"Stars and the Moon"

It’s a song that I’ve heard often enough, whether on solo CDs or live in performance or even in acting classes. And it’s a song I’ve grown to despise as a result of all of those encounters. It doesn’t help that I’m not particularly sold on the show it’s from either. However, when traveling with Kari, Roxie and Sarah two months ago to Val-Kill and New Paltz, this rendition of that song popped on the iPod and I found myself rather impressed. Here is Betty Buckley singing “Stars and the Moon” from Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World. This time, the song had the credence of someone who made it seem as though she actually lived every word. I haven’t changed my mind on the song itself, but whenever Buckles is singing it, I will gladly listen.