Hey there! I am Nicholas Rodriguez here at Playbill to give you a little sneak peek
into Sondheim Unplugged Volume two from Yellow Sound Label.
I love this song “Marry Me a Little”
I actually the first time I sang it was in college in grad school.
We did Putting it Together, and I got to sing this song in the show.
Of course, I had no idea what it meant.
It was just a bunch of words that was this or that and that.
You know, it was such a challenge just getting the words out right when I was 21.
Right.
But it's always stuck with me and one that I loved.
And then when Phil suggested that we record the album,
this is one of the songs that he pitched to me.
And I just was so thrilled to revisit again.
And it just kind of hit me right through the heart because we recorded it
just a few months after I got married.
So, you know, to have live in a song for 20 years
and then to, to hear it and through a different lens, you know,
they always say that things are slightly different after marriage and it's so true
that it just was kind of hard to get through.
And it's, it just rings so true to me and then come full circle.
Now I'm actually doing Company on Broadway
and getting to see it through that lens and getting to see Katrina Lenk's amazing
take on it has just made it even richer and deeper for me.
And now this is Stephen Sondheim's “Marry Me A Little” from Company
Marry Me a Little
Love me just enough.
Cry, but not too often,
Play, but not too rough.
keep a tender distance.
so we'll both be free. That's the way it ought to be.
I'm ready.
Marry me a little,
Do it with a will.
Make a few demands
I'm able to fulfill.
Want me more than others,
Not exclusively.
That’s the way it ought to be.
I'm ready
I'm ready, now!
you can be my best friend.
I can be your right arm.
We'll go through a fight or two--
No harm, no harm.
We'll look not too deep,
We'll go not too far.
We won't have to give up a thing
We'll stay who we are.
Right?
Okay then.
I'm ready.
I’m ready now!
Someone...
Marry me a little, Love me just enough.
warm and sweet and easy.
Just the simple stuff.
Keep a tender distance so we'll both be free.
That's the way it ought to be.
I'm ready.
Marry me a little
body, heart and soul.
Passionate as hell.
But always in control
Want me first and foremost.
Keep me company.
That's the way it ought to be.
I'm ready.
I’m ready now.
Oh, how gently we'll talk,
oh, how softly we’ll tread.
All the stings,
The ugly things We'll keep unsaid.
We'll build a cocoon
of love and respect
You promise
whatever you like. I'll never collect.
Right?
Okay, then
I'm ready
I’m ready now!
Someone...
I'm ready!
Thank you so much.
And thank you to Playbill and you can stream Sondheim Unplugged, Volume
two and Volume one anywhere you stream good music