Best Overture Ever

[Nathan_Lane_Rules!]

Best Overture Ever#1

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:00am

My personal favorite is Candide.

What do you guys think?

[ljay889]

re: Best Overture Ever#2

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:02am

Search, Search, Search.

This topic comes up atleast once a month.

[allofmylife]

re: Best Overture Ever#2

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:13am

And it almost always ends up being "Gypsy"

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[jewishboy]

re: Best Overture Ever#3

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.

[jewishboy]

re: Best Overture Ever#4

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:57am

Double Post. Sry Updated On: 12/29/06 at 12:57 AM

[Fenchurch]

re: Best Overture Ever#5

Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:39am

Yeah,
Candide hands down.

In fact Gypsy is my worst, typical overture.

"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." -Keen on Kean
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[actor]

re: Best Overture Ever#6

Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:43am

Mamma Mia

[once a month]

re: Best Overture Ever#7

Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:47am

Agreed. My personal favorite is Candide, as well as Follies, GYPSY and Woman of the Year.

[Rathnait62]

re: Best Overture Ever#8

Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:48am

Why am I not surprised, Fenchurch?

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[jv92]

re: Best Overture Ever#9

Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:54am

Gypsy with Merrily We Roll Along coming in second.

[jv92]

re: Best Overture Ever#10

Posted: 12/29/06 at 10:54am

Gypsy with Merrily We Roll Along coming in second.

[MimiJudith]

re: Best Overture Ever#11

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:08am

I loved the overtures for "On the Twentieth Century" and "My One and Only."

[Smaxie]

re: Best Overture Ever#12

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

[Unknown User]

re: Best Overture Ever#13

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:20am

Gypsy is of course the best, but Mame is pretty wonderful too. When that Banjo starts....

[ashbash1990]

re: Best Overture Ever#14

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:24am

I don't know why, but I really like the overture form Miss Saigon...

What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!

[elvisitis1302]

re: Best Overture Ever#15

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...

[ljay889]

re: Best Overture Ever#16

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:35am

No one mentioned FOLLIE'S incredible prologue/overture?

[husk_charmer]

re: Best Overture Ever#17

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]

re: Best Overture Ever#18

Posted: 12/29/06 at 11:54am

gypsy, king and I, wizard of oz,

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[joeybiltmore1]

re: Best Overture Ever#19

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]

re: Best Overture Ever#20

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:13pm

South Pacific. The richness of the brass section makes it by far my favorite.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Best Overture Ever#21

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:30pm

Candide

[FrontRowCenter2]

re: Best Overture Ever#22

Posted: 12/29/06 at 12:36pm

My favorites are:

Funny Girl
High Spirits
Sugar

[bigbigbill]

re: Best Overture Ever#23

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:20pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Full Monty

Go Yazbek!
Updated On: 12/29/06 at 01:20 PM

[teka21]

re: Best Overture Ever#24

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:21pm

Guys and Dolls