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#51

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 7/24/04 at 4:21pm

Yes I meant the overture. It is the subject of the thread and a lot of people had been listing Gypsy.

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#52

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 7/25/04 at 2:44pm

GYPSY HAS THE BEST OVERTURE EVER! MAYBE THE BEST SONG ON THE CD!!!! ITS AMAZING!

#53

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 7/25/04 at 2:51pm

Gypsy and Candide are by far the best overtures every written. they are pure genuis!

#54

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 7/25/04 at 3:58pm

millie, gypsy,

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#55

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:03pm

The Full Monty

#56

Yes, of course Gypsy but I also like Wonderful Town's overture - and, for that matter, all of the orchestral pieces in that show, especially "Conquering New York" which Bernstein, I think, self-pirated for his concert piece, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.

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#58

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:17pm

i'm partial to how to succeed, and oklahoma

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#59

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:23pm

i'm sure it's been mentioned on a previous thread, but...

FOLLIES...like Gypsy's it has many highs and lows...and with FOLLIES, at the end of that overture, you know the show isn't going to end happily...which is fine with me

also enjoy

The Boy Friend

Oklahoma! always gives me chills too!

#60

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:36pm

The Candide Overtures is my favourite part of the whole piece...

#61

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:43pm

Merrily We Roll Along

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#62

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:44pm

Gypsy.

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#63

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:47pm

Anything by ALW (pretty much)......Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beautiful Game, Whistle Down the Wind, etc.

Also, Oklahoma..Gypsy.....and so on.

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#64

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:51pm

How could I forget Oklahoma!?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#65

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:53pm

Okay - Gypsy gets another vote here, as does Funny Girl. I also love La Cage aux Folles - and maybe it does not count as an overture, but Sweeney Todd's grave digger music is really an inspired touch!

#66

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:56pm

I know I have already listed mine........but I get such a rush when the guy in POTO goes "A little illumination.....gentlemen" and then all of a sudden the theme music just blares. God, nothing like it in the world.

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#67

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 5:57pm

gypsy
west side story (i cheated it's from the movie)
promises, promises

#68

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 6:04pm

ALW haunting notes as the scrim shifts tones for the overture of Sunset Boulevard also rock...

#69

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 6:05pm

Gypsy

also like
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Oklahoma!
Phantom of the Opera
Song & Dance
Chicago

#70

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 7:03pm

gypsy and les mis

but for my favorite (notice how i said favorite and not best) start to a show i would have to say chicago or rent (i love how informal the beginning of rent is)

#71

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:30pm

When I went to Gypsy, I took along a friend who'd only seen a few more contemporary musicals with no overtures at all. She was a bit mystified by the fact that the orchestra was playing but nothing was happening. But when Chris Jaudes started his trumpet solo, it really didn't matter. It's not every show that has an overture bring the house down.

#72

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:35pm

Phantom Rocks It...Wicked & Secret Garden are close seconds for overtures

And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

#73

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:46pm

Gypsy, Seussical

#74

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:49pm

I LOVE the Gypsy overture!!! My favorite hands down!

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#75

re: Favorite Overtures

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:56pm

....Forum
Merrily We Roll Along
West Side Story

and the ultimate
NINE!!!!!!

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