Favorite Showtune?

[Something_next2norml]

Posted: 3/5/13 at 4:16am

I'm trying to make a list of the 100 best showtunes for my theatre communications class. Any suggestions?

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/5/13 at 6:41am

Just a few that come to mind:

Memory- Cats
Don't cry for me Argentina-Evita
Buenos Aires-Evita
Tonight- West Side Story
What I did for love- A Chorus Line
One (reprise)- A Chorus Line
Don't Rain on my parade-Funny Girl
The Best of times- La Cage Aux Folles
I am what I am- La cage Aux Folles
Ol man river- Show Boat
Supper time- As thousands cheer
If I loved you-Carousel
Wouldn't it be loverly-My fair lady
Just you wait- My fair lady
I could have danced all night- My fair lady
Hello Dolly-Hello Dolly
Before the parade passes by- Hello Dolly
So long dearie- Hello Dolly
On my own- Les Mis
One Day More- Les Mis
I dreamed a dream- Les Mis
Bring him home-Les Mis
In his eyes- Jekyll and Hyde
Someone like you- Jekyll and Hyde
Gethsemane- JCS
Heaven on their minds- JSC
I don't know how to love him- JSC
Everything's Alright-JSC
A pretty girl is like a melody- Ziegfeld Follies
Lullaby of broadway- 42nd street
42nd Street- 42nd Street
Willkommen- Cabaret
Cabaret-Cabaret
Maybe this Time- Cabaret
All that jazz-Chicago
Nowadays-Chicago
Razzle Dazzle-Chicago
Big Spender- Sweet Charity
Bosom Budies- Mame
That's how young I feel- Mame
Mandy- White Christmas
Alexander's Ragtime band- Irving Berlin
Swanne-Al Jolson
New York New York- Liza Minnelli
Tomorrow- Annie
Broadway Baby- Follies
Being Alive-Company
Ladies who lunch- Company
The Phantom of the Opera-Phantom
All I ask of you-Phantom
Music of the night- Phantom
Wishing you were somehow here again- Phantom




Updated On: 3/5/13 at 06:41 AM

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 3/5/13 at 7:41am

Prologue - INTO THE WOODS

Just one of many.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/5/13 at 7:59am

Here are some essentials:

Make Believe, Bill- Show Boat
Summertime- Porgy and Bess
Tea for Two- No, No Nanette
Blue Skies- Betsy
The Best Things in Life Are Free- Good News
I Get a Kick Out Of You, Anything Goes- Anything Goes
I Got Rhythm- Girl Crazy
My Funny Valentine- Babes in Arms
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered- Pal Joey
From This Moment On- Out of This World (cut)
There's No Business Like Show Business- Annie Get Your Gun
Some Enchanted Evening- South Pacific
People Will Say We're in Love- Oklahoma
If I Loved You- Carousel
Getting to Know You, Shall We Dance- The King and I
It's All Right With Me- Can-Can
On the Street Where You Live- My Fair Lady (and my favorite)

Actually, all you need do to is look at the titles of the songs in Ella Fitzgerald's composer songbooks.

[Something_next2norml]

Posted: 3/6/13 at 2:39am

I was thinking more unconventional. Like showtunes similar to those of Next to Normal and The Last Five Years.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 3/6/13 at 7:59am

Everything that features Aaron in N2N. Everything. He is amazing.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 3/6/13 at 10:18am

In terms of something less conventional, I'd suggest "Who Will Love Me As I Am" from Side Show. A brilliant song.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 3/6/13 at 11:44am

My absolute, all-time favorite: Heather on the Hill, leading to Almost Like Being in Love from BRIGADOON.