Do you know these 10 showtunes? (Application deadline is today!)
Do you know these 10 showtunes? (Application deadline is today!)
#1Do you know these 10 showtunes? (Application deadline is today!)
Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:24pm
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 4/27/09 at 05:24 PM
--Aristotle
#2re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:47pmI love Candle on the Water! I have all of those recordings, but I can't say I know all the songs off the top of my head or anything. I do think it's a little odd they tossed in a couple of songs from films rather than stage musicals.
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#2re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 5:50pmApparently, I'm an anti-fan. I don't know a single one of those songs. And...Buffy? Kids, it ain't a showtune if it's not from a show.
#3re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 6:05pmOnly one I know is the Zanna, Don't one.
AndAllThatJazz22
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#4re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 7:21pmI don't know any of the songs. Except "Candle on the Water"
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#5re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 8:13pm"Don't You Wish We Could Be In Love" is SUCH a good song!
#6re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 8:39pm
I love candle on the water...I was so excited about 5 months ago when iTunes finally got a digitally remastered version of that song.
Helen Reddy is amazing!
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#7re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 10:45pm"Big and Loud" <--- LOVE that song.
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#8re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 10:48pmI'm a bit to embarrassed to say that I know "Big and Loud".
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#9re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 11:19pmThat was the stupidest list of show tunes to know that I have ever seen.
#10re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/15/09 at 11:24pm
Top showtunes????? Yeah, right!
(Why not make it an even dozen, and add GOOSE NEVER BE A PEACOCK and NO GARLIC TONIGHT - songs that live forever!)
2016 These Paper Bullets (1/02) Our Mother's Brief Affair (1/06), Dragon Boat Racing (1/08), Howard - reading (1/28), Shear Madness (2/10), Fun Home (2/17), Women Without Men (2/18), Trip Of Love (2/21), The First Gentleman -reading (2/22), Southern Comfort (2/23), The Robber Bridegroom (2/24), She Loves Me (3/11), Shuffle Along (4/12), Shear Madness (4/14), Dear Evan Hansen (4/16), American Psycho (4/23), Tuck Everlasting (5/10), Indian Summer (5/15), Peer Gynt (5/18), Broadway's Rising Stars (7/11), Trip of Love (7/27), CATS (7/31), The Layover (8/17), An Act Of God (8/31), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (8/24), Heisenberg (10/12), Fiddler On The Roof (11/02), Othello (11/23), Dear Evan Hansen (11/26), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (12/21) 2017 In Transit (2/01), Groundhog Day (4/04), Ring Twice For Miranda (4/07), Church And State (4/10), The Lucky One (4/19), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (5/16), Building The Wall (5/19), Indecent (6/01), Six Degrees of Separation (6/09), Marvin's Room (6/28), A Doll's House Pt 2 (7/25) Curvy Widow (8/01)
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#11re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 2:08am"Im under your spell"! I'm not gonna lie I love The Buffy musical episode and have it on my Ipod haha.
#12re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 6:16pm
1) Those ten showtunes are not supposed to be considered in the "top." They are testers. If you know those songs, then it means you probably have a large enough musical repertoire to be a candidate. This is why songs from well-known composers & shows are not listed.
2) And the article states that they are including songs from film and television, not just stage.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#13re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 6:32pmYikes, I only know "Big and Loud" and "Candle on the Water." Apparently, not only am I fan of terrible musicals, but I'm also a terrible musical fan.
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#14re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 6:37pm
"Big and Loud"!! I haven't seen CATS DON'T DANCE in years.
I knew five of them.
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#15re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 8:54pm"We Are Descended" is one of my favorite opening numbers.
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#16re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 10:13pmYeah... I'm not sure I agree with this criteria list.
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#17re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/16/09 at 11:25pmI LOVE Cats Don't Dance! I tried to buy it for myself last year, but ended up having to give it to my sister for Christmas. Long, confusing story.
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
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Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
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#19re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 10:11amha! Prickle Pear Bloom...what a fantastically funny song!
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#20re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 4:48pmI agree LuPonatic! It's one of my favorites from that album!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#21re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 6:46pm
Big and loud is one of my favorites.
Big and Loud!
Updated On: 4/17/09 at 06:46 PM
#22re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 9:12pmFour of them aren't even showtunes. When the creators of this time-waster get serious, they should put out a list of actual songs from shows.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#23re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/17/09 at 9:31pmOk, I know Big and Loud and I know We Are Descended because I love love LOVE the score of Dessa Rose but I don't remember Candle in the Water from Pete's Dragon.
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#24re: Do you know these 10 showtunes?
Posted: 4/23/09 at 10:50pmThe application deadline is Monday.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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