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"How Can Love Survive" from THE SOUND OF MUSIC and "Come Home" from ALLEGRO are my two favorites. I believe that Rodgers continued to write beautiful melodies after Hammerstein passed. Listen to "Elizabeth" from REX and "You Could Not Please Me More" from I REMEMBER MAMA and hear the evidence.

I loved George Rose's opening monologue that began "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". His delivery made you feel that you were in for a very enjoyable evening of theatre.

I think of 3 immediately.! Watching Salieri (Ian McKellen) slowly come to realize that his musical compositions were nothing compared to the genius work of Mozart (Tim Curry) in "Amadeus"; feeling the tension as Golda Meir (Tovah Feldshuh) waited for Kissinger to call while experienced the sounds of the bombs outside the bunker in "Golda's Balcony"; and witnessing the scene in "Fences" when Troy (James Earl Jones) told his son, Cory (Courtney Vance) that he didn't have to like him. (part of t...

These ten shows that I've enjoyed were critically unappreciated during their initial Broadway runs. I listen to the cd's of many of these shows quite regularly. (It's a shame that the last one was never recorded)STARLIGHT EXPRESS, BALLROOM, STEEL PIER,THE ADAMS FAMILY, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, GRINDTHE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE GOODBYE GIRLDOCTOR ZHIVAGO, COPPERFIELD

Five women come to mind: Katharine Hepburn in "COCO", Irene Ryan in "PIPPIN", Frances Sternhagen in "ANGEL", Imogene Coca in "ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" and Lila Kedrova in the "ZORBA" revival. I saw three men who would qualify: Christopher Plummer in "CYRANO", Mako in "PACIFIC OVERTURES", and Werner Klemperer in the "CABARET" revival. I never saw Vincent Price in "DARLING OF THE DAY", but judging by his work on the original cast recording, I suspect he'd be included by those who saw him.

I am listing my top ten here (Including Broadway only): 1. A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder 2. Curtains 3. The Drowsy Chaperone 4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 5. Wicked 6. The Producers 7. The Light In The Piazza 8. Something Rotten 9. The Book of Mormon 10. Newsies