Ordinary Life - Dear Bernard Original Cast

Welcome to the world of Honeypot Productions, fronted by a tight-knit group of Hollywood lesbians. Among these names are two you might recognize-- Heather Reid, half of The Murmurs and Gush, and Jorja Fox, who has graced the silver screen in several films (including Memento) and made a name for herself in CSI as the spunky Sara Sidle. Dear Bernard was the most recent major effort of HP, and the music for this small, independent musical was written entirely by Reid.

Dear Bernard tells the story of an English girl coming to the US in the early 1970s, who becomes wrapped up in the world of flashing lights and finds herself awash in a world of glamour. This particular track comes towards the end of the show, when she's looking back on everything that she's become and gain and lost during her rise to the top.

I'm not sure what I like best about this song-- the general message ("it's been an ordinary life with extraordinary friends"), or the idea that musical theatre (and theatre in general) is not dead, and has a great deal more to offer the world than the latest Andrew Lloyd Webber production, which sounds strangely exactly like all the other Andrew Lloyd Webber productions.