What Baking Can Do

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"What Baking Can Do" is a heartfelt solo number from the Broadway musical "Waitress" in which the protagonist Jenna expresses her hopes, frustrations, and resilience through the metaphor of baking.

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What Baking Can Do canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
associatedWith Broadway ⓘ
Waitress Original Broadway Cast ⓘ
linked to: Waitress (musical)
basedOn Waitress (2007 film) ⓘ
characterPerspective first-person ⓘ
composer Sara Bareilles ⓘ
dramaticPositionInShow early in the musical ⓘ
firstPerformer Jessie Mueller ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalFocus desire for change in life ⓘ
using baking to process emotions ⓘ
lyricist Sara Bareilles ⓘ
medium stage performance ⓘ
metaphor baking as a metaphor for coping with life ⓘ
baking as a metaphor for transformation ⓘ
musicalWorkType solo number ⓘ
narrativeFunction I want song ⓘ
character song ⓘ
notablePerformer Jessie Mueller ⓘ
Katharine McPhee ⓘ
Sara Bareilles ⓘ
Shoshana Bean ⓘ
originalProduction Waitress (Broadway production) ⓘ
originCountry United States ⓘ
partOf Waitress ⓘ
linked to: Waitress (musical)
performedBy Jessie Mueller ⓘ
performedByCharacter Jenna Hunterson ⓘ
performedIn Waitress Original Broadway Cast recording ⓘ
setting Jenna’s workplace bakery ⓘ
show Waitress ⓘ
theatricalContext Broadway musical ⓘ
theme empowerment ⓘ
frustration ⓘ
hope ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
self-expression ⓘ
usedAs audition song ⓘ
standalone concert piece ⓘ
vocalRange mezzo-soprano ⓘ
writer Sara Bareilles ⓘ

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Waitress (musical) → notableSong → What Baking Can Do ⓘ
Jenna Hunterson → sings → What Baking Can Do ⓘ
Jenna Hunterson → associatedSong → What Baking Can Do ⓘ