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Fav. Composer
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#25re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:01pm
PU**Y!!!
I might lean towards Loesser. But I adore Gershwin as well as Rodgers. Oh...and Sondheim.
I'm just an indecisive kind of girl.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#26re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:01pm
#1 - schwartz
way too many after that
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#27re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:41pmSince they haven't been mentioned, I will add the great Irving Berlin (Annie Get Your Gun) and Cole Porter (Anything Goes, Can-Can).
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#28re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:49pmPorter has been mentioned by Yours Truly along with one or two others. How could I forget the Gershwins? Porgy and Bess is a masterpiece.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
hortonhearsasam
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/04
#31re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:02amBut of Course you are. YAY Marc Shaiman.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
bbroadwaybb
Stand-by Joined: 10/12/04
#32re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:05amRobert Lopez & Jeff Marx
She's tall enough to be your mother
bbroadwaybb
Stand-by Joined: 10/12/04
#33re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:11am
and Marc Shaiman too, I think he is SO cute. I wish he was single 
She's tall enough to be your mother
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#34re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 2:46am
No one mentioned Steinman
I feel so alone
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
#35re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:00ami think William Finn should be mentioned, I love his work!!!!!!!!!!
#36re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:25amSchwartz, Brown, LaChuisa, Tesori, Gershwin, Arlen, Kern, Intrabartolo, Bobby Lopez, Chris Miller, Trask, Lippa, MacDermot, and Bill Finn. Those are the theater composers who can't fail in my taste.
#37re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 8:05am
in order:
jason robert brown, sondhiem, william finn, andrew lippa
"Contentment it seems merely happens, It appears Accompanied by no bravos and no tears"
"The world is good you said Enjoy it's highs you said The summer flies you said So make a parade Of every moment Now throw away your hate And focus on what's great instead" ~William Finn
PleaseChangeMe
Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/04
#38re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:17am
Tesori.
Sondheim.
Larson.
Strouse (my guilty pleasure).
Schwartz.
Flaharty. (Sp?
PleaseChangeMe
Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/04
#39re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:17am
Tesori.
Sondheim.
Larson.
Strouse (my guilty pleasure).
Schwartz.
Flaharty. (Sp?)
#40re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:28amStephen Sondheim and Harold Arlen
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#41re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:45am
over the past few years my #1 favorite has become William Finn, with Lippa quickly replacing JRB in the 2nd spot. however...
it's possible these will change at some point. the composer who I'll always consider to have written the most perfect all-around contemporary musical score is a guy no one seems to remember on threads like this. he's a fellow by the name of CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG!! ring a bell? anyone? little show called LES MIS?! and that other one about vietnam. as hip as we all sound referencing obscure composers, ya gotta admit, Schonberg's written a few good tunes in his time!
just imagine for 1 moment if a score like Miss Saigon's or Les Mis' were to come out now. the TONY committee wouldn't even bother nominating anything else for Best Score or Musical!
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#42re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:04amLarson, JRB, Tesori, Sondheim...I know there's more but it's far too early to think!
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#43re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:13am
Red Hot,
Harold Arlen hmmm? Did A "Sleepin' Bee" ever sting you? :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#44re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:16am
I'm sorry that I'm a little impatient,
But could someone please explain to this OLDSTER who Jason Robert Brown is?
Thanks! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#45re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:56am
A Sleepin Bee is one of my favorite pieces of Arlen's...he has a way with bluesey music that just gets under your skin and stays with you. Didn't he also write Ill Wind?
Blow ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good (no good)
Go ill wind, go away
Skies are oh so gray
around my neighborhood, and that's no good
You're only misleadin' the sunshine I'm needin'
Ain't that a shame
It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
from out of nowhere, when love's to blame
So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good (no good)
You're only misleadin' the sunshine I'm needin'
Ain't that a shame
It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
from out of nowhere, when love's to blame
So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good (no good)
Blow, ill wind, blow.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#46re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:57am
Gershwin
Porter
Kander and Ebb
Bernstein
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Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#47re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:33pm
Kander & Ebb
Lloyd Webber
Ahrens & Flaherty
Menken
R. Rodgers
#48re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 2:27pmJason Robert Brown
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
BroadwayKate
Featured Actor Joined: 11/19/03
#49re: Fav. Composer
Posted: 10/13/04 at 2:34pm
Jason Robert Brown....no question
kate
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