''Coming Home'' is a 2014

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special featuring a concert by

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. The concert was later made into a CD and DVD.

Concert and broadcast

In 2014, PBS asked Chenoweth to do a concert for a special. She chose to do it in her hometown of Broken Arrow,

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. The concert featured songs from her career, as well as songs she has enjoyed since her childhood. Chenoweth performed a duet of "For Good" with Broken Arrow resident Axyl Langford, and the

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choir providing backup vocals in "Upon this Rock". Chenoweth stated: "I chose ‘My Coloring Book’ because when I was in college, my voice teacher didn’t think I understood the song, and told me to pull it out one day when I did. So I’m singing it all these years later, and she was there to witness it. I also like to reintroduce songs that people may not be familiar with, like Stephen Foster’s ‘Hard Times,’ which is from 1853 but sounds like it could have been written today. And I love to do songs that people wouldn’t expect from me, like ‘Enough Is Enough.’" "I’m known for musical theatre,” she continues, “but I grew up with country and gospel, and I’ve always loved standards and operas. So I figured that this live performance would be a good chance to show people the different things that influenced me and the different things I can do." Beginning on November 28, 2014, the concert was aired on PBS stations nationwide, as Chenoweth's first concert on television. The special was part of the 2014 PBS Arts Fall Festival.

CD

On November 17, 2014, a live CD of the concert was released by

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. There are two versions of the album, the regular one, and the

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from ''

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My Coloring Book "My Coloring Book" is a song written by Fred Ebb and John Kander. First performed by Sandy Stewart in 1962 on the television program ''The Perry Como Kraft Music Hall'', she was one of the first artists to record the work in 1962 when it was rele ...

John Kander John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927) is an American composer, known largely for his work in the musical theater. As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb (with lyricist Fred Ebb), Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including ''Cab ...

and

Fred Ebb Fred Ebb (April 8, 1928 – September 11, 2004) was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita ...

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Hard Times Come Again No More "Hard Times Come Again No More" (sometimes, "Hard Times") is an American parlor song written by Stephen Foster. It was published in New York City by Firth, Pond & Co. in 1854 as Foster's Melodies No. 28. Well-known and popular in its day, both in ...

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# Upon This Rock by

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and Dony McGuire #

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from ''

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For Good "For Good" is a musical number from the hit musical ''Wicked''. It is sung as a duet between Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) as a farewell. The song's score and lyrics were written by composer Ste ...

from ''

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from her album ''

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Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again ''The Phantom of the Opera'' is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, it tells the tragic story of beau ...

from ''

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All the Things You Are "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was written for the musical '' Very Warm for May'' (1939)Very Warm for May ''Very Warm for May'' is a musical composed by Jerome Kern, with a libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was the team's final score for Broadway, following their hits ''Show Boat'', '' Sweet Adeline'', and '' Music in the Air''. It marked a retur ...

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No More Tears (Enough is Enough) "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" is a song recorded by American singers Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, released in October 1979. It was written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts (singer), Bruce Roberts, and produced by Giorgio Moroder and G ...

(sung with Chelsea Packard) by

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and Bruce Roberts # I Was Here by Victoria Shaw,

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and

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# Heart of the Matter by

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The album peaked at No. 48 on the

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. selling 8,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 47,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016.

Personnel

*Lead Vocals-

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*Produced by- Jay Krugman *Recorded and mixed by- David Reitzas *Directed by-

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*Musically Directed by- Mary Mitchell Campbell *Mastered by- Paul Blakemore (from CMG Mastering) *Featured Vocals- Tyler Hanes, Chelsea Packard, Axyl Langford, Will Taylor, Mary-Mitchell Campbell *Additional Vocals- Broken Arrow High School Choir *Broken Arrow High School Show Choir directed by- Justin Rosser *Guitar- Eric Davis *Bass- Brian Hamm *Drums- Damien Bassman *Percussion- Steve Craft *Violin- Justin Smith, Michelle Sherman *Cello- Krassimira Figg *Woodwinds- Reid Bennett, Gary Linde *Trumpets- Dave Johnson, Steven Goforth *Orchestrations- Oran Elder *Additional Orchestrations- Matt Aument,

William David Brohn William David "Bill" Brohn (March 30, 1933 – May 11, 2017) was an American arranger and orchestrator, best known for his scores of musicals such as ''Miss Saigon'', ''Ragtime'' and '' Wicked''. He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for ...

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, Mary-Mitchell Campbell *Lighting & Sound Design- Matt Berman *Stage Managed by- Rocky Noel *Music Contractor- Rich Fisher *Music Consultant- Jill Dell'Abate *Hair and Makeup- Jon Lieckfelt *Outfits- Idra Alta Moda, Houta Hippie, Barbara Kaiser *Photography- Jill Solomon, James Gibbard

DVD

The DVD of the concert was released on February 3, 2015. Like the concert, the DVD includes Chenoweth's Father's Day video from 2014. It also shows some behind the scenes footage of the making of the concert, CD, DVD and PBS special.

Charts

References

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