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Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
jondouglas
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/07
#25re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 2:19pmjaystarr I completely agree with you on GREY GARDENS. That whole transformation from back in time, to further back in time was pretty amazing how that was done.
#26re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 2:20pm
Ragtime. And I didn't even like the rest of the show. 
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#27re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 2:22pm
i love Runyonland from Guys and Dolls,
the Auction from Phantom, Two Worlds, Little Shop Theme
the Overture (or Ouverture) from Tanz Der Vampire
just gives me shivers, and Hold Me Bat Boy
(what a song)
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bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#28re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 2:48pm
Still get goosebumps with the Grey Gardens opening revealing Edith and Edie in the 1940s.
That's my favorite by a long shot.
Runners up:
Wilkommen-love that song, saw Alan Cumming do it-wow!
All That Jazz-loved seeing Bebe Neuwirth come out of the floor singing that with the light following her through the floor.
Miss Saigon-didn't love the show-good opening.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
#29re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 3:18pm
A Chorus Line
The Light in the Piazza (most gorgeous overture EVER)
Cabaret
Guys and Dolls
Ragtime
Chicago
42nd Street
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Allshowsrock
Stand-by Joined: 11/16/07
#30re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 3:30pm
WICKED: Scared the S*$T out of me and still does
RENT: VERY engergetic number love it.
Titanic: Nice song, sorta set the somber mood
Avenue Q: Hehe love it
Color Purple: Again love it.
#31re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 4:00pm
The Lion King
Hairspray
Chicago
Rent
Miss Saigon
Cabaret
Updated On: 11/21/07 at 04:00 PM
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#32re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 5:09pmNot so much the oveture, but the song "LET's HAVE LUNCH" from Sunset Boulevard is perfect to start it out! I love the jazz parts (haha), what can I say?
#33re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 5:16pm^ I LOVED that number! I actually loved that whole show... what can I say. It made me so happy - just how crisp everything was. Also I was a sucker for their costumes.
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#34re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 6:46pmI love the opening number for Drowsy! Isn't it Fancy Dress or something?
R.I.P. Laurann 1987-2005
#35re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 6:50pm
Rent
Chorus Line
Chicago
Hairspray
Legally Blonde (very clever hook)
Guys and Dolls
42nd street
Carrie
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
ohjustjake
Leading Actor Joined: 4/18/06
#36re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/21/07 at 7:12pm
The Lion King
Wicked
Ragtime
Beauty And the Beast
Legally Blonde (I agree, very catchy first song to get into a show)
Chicago
I love the opening to Titanic. :)
#37re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/22/07 at 1:06am
-Wicked
-Chicago
-Evita
-A Chorus Line
-Les Mis
-Rent
-The Lion King
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broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#38re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/22/07 at 1:16am
Lion King
A Chorus Line
Cabaret
Grey Gardens
Spring Awakening
RENT
Chicago
Legally Blonde
Yes, but sometimes people have a third deeper layer thats the same as the first. Like pie. Dr. Horrible
threatXthree
Understudy Joined: 11/7/04
#39re: Greatest opening numbers ever!!!
Posted: 11/22/07 at 1:59am
I'm surprised no one has said these:
Pippin
Hair
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