Best Overtures- Page 4

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 3/9/05 at 12:45pm

Gypsy

[WISHIHADATONY]

Posted: 3/9/05 at 1:19pm

Marquise,
you are so right about PROMISES, PROMISES. A great overture! I believe it is the first Broadway overture to use pit singers. :)

[musicallover2008]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 11:32pm

I just saw Miss Saigon for the first time this weekend. The overture to that is absolutely amazing.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:08am

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG HAS THE BEST OVERTURE EVERRRRRR!

[jollipops]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:27am

I have to say the 'Carousel' overture is beautiful, when it's done properly...

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:54am

candide. especially the ending, where it goes pianissimo, then the last chord bursts out fortissimo. I love it.

And phantom, even if it does sound pretty 80s.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:45am

Put me in for GYPSY! WOW! They don't get any better than that folks. At Bernadette & Co.'s final performance the Overature got a standing ovation, instantly - simply breathtaking!

[Ruth Sherwood]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:46am

Mack and Mabel
Gypsy
Wonderful Town
Thoroughly Modern Millie

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:50am

sweet charity's is great, with the big spender vamp at the beginning

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:04am

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC!!!!!!

[Katecab99]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:31am

gypsy
millie
POTO (totally freaked me out the first time i saw it)
wicked (just those opening seconds...i love them)

[mntwister]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:35am

My favorites are:

1. MACK AND MABEL (Nicer orchestrations on 1995 London Cast cd)
2. LITTLE ME (Original BW cast-Sid Caesar-AWESOME overture)
3. MAME
4. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (movie overture)
5. FLOWER DRUM SONG (original Broadway cast, not revival)

Others I really enjoy are ROTHCHILDS, THE GRAND TOUR, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, DEAR WORLD, GYPSY,JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT and especially, though not Broadway, Jerry Herman's MRS. SANTA CLAUSE, an awesome 6 minute overture beautifully done that's on the cd, but not in the tv version.

[DefyGravity23]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:22pm

It's sad that overtures are getting less popular because I love them. Maybe it's because so many people talk through them. Anyway, I like Phantom, Wicked (not really technically an overture), West Side Story, and Chicago.

I've never heard Gypsy's so I'm obviously missing out quite a bit. I've gotta go find that.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:12pm

Gypsy
Tommy
Les Miserables
Oliver! (It's so cool!)
POTO
Wicked (I also enjoy those seconds-it's like West Side Story!)

Updated On: 4/28/05 at 08:12 PM

[LightMyCandle125]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:24pm

i feel like this is going in circles...

[Roxie]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:33pm

Mamma Mia, just cause of the enormous scare it gives you. It's not really the best, my vote would go to POTO but MM is fun

[Lome2]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:38pm

- The Beautiful Game
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Chicago

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:44am

Must. Not. Write. Gypsy.

k - here's my eclectic bunch...

On the Twentieth Century
Camelot
The Fantasticks
Mame
Once Upon A Mattress
Ragtime
Titanic
Gyp - no, I promised.

[Albin]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:54am

The houselights dim...the footlights glow...your heart beats madly with excitement as the tymps roll. It doesn't get much better than that!

[KMEP05]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:59am

Candide
Promises, Promises

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:01pm

Sweet Charity....it's really amazing. I'm glad they are now using the original overture at the Al Hirschfeld.

Piazza's was beautiful also...

[paradox_error]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:35pm

Thankyou to the two people who said A Little Night Music.

[Gooch]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:03pm

Promises, Promises

[WISHIHADATONY]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:05pm

GYPSY
NO, NO, NANNETTE

[devonian.t]

Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:22pm

Candide by a thousand million miles.

Then Gypsy.

The a thousand million light years to the rest.

I've never been fond of Merrily, actually- I find the transition into "Good Thing Going" clumsy. Sorry.