Best 11'OClock Number?

#1

Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 1:31pm

Just a few (not in any specific order):

Gimme, Gimme
Roses Turn
Lots Wife
(would For Good be an 11 OClock number? If so, thats on my list as well)

#2

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 1:33pm

Betrayed
StreetSinger (more like a 9:35 number)

#3

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 1:54pm

I'd say that Rose's Turn is the quintesential 11 o'clock number.

But others I've thought of are

Gimme Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie
Lot's Wife from Caroline, or Change
Soliloquy from Carousel
Home from The Wiz
I Am Changing from Dreamgirls (not exactly, but oh well)

And there's many more, but those are the ones that come to mind first.

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#4

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 1:57pm

Not again.

Here are the other threads that dealt with this issue:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=259644#259644

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=217309#217642

And to just to name one, Soliloquy from Carousel can't be the 11 oclock number, it's in act 1.

Updated On: 10/17/04 at 01:57 PM

#5

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 2:01pm

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed...rawr

#6

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 2:05pm

Rose's Turn
Betrayed

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#7

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 2:28pm

Cabaret and Rose's Turn are the ultimates.

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#8

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 2:32pm

Make Them Hear You

#9

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 2:38pm

Gimme Gimme
Lots Wife

#10

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 2:43pm

1. "ROSE'S TURN" from Gypsy
2. "CABARET" from Cabaret
3. "I'M GOING BACK (WHERE I CAN BE ME)" from Bells are Ringing

#11

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 3:24pm

Yeah, South Fl Mark, I don't know why I listed that number. Haha. I think I just got big powerful solos stuck in my head. Maybe it could be an 11am number. :-P

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#12

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 3:34pm

Not in order:
-Petrified (taboo)
-I Wish I Could Go Back to College (Avenue q)
-Once Before I Go (The Boy from Oz)
-Lots Wife (Caroline, or Change)
-Memory (Cats)
-On My Own (even though it kind opens act 2) (Les Mis)
-Endless Night (Lion King)
-Be On Your Own (Nine)
-Betrayed (The Producers)
-Gimmie Gimmie (TMM)
-Roses Turn (Gypsy)
-Move On (Sunday in the park with george)
-Love Look Away (Flower Drum Song)
-Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)

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#13

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 4:02pm

It only seemsd like the 11 o'clock number in really bad productions. A touring production with Robert Goulet in it comes to mind.

#14

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 4:04pm

Ill add Betrayed...I think that this one song was what made Nathan the sure bet to win Best Actor. It stole the show.

#15

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 4:11pm

Betrayed was great.

Hate to bring Wicked in, but would No Good Deed be considered an 11:00 number? (I'm not saying its the best, just confused on definition of 11 o'clock number)

#16

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 4:28pm

As stated in the really wonderful BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL book:
"The term 'Eleven OClock Number' was coined during the decades when the curtain went up @ 8:30. (Nowadays, any number beginning at eleven would run into expensive overtime) Nevertheless, it refers to the song toward the end of the show in which the leading character(s) would sing his or her heart out choosing which fork in the road to follow, or letting the audience discover the character's secret dreams" (pg 288 of the book for anyone who would like to read the whole thing)

It then talks about Roses Turn which they call "the eleven oclock number by which all Roses-or all 11oclock numbers- are measured"

So I think Id consider No Good Deed and/or For Good the 11oclock numbers from WICKED.

#17

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 4:34pm

One of my favorite is "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame.

#18

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 4:43pm

The ll o' clock # is supposed to be the "show stopper"

No Good Deed is indeed a powerful one.

I would say:
BETRAYED (The Producers)

And although it is critisized:
I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN (Hairspray)

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#19

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 5:10pm

I'll say "Being Alive" not from COMPANY, but rather PUTTING IT TOGETHER. The five person quintet... awesome.

#20

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 5:12pm

Oh, please!!! Do you even have to ask me for my favorite 11 o'clock number?

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#21

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 5:33pm

Sit Down You're Rockin the Boat- Guys and Dolls
Gimme Gimme- TMM
Hello Dolly
Wishing You were Somehow here again- Phantom
No one is alone- Into the Woods

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#22

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:16pm

I'm looking at all the numbers listed, and thinking to when I saw Wicked, and I think No Good Deed ranks up there, for me at least...

#23

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:23pm

Last Midnight-Into the Woods
The Ladies Who Lunch-Company
Being Alive-Company (both qualify)
Losing My Mind-Follies
The Road Ends Here-john and jen

#24

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:24pm

and yes...No Good Deed...oops

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#25

re: Best 11'OClock Number?

Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:25pm

Ooooh...oooh...Don't forget....
Spanish Rose....."Bye Bye Birdie"
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat...."Guys and Dolls"

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