Favorite Overtures
Favorite Overtures
#1Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 9:51am
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels----my favorite overture!!!!!
Drowsy Chaperone
Gypsy
Addams Fam
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
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Updated On: 8/25/10 at 09:51 AM
#2Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 9:59am
South Pacific, above all, especially in the revival! I love the moment when the strings echo the horns in the "Some Enchanted Evening" segment.
Light in the Piazza- truly gorgeous
does the Carousel Waltz count?
Oklahoma
The King and I
Finian's Rainbow
Funny Girl
#2Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 10:00am
South Pacific
The Light in the Piazza
Gypsy
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#4Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 10:15am
I think Gypsy is peerless, but also:
The Light in the Piazza
Funny Girl
Darling of the Day
#5Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 10:24am
Gypsy and Candide are the obvious choice.
A personal favorite is On the 20th Century.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#8Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 10:33am
Jesus Christ Superstar
Carousel
West Side Story
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#10Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 10:37am
GYPSY - dosen't get better than that!
Updated On: 8/25/10 at 10:37 AM
#11Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 10:38am
Hallelujah Baby!
Gypsy (of course)
Nine
....but the world goes 'round
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#13Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 11:56am
Napoleon
Gypsy
The Addams Family
The Phantom of the Opera
edit: A Tale of Two Cities
Updated On: 8/25/10 at 11:56 AM
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#14Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 12:06pm
South Pacific
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Phantom of the Opera
I am a bagel on a plateful of onion rolls. If you know what I'm talking about, good. If you don't, you're on your own!
#15Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 12:10pmAs has been said already, Gypsy, South Pacific, Candide and Finian's Rainbow. I'd also add Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music, Fanny and Annie OBC.
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-Kad
#16Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 12:10pmAgree, I think as a "melodic overture" "Gypsy" is without peer. Many are great, but in my opinion none are quite as thrilling. I love "South Pacific" and "The King and I" as well.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#17Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 12:15pmWest Side Story, Gypsy, Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity, Chicago and the opening to Les Misérables.
#18Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 12:35pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jesus Christ Superstar
Seussical
Spamalot
Damn Yankees
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#19Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 12:43pm
PROMISES, PROMISES
FUNNY GIRL
ANNIE
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
CHICAGO
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
BRING BACK BIRDIE
#20Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/25/10 at 1:40pm
Two other great overtures are:
1) SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
2) ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
#21Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/26/10 at 10:33am
The Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Chicago
The Little Mermaid
Les Miserables
Mary Poppins
South Pacific
Young Frankenstein
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#22Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/26/10 at 2:23pm
BTW - the long (6 minute)overture heard on the cast recording if LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is not actually in the show as currently performed. What's left is basically the first minute, then it cuts to Clara's "Ahhh...".
My favorites:
CANDIDE
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (the ORIGINAL)
HOW TO SUCCEED... (the ORIGINAL)
DAMN YANKEES (Revival recording)
MAN OF LaMANCHA (the complete version as heard on the London recording with Keith Mitchell. For some dumb reason, the OBCR shortens the opening trumpet fanfare.)
Updated On: 8/26/10 at 02:23 PM
#24Favorite Overtures
Posted: 8/26/10 at 3:31pm
Gypsy. 100% the best ever.
Nine is fantastic also.
"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl
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