The 10 best theater duets in history- Page 2

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:04pm

I agree that "A Little Priest" and "Too Many Mornings" should be on the list.

Disagree with the Side Show comments.

I would have included "My Heart is So Full of You".

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:08pm

"Barcelona" - OK, not your normal duet, but I love the way Sondheim weaves those dangling back and forth unfinished sentences. So deceptively simple, yet so sophisticated.

Ditto: "I Will Never Leave You" (as good as it gets in the modern era, imho)

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:26pm

No Twin Soliloquies? That is what writing is about!

[vf]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:42pm

Another vote for Twin Soliloquies. Also, I bought a great CD that's all Broadway duets of love songs. Wonderful!!! Here's the link. I got it at Target. Such great voices too, except for "It Only Takes a Moment" but that song is so beautiful it doesn't matter. My favorites after listening a lot turn out to be the older couples, Mary Martin and Robert Preston singing "My Cup Runneth Over" and Zero Mostel and Marina Karnilova on "Do You Love Me." Would have been really cool if Zero Mostel and Mary Martin would have performed together, but guess that wasn't going to happen, but their voices have so much character.
Amazon has it too, their page lists all the songs, though they've botched the artists http://www.amazon.com/Falling-Love-Is-Wonderful-Broadways/dp/B000DZ7Y5Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1340161711&sr=1-1&keywords=broadway+duets
Ethel Merman and Bruce Yarnell sing "They Say It's Wonderful" Yarnell had such a great voice. Josie de Guzman and Peter Gallagher sing "I've Never Been in Love Before." Daniel Ferro and Jeanette Scovotti sing "We Kiss in a Shadow" Jo Sullivan also sings "My Heart is So Full of You." Other weird names listed, they are all just duets.
Love them all except the modern ones- 13 & 14. Guess I just love the classics. I'd put all these on my list, except 13 & 14. Great songs, great voices!
Falling in Love Is Wonderful: Broadway's Greatest Love Duets

[Xman8]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:50pm

I think "Timeless to Me" is a great duet.

[3bluenight]

Posted: 6/20/12 at 1:43am

I would like to throw a couple of other ideas out there as well. These are just duets that I love listening to.

What Do the Simple Folk Do?, Camelot
If I Loved You, Carousel
Tonight, West Side Story
Say It Somehow, The Light in the Piazza
Move On, Sunday in the Park with George
The Riddle Song, Floyd Collins
Honeysuckle Rose, Ain't Misbehavin'
What You Don't Know About Women, City of Angels
Agony, Into the Woods
If Momma Was Married, Gypsy
You Were Dead You Know, Candide
Who Could Be Blue/Little White House, cut from Follies
Last Chance Blues, Jelly's Last Jam
Freedom, The Unauthorized Autobiography of Sam Brown
Come Up to My Place, On the Town
There Is No Other Way, Pacific Overtures
The Picture Show, Parade
The Wheels of a Dream, Ragtime
What a Piece of Work is Man, Hair
(I got a little carried away)

I also add my support and surprise that the initial list didn't include
A Little Priest

[broadwayrob]

Posted: 6/20/12 at 9:01am

Move On... Sunday in the Park With George.

I still think that's the finest theatrical duet that exists. If it's done WELL that is.

Yay for opinions :)

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 6/20/12 at 12:43pm

Perhaps not a "classic", from a not great show, but The Grass is Always Greener literally stopped the show every night at Woman of the Year.

It's one of the few theater songs where the audience laughs out loud during every single verse.