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#26

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/1/08 at 8:09pm

Seasons of Love-Rent
Thank Goodness-Wicked

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#27

The ultimate of kitsch...

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - DOTV

Totally love the song, and while I prefer the German incarnation, I'll never forget the wave of applause that this number got when the intro started in NY.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

#28

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/2/08 at 5:06pm

On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada/Don't Cry for Me Argentina -- EVITA

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

Updated On: 8/2/08 at 05:06 PM

#29

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/2/08 at 7:44pm

"The Revolutionary Costume" from Grey Gardens
"God, That's Good!" from Sweeney Todd

There are a few others, but those two come to mind right away.

#30

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/3/08 at 4:29pm

Masquerade from "Phantom of the Opera"

I just love the gasp that is STILL causes in the audience when the staircase becomes visible...especially in Vegas where it is even BIGGER.

#31

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/3/08 at 8:46pm

"Masquerade" From Phantom
"It's Hot up here" from Sunday

"right up here is where i store the juice."

#32

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/3/08 at 9:48pm

"Revolutionary Costume for Today"

#33

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/3/08 at 11:24pm

"Revolutionary Costume" for sure.

Can I say that my least favorite would have to be "That Was a Real Nice Clambake" from CAROUSEL? I mean, you leave with that glorious "Soliloquy"....and come back to "That was a real nice clambake/We're mighty glad we came." Really?

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

#34

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:08am

theatrekid - my director when I did Carousel, hated the clambake number, so we cut it haha.

I'd have to say my favorites are

"Back at Work/Forget About the Boy" -Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Sunny Side to Every Situation" (2001 Revival) - 42nd Street. I LOVED the lights coming on showing the actors in their dressing rooms behind the scrim. That thing was f*cking huge!

I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2

#35

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:23am

I never get tired of 'God, that's good' from Sweeney Todd - it's got nearly enough action and melodic invention to fill a lesser show all by itself...

#36

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/6/08 at 1:21am

theaterkid, That's my problem with Hammerstein. I can't pick a favorite set of lyrics of his because for every "Soliloquy" or "What's the Use of Wond'rin?" theres a Clambake song, which I don't even think is all that terrible, just too jolly for Carousel. If there were more subtext in the jolly opening (like "Together Wherever We Go" in Gypsy) I'd be happier. I do love Ockie though, don't get me wrong. He's the reason why we're here discussing the musical theatre. Or at least one of the reasons why.

#37

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/6/08 at 11:51am

Favorites for me are:

A Rumblin and a Rollin - Parade
Wedding Bells - BARE
The Guilty Ones - Spring Awakening
Coalhouse's Soliloquy/Coalhouse Demands - Ragtime

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

#38

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/6/08 at 11:57am

Don't Cry for Me Argentina- Evita

Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done. -John Patrick Shanley

#39

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/6/08 at 12:02pm

Forget About The Boy - TMM
The Man Is Dead/He Did It - Curtains
He's Loose- Young Frankenstein, I really enjoyed that.
Too Darn Hot - KMK

#40

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/6/08 at 1:48pm

A Step too Far- Aida
Everything Taboo- Taboo
Masquerade- The Phantom of the Opera
Under Attack- Mamma Mia!

#41

re: Favorite Act 2 Opener

Posted: 8/6/08 at 1:52pm

I always thought One Night in Bangkok when originally opening Act TWO for CHESS was always really good.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

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