Favorite Overtures- Page 4
Favorite Overtures
#75re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:56pm
....Forum
Merrily We Roll Along
West Side Story
and the ultimate
NINE!!!!!!
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Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#76re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:58pmGuys and Dolls has a pretty cool Overture. As does How To Succeed. Its a shame though, both Wicked and Once On This Island could have such great Overtures...or even Entr'acts
TheaterGeek91
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#78re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:20pmCandide(Absolutly the BEST overture ever, and the French horn part is amazing!), Wonderful Town, and West Side Story. There is definetly a Bernstein theme here.
#79re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:51pmAdding the OBC recording of BELLS ARE RINGING to my favorite overtures. (You can see my first picks on the first page of this thread.)
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
ProducersFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/04
#80re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:09pm
I've recently gotten addicted to the overture of ...Forum. It's really fun and catchy - perfect for casting the right mood for the show (I so wish I could have seen it...).
~Jessica
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
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leomaxfrank
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/04
#81re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:34amCandide and Gypsy..unoriginal i know..but it's the truth
But I won't live alone in a house of regret.
JohnnyTlover216
Swing Joined: 9/3/04
#82re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:37am
Guys and Dolls,
Wicked!
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#83re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:46amAida. It's very brief, but it always makes me cry.
#84re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/3/04 at 3:31am
one I have yet too see listed that blew me away when I heard it and saw it on tour about 2 years ago
GEORGE M!
based on the music and life of George M. Cohan
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#86re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:16pmLes Miz........in case you were wondering what I was going to say.
#87re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:41pm
Goes without saying:
Candide
Gypsy
Oklahoma
Carousel
But I can't believe no one mentioned one of the all-time greatest overtures in musical theatre:
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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