Favorite Broadway Musical song?

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Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 2:00am

Not sure if this has already been done, but I'd like to hear your opinions...
So far, my favorite has been "The Music of the Night" from Phantom...
...but soon, now that it is going to Broadway, it's going to be "Reflection", from "A Tale of Two Cities".

#2

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 10:23am

I really like "My Strongest Suit" from AIDA. I never get tired of "Tango: Maureen" from RENT. And I love "No One Mourns the Wicked" from Wicked.

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#3

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 10:30am

"Monica" from I LOVE MY WIFE

#4

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 10:32am

"It Won't Be Long Now" from In The Heights

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#5

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 11:00am

Just one? Lordy...

I'll give ya three:

1 - "I'm Still Here," from Follies
2 - "Stars and the Moon" from Songs for a New World
3 - "Everything's Alright" from Jesus Christ Superstar

There are a couple dozen more, I'm sure, but I'm trying to stay somewhat close to the spirit of the thread

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#6

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 12:40pm

I got a lot.

1. "I Will Never Leave You" - Side Show
2. "A Little Priest" - Sweeney Todd
3. "Around the World" - Grey Gardens
4. "Prologue: Ragtime" - Ragtime
5. "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" - Gypsy
6. "Together, Wherever We Go" - Gypsy
7. "Defying Gravity" - Wicked
8. "My Junk" - Spring Awakening
9. "The Five Fifteen" - Grey Gardens
10. "We Share Everything" - Side Show

My top ten.

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#7

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 1:36pm

How can you have just one???

Not While I'm Around- Sweeney Todd
Stay With Me- Into the Woods
I Dreamed a Dream- Les Mis
A Change in Me- Beauty and the Beast
Johanna- Sweeney Todd
Move On- SITPWG
Nobody's Side- Chess


and many many more!

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#8

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 2:32pm

my (possibly) unconventional choices.

1. "Forget About the Boy": Thorougly Modern Millie
2. "What Do I Need With Love": Thoroughly Modern Millie
3. "Transylvania Mania": Young Frankenstein
4. "Run Freedom Run": Urinetown
5. "Gimme Gimme": Thoroughly Modern Millie
6. "Prologue: Ragtime": Ragtime
7. "Music of the Night": Phantom of the Opera
8. "Brotherhood Of Man": How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
9. "As We Stumble Along": The Drowsy Chaperone
10. "Show People": Curtains

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#9

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 4:04pm

I'm just picking my favorites because I love them all and can't get any where near just one.

Forget about the boy - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Delovely - Anything Goes
Those were the good old days - Damn Yankees
Slap that Bass - Crazy For You
Chip on my shoulder - Legally Blonde
Totally f*cked - Spring Awakening
what you own - rent
I want the good times back - the little mermaid
benny's dispatch - in the heights
cell block tango - chicago
dancing through life - wicked

#10

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 5:28pm

The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
Being Alive (Company)
Willkommen (Cabaret)
Not While I'm Around (Sweeney Todd)
What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line)
Easy to Love (Anything Goes)
Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
All That Jazz (Chicago)
Betrayed (The Producers)
Show People (Curtains)
Losing My Mind (Follies)

Updated On: 4/13/08 at 05:28 PM

#11

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 5:47pm

Bring Him Home Les Mis

#12

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 5:57pm

What More Can I Say - Falsettos

#13

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 7:29pm

Right now it's Touch Me from Spring Awakening. It changes frequently though.

#14

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 7:54pm

Wow. There are sooo many...

"Seasons of Love"- Rent
"Show Off"- Drowsy Chaperone
"All That Jazz"- Chicago
"Keep it Gay"- Producers
"Another Hundred People"- Company
"Being Alive"- Company
"You Can't Stop the Beat"- Hairspray
"The Phantom of the Opera"- POTO
"Ballad of Sweeney Todd"- Sweeney Todd
"I'm Still Hurting"- The Last Five Years


and a LOT more :)

#15

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 10:19pm

At this very second it is "Mr. Cellophane" as of an hour ago.

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re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 10:28pm

On My Own(Les Mis)
Epiphany(Sweeney Todd)
Goodbye Love(Rent)
Being Alive(Company)
Beggin'(Jersey Boys)
Music Of The Night(POTO)
Gimme Gimme(Millie)
If I Can't Love Her(BATB)

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Updated On: 4/12/08 at 10:28 PM

#17

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 10:29pm

oh. thats cheating. Jersey boys doesn't count.

or i'd have the entire sound track up on here.

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#18

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 11:10pm

Hello. I have two favorite songs:

(1) "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from "Sunset Boulevard"
( I sang that song once at the Mint in San Francisco, a
karaoke bar on Market St.)
(2) "Love Don't Need A Reason" from "The Boy From Oz".
(When I listen to that song, it makes me cry sometimes.)

from RC in Austin, Texas

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#19

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 11:24pm

Ahh! I forgot my absolute favorite:

"Losing My Mind"- Follies :)
gorgeous song!

#20

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/13/08 at 12:02am

Too hard to pick just one. Somewhat in order..!?

A New Life (Jekyll & Hyde)
Evermore Without You (Woman in White)
As If We Never Said Goodbye (Sunset Boulevard)
I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables)
Trying Not to Notice (Woman in White)
Someone Like You (Jekyll & Hyde)
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Phantom of the Opera)
A Change in Me (Beauty and the Beast)
High Flying, Adored (EVITA)
If I Can't Love Her (Beauty and the Beast)

And I love "No One Knows Who I Am" (Jekyll & Hyde), but it's too short on Broadway!

#21

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/13/08 at 6:28pm

Gimme Gimme - Millie
NOt for the life of me - Millie
If you were Gay - Ave Q
My girlfriend who lives in Canada - Ave Q
For Good - Wicked
The Brain - Young Frankenstein

#22

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/13/08 at 6:55pm

Really difficult question. Top 10:

1. One Day More - Les Mis
2. What You Own - Rent
3. Touch Me - Spring Awakening
4. Fine Fine Line - Avenue Q
5. The I Love You Song - Spelling Bee
6. Statues and Stories - Light in the Piazza
7. Dancing Through Life - Wicked
8. What I Did For Love - Chorus Line
9. Finale B - Rent
10. The New World - Songs for a New World

Many more. It's too hard.

#23

re: Favorite Broadway Musical song?

Posted: 4/13/08 at 7:59pm

Oh dear...

I Will Never Leave You - Side Show
The Music and the Mirror - A Chorus Line
Rainbow High - Evita
Moments in the Woods - Into the Woods
The Light in the Piazza- Piazza
The Beauty Is - Piazza
In His Eyes - Jekyll and Hyde
Move On - Sunday in the Park with George
I'd Give My Life For You - Miss Saigon
I'm the Bravest Individual - Sweet Charity

I wonder what a psychologist with a knowledge of Broadway would say that list says about me. Hmm.

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