Favorite Show & Song From Each Composer

What are your favorite shows & songs from each of these composers? Feel free to only answer for the ones you know well and add anyone I may have forgotten!

Rodgers & Hammerstein

Kander & Ebb

Lerner & Loewe

Stephen Sondheim

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ahrens & Flaherty

Alan Menken

Boublil & Schonberg

Cole Porter

George Gershwin

Stephen Schwartz

Charles Strouse

Bock & Harnick

Jerry Herman

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Schaiman & Wittman

Frank Loesser

William Finn

Pasek & Paul

(Disclaimer: Some of these composers, I've only seen one show or no shows from, so my picks may be lacking in some spots. Also, my favorite shows will be based on the work from the composer. Dear Evan Hansen is my favorite musical ever, but that's more because of Steven Levenson's writing than Pasek and Paul's songs, so my pick for their show will be Dogfight)

 

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma (only show I've seen) - Cain't Say No

Kander & Ebb: Cabaret - Don't Tell Mama

Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady - Why Can't The English

Stephen Sondheim: Sunday in the Park With George - You Could Drive a Person Crazy

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Evita - Gethsemane

Ahrens & Flaherty: Ragtime - Welcome Back Mr. Witherspoon

Alan Menken: Hunchback of Notre Dame - Prince Ali

Boublil & Schonberg: Miss Saigon - I'd Give My Life for You

Cole Porter: Never seen a show of his - Too Darn Hot

George Gershwin: I've seen like half of Porgy and Bess, and I like it a lot - A Women is a Sometime Thing

Stephen Schwartz: Wicked - Defying Gravity

Charles Strouse: Annie - Something Was Missing/Easy Street 

Bock & Harnick: She Loves Me - A Trip to the Library

Jerry Herman: Hello Dolly: I Am What I Am

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Hamilton - The Room Where It Happens

Schaiman & Wittman: Hairspray - I Know Where I've Been

Frank Loesser: Guys and Dolls - Luck Be A Lady

William Finn: Falsettos - The I Love You Song

Pasek & Paul: Dogfight - Words Fail

Answering my own question...

Rodgers & Hammerstein.... Carousel... Some Enchanted Evening or What's the Use of Wonderin'

Kander & Ebb.... Chicago... All That Jazz

Lerner & Loewe... My Fair Lady... On the Street Where You Live

Stephen Sondheim... Into the Woods... Moment in the Woods or No More

Andrew Lloyd Webber... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat... Masquerade

Ahrens & Flaherty... Ragtime... Sarah Brown Eyes

Alan Menken... Little Shop of Horrors... Beauty and the Beast (the song)

Boublil & Schonberg... Les Mis... Stars

Cole Porter... Anything Goes... Anything Goes (the song)

George Gershwin... Crazy for You... Someone to Watch Over Me

Stephen Schwartz... Wicked... Magic to Do or The Wizard and I

Charles Strouse... Bye Bye Birdie... A Lot of Livin' to Do

Bock & Harnick... Fiddler on the Roof... Chaveleh

Jerry Herman... Hello Dolly... Hello Dolly (the song)

Lin-Manuel Miranda... Hamilton... The Room Where It Happens

Schaiman & Wittman... Hairspray... Mama Ima Big Girl Now

Frank Loesser... Guys & Dolls... I'll Know

William Finn... Spelling Bee... not sure of song

Pasek & Paul... Dear Evan Hansen... You Will Be Found

Rodgers & Hammerstein - Carousel - Soliloquy or If I Loved You

Kander & Ebb - Cabaret - Maybe This Time

Lerner & Loewe - My Fair Lady - On The Street Where You Live or Almost Like Being In Love

Stephen Sondheim - Gypsy - (Not) Getting Married Today

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Phantom - Heaven On Their Minds

Ahrens & Flaherty - Ragtime - Back to Before

Alan Menken - Hunchback of Notre Dame - Someday

Boublil & Schonberg - Les Miserables - On My Own

Cole Porter - Anything Goes - Easy to Love

George Gershwin - Crazy for You - But Not For Me

Stephen Schwartz - Wicked - Defying Gravity

Charles Strouse - Annie - Maybe

Bock & Harnick - Fiddler On The Roof - Do You Love Me?

Jerry Herman - Hello Dolly - I Am What I Am

Lin-Manuel Miranda - In The Heights - Everything I Know

Shaiman & Wittman - Hairspray - You Can't Stop The Beat

Frank Loesser - Guys and Dolls - I've Never Been In Love Before

William Finn - none - none

Pasek & Paul - Dear Evan Hansen - Requiem

Kitt and Yorkey - Next to Normal - Map of New York

Rodgers & Hammerstein - If I Loved You (Carousel)

Kander & Ebb - So What? (Cabaret)

Lerner & Loewe - I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)

Stephen Sondheim - Another Hundred People (Company)

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Music of the Night (Phantom)

Ahrens & Flaherty - Ragtime (Ragtime)

Alan Menken - Under the Sea (Little Mermaid)

Boublil & Schonberg - One Day More (Les Miz)

Cole Porter - Down in the Depths (Red Hot and Blue)

George Gershwin - An American in Paris

Stephen Schwartz - Magic to Do (Pippin)

Charles Strouse - Applause (Applause)

Bock & Harnick - Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler)

Jerry Herman - I Am What I Am  (La Cage aux Folles)

Lin-Manuel Miranda - The Room Where it Happens (Hamilton)

Schaiman & Wittman - You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray)

Frank Loesser - Adelaide's Lament (Guys and Dolls)

William Finn - You Got to Die Sometime (Falsettos)

Pasek & Paul - Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen)

Rodgers & Hammerstein - Carousel - If I Loved You

Kander & Ebb - Cabaret - Wilkommen

Lerner & Loewe - My Fair Lady - Wouldn't It Be Loverly 

Stephen Sondheim - Follies - Franklin Shephard Inc.

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar - Memory

Ahrens & Flaherty - Once On This Island - Waiting for Life

Alan Menken - Beauty and the Beast - Under the Sea

Boublil & Schonberg - Les Mis - Do You Hear the People SIng

Cole Porter - Kiss Me Kate - Wunderbar

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess - The Man I Love

Bock & Harnick - Fiddler on the Roof - Ice Cream

Jerry Herman - Hello Dolly! - title number

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton - title number

Frank Loesser - Guys and Dolls - Adelaide's Lament

Pasek & Paul - DEH - For Forever

Jerome Kern - Showboat - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - Glitter and Be Gay

Updated On: 8/6/19 at 08:55 AM

Rodgers & Hammerstein   South Pacific / If You Loved Me (Carousel)

Kander & Ebb   Chicago / She’s a Woman (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

Lerner & Loewe   Camelot / Almost Like Being in Love (Brigadoon)

Stephen Sondheim   Follies / Losing My Mind, Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music), Being Alive (Company)

Andrew Lloyd Webber    Evita / Gethsemane (JCS)

Ahrens & Flaherty    Ragtime / Sarah Brown Eyes

Alan Menken    No favorite show / Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)

Boublil & Schonberg   Les Miserables / Stars

Cole Porter   Kiss Me, Kate / So in Love

George Gershwin    Porgy and Bess / Bess, You Is My Woman Now

Stephen Schwartz   Pippin / By My Side (Godspell)

Charles Strouse   Applause / One Boy (Bye, Bye Birdie)

Bock & Harnick    Fiddler on the Roof / In My Own Lifetime (The Rothschilds)

Jerry Herman    Mame / Song on the Sand (La Cage aux Folles)

Lin-Manuel Miranda    In the Heights /  Carnaval del Barrio

Schaiman & Wittman   Hairspray / I Can Hear the Bells

Frank Loesser    Guys and Dolls / I’ve Never Been in Love Before

William Finn    Falsettos / Unlikely Lovers and What Would I Do?

Pasek & Paul    no shows / nothing from the theater, but Audition from La La Land

 

Added:

 Jason Robert Brown     The Bridges of Madison County / One Second and a Million Miles

Maury Yeston     Nine / The Bells of St. Sebastian and Unusual Way

Cy Colman (although he had many different collaborators)     City of Angels / He's No Good and My Friend (both The Life)


 From Chess – Pity the Child (Andersson and Bjorn)

Updated On: 8/7/19 at 01:39 PM

Rodgers & Hammerstein: The King And I - All At Once You Love Her 

Kander & Ebb: Chicago - Maybe This Time 

Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady - Before I Gaze At You Again 

Stephen Sondheim: Company - Too Many Mornings 

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Starlight Express - Surrender (Reprise) 

Ahrens & Flaherty: Ragtime - Once Upon A December 

Alan Menken: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Hellfire 

Boublil & Schonberg: Miss Saigon - The Movie In My Mind 

Cole Porter: Kiss Me, Kate - So In Love 

George Gershwin: An American In Paris - The Man I Love  

Stephen Schwartz: Pippin - Spread A Little A Sunshine 

Charles Strouse: Annie - You've Got Possibilities 

Bock & Harnick: She Loves Me - Dear Friend 

Jerry Herman: Mame - My Best Girl 

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Hamilton - Say No To This 

Shaiman & Wittman: Hairspray - I Can Hear The Bells 

Frank Loesser: Guys And Dolls - I've Never Been In Love Before 

William Finn: Falsettos - What More Can I Say? 

Pasek & Paul: Dear Evan Hansen - From Now On 

Jerome Kern - Show Boat - You Are Love 

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - Tonight (Quintet) 

Ross & Adler: The Pajama Game - There Once Was A Man 

Tesori: Thoroughly Modern Millie - Gimme Gimme 

Jason Robert Brown: The Bridges Of Madison County - One Second and a Million Miles

Meredith Wilson: The Music Man - My White Knight 

Coleman: On The Twentieth Century - I've Got It All 

Yeston: Nine - Long Ag0/Nine (Reprise) 

Yazbek: The Band's Visit - Itzik's Lullaby 

Styne: Funny Girl - I'm The Greatest Star 

Okay, I'll bite:

Rodgers & Hammerstein
Oklahoma!
"Many a New Day"
"Soliloquy" (Carousel)

Kander & Ebb
Zorba
"The Butterfly"
"Cabaret" (Cabaret)

Lerner & Loewe
Paint Your Wagon
"Guinevere" (Camelot)
"C'est Moi" (Camelot)
"The Real Love of My Life" (Brigadoon)
"With a Little Bit of Luck" (My Fair Lady)

Stephen Sondheim
Follies / Sweeney Todd
"Losing My Mind" (Follies)
"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love'll See Us Through" (Follies)
"Worst Pies in London" (Sweeney Todd)
"Try Priest" (Sweeney Todd)
"With So Little to be Sure Of" (Anyone Can Whistle)
"You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (Company)
"The Ladies Who Lunch" (Company)
"Being Alive" (Company)
"Chrysanthemum Tea" (Pacific Overtures)
"Well, Now You Know" (Merrily We Roll Along)
"Not a Day Goes By" (Merrily We Roll Along)
"Move On" (Sunday in the Park with George)
"There Are Giants in the Sky" (Into the Woods)
"Happiness" (Passion)

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sunset Boulevard
"Too Much in Love to Care"

Ahrens & Flaherty
Ragtime
"The Night that Goldman Spoke in Union Square"

Alan Menken
Little Shop of Horrors
"Don't It Go to Show You Never Know"

Boublil & Schonberg
Les Miserables
Look, it's all one, very catchy song, right? Let's call the whole score "One More Day" for simplicity's sake.

Cole Porter
Anything Goes (1960 revisal)
"You're the Top"
"Friendship"
"Anything Goes"

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
"Summertime"
"I Loves You, Porgy"
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
"I'm on my Way"

Stephen Schwartz
Pippin
"Glory"
"I Guess I'll Miss the Man"
"What Is This Feeling?" (Wicked)
"Popular" (Wicked)
"Defying Gravity" (Wicked)

Charles Strouse
Applause
"You've Got Possibilities" (...Superman)
"Maybe" (Annie)

Bock & Harnick
She Loves Me
"I Resolve"
"Dear Friend"
"Ice Cream"
"Oh, to be a Movie Star"/"Gorgeous" (The Apple Tree)
"Tradition" (Fiddler on the Roof)
"Little Old New York" (Tenderloin)
"Artificial Flowers" (Tenderloin)
"How the Money Changes Hands" (Tenderloin)
"Little Tin Box" (Fiorello!)

Jerry Herman
Mame
"It's Today"
"Mame"
"Bosom Buddies"
"If He Walked Into my Life?
"Put on Your Sunday Clothes" (Hello, Dolly!)
"Before the Parade Passes By" (Hello, Dolly!)
"So Long Dearie" (Hello, Dolly!)
"Kiss Her Now" (Dear World)
"Time Heals Everything" (Mack and Mabel)
"Tap Your Troubles Away" (Mack and Mabel)
"Song on the Sand" (La Cage aux Folles)
"Look Over There" (La Cage aux Folles)

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hamilton
"The Schuyler Sisters"
"I'll be Back"

Schaiman & Wittman
Hairspray
"Good Morning, Baltimore"
"Welcome to the 'Sixties"
"I Know Where I've Been"
"You Can't Stop the Beat"

Frank Loesser
Most Happy Fella
"Somebody, Somewhere"
"Standin' on the Corner"
"Joey, Joey, Joey"
"Sposalizio"
"Don't Cry"
"My Heart is so Full of You"
"Fugue for Tinhorns" (Guys and Dolls)
"Adelaide's Lament" (Guys and Dolls)
"Guys and Dolls" (Guys and Dolls)
"Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" (Guys and Dolls)
"Summertime Love" (Greenwillow)
"Could've Been a Ring (Greenwillow)
"Never Will I Marry" (Greenwillow)
"A Secretary is Not a Toy" (How to Succeed...)
"Been a Long Day" (How to Succeed...)

William Finn
Falsettos
"Four Jews in a Room Bitching"
"I'm Breaking Down"
"The Games I Play"
"I Never Wanted to Love You"
"Father to Son"
"Sitting Watching Jason (Play Baseball)"
"What More Can I Say"
"What Would I Do?"

Pasek & Paul
Dogfight
"Waving Through a Window" (Dear Evan Hansen)
"Words Fail" (Dear Evan Hansen)
"So Big/So Small" (Dear Evan Hansen)

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So no Leonard Bernstein, Meredith Willson, Kurt Weill, Cy Coleman, et al.?

Rodgers & Hammerstein

Sound of Music
Soliloquy

Kander & Ebb

Cabaret
Wilkommen

Lerner & Loewe

My Fair Lady
Get Me to the Church On Time

Stephen Sondheim

Sweeney Todd (Also my all time favorite show)
Epiphany (Although I also adore Pretty Women, Agony, and especially Finishing the Hat)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jesus Christ Superstar
Music of the Night

Ahrens & Flaherty

Ragtime
Make Them Hear You

Alan Menken

Little Shop of Horrors (If we’re counting the original animated movies, and not the stage adaptations, then the answer is Beauty and the Beast)
Tie between Be Our Guest, Friend Like Me, and Under the Sea (Not Titus’ awful version)

Boublil & Schönberg

Les Misérables
One Day More (It’s the obvious answer for a reason)

Cole Porter

Anything Goes
Blow Gabriel Blow (Shout out to Gypsy in Me though. It’s not the catchiest number, but if the actor playing Evelyn knows what he’s doing, it’s an absolute riot)

George Gershwin

Not familiar enough with his shows to pick a favorite, but I will say that I love the song Stairway to Paradise

Stephen Schwartz

Pippin
Magic to Do

Charles Strouse

Annie (Yes it’s very cheesy, but it’s a wonderful score, and a strong production can bring in just enough charm to make it work. However, I’m not overtly familiar with a whole lot of his work, so it’s very possible he’s done something I’d like more)
Easy Street

Bock & Harnick

Fiddler on the Roof
If I Were a Rich Man

Jerry Herman

La Cage aux Folles
I Am What I Am

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton
The Room Where it Happens (Close second goes to Wait for It)

Schaiman & Wittman

Hairspray
You Can’t Stop the Beat

Frank Loesser

Guys and Dolls
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat

William Finn

Falsettos
The Games I Play (Close seconds are A day in Falsettoland and What Would I Do)

Pasek & Paul

Dear Evan Hansen
Waving Through a Window (Also absolutely in love with You Will Be Found, Words Fail, So Big / So Small, and really just the entire score)

Updated On: 8/6/19 at 07:03 PM

Rodgers & Hammerstein: CAROUSEL; "What's the Use of Wond'rin"


Kander & Ebb: CABARET; Too many, but today I'll pick "Class" (CHICAGO) and "Yes" (70, GIRLS, 70)

Lerner & Loewe: MY FAIR LADY; "I Loved You Once in Silence" (CAMELOT)

Stephen Sondheim: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE; Too many, but today I'll pick "Sorry-Grateful" (COMPANY) and "Someone in a Tree" (PACIFIC OVERTURES)

Andrew Lloyd Webber: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR; "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (EVITA)

Ahrens & Flaherty: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE; This changes often but today, "Alone in the Universe" (SEUSSICAL)

Alan Menken: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS; "Somewhere That's Green"

Boublil & Schonberg: Pass

Cole Porter: No favorite show, none of them hold up. I have a few favorite songs, one of which is "You're the Top" (ANYTHING GOES)

George Gershwin: PORGY AND BESS; "I Loves You Porgy"

Stephen Schwartz: PIPPIN; "West End Avenue" (THE MAGIC SHOW)

Charles Strouse: GOLDEN BOY; "Maybe" (ANNIE)

Bock & Harnick: SHE LOVES ME; "What Makes Me Love Him?" (THE APPLE TREE)

Jerry Herman: MAME; "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" (DOLLY)

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Two shows makes it seem early to assess to me, but I'm always moved by "Everything I Know" (IN THE HEIGHTS)

Schaiman & Wittman: Not enough output I know to assess in terms of stage work, but I was particularly taken with much of the score of MARY POPPINS RETURNS, particularly "The Place Where the Lost Things Go"

Frank Loesser: ...Now we're talkin'! THE MOST HAPPY FELLA; Too many but today I'll go with "Joey, Joey, Joey" and "I Believe in You" (HOW TO SUCCEED...)

William Finn: FALSETTOS; "14 Dwight Ave, Nattick, Massachusetts" (ELEGIES)

Pasek & Paul: To early to assess but "So Big, So Small" brings on the waterworks and is a really effective moment in that show

Leonard Bernstein: CANDIDE; "Something's Coming" (WEST SIDE STORY)

Jerome Kern: SHOW BOAT; "The Song is You" (MUSIC IN THE AIR)

Irving Berlin - ANNIE GET YOUR GUN; "I Got Lost in His Arms"

Galt MacDermot: Pass

Jule Styne: GYPSY; "Long Before I Knew You" (BELLS ARE RINGING)

Adler & Ross: Not enough work to assess, unfortunately, but between the two of their shows, DAMN YANKEES is my preference


Jeanine Tesori: FUN HOME; "Telephone Wire:

Bob Merrill - NEW GIRL IN TOWN, oddly enough; "Her Face" (CARNIVAL)

Jason Robert Brown - PARADE; "All the Wasted Time" 

Meredith Willson - Even though the output is small... of course, THE MUSIC MAN; An incomparable score with so much to offer and so much I'm attached to, but today, "My White Knight" 

Cy Coleman - LITTLE ME; I've been on a Cy Coleman kick lately, so I think I might pass for now. I want to pick too many songs!

Yeston: Big pass


David Yazbek - DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS; "Here I Am"

Arthur Schwartz - A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN; "Love is the Reason" or "Make the Man Love Me"

Harold Arlen: None of the shows really hold up, but I just wanted to mention this brilliant, undersung songwriter. There are about a dozen songs of his I would pick-- "Ill Wind", "Buds Won't Bud", "I Wonder What Became of Me", "A Sleepin' Bee", and those aren't even from the movie songs scores he wrote! "The Man That Got Away", "One for My Baby", "Blues in the Night"

Frankel and Korie: GREY GARDENS; "Another Winter in a Summer Town"