The I Love You Song
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"The I Love You Song" is a poignant and emotionally charged musical number from the Broadway show *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, exploring a young contestant’s complicated relationship with her parents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The I Love You Song canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway song
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musical theatre song ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| associatedWork | original Broadway cast recording of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| composer | William Finn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticFunction |
character development for Olive Ostrovsky
ⓘ
emotional climax of the show ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
bittersweet
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introspective ⓘ poignant ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceVenue |
Second Stage Theater
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surface form:
Second Stage Theatre
|
| fromMusical | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasReprise | no generally recognized reprise ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood loneliness
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imagination and fantasy ⓘ parental absence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPerformanceVenue | Circle in the Square Theatre ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
emotional neglect
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family relationships ⓘ longing for parental love ⓘ unconditional love ⓘ |
| lyricist | William Finn ⓘ |
| medium | stage performance ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | contemporary musical theatre ballad ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Olive Ostrovsky’s relationship with her parents ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Celia Keenan-Bolger
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson ⓘ Lisa Howard ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProduction | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Off-Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| partOfWork | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter |
Olive Ostrovsky
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Olive Ostrovsky’s father ⓘ Olive Ostrovsky’s mother ⓘ |
| positionInShow | second act ⓘ |
| requiresVocalType |
female vocalist
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male vocalist ⓘ |
| settingInStory | Putnam County Middle School gymnasium (imagined sequence) ⓘ |
| targetAudience | theatre audiences ⓘ |
| usedIn | character backstory exposition in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
| vocalForces | trio ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | original story of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.