Favorite "Entire town singing" Songs?
Favorite "Entire town singing" Songs?
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#1Favorite "Entire town singing" Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 8:06pmNot sure if it counts but Sweeney Todd is pretty bad-ass
Henry Savage
Swing Joined: 7/6/08
#2re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 9:22pmAre you talking ensemble numbers?
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#2re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 9:41pm
"Henry Street" from FUNNY GIRL
"Voulez-Vous" from MAMMA MIA!
#3re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 9:47pmthe first thing that came to my mind is "Christopher Street" from WONDERFUL TOWN. i know there are MANY MANY more that i love but i dont feel like going through my collection
#4re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:03pm"Belle" from Beauty and the Beast.
#5re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:11pm"Do You Hear the People Sing?"
"To love another person is to see the face of God!"
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#6re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:15pm
"Are you talking ensemble numbers?"
I imagine the OP specifically means 'townspeople' numbers.
I immediately thought of "Belle" from BATB, but I personally have a soft spot for "We'd Like To Thank You" from ANNIE (which has a town, of sorts).
#7re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 11:09pm
I had a similar thread on this discussion last year, but I was looking more specifically for "Angry Mob" songs... which are just as hair-raising.
Where Will You Stand When The Flood Comes?
PARADE
Track Down This Murderer
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
The Mob Song
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Urinetown
URINETOWN
Where A Man Belongs
FLOYD COLLINS
The Rain Song
110 IN THE SHADE
Welcome to the 60s
HAIRSPRAY
Rent
RENT
Odeon
BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY
Comedy Tonight
FUNNY THING...FORUM
American Boy
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Farmer and the Cowman
OKLAHOMA
Tradition
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
The Best of Times (Reprise)
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Downtown
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Step in Time
MARY POPPINS
One Short Day
WICKED
Trouble
THE MUSIC MAN
Ragtime
RAGTIME
God That's Good
SWEENEY TODD
Thoroughly Modern Millie
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
A New Argentina
EVITA
Updated On: 7/8/08 at 11:09 PM
#8re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/8/08 at 11:11pmBelle, Good Morning Baltimore, One Day More.
#9re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 3:52am
You Can't Stop the Beat- Hairspray
We Both Reached for the Gun- Chicago
The Farmer and the Cowman- Oklahoma!
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#10re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:03amI immediately thought of Eastwick Knows, from The Witches of Eastwick.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
sesboa
Chorus Member Joined: 9/30/07
#11re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:11amI have to second 'Good Morning Baltimore' from Hairspray. <3
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#12re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:32amI reiterate "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast and "Downtown" from Little Shop.
#13re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:36amI agree with all of EugLoven's choices.
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#14re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 8:10amPut On Your Sunday Clothes from HELLO, DOLLY!
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#15re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 8:46amIowa Stubborn from THE MUSIC MAN
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#16re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 9:37amThe Wells Fargo Wagon, also from The Music Man.
#17re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:27amPerforming Iowa Stubborn was one of my favorite parts of being in The Music Man! I had totally forgotten about it until now.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
#18re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:42am
I immediately thought of Eastwick Knows, from The Witches of Eastwick.
Me too! Dirty Laundry and I Love the Little Town from the same show are also wonderful.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#19re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:49am'Belle' from Beauty and the Beast, by far.
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heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#20re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:51amOne Day More from Les Mis!
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#22re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 11:57am
Real Nice Clambake from Carousel
Trolley Song from Meet Me In St. Louis
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#23re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 12:03pm
Ragtime - Ragtime
Carnaval del Barrio - In the Heights (Well, it's mostly everybody.)
One Day More - Les Mis
Touch Me - Spring Awakening
Totally F*cked - Spring Awakening
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
Updated On: 7/9/08 at 12:03 PM
#24re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Posted: 7/9/08 at 1:57pmI know it's not a stage musical, but since it very well should be one, I'm adding Seize the Day from the Newsies
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