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"'''Tonight'''," from [[Leonard Bernstein]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[West Side Story]]'', is a love song traditionally set on a fire escape in a modernization of the balcony scene from [[William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] ''Romeo and Juliet.'' |
"'''Tonight'''," from [[Leonard Bernstein]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[West Side Story]]'', is a love song traditionally set on a fire escape in a modernization of the balcony scene from [[William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] ''Romeo and Juliet.'' |
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| − | "Tonight" is excerpted at the beginning of the ''West Side Story'' scene in the Broadway montage from ''[[Julie on Sesame Street]].'' |
+ | "Tonight" is excerpted at the beginning of the ''West Side Story'' scene in the [[Broadway]] montage from ''[[Julie on Sesame Street]].'' |
It was also spoofed in the [[Monsterpiece Theatre]] segment "Inside/Outside Story." |
It was also spoofed in the [[Monsterpiece Theatre]] segment "Inside/Outside Story." |
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Revision as of 20:33, 23 June 2008
| Music by | Leonard Bernstein |
| Lyrics by | Stephen Sondheim |
| Date | 1957 |
| Source | West Side Story (musical) |
| Publisher | Chappell & Co. Inc.; Leonard Bernstein Music Pub. Co. LLC |
"Tonight," from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's musical West Side Story, is a love song traditionally set on a fire escape in a modernization of the balcony scene from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
"Tonight" is excerpted at the beginning of the West Side Story scene in the Broadway montage from Julie on Sesame Street.
It was also spoofed in the Monsterpiece Theatre segment "Inside/Outside Story."
Several bars from "Tonight" were performed by the Whatnot woman before she segued into "I Feel Pretty" on episode 109 of The Muppet Show.