SHOSHANA BEAN - Woman Is (Lempicka)

[@Gorillaz2024]

I have literally watched this 87 times since I discovered it. Shoshana is a magical being...

[@WHATTHEBUCKSHOW]

All of this!! WOW!!

[@alexapolitis]

This moved me. The musicality, interpretation , where words and music become one story, the definition of woman.

[@Gorillaz2024]

This performance is so emotional! Even more emotional knowing she is singing to a woman, Rafaela! Love love love this, Sho!

[@JadranMalkovichActor]

How does this not have a million views is beyond me. Blown away. 👏👏

[@Melbern11]

The chills and goosebumps! She is so powerful in her delivery, made me cry.

[@alvinmedina7121]

this a magical piece . shoshana what you have done here is a blessing. I'm actually lost for words . thank you

[@tmeenan4367]

This song! The story, the emotion, the power, all of it. Beyond!

[@Miranda-kq9eg]

i will never stop watching this on repeat

[@alvinmedina7121]

that was beyond brilliant .shoshana you never stop growing . you are limitless. thank you

[@Aimeswick]

i can't stop...

[@Gorillaz2024]

Back in December 2023 watching for my thousandth time!! ❤🎉

[@alexjenkins1993]

The Emotion!

[@edilbertosacchi]

beautiful!

[@FunCamMUSIC]

Amazing!

[@ragtmt15]

Can she please share the role with Eden?!?!

[@4dultw1thj0b]

How many Elphabas have been in this show anyway lol

[@freebitch22]

When they did it in Massachusetts it was 3 in one production 😂 Eden Espinosa, Carmen Cusack, & Rachel Tucker

[@quinnaddison420]

Cynthia and Shoshana have also done readings, and now Mariand Torres is an understudy. Kind of crazy!

[@smurf902]

​@@quinnaddison420who's next? Might as well get Stephanie Block. Lord

[@quinnaddison420]

@@smurf902 I mean yeah she’d be amazing

[@mikeoneill91]

TANGLED HAIR ON THE PILLOW. I'm shook.

[@musicalboy]

secretly hoping she originates or replaces when it comes to Broadway!

[@victordunson719]

She needs to originate a lead role.

[@claireleeshen]

Is the sheet music for this ANYWHERE?? I'm desperate to find it

[@dorkmyride]

I don't have sheet music, but I transcribed the lyrics, for anyone interested: Woman is plain, light, form Woman is plain, colored, light Woman is speed, green, shattered Woman is... powerful Woman is shape, breath, form Woman is bone, muscle, light Woman is curve and shadow Woman is... beautiful Black night Bodies and breath I am alive Black water Roll me another one Tobacco and Opium I am on fire Please let me blow the smoke Into your open mouth Here in the night Woman is gone all night Sneak past the room where My daughter sleeps Sleeping child Woman is flesh Kiss lifting Woman is-- Rafaella Black night Holding its breath Hardly alive Black eyes Falling fast into them Tobacco and Opium Flick a match light Please let me hold you close Here in the breathing dark Don't close your eyes A painting is not a woman Or a war horse Or a glittering a sky A painting is canvas (canvas x2) Pigment Plan and design(man and design)(man and design) Every minute design Teach me to live Teach me to breathe Teach me to see No question No hesitation Kiss me I want to feel Your soft lips Your sharp teeth Feel your nails In my flesh Your light Your color Your pulse Your sweat Your speed Your muscle Your flesh Your skin Your bone Your shadow Your breath Your blood Your mouth Your crushed and... Your heartbeat Your heart--beat Your--heart-beat Your heartbeat Your heartbeat, yeah Warm death Bodies and breath I am alive Damn sheets Watching your body rise (watching your body rise) Tangled hair on the pillow In the soft light Please let me watch you here Don't wake up turning Don't open your eyes

[@juicybutterriblydrab]

@@dorkmyride Pretty sure it's 'Roll me another one' as in rolling a cigarette.

[@dorkmyride]

@@juicybutterriblydrab Thank you! I was hoping that somebody would chime in lol-- I did my best, but without seeing the musical, I can't be fully confident in my transcription. "Roll me another one" makes a lot of sense!

[@ryansullivan6135]

I think its plan and design not man and design

[@dorkmyride]

@@ryansullivan6135 Thank you! I've made the edit :)

[@wesman422]

That piano player can get it

[@ashleighweir5436]

Does ANYONE know where I can find the sheet music for this song?!

[@carr0760]

I believe the only way is to contact the composer directly. He posted a video of himself singing it years ago and when people asked he told them to email him. I haven't been able to find it anywhere

[@Gorillaz2024]

Happy International Women’s Day!!

[@Gorillaz2024]

This is an absolute religious experience, Sho!!!

[@hedgernicholson]

Who wrote this? Please give credit in the description.

[@erinchinitz]

And Matt Gould wrote the music. The show, Lempicka, just had it's World Premier at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, USA. July 21, 2018. Eden Espinosa sang this song.

[@calvinrio3584]

despite the great vocal, i've to adore the pianist as well.

[@Jae-pe2xh]

The show is 10 years old?

[@faitharbuckle1665]

Where can I find the sheet music for this!

[@abates49ers]

where did this song come from!?!?!?

[@alexandrachambers1188]

Andrew Bates It's a musical called Lempicka, at the show, she explained that it was from a show her friend was workshopping. It's a pretty powerful story too

[@erinchinitz]

It just had it's World Premier at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, USA. July 21, 2018. Eden Espinosa sang this song.

[@TheIfey07]

think she got her dress on the wrong way

[@Gorillaz2024]

I quite enjoy it