"A Sentimental Man" (Wicked) - I always skip past it on my iPod. This could have (and should have) been done with just dialogue.
Pirelli's barber song/scene in Sweeney Todd goes on WAY too long. The show always stops dead in its tracks there. I skip past that one too, after only a few humorous bars. The competition is definitely necessary to the plot, but this LONG song isn't.
"It Was a Real Nice Clam Bake" in Carousel. Way too much information about an event that has happened off stage before Act 2 even starts. Skip.
"It's a Scandal, It's an Outrage" in Oklahoma! Not neeeded and not a very good song.
People will probably hate me for this one, but "Make Them Hear You" in Ragtime should be cut. One too many power-ballads in a row right then, and this one is the weakest. Coalhouse's sentiments would have been much more effecitve in simple gut-wrenching dialogue. I would rather hear a pin drop in deafening silence as he makes up his mind what to do right then, not have a repetetive "anthem" shoved down my throat. Ugh. It totally pulls me out of the moment. See the non-musical movie "Ragtime" if you want to see this moment done far better.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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