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11 Oclock Numbers
Jamie Hat
Broadway Star Joined: 4/5/04
#50re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 10:28am
Mister Matt has the most "correct" list.
Some of he shows on your list don't have traditional 11 o'clock numbers. (Several newer shows don't)
#51re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 10:38amWhat is the exact definition of an "11 O'clock Number"? I would assume it's a song sung at 11 o'clock but none of the shows mentioned here go past 11 o'clock anyways...i'd appreciate a quick definition. thanks!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#52re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 10:48am
"Shows used to begin at 8:30, instead of 8. Writer's would put in a number to give the show a jolt as it headed to the homestretch and that number would fall around 11pm. Hence the name."
This is what Robbiej posted, and it's also what I've always heard was the reason.
#53re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 11:31amActually, in Aida, the 11 O' Clock Number would be Amneris's solo.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
stagehand
Chorus Member Joined: 1/28/05
#54re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 11:31amCertainly, Gimme, Gimme is an outstanding 11:00 number! Sutton delivered it with a conviction that gave me goosebumps upon goosebumps!
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
#55re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 11:38amJustice - I agree completely about "I Know the Truth" - since I think it's Amneris' story anyway!
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#56re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 6:40pmI think for Urinetown it would be more "Why Did I Listen to that Man"
#57re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 7:01pm
Aida - Easy as Life
Seussical - All For You
The Producers - Betrayed
Mamma Mia - The Winner Takes it All
Thorougly Modern Millie - Gimme Gimme
Hairspray - I Know Where I've Been
Avenue Q - I wish I could go back to College (according to their performance on Live With Regis and Kelly, they said that song was their big 11 o'clock number
Little Shop of Horrors - Suddenly Seymore
The Boy From Oz - Once Before I Go
Wicked - No Good Deed
Taboo - Petrified
Caroline or Change - Lot's Wife
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#58re: 11 Oclock Numbers
Posted: 1/28/05 at 7:41pmya know in relistening to the avenue q recording i think schadenfreude is the 11 o'clock number. Its the point at which gary coleman accepts what he is basically "the world needs people like you and me/ who've been knocked around by fate/ 'cause when people see us/ they don't wanna be us/ and that makes them feel great" just my 2 cents
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