best 11 o'clock number

#1

best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:20pm

what is your favorite 11 o'clock number in a musical?

my personal favs are:
betrayed- the producers
once before i go- the boy from oz
gimme gimme- thoroughly modern millie

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#2

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:22pm

Rose's Turn
Lot's Wife

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#3

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:22pm

Rose's Turn
Let Me Drown- Lippa's Wild Party

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Updated On: 7/1/04 at 07:22 PM

#4

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:22pm

I agree with Gimme Gimme, Rose's Turn, and Lot's Wife.

Updated On: 7/1/04 at 07:22 PM

#5

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:25pm

Hello, Dolly!

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#6

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:26pm

the money song (ave q)

#7

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:30pm

Rose's Turn
Fine, Fine, Line
Suddenly, Seymour
Betrayed
Defying Gravity

#8

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:31pm

I don't think "Defying Gravity" constitutes and 11 O'Clock number. I think the Wicked equivalent would be "No Good Deed". "Defying Gravity" is more under the category of great Act One Finales.

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#9

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:32pm

You're asking ME????????

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#10

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:34pm

"Hello, Dolly" has to be one of the BEST 11 o' Clock numbers ever! Rose's Turn is also grand.

Gimme Gimme, although a great song, just seems to lack the extra "umph" to be one of the greats.

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#11

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:38pm

"The Grass is Always Greener" from WOMAN OF THE YEAR

"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from GUYS AND DOLLS

"Rose's Turn" from GYPSY

"Being Alive" from COMPANY

"The Miller's Son" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

"The Lady is a Tramp" from BABES IN ARMS

"Oklahoma" from OKLAHOMA!

"Nowadays" from CHICAGO

"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from KISS ME, KATE

"One Night Only" from DREAMGIRLS

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#12

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:39pm

No Good Deed is Wicked 11 o'clock number. Defying Gravity is what they call an "Act Two Closer". (Just like how we call Elphaba's make-up "green".)
My favorites are in Bat Boy, Caroline or Change, Urinetown, and Guys & Dolls.
My least favorite is in The Producers. (Love you Nathan, but it's predictable crap)

#13

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:39pm

Apology to a Cow is an amazing 11 o'clock number, as is Last Midnight from Into the Woods. Would The Ladies Who Lunch or Being Alive be the 11 o'clock number from Company? Both are great.

#14

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:42pm

"Last Midnight" How could I forget!!

"For You" is also a good one from SEUSSICAL. I actually enjoyed this more than Gimme Gimme.

Oh my, URINETOWN too!

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#15

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:44pm

Apology to a Cow is not an 11 o'clock number. It's in the first act.

For 11 o'clock numbers, Rose's Turn has to be the best, hands down.

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#16

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:44pm

and i am telling you - dreamgirls
i am changing - dreamgirls
easy as life- aida
cabaret - cabaret
a new life - jekyll and hyde
as if we never said good bye - sunset blvd
memory - cats
back to before - ragtime
let them hear you - ragtime
roses turn -gypsy
i know where i've been - hairspray
being alive - company
gimme gimme - througly modern millie
home - the wiz
lots wife- caroline or change

#17

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:46pm

Apology to a Cow is certainly not in the first act.

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BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"

#18

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:49pm

Yes, Apology to a Cow is in the second act, right before I Imagine You're Upset and Hold Me, Bat Boy Reprise. Those two are the last songs.

#19

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:49pm

Double Post. What would the 11 o'clock number from Urinetown be?

Updated On: 7/1/04 at 07:49 PM

#20

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:50pm

I'll take your comment as temporary amnesia Mister Matt.

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#21

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:58pm

run freedom run is the 11 o'clock # in urinetown

#22

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:02pm

"Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide
"Sunday" from Sunday In the Park
"The Music That Makes Me Dance" from Funny Girl
"Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" from Guys and Dolls
"One" from A Chorus Line
"Lift Him Up" from Gospel At Colonus
"If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#23

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:04pm

to justify my mention of betrayed its my personal favorite to sing- nothing like comedic melodrama

also i forgot my other fav. from a role i did a ameture reading of- those were the good old days- damn yankees

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"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

#24

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:05pm

We need an 11 o'clock number CD.

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#25

re: best 11 o'clock number

Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:05pm

I don't think 'Run Freedom Run' is Urinetown's 11 o'clock number, it's too close to the beginning of Act II and doesn't do what an 11 o'clock number does (push the show toward the conclusion, etc.)

Don't wanna be post-patrol here, but a lot of people are naming songs that aren't anywhere near 11 o'clock numbers. Maybe we should clearly define an 11 o'clock number before preceeding?

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Updated On: 7/1/04 at 08:05 PM