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ACK "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"...that's one of the songs we play in band, and one that is NOTORIOUS for coming into my head as soon as we play it or I even see the title. Even worse than "Confrontation" from Les Mis and that one is bad. I guess from Phantom "Notes" would be the catchiest oneLIST:1. "Confrontation" from Les Mis2. "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" from Sound of Music3. Notes/Prima Donna from Phantom of the Opera4. "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast5. "Tonight" from West Side...

Mulan, yes! That would be a great choice! I know so many people who loved the movie, and if they made it into a musical I think it would do really well.

"My Favorite Things" is one of those...we're playing it in band, and after band it stays in my head for hours afterward. "Confrontation" from Les Mis is too addictive...if so much as one lyric from that song gets into my head, the entire song will run through my head for hours...sometimes days...on end.

Oh, you mean from the Tenth Anniversary concert? Yes, Philip Quast's "Stars" is absolutely amazing. He does that song great. Ah...I nearly forgot "Bring Him Home". So many good Les Mis songs, it's hard to pick just one :)

I agree to all of this...I won't go see it. From what I'm hearing, they're only getting big name actors and trying to make it appeal to the non-phans, which I think is a really bad idea. I read some of the info on it, and they said they were going to put in a swordfight between the Phantom and Raoul (????? Really, it's an opera house...why would they have swords? And the Phantom uses a lasso, anyway) and horseback riding (that's in the book, but even so not much of it). I think they are going...

Ah, Les Mis, always a good musical. If you want familiar songs, I'd suggest "I Dreamed a Dream", "Red and Black" "Do You Hear the People Sing?" "On My Own" and "One Day More." If you want lesser well known songs, I'd suggest "Valjean's Soliloquy" and "At The End of the Day." The finale is also very good, even thought it's not technically a song but, well, a finale. There are so many good songs it's hard to decide, really!