First stab at creating a thread

[lostwallflower]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 9:55pm

So I've been on the board for a little while now, but I'm still a bit scared to start a thread on the main board. Well, still theatre related- what are your favorite "Story" songs?
Nothing from A Chorus Line
Why from TTB
Paris Through The Window from A Class Act

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:09pm

hmmm... interesting topic. I'd have to pick storybook from the Scarlet Pimpernel. It's not really a story song, but at least it has the word story in the title ... plus it's just gorgeous. I get rocks thrown at me every time I mention CATS but, I love how the song "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" tells all about how they go out burgling every night. And "The Awful Battle of the Peekes and the Pollicles together with the Marching Song of the Pollicle Dogs" is my favorite song in the show; narrated by Munkustrap, who I hope to get to play someday. Also "Grwoltiger's Last Stand" is a story song. They're all story songs! "Over the Moon" from RENT is like a story song. It's more of a performance piece than an actual song, but it works. Updated On: 6/3/04 at 10:09 PM

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:34pm

"the smuel song" from "the last five years". im not sure if that is how the name is spelled though.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:41pm

CABARET from CABARET

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 6/3/04 at 10:45pm

"springtime for hitler"

("germany was blue, oh what oh what to do? hitched up my pants and conquered france...") Haha.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/4/04 at 12:21pm

Meadowlark from Bakers Wife.

Posted: 6/4/04 at 12:28pm

The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music

[mominator]

Posted: 6/4/04 at 12:28pm

"Nothing" has for a long time been a favorite. But with my daughter getting married next Saturday, "Slipping Through My Fingers" from Mamma Mia has had a special spot for the past few months. This is a great first question!! Good Job!
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[VoiceofReason]

Posted: 6/4/04 at 12:32pm

The Miller's Son
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Posted: 6/4/04 at 12:33pm

Small House of Uncle Thomas, The King and I

Posted: 6/4/04 at 12:36pm

Cadillac Car, Dreamgirls

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 3:41am

• At the Ballet (A Chorus Line)
  
• Nothing (A Chorus Line)
  
• Macavity (Cats)
  
• Cell Block Tango (Chicago)
  
• Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat (Guys and Dolls)
  
• Angry Inch (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
  
• The Origin of Love (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
  
• I Know Things Now (Into the Woods)
  
• A Part of That (The Last 5 Years)
  
• Just One Step (Songs for a New World)
  
• Stars and the Moon (Songs for a New World)
  
• My New Philosophy (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)

Updated On: 6/5/04 at 03:41 AM

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 11:49am

Pretty much all songs in Songs for a New World are story songs.
That's What He Said-Parade
Miss Baltimore Crabs-Hairspray(a bit)
The Schmuel Song-The Last 5 Years
Climbing Uphill-The Last 5 Years
The Barber and his Wife-Sweeney Todd
Poor Thing-Sweeney Todd
The Ballad of Sweeney-Sweeney Todd
How I Saved Roosevelt-Assassins

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 11:58am

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer- CATS
Over the Moon- RENT
Cabaret- Cabaret
Who's Got Extra Love- Zanna Don't
Macavity- Cats
The Rum Tum Tugger- Cats
Cell Block Tango- Chicago
No one Mourns the Wicked- Wicked
Happy New Year A & B- RENT

[StraightToHeaven]

Posted: 6/5/04 at 7:37pm

Marilyn Monroe- Blood Brothers
Tell Her I Love Her- Urinetown

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 6/6/04 at 1:59am

cool topic. I'd say my faves are...

-"Tight-Knit Family" sequence from March of the Falsettos
-"Two Guys At Harvard" from The Fix
-"The Group" from The Last Session
-"I Can Do Better" from Last 5 Years
-"Monica and Mark" from William Finn's Elegies

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 6/6/04 at 11:13am

Meadowlark- overused and overknown, yes. Still amazingly beautiful - YES!