#51
Posted: 12/23/05 at 2:16am
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Updated On: 12/24/05 at 02:16 AM
Best Opening (Not Overture) Number in a Musical — Page 3
#52
Posted: 12/23/05 at 2:17am
CHORUS LINE!!!!! AMAZING....i am so surprised no one said that! it gives me goosebumps! its just like a real chorus/dance audition!
Les Miz. the first time i saw it..i started crying IMMEDIATELY.
Phantom of the Opera...awesome opening..it gives such great hope that the show is going to be amazing..but...nuh uh....
Carousel. the music is GORGEOUS!
Falsettos...definately.
and i also agree with whoever said Into the Woods.
and last but not least...CATS...sorry..but its a great opening number!
OH WAIT...one more...RENT..i LOVED IT!
Les Miz. the first time i saw it..i started crying IMMEDIATELY.
Phantom of the Opera...awesome opening..it gives such great hope that the show is going to be amazing..but...nuh uh....
Carousel. the music is GORGEOUS!
Falsettos...definately.
and i also agree with whoever said Into the Woods.
and last but not least...CATS...sorry..but its a great opening number!
OH WAIT...one more...RENT..i LOVED IT!
Updated On: 12/23/05 at 02:17 AM
#53
Posted: 12/23/05 at 3:58am
I Put My Hand In - Hello Dolly
Prologue - Ragtime
All That Jazz - Chicago
The Grand Parade - Grand Hotel
Wilkommen - Cabaret
Prologue - Ragtime
All That Jazz - Chicago
The Grand Parade - Grand Hotel
Wilkommen - Cabaret
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#54
Posted: 12/23/05 at 4:08am
Side Show: Come Look At The Freaks
Aida: Every Story
Ragtime: Prologue
Carousel: 1994 Revival.........PURELY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE
Seussical: Oh The Thinks You Can Think.
The Wild Pary(Off-Broadway): Queenie Was A Blonde.
hmmmmmmm
Aida: Every Story
Ragtime: Prologue
Carousel: 1994 Revival.........PURELY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE
Seussical: Oh The Thinks You Can Think.
The Wild Pary(Off-Broadway): Queenie Was A Blonde.
hmmmmmmm
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#55
Posted: 12/23/05 at 4:12am
Songs For A New World
Sweeney Todd
A Chorus Line
Company
Into The Woods
Sweeney Todd
A Chorus Line
Company
Into The Woods
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#56
Posted: 12/23/05 at 4:34am
Andrew...tons of people put A Chorus Line...but its still an awesome choice. I really like the Prologue in Ragtime and Audition Dance in 42nd Street. I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned Runyonland from Guys and Dolls. I never saw it on Broadway but in a production I was in it was pretty cool, and like WSS, set the scene and atmosphere without a word spoken.
#57
Posted: 12/23/05 at 4:54am
Jekyll and Hyde: Either opening "lost in the darkness" or "I need to know". Both those songs, while quite different, are also very powerful and IMHO, brings the audience in immediately. I love it. Freaked me out a little when I first saw it.
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#58
Posted: 12/23/05 at 5:31am
I really like the opening numbers from:
Sweeney Todd
Les Miz
Wicked
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
Les Miz
Wicked
Into the Woods
#59
Posted: 12/23/05 at 6:12am
All That Jazz - CHICAGO
Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats - CATS
Circle Of Life - THE LION KING
Good Morning Baltimore - HAIRSPRAY
Little Shop Of Horrors - LSOH
Ragtime - RAGTIME
Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats - CATS
Circle Of Life - THE LION KING
Good Morning Baltimore - HAIRSPRAY
Little Shop Of Horrors - LSOH
Ragtime - RAGTIME
#60
Posted: 12/23/05 at 6:36am
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED!
Give Them What They Want: D.R.S.
Rent!: Rent
:)
Give Them What They Want: D.R.S.
Rent!: Rent
:)
#61
Posted: 12/23/05 at 6:58am
Ragtime's opening number is completely un-beatable. This song introduces you to the story, the characters, and the themes of the piece, is energetic and entertaining, and a BEAUTIFUL song. The moment when the three groups (whites, immigrants, blacks) let lost in the music and end up intermingling, only to run back to a huddle with their respective groups with Mother, Coalhouse, and Tateh left center is definitely one of the most powerful stage pictures I've ever seen. Gives me chills every time.
And just to be different, I love the pure jazzy excitement of "Queenie was a Blonde" in lachuisa's Wild Party (Lippa's doesn't even come close).
And just to be different, I love the pure jazzy excitement of "Queenie was a Blonde" in lachuisa's Wild Party (Lippa's doesn't even come close).
#62
Posted: 12/23/05 at 7:11am
The Opening of Passion and SITPWG are both striking and revealing and TOTALLY unique.
I also love the opening sequence of Woman in White--it is so eerie and strange.
I also love the opening sequence of Woman in White--it is so eerie and strange.
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#63
Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:08am
DUH!! i hit page three when i opened the thread...ok..so i am an idiot..too much eggnog!
#64
Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:14am
I love these shows' opening numbers...
Ragtime
The Secret Garden
I hate to be a Wickedhead, but I love No One Mourns the Wicked.
Les Miz
Into the Woods
Sweeney
Ragtime
The Secret Garden
I hate to be a Wickedhead, but I love No One Mourns the Wicked.
Les Miz
Into the Woods
Sweeney
What the puck?!
#65
Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:16am
i am not an idiot...no one before my comment said Chorus Line..maybe in another thread??
#66
Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:24am
Once on this Island-We Dance
#67
Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:30am
I love "Eastwick Knows" from Witches of Eastwick. I wish the rest of the score was just as good.
#68
Posted: 12/24/05 at 1:39am
Willkommen- Cabaret
Company- Company
Aquarius- Hair
Prologue- Into The Woods
Company- Company
Aquarius- Hair
Prologue- Into The Woods
#69
Posted: 12/24/05 at 3:42am
Ragtime Prologue
Titanic: The Musical opening set
Into The Woods open set.
Titanic: The Musical opening set
Into The Woods open set.
#70
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:23am
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#71
Posted: 12/24/05 at 8:36am
I've always been fond of I Hope I Get It, or whatever it's called, and Little Shop Of Horrors.
#72
Posted: 12/24/05 at 8:51am
I'm kinda new here so I don't know if too many people know this one but "Let There Be" from Children of Eden is spectacular, i think better than Schwartz's "No one mourns the Wicked".
Also, whoever said "too Much Exposition/Urinetown" is COMPLETELY correct! Absolutely wonderful!!
Also, I think that for Aida, you need to include "Fortune Favors ther Brave" with "Every Story..." but I don't think they're that high on my list.
Also, whoever said "too Much Exposition/Urinetown" is COMPLETELY correct! Absolutely wonderful!!
Also, I think that for Aida, you need to include "Fortune Favors ther Brave" with "Every Story..." but I don't think they're that high on my list.
#73
Posted: 12/24/05 at 9:22am
I'm going with RAGTIME as well...I also love "Four Jews..." from FALSETTOS, but I still think RAGTIME is better...
#74
Posted: 12/24/05 at 9:42am
No One Mourns the Wicked is my favorite because it covers such a large range of information. I love the power of it, the ensemble on stage belting it out, Glinda in the bubble belting in an operatic voice, "Good News!" So powerful, gets the audience right into the show!
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#75
Posted: 12/24/05 at 9:48am
I just want to add the opening to "La Cage aux Folles". The big production number with the Cagelles is a wonderful introduction to the show.
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