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Favorite Overtures
Understudy Joined: 6/21/06
re: Favorite Overtures#101
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
re: Favorite Overtures#102
Posted: 9/28/06 at 12:23amPhantom of The Opera. Just beautiful, and get you in the mood of the musical. I also like the intro to the second act.
re: Favorite Overtures#103
Posted: 9/28/06 at 12:25am
The Full Monty
talk about catchy.
re: Favorite Overtures#104
Posted: 9/28/06 at 12:26am
I HAD A DREAM....
It's always been Gypsy. It always will be.
Understudy Joined: 9/22/06
re: Favorite Overtures#105
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!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
Leading Actor Joined: 4/12/07
re: Favorite Overtures#107
Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:40am
South Pacific, hands down.
The Light in the Piazza is a close second, though.
re: Favorite Overtures#108
Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:47am
Gypsy
Funny Girl
Mame
Merrily We Roll Along
Promises, Promises
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
re: Favorite Overtures#109
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.
re: Favorite Overtures#110
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
re: Favorite Overtures#111
Posted: 4/17/07 at 4:44pm
Carousel
Brigadoon
Guys and Dolls
All Shook Up
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
re: Favorite Overtures#113
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!
re: Favorite Overtures#115
Posted: 4/17/07 at 8:43pmGypsy's is definitely the best. I also like The Drowsy Chaperone's and Phantom of The Opera's, though.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
re: Favorite Overtures#116
Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:32pmBump.
Stand-by Joined: 3/25/07
re: Favorite Overtures#117
Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:44pmJesus Christ Superstar and Phantom
Broadway Star Joined: 8/21/05
Stand-by Joined: 3/11/05
re: Favorite Overtures#119
Posted: 7/15/07 at 12:45pm
Jesus Christ Superstar
West Side Story
Phantom of the Opera
re: Favorite Overtures#120
Posted: 7/15/07 at 2:28pm
GYPSY
The Sound of Music
White Christmas
Updated On: 2/12/09 at 02:28 PM
re: Favorite Overtures#121
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
re: Favorite Overtures#122
Posted: 9/18/08 at 9:41am
Cats
Millie
Oklahoma
Chicago
re: Favorite Overtures#123
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.
re: Favorite Overtures#124
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
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