Best Overture Ever
Best Overture Ever
Nathan_Lane_Rules!
Stand-by Joined: 3/12/05
#1Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:00am
My personal favorite is Candide.
What do you guys think?
#2re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:02am
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#2re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:13amAnd it almost always ends up being "Gypsy"
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#3re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:57am
With very good reason.
You can also add Merrilly We Roll Along and the Prolouge form West Side Story for me.
#4re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:57amDouble Post. Sry Updated On: 12/29/06 at 12:57 AM
Fenchurch
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/16/06
#5re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:39am
Yeah,
Candide hands down.
In fact Gypsy is my worst, typical overture.
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actor
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/06
#7re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:47amAgreed. My personal favorite is Candide, as well as Follies, GYPSY and Woman of the Year.
#8re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:48amWhy am I not surprised, Fenchurch?
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#9re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:54amGypsy with Merrily We Roll Along coming in second.
#10re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:54amGypsy with Merrily We Roll Along coming in second.
MimiJudith
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#11re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:08amI loved the overtures for "On the Twentieth Century" and "My One and Only."
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#12re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:15am
I do love all of the usual suspects, like Gypsy, Funny Girl, Candide, Merrily, Superman and On the Twentieth Century, but there are a couple less celebrated Overtures that I also adore.
Goldilocks starts like a house on fire, with a furioso version of "The Pussy Foot" that gets your blood racing. The orchestrations are by composer Leroy Anderson, and the great Phil Lang, and they are quirky and surprising throughout, with a lot of Anderson's trademark sound. It's long, but it's a gem.
Wildcat has a terrific Overture, starting with an attention grabbing brass section fanfare. I particularly love the writing for the saxes for "What Takes My Fancy". It's the work of Gypsy's Sid Ramin and Robert Ginzler, so the Gypsy fans who have never heard the Wildcat Overture might get a kick out of it.
Phil Lang provided the dense, layered and lush Overture for Take Me Along, which is one of my absolute favorites. The joyous title song keeps peeking its way through the Overture, until it finally explodes at the end. It's an immensely satisfying Overture, filled with gorgeous writing.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Updated On: 12/29/06 at 11:15 AM
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#13re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:20amGypsy is of course the best, but Mame is pretty wonderful too. When that Banjo starts....
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#14re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:24amI don't know why, but I really like the overture form Miss Saigon...
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#15re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:32am
A Few Favorites:
- Grind
- Dance of the Vampires
- Merrily We Roll Along
- City of Angels (Prologue)
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- The Frogs
- The Witches of Eastwick
- The Light in the Piazza
The list goes on...
#16re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:35amNo one mentioned FOLLIE'S incredible prologue/overture?
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#17re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:47am
I'd have to give a three-way tie to:
Gypsy
Wizard of Oz
Jesus Christ Superstar
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mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#18re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:54amgypsy, king and I, wizard of oz,
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-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
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joeybiltmore1
Leading Actor Joined: 2/22/05
#19re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:01pm
I'll go with
On the Twentieth Century
Mack and Mabel
and
Take Me Along
I've never understood everyone's fascination with the Gypsy overture.
So sue me. 
truk777
Chorus Member Joined: 4/19/06
#20re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:13pmSouth Pacific. The richness of the brass section makes it by far my favorite.
#22re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:36pm
My favorites are:
Funny Girl
High Spirits
Sugar
#23re: Best Overture Ever
Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:20pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Full Monty
Go Yazbek!
Updated On: 12/29/06 at 01:20 PM
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Leading Actor Joined: 12/19/06
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