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During a Sundance gala, Bareilles delivered a two song set that featured „Salt Then Sour Then Sweet“ from Ryan White’s doc ‚Come See Me in the Good Light,‘ and „She Used to Be Mine“ from ‚Waitress.‘
By Chris Gardner
It’s hard to imagine an occasion that would make Sara Bareilles nervous, considering that the Grammy Award winner is a veteran of stages far and wide. But Friday night’s Celebrating Sundance Institute fundraiser at Park City’s Grand Hyatt Deer Valley proved to be such an event.
Upon taking her place in the ballroom lights to close out the starry event, Bareilles admitted that it was the “fancy room” that sent her nerves into overdrive. The fundraiser saw a long list of honorees and presenters take the stage including A Complete Unknown filmmaker James Mangold, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter, Glenn Close, Joel Edgerton, Marielle Heller, R.J. Cutler and Tessa Thompson. Guests making the rounds included Jon Hamm, Boots Riley, Kimberly Peirce, Roger Ross Williams and more.
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Or maybe it was because the film that brought her to Sundance this year means so much to her. Bareilles is an executive producer of Ryan White‘s new documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows two poets, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, as they face down an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life and mortality when one of them is diagnosed with incurable cancer.
Bareilles co-wrote a track for the film, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet,” with Andrea Gibson and Brandi Carlile. And she turned up to offer the world premiere performance as part of a two-song set to close the event. The set also also included “She Used to Be Mine,” the hit song from her Broadway musical Waitress.
See clips of both performances below.
At the #Sundance Institute gala tonight Sara Bareilles closed the show with a world premiere performance of “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet.” The track is featured in the doc Come See Me in the Good Light, a fest selection, and she wrote it with Andrea Gibson and thee Brandi Carlile.… pic.twitter.com/KhlaDezgkH
Sara Bareilles then closes the two song set with “She Used to Be Mine,” her hit song from her hit Broadway musical Waitress. https://t.co/dGqnDrTPpZ pic.twitter.com/uEM82AVjFR
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