#51
Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:53pm
I am going to have to jump on the Maria Ouspenskaya wagon and go with Gypsy also.
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#52
Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:57pm
I always like the mystical start to Cats...of course except for Memory it was all downhill from there.
BLAH BLAH BLAH
#54
Posted: 6/3/05 at 7:44pm
Sondheim has actually said that he doesn't like the opening of Sweeney Todd- the organ bit. He thinks it sounds too much like a harmony exercise and that he didn't know enough about writing for organ at the time. I'm not sure, but the whole opening sequence is very effective.
I love the beginning of West Side Story because it sets up the music for the rest of the show perfectly (you can hear that motive and transformations of it through the whole show) and it has so much barely contained energy and tension that just bursts out.
I love the beginning of West Side Story because it sets up the music for the rest of the show perfectly (you can hear that motive and transformations of it through the whole show) and it has so much barely contained energy and tension that just bursts out.
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#56
Posted: 6/3/05 at 8:56pm
Well, Gypsy is by far one of the best ones...Aida's opening gives me chills too.
#58
Posted: 6/3/05 at 9:23pm
Les Mis, Phantom, Chicago, Cabaret and Miss Saigon
#59
Posted: 6/3/05 at 11:50pm
Gypsy, Les Miserables and Lippa's WILD PARTY!!!!!!
#60
Posted: 6/3/05 at 11:53pm
Gypsy, Wicked (I love dissonance), and...mmm...probably Phantom.
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#61
Posted: 6/3/05 at 11:55pm
Gypsy!!!!!!
da-dun-dun-duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.
Haha...when someone mentioned Gypsy's first notes as being the most memorable, I couldn't think of how it went...but this actually helped!
da-dun-dun-duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.
Haha...when someone mentioned Gypsy's first notes as being the most memorable, I couldn't think of how it went...but this actually helped!
#62
Posted: 6/4/05 at 12:06am
GYPSY(which has the BEST overture EVER written!)
WICKED!
Phantom
A CHORUS LINE
And RENT!...JK!
"dum dum dum dum dum... December 24th 9 PM Est. standerd time..."
WICKED!
Phantom
A CHORUS LINE
And RENT!...JK!
"dum dum dum dum dum... December 24th 9 PM Est. standerd time..."
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#66
Posted: 6/4/05 at 12:39am
Gypsy
Chicago
Ragtime
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Chicago
Ragtime
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#67
Posted: 6/4/05 at 1:43am
I'm a sucker for a cowbell, so I'm going to have to go with Dreamgirls.
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#68
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:05am
WOW...I have suprised. While Wicked was my original choice...Love the intro - I had to really think.
LION KING. I am sorry but Rafiki's opening can either make or break that entire production. She sets the tone of the performance. It gives me chills everytime
The curtain raised with fog....and she just belts it. Oh...amazing. Then the sun... Seriously - Lion King has the most captivating opening I have ever seen.
LION KING. I am sorry but Rafiki's opening can either make or break that entire production. She sets the tone of the performance. It gives me chills everytime
The curtain raised with fog....and she just belts it. Oh...amazing. Then the sun... Seriously - Lion King has the most captivating opening I have ever seen.
#69
Posted: 6/4/05 at 2:52am
Ragtime (ya-da-da-da-da-dum, ya-da-da-da-da-dum)
Wicked (crash, da, dun-dun-dun-dun-da-dun)
Phantom (even the movie had a great opening) (dan, dan-dun-da-dun-dun)
Gypsy - OF COURSE (da-da-dun-da)
Fiddler (yum-da-dun-da-da-da)
Les Miz (DA-DA, DAN-DA-DA)
Lion King (Nan ts'nagonya ma bakithi baba sithi hm ingonya ma)
Here's a new one - Assassins (dun-da-da, dun-da-da "Hail to the Cheif")
Wicked (crash, da, dun-dun-dun-dun-da-dun)
Phantom (even the movie had a great opening) (dan, dan-dun-da-dun-dun)
Gypsy - OF COURSE (da-da-dun-da)
Fiddler (yum-da-dun-da-da-da)
Les Miz (DA-DA, DAN-DA-DA)
Lion King (Nan ts'nagonya ma bakithi baba sithi hm ingonya ma)
Here's a new one - Assassins (dun-da-da, dun-da-da "Hail to the Cheif")
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#70
Posted: 6/4/05 at 11:22am
ragtime
dirty rotten scoundrels
phantom of the opera
dracula
dirty rotten scoundrels
phantom of the opera
dracula
#71
Posted: 6/4/05 at 12:44pm
WICKED definetley... and Phantom.
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#72
Posted: 6/4/05 at 3:06pm
Gypsy and Candide, of course.
Then the funky blast opening La Chiusa's WILD PARTY. Raucous and startling.
Then the funky blast opening La Chiusa's WILD PARTY. Raucous and startling.
#73
Posted: 6/4/05 at 3:15pm
Wow, not a single mention of my favorite of the last few years.
PARADE
- intimate, character-driven, crescendoing to full choral = perfection!
PARADE
- intimate, character-driven, crescendoing to full choral = perfection!
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#74
Posted: 6/4/05 at 4:13pm
CATS and POTO are the only two overtures that give me chills.
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#75
Posted: 6/4/05 at 4:50pm
definitely Gypsy, Parade, Phantom, and Lion king
but best sum up what your about to see is DRS. It has the bumbling silly con artist feel of the entire show. Great opening.
but best sum up what your about to see is DRS. It has the bumbling silly con artist feel of the entire show. Great opening.
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