Yeah and even though I didn’t see you do the song on
GLEE, I’m glad you chose the song “Funny Girl.” That song is not performed that much live and it always chokes me up in the emotional qualities. Thanks and it’s such a beautiful song. I was asked
to do it on GLEE and I fell in love with it. The musical director and arranger, Rob Mounsey did a really beautiful job with it. So, we don’t have it on the actual PBS special because of time constraints. I was excited though to be able to keep it on the album.
I also really enjoyed when your husband joined you on stage for the duet of “Where or When.” I bet your husband can do a bad-ass interpretation of Johnny Mathis, if he tried. Yeah, he can. He likes Johnny Mathis actually. Doesn’t he have a beautiful tone to his voice?
Yes. How did you decide together to pick that song? It’s just a song that we really loved. We tried not to
over think it and find the right thing to do. He had sung that song in his own show that he was working on and did a beautiful job. I said, “That would be fun and let’s do this together…” To play with it on stage as though we were strangers, we really like that kind of music and hopefully one day, we’ll do more of that together. Definitely.
Well, you’ve created a lot of memorable moments on this. I do have to tell you that one of my very favorites on your CD is “Heaven Help My Heart.” Thank you. It’s such a bombastic show and
everything is so big and loud. That song is so tender and beautiful. So, that’s my favorite song from the show.
As always Idina… it has been a pleasure to talk with you. So nice talking with you… such great questions, I really appreciate it. Take care.
32 RAGE monthly | APRIL 2012
photography by robin wong
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