god i would give everything to be able to watch this show in person. living in asia is a BUMMER when all the broadway shows i want to see are in new york and the exchange rates are hella high
I school did this as our spring musical last year (2019) and it was one of our best productions to date. Even if our Papa Ge was recovering from a bad sinus infection
This makes me so emotional! I did this play in the 8th grade and I will never forget how electrifying and memorable it was! I’m 26 now & I still know word for word
This production deservingly won the Tony for best musical. Kudos to Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, the entire cast, crew, and, of course, its mega talented director and visualizer Michael Arden.
I did this show for the spring musical at my school. This musical is one of the best musicals i was introduced to and i would love to see it in person if i had the ability.
Ahhhh I remember when I did this show. This number was the most fun to dance to!! Our choreographer did this number so well and this was everyone’s favorite
What I really want to see is the gods transforming into the gods onstage. Because I hear they pick up trash to make their outfits and splash paint on their faces and stuff like that Also hey Daniel, what are you doing on this side of the island?
NayvieNoir they do. If you look you can see Agwe, asaka, and papa ge in the video. The concept is that the entire broadway show is a story being told to a little girl and all the characters are just people telling the story. So that’s why if you look at the video, we asaka just has a table cloth thrown around her waste and something wrapped her head, but the next time we see her, her costume starts to become more full and glamorous. In other words, the longer the story goes on, the more elaborate and cool the costumes become. As for why Daniel is on the island, it’s because of the first reason, the story we are seeing is actually just being acted out by the villagers. The guy dancing is essentially playing Daniel in the story once it starts just like the fisherman is playing agwe and the cook plays asaka
our school is doing this musical and i'm a storyteller but this is like the only song that is normal since they had to shorten like the whole musical because the school has a "time limit" of only 30 mins
I wish I got to see this :'( People who are priviledged to afford to go and have it playing in their area don't know how lucky and priviledged they are. At least there's RU-vid
WOMAN(spoken) Ah, such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island. ASAKA Asaka, Mother of the Earth. AGWE Agwe, God of Water. ERZULIE Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. PAPA GE And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death. WOMEN Asaka, grow me a garden MEN Please Agwe, don't flood my garden WOMEN Erzulie, who will my love be? ALL Papa Ge don't come around me Please Agwe don't flood my garden Asaka grow me a garden... WOMEN We dance MEN We dance ALL To the music of the gods The music of the breezes through The green plaintain The murmur of the river and The roar of rain And if the Gods decide to Send a hurricane WOMEN We dance... MEN We dance ALL To their everchanging moods WOMAN(ASAKA) We know the gods are happy When the green things grow MAN(AGWE) They're angry when the river Starts to overflow ALL And since we never know Which way the winds will blow... ALL We dance to the earth We dance to the water The Gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the Gods We dance! WOMEN MEN We dance We dance ALL What else is there to do? MAN But plant the seed And pull the weed And chop the cane TWO WOMEN And bear the child And bear the load And bear the pain THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN ANd as the rich go racing To their own refrain ALL We dance to the earth We dance to the water The Gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the Gods We dance to the earth We dance to the water The Gods awake and we take No chance... MAN Two different worlds. Ooh la Never meant to meet. Ooh la But if the gods move our feet... ALL We dance! We dance! We dance!
Hopefully full lyrics Ah ha ha ha! Such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island! All female: Asaka, Mother of the Earth. All male: Agwe, God of Water. All female: Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. All : And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death. Asaka, grow me a garden Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Erzulie, who will my love be? Papa Ge, don't come around me Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Asaka, grow me a garden... Erzulie, Asaka Agwe, Papa Ge! We dance- We dance- To the music of the gods The music of the breezes through the green plantain The murmur of the river and the roar of rain And if the gods decide to send a hurricane We dance- We dance- To their everchanging moods We know the gods are happy when the green things grow They're angry when the river starts to overflow And since we never know Which way their winds will blow We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance! We dance While we are dancing just to stay alive! We dance- What else is there to do We dance- What else is there to do But plant the seed And pull the weed And chop the cane And bear the child And bear the load And bear the pain And as the rich go racing To their own refrain We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance... Two different worlds- (Ooh la!) Never meant to meet- (Ooh la!) But if the gods move our feet... We dance! We dance! We dance!
Ah ha ha ha! Such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island! Asaka, Mother of the Earth. Agwe, God of Water. Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death. Asaka, grow me a garden Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Erzulie, who will my love be? Papa Ge, don't come around me Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Asaka, grow me a garden... Erzulie, Asaka Agwe, Papa Ge! We dance- We dance- To the music of the gods The music of the breezes through the green plantain The murmur of the river and the roar of rain And if the gods decide to send a hurricane We dance- We dance- [STORYTELLERS (ERZULIE, ANDREA, MAMA, PAPA GE, ASAKA, TONTON, AGWE, MAN 1)] To their everchanging moods We know the gods are happy when the green things grow They're angry when the river starts to overflow And since we never know Which way their winds will blow We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance! We dance- What else is there to do But plant the seed And pull the weed And chop the cane And bear the child And bear the load And bear the pain And as the rich go racing To their own refrain We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance... Two different worlds- (Ooh la!) Never meant to meet- (Ooh la!) But if the gods move our feet... We dance! We dance! We dance!
