Favorite Overtures- Page 5

[broadwayguy4]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 11:58am

Gypsy has the alltime best overture.

[FrontRowCenter2]

Posted: 9/27/06 at 7:29am

High Spirits
Dear World
Funny Girl
Applause
Gypsy
How to Succeed. . .
Hallelujah Baby
Mame
On the Twentieth Century

[saschasf]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 12:23am

Phantom of The Opera. Just beautiful, and get you in the mood of the musical. I also like the intro to the second act.

[OnMyWay]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 12:25am

The Full Monty

talk about catchy.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 12:26am

I HAD A DREAM....

It's always been Gypsy. It always will be.

[Norma D]

Posted: 9/28/06 at 10:24am

THE KING & I
MAME---I love to put my MAME cd in my alarm clock to wake up to the overture!!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:37pm

Gypsy

[BroadwaySinger2]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:40am

South Pacific, hands down.

The Light in the Piazza is a close second, though.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:47am

Gypsy
Funny Girl
Mame
Merrily We Roll Along
Promises, Promises

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:49am

An overture is an instrumental intro to a musical or opera.

In the case of musical theater, the overture was generally composed by the orchestrator, who took 4-5 of the songs (the ones that were most likely to have a shelf-life after the show closes) and combined them to make an orchestral suite.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 4:38pm

GYPSY
ALL AMERICAN
BYE BYE BIRDIE
SOUTH PACIFIC
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT,THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
BELLS ARE RINGING
SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
DO RE MI
HIGH BUTTON SHOES
PAL JOEY
SHOWBOAT

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 4:44pm

Carousel
Brigadoon
Guys and Dolls
All Shook Up

[handsome25]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 4:56pm

The Color Purple... it's groovy!

[kooky]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 8:30pm

GYPSY GYPSY GYPSY GYPSY GYPSY GYPSY

I Had a Dream, a dream about you BABY !!!!!!! It's gonna come true Baby!


My ALL TIME FAVORITE show of songs - - - -

Wow, I got all excited - - I love this overture sooooooo much!

[rosekwbp]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 8:40pm

Gypsy!

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 4/17/07 at 8:43pm

Gypsy's is definitely the best. I also like The Drowsy Chaperone's and Phantom of The Opera's, though.

[Julian2]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:32pm

Bump.

[xalexx543x]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:44pm

Jesus Christ Superstar and Phantom

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:46pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Sweet Charity.

[WickedToronto]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 12:45pm

Jesus Christ Superstar
West Side Story
Phantom of the Opera

[BroadwayBelle2]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 2:28pm

GYPSY
The Sound of Music
White Christmas

Updated On: 2/12/09 at 02:28 PM

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 9/17/08 at 9:51pm

Gypsy (Especially on the Bernadette Recording)

Chicago

Young Frankenstein

The Producers

TMM

Candide

Dirty Rotten Scounderals

Phantom of the Opera

South Pacific

[blondebaby589]

Posted: 9/18/08 at 9:41am

Cats
Millie
Oklahoma
Chicago

[ChicagoPLAYer]

Posted: 9/18/08 at 12:37pm

1. Candide
2. Gypsy
3. Mack and Mabel
4. A Chorus Line

I had a the privilege of seeing Marvin Hamlisch conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and they played the Overture from Chorus Line, which was cut before the show opened. It's really lovely.

[luke-h***]

Posted: 9/18/08 at 12:50pm

My top 5 :) Although WSS Overture would possibly come a VERY close 6th

1- Tanz Der Vampire
2 - The Witches of Eastwick
3 - Gypsy
4 - Sweet Charity
5 - The Drowsy Chaperone