Assignment 23 - Megan Meadors

Since I am in musical theater I have to get ready before shows. So I’ve created a playlist that I listen to while doing my hair and makeup before every performance.

The first song on my list is “Nobody” from Bandstand. This song is a swing piece and it is happy and upbeat, which helps distract me before a show. This helps me start to settle down before a show, and gives me a song that I haven’t listened to a thousand time.

The second song on my playlist is “What Baking Can Do” from Waitress. This song has different rhythms and is very heartfelt, which is good to listen to before a show because it helps calm me down, and get into a good emotional place before a show, which is important to the success to the show.

The third song on my playlist is “In My House” from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, because this song is very emotional, and gives a different feel from most musical theater pieces. It shows a good range of emotion that you don’t normally hear and it gives me a chance to listen to a song that’s easy to act instead of just listening.

The last songs on my playlist are “Guns and Ships” and “History Has its Eyes on You” from Hamilton. These are the last two songs on my playlist because the first is high energy and the second is a little more somber. This is helpful right before a show because energy is always important to the success of a show, so I like to have a high energy song as one of the last songs I hear before a show. It also serves as a tongue twister right before I go on stage which helps me warm up just a little bit more before I go on stage. Then, having the second being slower helps set the mood and helps with my nerves about performing. These two songs work together perfectly because they are together in their original soundtrack, which means they are already meant to go together, and they both serve oppose purposes and give the perfect final moments before a show.