Favorite Overtures- Page 4

[BreakingTheCircle07]

re: Favorite Overtures#75

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

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

and the ultimate
NINE!!!!!!

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[Derek2]

re: Favorite Overtures#76

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:58pm

Guys and Dolls has a pretty cool Overture. As does How To Succeed. Its a shame though, both Wicked and Once On This Island could have such great Overtures...or even Entr'acts

[TheaterGeek91]

re: Favorite Overtures#77

Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:27pm

42nd Street, Gypsy (#1)

[musicgal04]

re: Favorite Overtures#78

Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:20pm

Candide(Absolutly the BEST overture ever, and the French horn part is amazing!), Wonderful Town, and West Side Story. There is definetly a Bernstein theme here.

[Glebb]

re: Favorite Overtures#79

Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:51pm

Adding the OBC recording of BELLS ARE RINGING to my favorite overtures. (You can see my first picks on the first page of this thread.)

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

[ProducersFan]

re: Favorite Overtures#80

Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:09pm

I've recently gotten addicted to the overture of ...Forum. It's really fun and catchy - perfect for casting the right mood for the show (I so wish I could have seen it...).

~Jessica

"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure." ~Roger Bart

[leomaxfrank]

re: Favorite Overtures#81

Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:34am

Candide and Gypsy..unoriginal i know..but it's the truth

But I won't live alone in a house of regret.

[JohnnyTlover216]

re: Favorite Overtures#82

Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:37am

Guys and Dolls,
Wicked!

Ruv and hate, they like to brothers, who go on a date

[Gothrockboheme]

re: Favorite Overtures#83

Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:46am

Aida. It's very brief, but it always makes me cry.

[badkarma719]

re: Favorite Overtures#84

Posted: 9/3/04 at 3:31am

one I have yet too see listed that blew me away when I heard it and saw it on tour about 2 years ago

GEORGE M!

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[Unknown User]

re: Favorite Overtures#85

Posted: 9/3/04 at 6:14am

Gypsy
Man of La Mancha
Mack and Mabel

[EponineThenardier]

re: Favorite Overtures#86

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:16pm

Les Miz........in case you were wondering what I was going to say.

[Mister Matt]

re: Favorite Overtures#87

Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:41pm

Goes without saying:

Candide
Gypsy
Oklahoma
Carousel

But I can't believe no one mentioned one of the all-time greatest overtures in musical theatre:

ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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