohn, who also did the orchestrations for Wicked, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins, etc.), especially during "The Gettin Ready Rag", make me think of a Classic Disney Pixar film score(like A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc., etc.) by Randy Newman, which is funny since Randy Newman actually wrote the score to the 1981 film Ragtime which, like this musical, is also an adaptation of the book of the same name by E.L. Doctorow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJKkg3eDd8mfqLc Also, fun fact, the lyricist of the show's songwriting team, Lynn Ahrens, also wrote AND performed certain songs on Schoolhouse Rock(Inter-planet Janet in particular) and, funny enough, she's also the one who wrote(and originally performed) the Klondike Bar Jingle as well. xD Together with Composer Stephen Flaherty, they have done this, as well as Once on This Island, A Man of No Importance, Rocky the Musical(which is GOOD, seriously! This is their song for Adiran: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpWVZZSGfMl4jKc ), Suessical(for better or for worse. Not a fan, tbh), and so much more!
@alexgaywood94186 жыл бұрын
I adored this 😍
@inlovewithJLT5 жыл бұрын
Not the hard front!
@samwright40337 жыл бұрын
There is like a weird choppiness in this version that I haven’t heard anywhere else, like each beat is very exact, and it takes away from the emotion. I know it’s not fair to compare to maron Mazzie, but compared to maron mazzie this is pretty...yikes
@thespian3025 жыл бұрын
Sam Wright it’s not though.
@Wavinglighter3 жыл бұрын
She’s dreadful. Did not do her homework.
@JohnHaslamMusic2 жыл бұрын
@@Wavinglighter you should've told Stephen Sondheim that before he cast her in almost all of his London productions.
@garylife53208 ай бұрын
@@Wavinglighter as someone mentioned above, Ms. Friedman played the role of Mother in the London production of Ragtime. You may not like her voice or her choices but she doesn't have to sing it "just like" Marin Mazzie and she is indeed a marvelous and celebrated actor. If every song were sung the same no matter who was singing it the world of music would be a dreadfully boring place.
@rugby8-Philadelphia6 ай бұрын
Have to disagree! It's different, yet Totally Valid
@BEE-mp9vk7 жыл бұрын
ok but that wig....
@samosullivan17443 жыл бұрын
Easy to see why she won the Olivier for this!
@buddyboy802 жыл бұрын
Because her sister is a producer...
@rugby8-Philadelphia6 ай бұрын
@@buddyboy80 .....shhhhhh
@mgescuro Жыл бұрын
I really want to like this, but the entire song is rushed, which doesn't help her over-enunciation and phrasing and need to hit. every. note. on. the. note.
@locorco111 жыл бұрын
Ugh. I want to like this, but her phrasing is just awful. You can tell that the American pronunciations of the words are unfamiliar for her, and it really took me out of the moment. Thankfully the song speaks for itself.
@Martinhj8010 жыл бұрын
Well let us hope that Broadway never will do My fair Lady with an American singer trying to sing cockney then, since those words must feel awfully unfamiliar to her.
@bigred84327 жыл бұрын
That's silly. I'm a Brit but that's not a good conparison
@suhseal6 жыл бұрын
i dont think it's so much a matter of the american accent.. though. yes there's a couple blips there. Her phrasing sounds more like a breath control issue.
@davisgaston6 жыл бұрын
@@suhseal seriously, it was an American that originated this role and made the piece legendary,Marin Mazzie.. THIS american singer is just BAD.ugh
@davisgaston6 жыл бұрын
@@Martinhj80 You realize while things premiere in the West End they are elevated on Broadway..and become a hit. Heard of Wicked? American actors.
@Wavinglighter3 жыл бұрын
This is bad.
@footballshanelife71882 жыл бұрын
Why? She’s lovely! What don’t u like about it
@rugby8-Philadelphia6 ай бұрын
You are FOOLISH ....see your doctor about your hearing. .....and about the fact that if something differs from what You are used to, it isn't Wrong/Dreadful/or any of the ridiculous words use. It's Art. ....and, you are Not the Arbiter of Good.