(upbeat music)
(bucket dropping)
Hi, I'm Brandon Uranowitz and I'm nominated
for a Tony Award this year for
my performance as Mendel in the revival of Falsettos,
and you can catch me on Broadway again
later this year in Prince of Broadway
celebrating the wonderful work
of the legendary Hal Prince.
And today I'll be singing songs
from three of my dream roles on my Broadway Bucket List.
Leo Frank in Parade I don't think will come as a shock
to anybody for being on my bucket list because...
but it does have one of the greatest scores
I think written in the last twenty years
and it's just epic and beautiful
and it's not often that you see
a leading man character like Leo
with that sort of complexity
and it's something that I dream about playing.
Probably every day.
(piano)
♪ It means cancel all your parties ♪
♪ Forget your big parade ♪
♪ It means the crowds will not be cheering ♪
♪ So despite what you've been hearing ♪
♪ You can lay down your spade ♪
♪ It mean my mother can stop crying ♪
♪ My Rabbi's eulogy can wait ♪
♪ It means that Dorsey can stop beaming ♪
♪ And my cousin can stop dreaming ♪
♪ Of his portion of my estate ♪
♪ It means no this isn't over ♪
♪ No the date's not set ♪
♪ No I won't wake up tomorrow ♪
♪ Drowning in my sweat ♪
♪ It means I've got the greatest partner ♪
♪ Any man can get ♪
♪ It means I'll never ever ever ♪
♪ Underestimate that woman ♪
♪ 'Cause this is not over ♪
♪ Yet ♪
One of the most vivid memories I have
of going to see theater as a child
was Roundabout's revival of Company in the nineties.
And my dream role may not be what you think but,
Veanne Cox's performance as Amy,
singing "Not Getting Married" has stayed with me
since I was eight years old
and the first time I saw that show in the front row.
So this, is Amy from Company.
(piano)
♪ Listen everybody look ♪
♪ I don't know what you're waiting for ♪
♪ A wedding what's a wedding ♪
♪ It's a prehistoric ritual ♪
♪ Where everybody promises fidelity forever ♪
♪ Which is maybe the most horrifying word I've ever heard of ♪
♪ Which is followed by a honeymoon ♪
♪ Where suddenly he'll realize ♪
♪ He's saddled with a nut ♪
♪ And want to kill me which he should ♪
♪ Thanks a bunch but I'm not getting married ♪
♪ Go have lunch 'cause I'm not getting married ♪
♪ Don't just stand there I'm not getting married ♪
♪ You've been grand but I'm not getting married ♪
♪ Don't tell Paul but I'm not getting married today ♪
♪ Go can't you go ♪
♪ Why is nobody listening ♪
♪ Goodbye go and cry at another person's wake ♪
♪ If you're quick for a kick ♪
♪ You can pick up a christening ♪
♪ But please on my knees there's a human life at stake ♪
♪ Listen everybody I'm afraid you didn't hear ♪
♪ Do you want to see a crazy person ♪
♪ fall apart in front of you ♪
♪ It isn't Paul who may be ruining his life ♪
♪ You know we'll both of us be losing our identities ♪
♪ I telephoned my analyst about it ♪
♪ And he said to see him Monday ♪
♪ But by Monday I'll be floating in the Hudson ♪
♪ With the other garbage ♪
♪ I'm not well so I'm not getting married ♪
♪ You've been swell but I'm not getting married ♪
♪ Clear the hall 'cause I'm not getting married ♪
♪ Thank you all but I'm not getting married ♪
♪ And don't tell Paul but I'm not getting married today ♪
I don't know what I did to deserve it,
but I have been fortunate enough to
play a dream role of mine in a show
that has been on my bucket list since I was a child.
Mendel, in Falsettos.
It was a dream come true and the entire experience
was life changing, life validating, life affirming,
and I'll never forget it.
So, this is "Marriage Proposal" from Falsettos.
(piano)
♪ I love you dear ♪
♪ I think you're swell ♪
♪ You're never near me close enough to tell ♪
♪ If I'm delightful or not ♪
♪ I crave your wrist ♪
♪ I praise your thigh ♪
♪ There's not a guy ♪
♪ There's not a piece of paper ♪
♪ There's not a man in pants ♪
♪ Who could love you the same as I ♪
♪ Often times lovers are crazy people ♪
♪ Sometimes they kill each other ♪
♪ Just like a biblical brother ♪
♪ Did to his biblical brother ♪
♪ Back in biblical times ♪
♪ Oh those biblical times ♪
♪ I love your eyes ♪
♪ I love your face ♪
♪ I want you by my side to take my place ♪
♪ If I get sick or detained ♪
♪ Wait wait, don't touch your hair you're perfect ♪
♪ Don't start to cry ♪
♪ There's not a guy ♪
♪ There's not a horse, or zebra ♪
♪ There's not a giant man ♪
♪ Who could love you the same as I ♪
♪ Forget that giant man ♪
♪ He won't love you the same as I ♪
♪ I'm not a giant man ♪
♪ But I'll love you until love you until ♪
♪ I die ♪