Best Overtures- Page 3

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 11:58am

I didn't even think about Peter Pan! It has a kickin overture. West Side Story has a great overture/prologue! Also as far as prologues go...I love
Tradition-Fiddler
No One Mourns the Wicked
Into the Woods

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 4:37pm

Definetly Candide...but then again, it has an almost perfect score to begin with.

[Marquise]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 4:41pm

Aside from the ones mentioned already which are all great by the way, the overture from "PROMISES, PROMISES" is a really great one also.

[musicman117]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 7:51pm

I also really like the Seussical Overture... especially how the tuning note is a part of it.

[TrulyWicked]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 7:54pm

GYPSY... oh and The Wizard of Oz has a really good overature too.

[Brandon]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:31pm

MAMMA MIA!
WICKED
ARE THE BEST AND I'VE SEEN LIKE EVERY SHOW

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 9:33pm

Les Mis and POTO

La Cage

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 10:35pm

Gypsy, Candide, and West Side Story.

In terms of openings that aren't really overtures,
Wicked, Into the Woods, and Fiddler on the Roof.

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 10:45pm

I Know this one hasnt been mentioned yet, but definitely Gypsy!

Others: Bounce, Producers

[vbplayer]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 10:49pm

"Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall"

Wow! I totally agree with you! I have thought that for years! Just never saw it posted before. Thanks for making my night.


And yes "Gypsy" is one of the best followed by "West Side Story"

Updated On: 3/5/05 at 10:49 PM

[musicalfandukie]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 12:13am

West side story
follies
candide
phantom of the opera
chicago

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 1:15am

Updated On: 2/7/06 at 01:15 AM

[paradox_error]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 8:07am

HELLO?!?!?!?!?!

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC has the best overture outside of a Jule Styne Musical...

WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN MENTIONED?!?!?!?!?!


Otherwise...the rest have been mentioned...

[trpguyy]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 5:38pm

To beat a dead horse...Gypsy. I got to play trumpet for this show back in December and MAN is that trumpet solo so much fun! The whole show is fun to play.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 5:59pm

Without a doubt, GYPSY is the best.

But ON THE TOWN is a close second.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 9:30pm

Hmmm...my favorites are
CATS
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
ME AND MY GIRL

[Sant]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 5:21am

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

CATS

CHICAGO

WICKED

SUNSET BOULEVARD

[leefowler]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:18pm

It's interesting that the overture to "The Producers" made so many lists, since it really only exists on the cast album.The show version is much shorter. Overtures are out of fashion these days, I'm afraid.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:28pm

I wish overtures were more fashionable.
It makes me mad to think of the overture-less shows that would have a great overture....shows like HAIRSPRAY, WICKED, MOVIN' OUT, AIDA, HAIR, GODSPELL, CABARET......

[NYC_or_Bust]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 8:46pm

Well I hate to be a follower, haha

GYPSY is definitly the best, hands down.

Thoroughly Modern Millie is nice and peppy-love that one

Peter Pan's overture should be the Webster definition of MAGICAL

CHICAGO is very jazzy, i like that one

42nd Street is excellent

Judy Garland's Car. Hall overture is so good it's chilling

and I love the overture to The Wizard of Oz it is the #2 definition of Magical in that Webster Dictionary haha

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 9:16pm

When I was a child, my parents took me to see "Gypsy" at The Imperial with Ethel Merman. The overture was not only electric, it was the best I have ever heard. To this day.

I remember that the trumpet players were visable during the overture -- I guess they were on a riser -- and when they hit those first cords, it shut the audience up totally, which, back then was quite a feat. (People often talked through the overture).

Not Gypsy.

It is the perfect overture, with something from each of the food groups -- comedy, tragedy, dance, pathos... My father said he'd gotten his 6.50 worth and could have left right then.

Then Merman sang "Some People" and we realized the entire show would be a bonus after that overture.

Fabulous.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 9:33pm

Camelot

[Princeton78]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 9:40pm

Ooh...I forgot about Camelot...nice one.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 3/8/05 at 10:21pm

The Overture to Gypsy was written before many of the songs in the show were even completed. The Overture was to be another musical number, not just something thrown together after the show was written, and boy is it amazing.

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 3/9/05 at 10:45am

I just got the revival cast of Damn Yankees and the overture is pretty damn awesome!