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My sister called me yesterday because my nephew was looking for an audition piece for his school musical. It threw me back to getting cast in my first professional gig after I moved to Los Angeles. I got cast in an original musical that wasnt that good but I remembered my audition piece. Giants in the Sky from Into the Woods. I was about to be homeless in LA and when I did the show I still was. The song summed up so much of my experience in LA.... There is a reason why so many people consider this Sondheims most intellectual work in the face of the fact that it is about faerie tales. [JACK] There are Giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible Giants in the sky! When youre way up high And you look below At the world you left And the things you know, Little more than a glance Is enough to show You just how small you are. When youre way up high And youre own your own In a world like none That youve ever known, Where the sky is lead And the earth is stone, Youre free, to do Whatever pleases you, Exploring things youd never dare Cause you dont care, When suddenly theres A big tall terrible Giant at the door, A big tall terrible lady Giant sweeping the floor. And she gives you food And she gives you rest And she draws you close To her Giant breast, And you know things now that you never knew before, Not till the sky. Only just when youve made A friend and all, And you know shes big But you dont feel small, Someone bigger than her Comes along the hall To swallow you for lunch. And you heart is lead And your stomach stone And youre really scared Being all alone... And its then that you miss All the things youve known And the world youve left And the little you own- The fun is done. You steal what you can and run. And you scramble down And you look below, And the world you know Begins to grow: The roof, the house, and your Mother at the door. The roof, the house and the world you never thought to explore. And you think of all of the things youve seen, And you wish that you could live in between, And youre back again, Only different than before, After the sky. There are Giants in the sky! There are big tall terrible awesome scary wonderful Giants in the sky!
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:09:25 +0000

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