Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes- Page 2
Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes
re: Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes#25
Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:51pmMy favorites are Sexual Overtures!!
re: Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes#26
Posted: 12/29/06 at 1:53pm
Gypsy
Merrily We Roll Along
La Cage Aux Folles
Hello Dolly
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re: Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes#27
Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:01pm
Beauty and the Beast has a gorgeous Entr'acte!!
& I love the Millie & Drowsy Overtures = )
re: Favorite Overtures and Entr'Actes#28
Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:04pmomg!! doesnt murry poopinz hav a grate oovertore alzo!!!!!!
I <3 Superman!#29
Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:08pmI have to say, I am a big fan of both the overture and entr'actes of It's a Bird; It's a Plane; It's Superman!, and the entire score for that matter.
Favorite Overtures and such#30
Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:09pm
Overtures:
Big River
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Mamma Mia!
Footloose
Seussical
Merrily We Roll Along
Gypsy
The only Entr'Actes I've ever really enjoyed are those from Little Shop of Horrors and Big River. Love 'em.
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Favorite Overtures and such#31
Posted: 12/29/06 at 2:13pm
Overtures:
Wicked
Hairspray (not the opening's intro)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Drowsy Chaperone
Entractes:
Beauty and the Beast
Favorite Overtures and such#32
Posted: 12/29/06 at 3:00pmThe overture and entr'acte to The Pirate Queen are both really great to me. It seemed that the trouble truly started when the actors opened their mouths.
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Favorite Overtures and such#33
Posted: 12/29/06 at 3:08pm
Overture: DRS and Titanic
Entr'acte: Titanic (since it becomes happy, and then ends in a bit of a peril mood)
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Favorite Overtures and such#34
Posted: 12/29/06 at 4:41pmI love the overtures from CHICAGO and DRS. I also love the Entr'Acte from Phantom, which I refer to as it's "real" overture because the first one is really just transitional music (not to say its not awesome).
Favorite Overtures and such#35
Posted: 12/29/06 at 7:15pm
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Guys, what exactly is your definition of an OVERTURE? How could Wicked even be considered to have an overture, even the best?!! It's like twenty seconds long!! And I saw "Into the Woods" mentioned, which has neither an overture or an entr'acte. It doesn't even have an unused one like Chorus Line.
On the subject, H2$ revival has a great, re-arranged overture. And of course, The Full Monty is so vibrant...and the great plus is that it's not just a taste of the musical themes, but a taste of the feel of the fun show ahead. DRS somewhat accomplishes it, but it's a bit too long, plus it's the same theme as "The Reckoning".
I'm also a fan of Urinetown's overture, sharing the same attributes as Full Monty. And, because it's my favorite musical, I have to give a thumbs-up to the entr'acte of Avenue Q, even though I have never heard the original...
Favorite Overtures and such#36
Posted: 12/29/06 at 8:42pm
I agree with the above, but I don't see how one could argue that Phantom of the Opera doesn't have an overture/entr'acte, as someone on this thread did earlier. It has both: a 3-minute overture and an entr'acte that's similar in length, technically. Yes, they're just the musical themes rearranged, but I still enjoy the entr'acte. Anyway, my list, roughly in order...
Overtures: Merrily We Roll Along, The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady
Entr'Actes: Cabaret, Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime
Updated On: 12/29/06 at 08:42 PM
Favorite Overtures and such#37
Posted: 12/29/06 at 8:51pm
Overtures: West Side Story, Candide
Entr'actes: Beauty & The Beast, Cabaret (although Cabaret's best orchestral sounds come out in the fabulous "finale ultimo" IMO)
Favorite Overtures and such#39
Posted: 1/1/07 at 2:23am
Overtures (in no order):
Merrily We Roll Along
Chicago
The Light in the Piazza
South Pacific
Candide
Follies
Sunset Boulevard (it kind of counts?)
Entr'acte: Definitely Cabaret with Chicago following
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Favorite Overtures and such#40
Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:10am
Overtures:
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
CHICAGO
CATS
SUNSET BOULEVARD
MY FAIR LADY
Entr'actes:
CHICAGO
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Favorite Overtures and such#41
Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:00am
Overtures
Goodtime, Charley
Gigi
Dance a Little Closer
Favorite Overtures and such#42
Posted: 1/1/07 at 10:34amOverture: Definitely Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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Favorite Overtures and such#43
Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:21pmgoldenstate, since when did Avenue Q have an en'tracte?
Favorite Overtures and such#44
Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:22pmSo, we're all agreed it's Gypsy, right?
Favorite Overtures and such#45
Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:43pmWasn't that kind of implied before this thread was even thought up? I'm pretty sure that is just what everyone knows/considers the default 'favorite overture' to be.
Favorite Overtures and such#46
Posted: 1/1/07 at 3:46pm
I think the best overture of all time has to be FOLLIES
followed by Chicago.
I also really like LITP
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Favorite Overtures and such#49
Posted: 1/1/07 at 8:11pmC is for Company, I have posted "So we all agree it's Gypsy, right?" at least a dozen times on at least a dozen different threads. I am amused at how many times the kids ask this question. This is really becoming our site's "Are we there yet?"
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