Hi, my name's Micaela Diamond,
I play Babe in the Cher Show at the Neil Simon Theater,
and I'm here to sing my Broadway bucket list.
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My first song is Cornet Man from Funny Girl,
which surprised me when it made the list
because it is an incredibly daunting role,
but I think the key is to play OG real life Fanny
and not Barbra Streisand because
she's too divine and too irreplaceable at this point.
And I once read that Fanny Brice
is this burlesque comic of the rarest vintage,
and I want everything and anything to do with that sentence.
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♪ The lady ain't been born ♪
♪ Can take the place of a horn ♪
♪ With a cornet man. ♪
♪ A-Goin' where there's blowin' ♪
♪ Travelin' cornet man, ♪
♪ Just anytime they call him ♪
♪ He'll leave his wife and kiddies ♪
♪ Sittin' with their tongues out ♪
♪ To play for peanuts in a dive ♪
♪ And blow his lungs out. ♪
♪ He'll hop a choo-choo on a moment's notice ♪
♪ To play some dates with Billy Bates ♪
♪ Or Rag-time Otis! ♪
♪ The lady ain't seen light ♪
♪ Can give a horn a fair fight ♪
♪ With a cornet man ♪
♪ A rootin', tootin', never-shootin' Dapper Dan ♪
♪ Who carries in his satchel ♪
♪ A powder-blue Norfolk suit, ♪
♪ A silver plated wah-wah mute, ♪
♪ Oh he's shy on height ♪
♪ He's short on weight, ♪
♪ But he's the only man who can make my coffee percolate ♪
♪ My Dapper Dan ♪
♪ My cornet-playin' ♪
♪ Man ♪
My second song is Look at Me from Bridges of Madison County,
which is one of my favorite cast recordings of all time.
Francesca is an older woman who meets a photographer
who makes her feel seen and wanted,
like she hasn't in a long long time.
And she is married with children.
So that's somewhat of a conflict there.
And watching her grapple with all of these feelings
is such a beautiful, honest way of telling this story.
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♪ I start to forget what I look like and yet ♪
♪ All it takes is one second one day. ♪
♪ All these things that I've hidden away ♪
♪ One glance reveals. ♪
♪ The ache and the buzz of the girl that I was ♪
♪ Before now, before him, before them. ♪
♪ It's remarkable just to remember ♪
♪ How it feels! ♪
♪ He looked at me ♪
♪ At my hands, at my mouth, at my shoulders, ♪
♪ Talk to me, like there's something to say. ♪
♪ Suddenly, ♪
♪ In this minute, I'm not getting older. ♪
♪ Please just look at me, ♪
♪ And then please walk away. ♪
♪ Don't offer your hand. ♪
♪ Don't reach for my waist. ♪
♪ Don't lean towards my lips. ♪
♪ Just ♪
♪ Please ♪
♪ Look at me. ♪
My last song is Everybody Loves Louis
from Sunday in the Park with George,
and Dot is this magnetic woman who
falls in love with this passionate artist, George,
who can't give her what she needs in
this relationship and partnership.
And so she chooses safety in this song,
and it's a beautiful beautiful story that spans decades.
And it's a true love letter to all artists,
which I think is Sondheim's masterpiece.
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♪ Everybody loves Louis ♪
♪ Louis' simple and kind ♪
♪ Everybody loves Louis ♪
♪ Louis' lovable ♪
♪ Seems we never know, do we ♪
♪ Who we're going to find? ♪
♪ And Louis the baker is not what I had in mind. ♪
♪ But Louis' really an artist ♪
♪ Louis' cakes are an art ♪
♪ Louis isn't the smartest ♪
♪ Louis' popular ♪
♪ Everybody loves Louis ♪
♪ Louis bakes from the heart ♪
♪ We lose things ♪
♪ And then we choose things ♪
♪ And there are Louis's ♪
♪ And there are Georges ♪
♪ Well, Louis's ♪
♪ And George ♪
♪ But George has George ♪
♪ And I need ♪
♪ Someone ♪
♪ Louis ♪
♪ Everybody loves Louis ♪
♪ Him as well as his cakes ♪
♪ Everybody loves Louis ♪
♪ Me included, George ♪
♪ Not afraid to be gooey ♪
♪ Louis sells what he makes ♪
♪ Everybody gets along with him ♪
♪ That's the trouble ♪
♪ Nothing's wrong with him ♪
♪ Louis has to bake his way ♪
♪ George can only bake his ♪
♪ Louis it is! ♪
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