#51
Posted: 5/3/09 at 3:28pm
How about The Who's Tommy with "Pinball Wizard" and the pinball machine spinning around with all the pyrotechnic effects? That was cool.
Best Act I Finales — Page 3
#52
Posted: 5/3/09 at 3:31pm
the ending of the first act of Fiddler on the Roof is pretty intense, I think. especially since it doesn't end with the demonstration, but Tevye simply telling everyone they ought to clean up.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#53
Posted: 5/3/09 at 3:49pm
Those posters? I could never be that linear where I could be characterized by a single personality trait. "resent myself" Save the melo-dramatic sarcasm for someone who is actually dim-witted enough to let that belittle them. You say that as if you have some kind of reputation that is worth salvaging outside of a broadway forum.
There is no wrong or right answer to this question. It is completely opinionated. Granted, my opinions may be a little cliche, but that doesnt mean that it shouldn't have that opinion.
And Blaxx, are you bored? It takes time to try and humilate someone and you seem to be very adamant about it. Does it make you feel good? Are you bitter about something? It seems as though you are condeming people for having a younger taste in musicals, but some of us are young, and that's nothing to be ashamed of. It would be stupid to let someone such as the likes of you intimidate people from voicing an opinion.
The fact that so many people can have differences of opinion but cannot agree to disagree is just ignorant. I myself admit that I shouldnt have made the hasty generalization that people who dont agree with "Defying Gravity" being the best are being biased, but that's just the thing I can admit that I am wrong. But putting people down, pathetic.
There is no wrong or right answer to this question. It is completely opinionated. Granted, my opinions may be a little cliche, but that doesnt mean that it shouldn't have that opinion.
And Blaxx, are you bored? It takes time to try and humilate someone and you seem to be very adamant about it. Does it make you feel good? Are you bitter about something? It seems as though you are condeming people for having a younger taste in musicals, but some of us are young, and that's nothing to be ashamed of. It would be stupid to let someone such as the likes of you intimidate people from voicing an opinion.
The fact that so many people can have differences of opinion but cannot agree to disagree is just ignorant. I myself admit that I shouldnt have made the hasty generalization that people who dont agree with "Defying Gravity" being the best are being biased, but that's just the thing I can admit that I am wrong. But putting people down, pathetic.
Updated On: 5/3/09 at 03:49 PM
#54
Posted: 5/3/09 at 3:53pm
Really with the apostrophe misuse?
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#55
Posted: 5/3/09 at 4:00pm
"Really with the apostrophe misuse?"
Where?
Where?
Updated On: 5/3/09 at 04:00 PM
#56
Posted: 5/3/09 at 5:20pm
Andallthatjazz- thank you for posting that Cabaret video, I just watched the whole show and it seriously made my day :).... Truly, an incredible show.
#57
Posted: 5/3/09 at 5:24pm
dE fYiNG gRavity
If u DoNTT ThiNK sOSoo. uR AN iDotiot.
If u DoNTT ThiNK sOSoo. uR AN iDotiot.
#58
Posted: 5/3/09 at 8:57pm
I love Billy Elliot's Act I finale, "Angry Dance". The dancing is SO superb that the audience goes into intermission thinking "Wow!"
#59
Posted: 5/3/09 at 9:25pm
CATSNYrevival, The mirrored, spinning, pyrotechnic pinball machine was not how act one of Tommy ended. Yes, Pinball Wizard was the act one closer but that effect of the song that your talking about was what was going on during act II when they reprised the song in conjunction with I'm Free.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#61
Posted: 5/3/09 at 9:39pm
Not a problem. Just trying to clarify.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
#62
Posted: 5/3/09 at 10:15pm
seemynameinlights - The thread title.
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#64
Posted: 5/4/09 at 6:16am
SUNDAY IN THE PARK - SUNDAY
INTO THE WOODS - EVER AFTER
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY
SWEENEY TODD - A LITTLE PRIEST
FOLLIES - TOO MANY MORNINGS
GYPSY - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES
(Bit of a Sondheim nut sorry!)
also
CITY OF ANGELS - YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - I AM WHAT I AM
THE PRODUCERS - ALONG CAME BIALLY
WITCHES OF EASTWICK - I WISH I MAY
INTO THE WOODS - EVER AFTER
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY
SWEENEY TODD - A LITTLE PRIEST
FOLLIES - TOO MANY MORNINGS
GYPSY - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES
(Bit of a Sondheim nut sorry!)
also
CITY OF ANGELS - YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - I AM WHAT I AM
THE PRODUCERS - ALONG CAME BIALLY
WITCHES OF EASTWICK - I WISH I MAY
"Your eyes..... they shine like the pants on my blue serge suit"
#65
Posted: 5/4/09 at 8:07am
Okay, now I've ever actually seen it done this way, but in the 1997 Lyceum production of JCS, they moved "The Last Supper" and "Gethsemane" to the end of Act 1 pre-intermission break, and with a good vocalist like Ted Neeley, one could really see this as a powerful Act 1 closer.
Think about this for a second, really. One of the show's main themes is choice and the removal of choice by the forces of politics and public opinion. Throughout the show, characters make choices that will greatly affect the outcome of events. And nowhere in the show is a greater choice made, or a choice with more impact, than in this scene. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus has serious doubts about what he's gotten into and he considers whether or not he can choose to stop, to get out while he's still alive. He decides that the choice is not his. And we're not sure if he's right, because the show doesn't categorically throw its opinion in with any established belief system.
One man chooses to die without knowing the outcome. And no one, not even the audience, not even he himself, is sure it's the right choice. Freaking amazing theater.
Think about this for a second, really. One of the show's main themes is choice and the removal of choice by the forces of politics and public opinion. Throughout the show, characters make choices that will greatly affect the outcome of events. And nowhere in the show is a greater choice made, or a choice with more impact, than in this scene. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus has serious doubts about what he's gotten into and he considers whether or not he can choose to stop, to get out while he's still alive. He decides that the choice is not his. And we're not sure if he's right, because the show doesn't categorically throw its opinion in with any established belief system.
One man chooses to die without knowing the outcome. And no one, not even the audience, not even he himself, is sure it's the right choice. Freaking amazing theater.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
Updated On: 5/4/09 at 08:07 AM
#66
Posted: 5/4/09 at 8:42am
I won't lie and say that these are the BEST act one finales, but here are some of my personal favorites, in no particular order:
Sweeney: A Little Priest
Urinetown: Act One Finale (is the song title)
Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses
Side Show: Who Will Love Me As I Am
Wicked: Defying Gravity
Dracula: Life After Life (though I really did NOT like the show--only two memorable songs)
Sweeney: A Little Priest
Urinetown: Act One Finale (is the song title)
Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses
Side Show: Who Will Love Me As I Am
Wicked: Defying Gravity
Dracula: Life After Life (though I really did NOT like the show--only two memorable songs)
#68
Posted: 5/4/09 at 9:22am
Dreamgirls - And I Am Telling You , jawdropping, easily the best.
Witches Of Eastwick -London Production
Carrie - I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance, powerhouse song with great performances
Rent
Witches Of Eastwick -London Production
Carrie - I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance, powerhouse song with great performances
Rent
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#70
Posted: 5/4/09 at 10:28am
One more that hasn't been mentioned yet:
Michael Jordan's Ball-The Full Monty. Fantastic, underrated show that, unfortunately, had to stand in the shadow of The Producers (it was only a massive hit for about four months before The Producers opened, and then it slowly declined to a modest success). It's Act 1 Finale was absolutely infectious. Incredible choreography that was brilliantly executed by its cast members.
Michael Jordan's Ball-The Full Monty. Fantastic, underrated show that, unfortunately, had to stand in the shadow of The Producers (it was only a massive hit for about four months before The Producers opened, and then it slowly declined to a modest success). It's Act 1 Finale was absolutely infectious. Incredible choreography that was brilliantly executed by its cast members.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#71
Posted: 5/4/09 at 12:27pm
I love "Gethsemane," but I also think "Damned for All Time / Blood Money" is a good Act I finale as well.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#72
Posted: 5/4/09 at 12:43pm
It's not that I don't agree with that assertion, I strongly agree, but I would love to see how they made "Gethsemane" work as an Act 1 closer.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
#73
Posted: 5/4/09 at 3:20pm
It's hard to surpass either "Sunday" from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE or "One Day More" from LES MISERABLES.
"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"
#74
Posted: 5/4/09 at 3:27pm
'Cry Baby'
It meant I could leave!
LMAO!!!! Totally true!!!
It meant I could leave!
LMAO!!!! Totally true!!!
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