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#1

?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 5:50pm

What do you think is the best rock ballad, the best love ballad, and the best song that establishes an actor/actress as a definite Broadway star? There can be more than one for each category

Broadway star song:
FEMALE: The Wizard and I, and Roses Turn
MALE: Impossible Dream

ROCK BALLAD:
La Vie Boheme (RENT)

LOVE BALLAD:
As Long As Youre Mine (Wicked)
and I cant think of another...itll come to me later
#4

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 8:03pm

ROCK BALLAD:
Male - "Midnight Radio" (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH)
Female- "Origin of Love" (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH)


BEST LOVE BALLAD:
Male - "Tell My Father" (CIVIL WAR....love between dad and son)
Female - "Our Kind of Love" (BEAUTIFUL GAME)
Male/Female - "All I Ask Of You" (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA)
Male/Male - "I'll Cover You" (RENT)

BEST SONG THAT ESTABLISHES AN ACTOR/ACTRESS
Male - "Love Changes Everything" (ASPECTS OF LOVE: Michael Ball)
Female - "And I am Telling You" (DREAMGIRLS: Jennifer Holliday)

I know there are better ones out there, but I am brain dead right now.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

Updated On: 7/14/04 at 08:03 PM

#5

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 8:09pm

I really love the song "Home" from The Wiz. Also, "The Ladies Who Lunch" from Company (but then again, nobody can do it like Stritch!)
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#6

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 8:26pm

I agree with "Im Not Going"
I also have to add "All I Ask Of You" (love ballad), & "Once Before I Go" (establishes an actor).
#7

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 8:42pm

Anthem from Chess
Memory from Cats
Don't Cry For Me Argentina from Evita

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#8

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 9:07pm

WiCkEDrOcKS - I hate to be a bitch, but "La Vie Boheme" is not really a ballad. Not really at all. "One Song Glory" would be a rock ballad.

Favorite Broadway Love Songs:
"In Whatever Time We Have" ~Children of Eden
"As Long As You're Mine" ~Wicked
"Without You" ~RENT
"All The Wasted Time" ~Parade

#11

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 11:00pm

I almost choked reading "The Wizard and I" and "Rose's Turn" in the same sentence. Don't think I could ever put THOSE TWO in the same category. If anything from Wicked, I'd pick "No Good Deed".

My two cents:
"Rose's Turn"
"Being Alive"
"Your Daddy's Son" - Ragtime
"Bring Him Home"
"Strongest Suit" & "Nubia" - Aida
"Maria" - West Side
"And I am Telling You..."
(for starters)
"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears
#13

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 11:24pm

Should I bring something to the pity party, or are you all set? Trust me, that was me nicely disagreeing with you.
"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears
#14

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 11:31pm

All I said was sorry for having an opinion. You can have one too. It doesn't bother me.
#15

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/14/04 at 11:35pm

Then don't apologize for your opinion!!!!

love ya
"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears

Updated On: 7/14/04 at 11:35 PM

#17

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/15/04 at 1:01am

"Male: Hunter Foster-Suddenly Seymore" I would have said Hunter Foster, RUN FREEDOM RUN even though he wasn't nominated it was such a huge step for him (esp. w/ IT being the tony perf) i think it really gave him a name.
Il n' y a pas d'amour heureux.
#19

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/15/04 at 10:05am

these are all really good ones. hm...i did 'not for the life of me' from millie at a talent show for my school once, and i won. i guess that's not really a 'star-making' song, but...o don't listen to me! i have no clue what i'm saying!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon
#21

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/15/04 at 1:54pm

"Gimme Gimme" Thoroughly Modern Millie
"No Good Deed" Wicked
"All I Ask of You" Phantom of the Opera
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#22

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/15/04 at 3:47pm

Wow. You put a lot of thought into that one, didn't ya? re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#23

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/15/04 at 4:06pm

Wicked4Lyfe - You really think Suddenly Seymour is a star-making song for Hunter Foster? If anyone, I think Audrey (Kerry) stars more in that song.
#25

re: ?? Best Ballad/Star-Making Song ??

Posted: 7/15/04 at 8:27pm

let's hear some of yours!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

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