Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes- Page 2

[once a month]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:51pm

My favorites are Sexual Overtures!!

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:53pm

Gypsy
Merrily We Roll Along
La Cage Aux Folles
Hello Dolly

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:01pm

Beauty and the Beast has a gorgeous Entr'acte!!
& I love the Millie & Drowsy Overtures = )

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:04pm

omg!! doesnt murry poopinz hav a grate oovertore alzo!!!!!!

[Julian2]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:08pm

I have to say, I am a big fan of both the overture and entr'actes of It's a Bird; It's a Plane; It's Superman!, and the entire score for that matter.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:09pm

Overtures:
Big River
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Mamma Mia!
Footloose
Seussical
Merrily We Roll Along
Gypsy

The only Entr'Actes I've ever really enjoyed are those from Little Shop of Horrors and Big River. Love 'em.

[AshleyBrownFan123]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:13pm

Overtures:
Wicked
Hairspray (not the opening's intro)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Drowsy Chaperone

Entractes:
Beauty and the Beast

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 3:00pm

The overture and entr'acte to The Pirate Queen are both really great to me. It seemed that the trouble truly started when the actors opened their mouths.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 3:08pm

Overture: DRS and Titanic
Entr'acte: Titanic (since it becomes happy, and then ends in a bit of a peril mood)

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 4:41pm

I love the overtures from CHICAGO and DRS. I also love the Entr'Acte from Phantom, which I refer to as it's "real" overture because the first one is really just transitional music (not to say its not awesome).

[goldenstate5]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 7:15pm

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Guys, what exactly is your definition of an OVERTURE? How could Wicked even be considered to have an overture, even the best?!! It's like twenty seconds long!! And I saw "Into the Woods" mentioned, which has neither an overture or an entr'acte. It doesn't even have an unused one like Chorus Line.

On the subject, H2$ revival has a great, re-arranged overture. And of course, The Full Monty is so vibrant...and the great plus is that it's not just a taste of the musical themes, but a taste of the feel of the fun show ahead. DRS somewhat accomplishes it, but it's a bit too long, plus it's the same theme as "The Reckoning".

I'm also a fan of Urinetown's overture, sharing the same attributes as Full Monty. And, because it's my favorite musical, I have to give a thumbs-up to the entr'acte of Avenue Q, even though I have never heard the original...

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 8:42pm

I agree with the above, but I don't see how one could argue that Phantom of the Opera doesn't have an overture/entr'acte, as someone on this thread did earlier. It has both: a 3-minute overture and an entr'acte that's similar in length, technically. Yes, they're just the musical themes rearranged, but I still enjoy the entr'acte. Anyway, my list, roughly in order...

Overtures: Merrily We Roll Along, The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady
Entr'Actes: Cabaret, Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime Updated On: 12/29/06 at 08:42 PM

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Posted: 12/29/06 at 8:51pm

Overtures: West Side Story, Candide
Entr'actes: Beauty & The Beast, Cabaret (although Cabaret's best orchestral sounds come out in the fabulous "finale ultimo" IMO)

[brad3]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 2:00am

Mamma Mia! for both

[C is for Company]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 2:23am

Overtures (in no order):
Merrily We Roll Along
Chicago
The Light in the Piazza
South Pacific
Candide
Follies
Sunset Boulevard (it kind of counts?)

Entr'acte: Definitely Cabaret with Chicago following

[Sant]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:10am

Overtures:

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
CHICAGO
CATS
SUNSET BOULEVARD
MY FAIR LADY

Entr'actes:

CHICAGO

[wiseone2]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:00am

Overtures

Goodtime, Charley

Gigi

Dance a Little Closer

[Marissa2]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:34am

Overture: Definitely Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:21pm

goldenstate, since when did Avenue Q have an en'tracte?

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:22pm

So, we're all agreed it's Gypsy, right?

[C is for Company]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:43pm

Wasn't that kind of implied before this thread was even thought up? I'm pretty sure that is just what everyone knows/considers the default 'favorite overture' to be.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:46pm

I think the best overture of all time has to be FOLLIES

followed by Chicago.

I also really like LITP

[mr14]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 4:23pm

Phantom and Titanic

[IMissNYC]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 5:03pm

City of Angels, Nine and Tommy

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:11pm

C is for Company, I have posted "So we all agree it's Gypsy, right?" at least a dozen times on at least a dozen different threads. I am amused at how many times the kids ask this question. This is really becoming our site's "Are we there yet?"