#1
Posted: 5/29/07 at 4:19pm
What are your favorite Broadway songs about places? Favorites about places in America and favorites about other places?
Favorite Broadway Songs About Places
#2
Posted: 5/29/07 at 4:46pm
Songs from the Richard Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim show DO I HEAR A WALTZ, about Venice.
"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"
#3
Posted: 5/29/07 at 4:49pm
i always love "Why Do The Wrong People Travel" from SAIL AWAY
#4
Posted: 5/29/07 at 4:55pm
Barcelona - Company
Itis not really about Barcelona but I like the song.
Itis not really about Barcelona but I like the song.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#5
Posted: 5/29/07 at 5:27pm
Disneyland from Smile
Henry Street - Funny Girl
Christopher Street - Wonderful Town
Ballad of El Dorado - Candide (ok, not a real place)
Henry Street - Funny Girl
Christopher Street - Wonderful Town
Ballad of El Dorado - Candide (ok, not a real place)
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
-Keen on Kean
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." - muscle23ftl
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." - muscle23ftl
#7
Posted: 5/29/07 at 5:34pm
Good morning baltimore! duh! its about baltimore. haha. it makes baltimore sound beautiful and fairy-tale like!
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#9
Posted: 5/29/07 at 5:56pm
"Nicer in Nice" from THE BOY FRIEND
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth."
- Barbra Streisand
#10
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:04pm
"Santa Fe" from Rent
Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.
"Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield
#11
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:08pm
I have a lot.
New York, New York. The Frank Sinatra or Liza Minelli version. (Not sure if that counts but it was an obvious contender.)
Disneyland from Smile.
Arkansas from Big River
A good 75% of Bright Lights, Big City.
Buenos Aires from Evita.
Never Neverland from Piece (it's a real place, afterall ^_^)
America from West Side Story.
Brooklyn in the Blood from Brooklyn.
A Summer in Ohio from Last Five Years.
New York, New York. The Frank Sinatra or Liza Minelli version. (Not sure if that counts but it was an obvious contender.)
Disneyland from Smile.
Arkansas from Big River
A good 75% of Bright Lights, Big City.
Buenos Aires from Evita.
Never Neverland from Piece (it's a real place, afterall ^_^)
America from West Side Story.
Brooklyn in the Blood from Brooklyn.
A Summer in Ohio from Last Five Years.
"Love all; Trust a few; Do wrong to none." --William Shakespeare
#12
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:10pm
My Hometown - What Makes Sammy Run
Rome - Her First Roman
Rome - Her First Roman
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#13
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:12pm
Another Hundred People
"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George
#14
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:17pm
Don't Forget 127 th Street - Golden Boy
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#15
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:42pm
"South American Way" - STREETS OF PARIS
"Italy" - ANKLES AWEIGH
"Grant Avenue" - FLOWER DRUM SONG
"Montana" - WHOOP-UP!
"Italy" - ANKLES AWEIGH
"Grant Avenue" - FLOWER DRUM SONG
"Montana" - WHOOP-UP!
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#16
Posted: 5/29/07 at 6:52pm
New York, New York - Liza's version
Merry Old Land of Oz - Wizard of Oz
Never Land - Peter Pan (Screw 'Piece')
Another Hundred People - Company
Disneyland - Smile
Atlantic City - Ragtime
Sunset Blvd. - Sunset Blvd.
Merry Old Land of Oz - Wizard of Oz
Never Land - Peter Pan (Screw 'Piece')
Another Hundred People - Company
Disneyland - Smile
Atlantic City - Ragtime
Sunset Blvd. - Sunset Blvd.
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#17
Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:14pm
Venice - Elegies: A Song Cycle
#18
Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:25pm
"You Don't Know Paree" from Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen." If you've never heard the song, do yourself a favor and find a recording. It's heartbreakingly beautiful.
It's too early for noches.
#19
Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:26pm
"What Is Urinetown?" from... well, Urinetown.
#20
Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:28pm
Paris Makes Me Horny from Victor/Victoria.
Okay, not really. Just needed to get it in there.
Okay, not really. Just needed to get it in there.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#21
Posted: 5/29/07 at 7:33pm
"There Is Life Outside Your Apartment" from Avenue Q!
#22
Posted: 5/29/07 at 8:29pm
42nd Street - 42nd Street
No Place Like London - Sweeney Todd - I guess you'd count "There's a whole in the world" under that
No Place Like London - Sweeney Todd - I guess you'd count "There's a whole in the world" under that
#23
Posted: 5/29/07 at 8:32pm
When You Meet A Man In Chicago - Sugar
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#24
Posted: 5/29/07 at 8:34pm
New York, New York (Liza Minnelli)
Christopher Street
New York, New York (On the Town)
Another Hundred People
America
Christopher Street
New York, New York (On the Town)
Another Hundred People
America
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
#25
Posted: 5/29/07 at 8:37pm
Wilkes Barre, Pa - Tovarich
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