Jason Robert Brown is not a name plastered across Broadway musicals but I feel is well known in the musical theater community. His musical review Songs for A New World produced in New York City in 1995 calls for a cast of 4-6. I do not know much about the show or the back story but I do know "I'm Not Afraid of Anything" is a great song for showing emotional depth. Not having a story around it makes a person guess at the context. The character Andrea sings about how people around her are afraid of the silliest things like water or the dark. She sings about how she cannot understand people's fears and how she sees nothing but challenge and adventure in front of her...and then we see the crack in her armor. She is not as strong as she leads us or herself to be; she is running from getting to close to a person, for the potential of being hurt. Of being rejected. So she chooses to stay behind those walls and keep everyone out:
"And I'm not afraid of anyone!
I am sure to win with anyone at all
I'm not afraid of anyone
Not a soul alive who can get behind this wall
So let them call
And watch them fall
'Cause after all...
I'm not
Afraid."
Interestingly enough, JRB did a Karaoke contest of the song, so there are a million renditions, not so great, on You Tube... This song is deceivingly difficult to sing.
"I'm Not Afraid of Anything"
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Jennifer M
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Labels: Songs , Songs for A New World
1 comments:
My friend Lisa from undergrad did this show for her senior project and she had this role and was amazing! Her version is the best rendition I've ever heard, I wish I had it recorded so I could share... she's amazingly tallented. She's currently playing Millie on One Tree Hill. Just thought I'd share. I like this bog, by the way! :)
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