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Up the Ladder to the Roof (Monday)

Name: Up the Ladder to the Roof (Monday)
Uploaded: 2016-01-12T20:36:24+00:00
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Channel: Rob Bagley, PhD
Description: In this YouTube excerpt, Speaker A introduces the musical Everyday Rapture, describing it as Sherrie Renee Scott's loose autobiographical work that…

12 Jan 2016 · 3 min

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In this YouTube excerpt, Speaker A introduces the musical Everyday Rapture, describing it as Sherrie Renee Scott's loose autobiographical work that traces her journey from Kansas to show business, noting its off‑Broadway debut in 2009 and Broadway opening in 2010, and classifying it as a jukebox musical that incorporates a wide range of pop songs. The segment highlights that the Supremes' classic "Up the Ladder to the Roof" serves as the show's final number. Speaker B then delivers a lyrical, improvised rendition that expands on the song's theme, emphasizing love, freedom, and personal growth while repeatedly chanting the phrase “go up the ladder to the roof.” The content blends factual background with a performative interpretation of the finale song.

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The musical Everyday Rapture is a loose autobiography of the author Sherrie Renee Scott, showing her journey from small-town Kansas to life in show business. It ran off-Broadway in 2009, then opened on Broadway in 2010. This would be considered a jukebox musical, as the music was pulled from a wide variety of pop music. "Up the Ladder to the Roof," originally by the Supremes, is the final song of the show.
With a mind of love, together we will travel the roads of boundless aloneness. I will never, I will never, never ever, never ever. As we understand our love, it will grow, it will grow, and stronger and stronger, stronger and stronger. Yeah! Go up the ladder to the roof, where we can sing, and be much better. Go up the ladder to the roof, where we can be with you. Go up the ladder to the roof, to the roof where we can see and be much better. Go up the ladder to the roof where we can be free and be happy. Closer you can be, can be. Go up the ladder to the roof.