Best opening notes

[InfiniteGirl]

Best opening notes#0

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:20pm

Which opening notes of a musical best let you know what you're about to see? My daughter likes Hairspray's first few notes because they tell you how much fun the show is going to be. I'm stuck in old world - West Side Story and Fiddler.

[Mattio98]

re: Best opening notes#1

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:22pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[dotmarie]

re: Best opening notes#2

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:23pm

I love Les Mis' opening notes and think that they pretty much reflect the rest of the show!

[bythesword84]

re: Best opening notes#3

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:24pm

Yup, Les Miserables will always be my favorite opening.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

[gavrochegirl]

re: Best opening notes#4

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:25pm

Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera

What the puck?!

[BlueWizard]

re: Best opening notes#5

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:26pm

I thought GYPSY's opening notes were considered musical theatre's most memorable.

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[hannahshule]

re: Best opening notes#6

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:27pm

Gypsy!!!!!!
da-dun-dun-duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.

classic four opening notes.

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~

[krisjoseph]

re: Best opening notes#7

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:27pm

I actually like the opening phrases of "Caroline, or Change".

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." -Oscar Wilde

[My Fair Lady]

re: Best opening notes#8

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:35pm

Les Mis, Millie, POTO and Wicked.

[bdwybelle]

re: Best opening notes#9

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:37pm

Passion and Wonderful Town - both very exciting

[StephanietheStar]

re: Best opening notes#10

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:38pm

WICKED!! i love that beginning! and DRS of course!

and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...

[PJ]

re: Best opening notes#11

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:39pm

Gypsy. Hands down.

[Kevo711]

re: Best opening notes#12

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:40pm

gotta go with exactly what stephanie said!

[HeyMrMusic]

re: Best opening notes#13

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:40pm

Candide
Carousel

They totally set you up for what's to come.
Brilliance.

~Steven

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Best opening notes#14

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:41pm

Wicked's beginning notes are thrilling and with the dragon and monkeys and whatnot, the affect is even more enthralling and exciting.

[StephanietheStar]

re: Best opening notes#15

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:43pm

I love Wicked's beginning..it is very thrilling! and DRS makes you wanna dance!

and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...

[wickedfan]

re: Best opening notes#16

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:44pm

Les Mis, POTO, Gypsy, and Sweeney Todd (after the factory whistle) the fast paced music and the eery arrangements- it lets you know what kind of night you're in for.

"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

[Thesbijean]

re: Best opening notes#17

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:50pm

CITY OF ANGELS

[jim coleman]

re: Best opening notes#18

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:51pm

CHICAGO

BatonMan

[Plum]

re: Best opening notes#19

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:16pm

If you mean best opening notes of the overture- well, Gypsy simply has the best overture, so I'd go with that. If you mean opening notes of the first song, I always liked the beginning of Oklahoma!

[hannahshule]

re: Best opening notes#20

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:18pm

I forgot Carousel! Shame on me...

~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~

[i*heart*fame]

re: Best opening notes#21

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:18pm

gypsy

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[~FloweryFriend~]

re: Best opening notes#22

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:20pm

*prepares to be flogged*
Wicked

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[Thenardier]

re: Best opening notes#23

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:20pm

Les Mis...unfortunately, the OLC opens terribly - like the OFC...the difference, OFC opens without a Prologue.

Mama Korey

The Beauty Is: Kelli O'Hara Online

[FOAnatic]

re: Best opening notes#24

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:22pm

GYPSY, of course.

And CABARET...(drumrollllllllllllllll...CRASH!)

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