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.

All labels observed (1)

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Climbing Uphill canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
appearsInWork The Last Five Years ⓘ
associatedWith The Last Five Years original cast recording ⓘ
linked to: The Last Five Years

contemporary musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
characterEmotion anxiety ⓘ
frustration ⓘ
self-consciousness ⓘ
composer Jason Robert Brown ⓘ
depicts anxiety ⓘ
audition process ⓘ
inner monologue ⓘ
self-criticism ⓘ
fromMusical The Last Five Years ⓘ
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 ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
oftenUsedFor musical theatre auditions ⓘ
originalMedium stage musical ⓘ
partOf The Last Five Years ⓘ
performedByCharacter Cathy Hiatt ⓘ
portrays Cathy Hiatt’s audition ⓘ
Cathy Hiatt’s inner thoughts ⓘ
industry gatekeepers ⓘ
primaryVocalRange female voice ⓘ
setInContext New York theatre audition ⓘ
usesDevice comic irony ⓘ
internal monologue ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
vocalType solo ⓘ
writer Jason Robert Brown ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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