I’ve been saying for ages that I’d do an updated follow-up to my first compilation of songs from Wendlas, and it’s been sitting half-finished on my hard drive for ages. Well, here it is at last.
Tracklist
- Alexandra Socha (Broadway Wendla) - “Over the Rainbow”
- Charlotte Wakefield (West End Wendla) - “Never Neverland”
- Lea Michele (Broadway Wendla) - “Not For the Life of Me”
- Elizabeth Judd (2NT Wendla) - “It Won’t Be Long Now”
- Christy Altomare (1NT Wendla) and Andy Mientus - “Use Somebody”
- Alice Lee (Broadway u/s Wendla) - “Unexpectedly”
- Krystina Alabado (1NT u/s Wendla) - “Only Hope”
- Eryn Murman (Broadway u/s Wendla) and Morgan Karr - “Somewhere Out There”
- Krysta Rodriguez (Broadway u/s Wendla) - “The View From Here”
- Alexandra Socha - “Daughter of the Sun”
- Charlotte Wakefield - “Come To Your Senses”
- Erin Burniston (2NT u/s Wendla) - “The Beauty Is”
- Krista Pioppi (1NT u/s Wendla) - “The Miller’s Son”
- Phoebe Strole (Broadway u/s Wendla) - “I’m Not Falling For You Anymore”
- Lea Michele - “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”
- Christy Altomare - “This Is It”
- Elizabeth Judd - “Gravity”
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This is the first in a two-part compilation of song mash-ups/medleys performed by former Spring Awakening cast members.
Side A: Tracklist
- Spring Awakening Broadway Cast
Blue Wind/Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)/And Then There Were None/Totally Fucked (censored version) (from Spring Awakening)
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- Spring Awakening English Theatre Frankfurt Cast
It’s the Hark Knock Life (from Annie) / Billionaire (Travie McCoy cover)
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- Krista Pioppi and Steffi D
Telephone (Lady Gaga cover)/ Video Phone (Beyonce cover)
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- Kyle Riabko
Teach Me (original) / Miss Independent (Ne-Yo cover) / Best I Ever Had (Drake cover) / Single Ladies (Beyonce cover) / You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift cover) / Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
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- Steffi D, Andy Mientus, and Kyle Riabko
Stars and the Moon / What I Wouldn’t Do For You (from Mrs. Sharp) / Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
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- Lucas A. Wells and Christy Altomare
With You (from Pippin) / Without You (from Rent) / Without You (Badfinger cover)
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- Kayla Foster and Andy Mientus
And Now We Sing (from Whisper House) / There Once Was a Pirate (from Spring Awakening)
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- Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff
The Word of Your Body (from Spring Awakening) / Walking In Space (from Hair)
- Matt Shingledecker and Krystina Alabado
Somewhere (from West Side Story) / In Whatever Time We Have (from Children of Eden)
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- Chase Davidson and Claire Sparks
When She Waves First (Adam Wagner) / A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton cover)
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- Emma Hunton
Free Fallin (Tom Petty cover) / If I Were a Boy (Beyonce cover)
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- Johnny Gallagher
When I Come Around (Green Day cover) / Brittle Bones (original)
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Whenever in doubt as to what version of a song was being covered, I listed the original artist. Hopefully all that info is right as it took some Googling :P Side B is a work in progress.
My favorite Wendla continues to be Christy Altomare.
I love Christy’s voice for the role. It’s not quite as powerful as some other Wendlas but it has a soulfulness to it that gives Wendla an air of maturity in her songs that does a nice job of contrasting her naivete in the scenes. She has such an expressive face and I could just watch her sing with the sound off…
I could give honorable mentions to Alexandra Socha in her later days as an understudy for injecting new youthfulness and life into the original interpretation, and to Eryn Murman for making me feel like Wendla had a mind of her own more than just being a victim of circumstance.
