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BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:22pm

Saddest,happiest,funniest...Best..there can't be JUST one

everyone has spoke their opinions about saddest and funniest..whats your opinion on the best??

I thought of My new philosphy (sp??) from Charlie Brown..what do you guys think?

"I?ve been singing since I was born. It?s something I do everywhere I go. In the shower, walking down the street. I don?t need any impetus to do it. I just sing." - Idina Menzel I don't make comotions,I am one- Idina Menzel as Elphie Defying Gravity for the last time 1:09:05 --not the same with out you!-- Galinda-I'll call you...elphie..is that okay?? Elphaba-well it's a little perky- Galinda-and you can call me..Galinda-

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:36pm

Not necessarily my favorites, but I'll say...

Rose's Turn (Gypsy)
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park With George)
Tonight (both versions- West Side Story)
Being Alive (Company)
If I Loved You (Carousel)
Soliloquoy (Carousel)
Make Believe (Showboat)
I Am What I Am (La Cage aux Folles)
You've Got to be Carefully Taught (South Pacific)
Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along)
Before the Parade Passes By (Hello, Dolly!)
Cabaret (Cabaret)
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!)
The Impossible Dream (Man of la Mancha)
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line)
The Lullaby of Broadway (42nd Street)
Something Wonderful (The King and I)
Losing My Mind (Follies)
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)

Okay, I'm gonna stop, because this is far too hard to grade. There are too many factors to consider- wit, character development, emotional depth, how they helped change the shape of musical theatre, humor...

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:41pm

Pretty much everything Elizabeth_DeBris said, and:

One Day More - Les Miz
Putting it Together - Sunday in the Park with George
Soliloquy - Sweeney Todd
Johanna - Sweeney Todd
Fugue for Tinhorns - Guys & Dolls
One - A Chorus Line
Lily's Eyes - A Secret Garden
Moments in the Woods - Into the Woods
Children Will Listen - Into the Woods

There have to be more, but I can't think of any...

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 3:44pm

yeah those are all great..I also like:
Popular-Wicked
Defying Gravity-Wicked
See I'm Smiling-L5Y
Whishing You Were Somehow Here Again-Poto
Light My Candle-Rent
I'll Cover You (reprise)-Rent
Over the Moon-Rent
Still Hurting-L5Y
Home-Beauty and the Beast
My New Philosphy-Charlie Brown
and ANY song from Jekell and Hyde

Your right it is hard to grade songs as being the bet.Thats why I said there can't only be one

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 4:18pm

Big: Stop time
You're a Good man Charlie Brown: My new phylosophy
The Producers: Springtime for Hitler
Wicked: As long as your mine
The Scarlet Pimpernel: Where's the girl?
Jekyll & Hyde: Being Alive
Thoroughly Modern Millie: The speed test
Brownstone: Fiction writer
Wild Party: Let me drown
Sweet Smell of Success: At the fountain
Hairspray: Mama, I am a big girl now
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: The recogning
Spamalot: You won't succeed on Bway
Little women: The weekly volcano press

just to mention a few.

Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 4:20pm

LittleRed: I think you mean "Epiphany."

Oh, and add "I Loved You Once in Silence" (Camelot) to my list.

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 5:01pm

"LittleRed: I think you mean "Epiphany.""

Oops. I do indeed. Ever since I read that book that compared "Soliloquy" to "Epiphany," I do that. =/

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 5:12pm

"Some Enchanted Evening" and "This Nearly was Mine" from South Pacific

"If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot

"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel

"Ol' Man River" from Showboat

Just a few more classics to add to the list

"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man

re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 5:16pm

"No One Has Ever Loved Me" (Passion)

-Anyone want to turn anarchist with me?

"Bless you and all who know you, oh wise and penguined one." ~YouWantItWhen????

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re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:04pm

Apology to a Cow - Bat Boy
Defying Gravity and/or As Long as Your Mine - Wicked
Once Upon A Time - Brooklyn
You Can't Stop the Beat and/or Mamma Im a Big Girl Now - Hairspray

"If There's One Thing to Learn it's You Just Can't Go Wrong If You Follow Your Heart, and End With A Song"

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re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:47pm

I bow to Elizabeth_DeBris's list... I agree completely with every one of your choices and that's rare...

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re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 6:59pm

What is this Feeling-Wicked
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown-You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Murder, Murder and This is the Moment-Jekyll and Hyde
La Vie Boheme-Rent
Skid Row and Suddenly Seymour-Little Shop of Horrors
This Jesus Must Die-Jesus Christ Superstar (not on CD for whatever reason)
Find your Grail-Spamalot
Statues and Stories-Light in the Piazza
You Can't Stop the Beat-Hairspray
Prologue-Into the Woods
Prologue-Godspell
Shadowland-The Lion King
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist-Avenue Q
King of Broadway-The Producers
America-West Side Story

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re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 7:12pm

LittleRed: Hehe. That sounds like something I would do.

QHDramaQueen: *Blushes* Thank you kindly. I hope you'd agree with "Loving You," from "Passion," too, because I completely forgot about that, and I think it's an incredible song. It's so simple, but so profound, and truthful. I think it's one of the ultimate Broadway love songs.

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re: BEST songs from a musical

Posted: 6/16/05 at 7:44pm

Wicked ~ Defying Gravity
Wicked ~ The Wizard and I
West Side Story ~ Tonight
Aida ~ My Strongest Suit
Rent ~ La Vie Boheme
Rent ~ Seasons of Love
Charlie Brown ~ My New Philosophy
A Chorus Line ~ Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love

Kristin Chenoweth could barely control a Great Dane she trotted onto the stage. "Great, they gave me a dog that weighs five times what I do", she quipped. For the record, she weighs 93 pounds, and has a Maltese.

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