A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED

[Musicaldudepeter]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#1

Posted: 1/18/11 at 4:45pm

I am Musical Director for a pantomime - "Treasure Island" which I am currently preparing for... I need a good strong opening number for Act 1, either a musical number or a pop song...it can have a nautical theme, but it doesn't necessarily have to have one! Any suggestions?? I can't think of any for the life of me!! Thank you!!

[ClapYo'Hands]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#2

Posted: 1/18/11 at 4:49pm

Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum?

[tommyboy]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#2

Posted: 1/18/11 at 4:50pm

Consider "Marathon" from the Jacques Brel canon.

[quizking101]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#3

Posted: 1/18/11 at 4:52pm

"There Is Nothin' Like A Dame" - South Pacific.

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[darquegk]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#4

Posted: 1/18/11 at 5:25pm

"Blow High, Blow Low" from Carousel. Bring out your sailors and pirates with a big sea shanty type singalong!

I did that song in a sort of mini-panto type show a few years back with a pirate theme. Here's a tip. After the first chorus, there's usually a part in "Carousel" when Billy and Jigger have a little conversation over the music. We put in a pirate character speaking directly out to the audience with a little mini-monologue instead.

"Yarr, be ye lookin' for adventure out on the high seas? Well, matey, climb aboard with us on the good ship (name of ship here). True, there be plenty of wild and scurvy dogs to ship out with ye, but watch yer back, matey, for there be no law on the seven seas, and dead men tell no tales!"

[ClapYo'Hands]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#5

Posted: 1/18/11 at 5:37pm

Anything Goes from Anything Goes.

[Kad]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#6

Posted: 1/18/11 at 6:08pm

Come Sail Away by Styx.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[Pippin]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#7

Posted: 1/18/11 at 7:35pm

"In The Navy" ........'nuff said.

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[MuppetManiaMan]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#8

Posted: 1/18/11 at 7:41pm

Funny you should ask. I was in charge of the production numbers for large, state-wide convention this fall, and it was cruise/sea-themed. Our opening number was made up of:

"Beyond the Sea"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K61p6PTZm0s

"Rock the Boat"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otp9GmMurN4&feature=related

and "Sea Cruise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbj8XQiYdIA&feature=related

Really fun stuff. :)

[dramarama3]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#9

Posted: 1/18/11 at 8:47pm

"Totally F*cked" from Spring Awakening

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[jv92]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#10

Posted: 1/18/11 at 9:17pm

I second "In the Navy", even though they're pirates.

[bwaylvsong]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#11

Posted: 1/18/11 at 10:11pm

"With Cat-Like Tread" or really anything from The Pirates of Penzance

[Eris0303]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#12

Posted: 1/18/11 at 10:16pm

How about "Cabin Fever" from Muppets Treasure Island? Or even a few of the other songs from the movie.

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[ClapYo'Hands]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#13

Posted: 1/19/11 at 2:30am

Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat from Guys & Dolls

[ggersten]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#14

Posted: 1/19/11 at 7:50am

Magic to Do from Pippin for non-nautical
Parent's Day from Moby Dick - is that nautical or just naughty?

[mominator]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#15

Posted: 1/19/11 at 8:37am

What about something from Pirates of Penzance?

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

[chewy5000]

A GOOD OPENING NUMBER REQUIRED#16

Posted: 1/21/11 at 5:54am

Change some of the lyrics to THE ADVANTAGES OF FLOATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA?