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  Someone please remind me to revisit this thread in five years. I think it'll be a feel good moment for all of the posters-and especially Jordan! Hopefully we'll all be around to repost.

 

 

 

 

 

John Adams said: "Molasses to Rum from 1776. Momma Look Sharp and He Plays the Violin are runner-ups, but each is eventually joined by additional cast members."

All true, and I would add Dickinson's song-Cool Cool Considerate Men, For some reason, 1776 is rife with one off numbers by very supporting characters. It's part of the show's charm.

1. John Raitt in the original Carousel.

 

2. Lee J. Cobb in Death of a Salesman. My dad saw it when he was in fact a salesman on the road; he said it was devestating.

 

3. Opening night of My Fair Lady.

 

4. A Chorus Line, either at the Public or just after its uptown transfer, as long as its original cast.

You can almost imagine Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder pausing to read this script while looking for a surefire flop.

Two Gentlemen of Verona.

   I hope this doesn't sound condescending, but I have never found Being Alive to be an especially opaque lyric. I don't think audiences do either. When I saw  the original and the 95 revival, after Bobby sings Somebody hold me too close, I heard "Awws" from the audience, as if to say "He finally gets it." Now that may not jibe with everyone's interpretation of the song, but its certainly one that many people take with them by the curtain.

Her remarks on Hal Prince provide a welcome contrast to those of another Mama Rose who was recently interviewed.

JBC3 said: "She's been called sassy, brassy, bold, and a diva for so long, I sometimes wonder if she plays to the hype. Is she playing a bit of a character or revealing her true character?"

 I definitely think your'e on to something, coming on as a no bull**** tell-it- like - it -is broad  IS playing to a type, and helps make her a more marketable commodity.

 I so wish she had taken the high road and passed on telling the Prince story. Rehashing a 40 year old incident(that , if truth be told, sounds extremely trivial with a bit of distance) just makes her sound petty and vindictive.

     I wouldn't  go so far as to argue he's a great natural singer, but to hear Cole Porter sing Anything Goes or You're The Top while accompanying himself is really something. Of course the songs themselves help.

Mister Matt said: "Whatever the future portends for Wicked, the producers achieved their ultimate goal~IT OUTRAN AVENUE Q!! Without having to play Vegas!

The ultimate goal of every producer is to make money. Avenue Q's run is irrelevant to the producers of Wicked."

 I sincerely hope you realize that I was joking

Whatever the future portends for Wicked, the producers achieved their ultimate goal~IT OUTRAN AVENUE Q!! Without having to play Vegas!

I'm not totally sure if it's a true 11:00 number(it's really the finale), but Make Our Garden Grow is a timeless, stirring classic.

Excellent post, poison! while I don't agree with all of your choices, your reasoning and your expression of it are truly eloquent. Yours should be the final word on the subject.

musicaltheatrechick said: "I think The Ladies Who Lunch from Company is a great one."

Not to split hairs, but "Being Alive" is Company's 11;00 number. Ladies Who Lunch, an indisputably great song, could be called the 10;45 number.

Even the scenes in Mommie Dearest with Howard DaSilva as L.B. Mayer were superior to the Judy scenes. And yes, TE, a more three dimensional portrayal of Garland's handlers would have been more honest. By the way, one detail bothered me-when the unnamed songwriters(of course Arlen and Harburg) played Over The Rainbow for Garland,she hadn't even been cast yet. Didn't they write it with her in mind, AFTER she had gotten the part?

     Lets not forget that R&H personally approved the casting of Joan Roberts and Shirley Jones. It's certainly going too far to insist that their appearance, acting, and sopranoey singing are an anachronism, and this Laurie is now the only valid interpretation.

I've always read the original production of COMPANY did turn a small profit. Anyone out there know this for a fact?