Climbing Uphill

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"Climbing Uphill" is a song from the musical *The Last Five Years* that portrays Cathy’s anxious, self-critical inner monologue during a grueling audition process.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
appearsInWork The Last Five Years NERFINISHED
associatedWith The Last Five Years original cast recording NERFINISHED
contemporary musical theatre repertoire
characterEmotion anxiety
frustration
self-consciousness
composer Jason Robert Brown NERFINISHED
depicts anxiety
audition process
inner monologue
self-criticism
fromMusical The Last Five Years NERFINISHED
genre musical theatre
show tune
hasContrastBetween external behavior and internal thoughts
hasReputation demanding audition song for actresses
hasTheme artistic rejection
career frustration
professional insecurity
self-doubt
struggle of auditioning actors
language English
lyricalStyle conversational
humorous
introspective
self-deprecating
lyricist Jason Robert Brown NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first person
oftenUsedFor musical theatre auditions
originalMedium stage musical
partOf The Last Five Years NERFINISHED
performedByCharacter Cathy Hiatt NERFINISHED
portrays Cathy Hiatt’s audition
Cathy Hiatt’s inner thoughts
industry gatekeepers
primaryVocalRange female voice GENERATED
setInContext New York theatre audition
usesDevice comic irony
internal monologue
stream of consciousness
vocalType solo
writer Jason Robert Brown NERFINISHED

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A Miracle Would Happen contrastsWith Climbing Uphill
Cathy Hiatt singsSong Climbing Uphill