Losing My Mind – Follies (with Ashley Pribyl)

Show Notes

This song is deceptively simple. There is a richness to it both musically and thematically in the show. Ashley Pribyl returns to offer insight and tells the story about which character this song was originally written for.

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Losing My Mind is a pastiche song. It was inspired by the Gerswins' The Man I Love. Here's a version sung by Ella Fitzgerald: https://youtu.be/wsI5UCTFom4

The lyrics were inspired by Dorothy Fields and her song I'm in the Mood For Love. Here's a version sung by Julie London: https://youtu.be/AGTUSYMTbIc

Soliloquy from the musical Carousel: https://youtu.be/NhunpULrQMQ

Love Kernels from the musical television show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: https://youtu.be/1QDLVCHP8us

The scene of Benoit Blanc singing in the film Knives Out: https://youtu.be/oO4L_2fbrmw

You can purchase Stephen Sondheim's first book of lyrics, Finishing the Hat, by going here: https://amzn.to/2LB9ZJo

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Follies.

The original Broadway cast starring Alexis Smith, John McMartin, Dorothy Collins, Gene Nelson, and Yvonne De Carlo (1971)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://apple.co/2xj4Pi7

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33zmfDm

Or buy it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2WwbksB

The original West End cast starring Diana Rigg, Daniel Massey, Julia McKenzie, David Healy, and Dolores Gray (1987)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: Not available unfortunately.

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Un7RKl

Or buy it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2wqrTvs

The London revival starring Peter Forbes, Imelda Staunton, Janie Dee, Philip Quast, and Tracie Bennett (2017)

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://apple.co/2Qz2Pt2

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Unetbu

Or buy it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2UplKrd

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This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.