Favorite Overtures

[GovernorSlaton]

Favorite Overtures#0

Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:47am

There was a thread about this a long while ago, but that was October. What is your favorite overture? Updated On: 7/24/04 at 01:47 AM

[Glebb]

re: Favorite Overtures#1

Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:49am

Candide, Camelot, NINE..........

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[StickToPriest]

re: Favorite Overtures#2

Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:52am

Gypsy has THE ultimate overture

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

[StickToPriest]

re: Favorite Overtures#3

Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:52am

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

Updated On: 7/24/04 at 01:52 AM

[BWayBoy88]

re: Favorite Overtures#4

Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:53am

I usually skip over the overtures. I cant listen to a song where there is no singing.

[Bohoboy]

re: Favorite Overtures#5

Posted: 7/24/04 at 1:57am

Candide should be on the top of the list... The FULL Merrily overture with the Tuba solo of Good Thing Going... gives me chills. Guys and Dolls has a nice overture... Gypsy's prepares you for Styne's best score.

I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Favorite Overtures#6

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:09am

Gypsy's overture is outstanding....i love it. Nine's overture is cool too because its so unique with the "lalalalas"

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[broadwaybaby654]

re: Favorite Overtures#7

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:12am

"The Phantom of the Opera" all the way!!!

[Cyndy]

re: Favorite Overtures#8

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:12am

Candide...favorite to listen to, favorite to play.

"If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having." Henry Miller

[Unknown User]

re: Favorite Overtures#9

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:14am

MY FAIR LADY

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Favorite Overtures#10

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:18am

CATS! - I never skip it... Plus, in performance it's so unique with all the cats running through the audience with the blinking lights. Not the way the current tour does it, but you know, the was it's supposed to be done....

[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

re: Favorite Overtures#11

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:26am

Jesus Christ Superstar
Cats (the one and only thing I enjoy about this show)
Nine

You've gotta have heart AND music

[Juliette Capulet]

re: Favorite Overtures#12

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:41am

POTO, CATS, WICKED, Mamma Mia!, Les Mis, JCS

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet

[Unknown User]

re: Favorite Overtures#13

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:47am

My vote goes to Gypsy, hands down.

Triple Star -
Love your quote. Updated On: 7/24/04 at 02:47 AM

[MargoChanning]

re: Favorite Overtures#14

Posted: 7/24/04 at 2:53am

Gypsy. Genius.
Candide. Brillant.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 7/24/04 at 02:53 AM

[meagan9848]

re: Favorite Overtures#15

Posted: 7/24/04 at 3:26am

Scarlet Pimpernel...whoever it was that said Wicked, Wicked hardly has an overture :)

Idina: Somehow I got myself to the stage, came out at the end of the show, and I had some kind of closure.
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05

[CJR]

re: Favorite Overtures#16

Posted: 7/24/04 at 3:41am

Chicago
Bells Are Ringing
Gypsy
JCS

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

[Glebb]

re: Favorite Overtures#17

Posted: 7/24/04 at 6:59am

Of course I would like to add most of your choices to my list. (I knew this would happen). :)

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[jo]

re: Favorite Overtures#18

Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:50am

CAMELOT, CAROUSEL, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH PACIFIC, MAN OF LA MANCHA, MY FAIR LADY, etc. -- most of the older musicals.

[millie_dillmount]

re: Favorite Overtures#19

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:18am

I made a CD with all the overtures and entr'actes of Broadway CDs I own. Here are my favorites:

Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Producers
Urinetown
42nd Street
Oklahoma!
Gypsy
Wonderful Town
Phantom of the Opera

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

Updated On: 7/24/04 at 08:18 AM

[rockfenris2005]

re: Favorite Overtures#20

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:36am

Tanz der Vampire
Miss Saigon



Does Les Mis have an Overture?

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

[MusicalDirector109]

re: Favorite Overtures#21

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:41am

"Gypsy" - What a thrill!!!
"Funny Girl"
"Man of La Mancha"
"South Pacific"
"My Fair Lady"
"Candide"

[Dollypop]

re: Favorite Overtures#22

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:45am

CANDIDE

MAN OF LA MANCHA

MAME

MY FAIR LADY

KISS ME KATE

DEAR WORLD

PROMISES, PROMISES

CAMELOT

....and when it was finally added...TWHM

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Unknown User]

re: Favorite Overtures#23

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:54am

October? Gee, was it that long ago?

The APRIL 2004 Thread on Overtures! Updated On: 7/24/04 at 08:54 AM

[Unknown User]

re: Favorite Overtures#24

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:56am

The FEBRUARY 2004 Thread on Overtures!