IMPORTANT BROADWAY SONGS???

[JaiLuver2007]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 11:18am

Hey Guys!!!

I need an opinion. Im doing a project on Broadway for my drama class and I need ideas for background music for my power point presentation...Im focusing on: The Sound of Music, Chicago, and Jesus Christ Superstar...what would be a good song that most anyone would recognize from these three musicals???

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 11:20am

sound of music - sound of music
shicago - all that jazz
jcs - jesus christ superstar

[JaiLuver2007]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 11:23am

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JaiLuver2007]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 11:30am

ok...this is my slide theme line-up...can you tell me if these songs are alright

Phantom of the Opera- Phantom of the Opera

Miss Saigon- Last Night of the World

Raising $/Backers Auditions- I Hope I Get It (A Chorus Line)

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat- Any Dream Will Do

The Sound of Music- The Sound of Music

Beauty and the Beast- Tale as Old as Time

Chicago- All That Jazz

JCS- Jesus Christ Superstar

Oklahoma!- Oklahoma!

RENT- Seasons of Love

A Chorus Line- One(Singular Sensation)

THANKS!!!!!!!!!

[Anne5122]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 11:44am

"Raising $/Backers Auditions- I Hope I Get It (A Chorus Line)"

I would change that one only because it's not easily recognizable. Maybe something from West Side Story?

[timote316]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 12:01pm

Definately something from WSS. Tonight? Tonight Quartet? America? Actually, almost anything...

[Sant]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 1:14pm

Memory from CATS

[formanatrix]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 1:23pm

My favorite things from sound of music might eve be more known than the Sound of Music.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 1:27pm

So your presentation is an hour long?

I don't think anyone will know JOSEPH or JCS. Go with truely classic songs.

"Doe, A Deer" - SOUND OF MUSIC
"Phantom of the Opera" - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
"Memory" - CATS
"What I Did for Love" - A CHORUS LINE
"The Impossible Dream" - MAN OF LA MANCHA
"If I Were A Rich Man" - FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
"Oklahoma" - OKLAHOMA
"America" - WEST SIDE STORY

Choose from those. Or do clips.

[JBSinger]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 2:33pm

Oh this is from that other thread. OK - don't know what you're presentation is but you should focus on more classics. Go back as far as SHOWBOAT (Ol Man River, Can't Help Lovin that Man), move up with some Gershwin and Rodgers & Hart (lots to pick from in CRAZY FOR YOU (a good grab-bag), PAL JOEY, BABES IN ARMS), then hit Rodgers & Hammerstein (OKLAHOMA, CAROUSEL, SOUTH PACIFIC), Lerner & Leowe (MY FAIR LADY, BRIGADOON, CAMELOT), Irving Berlin (ANNIE GET YOUR GUN), Styne (GYSPY), Bock & Harnick (FIDDLER), Kander & Ebb (CABARET, CHICAGO), Bernstein (WEST SIDE STORY), Sondheim (COMPANY, FOLLIES, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, SWEENEY TODD), try some HAIR and CHORUS LINE, move into 80's with Lloyd Webber (CATS, EVITA, PHANTOM) and Schonberg/Boublil (LES MIZ/SAIGON). For some added interest throw in some NINE, DREAMGIRLS and then for modern stuff - RENT, HAIRSPRAY, WILD PARTY (either), some Jason RObert Brown etc...

Looking back into the history, don't forget that many "standards" were once show-tunes that people would recognize. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but should broaden your scope a bit. good luck with your presentation.

[mizzie]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 6:40pm

What? No Les Misérables slides? BLASPHEMY!
Seriously though, all those songs are good. You might want a more recent musical song. Maybe from the W-Word*looks around cautiously* to show where Broadway is today with all the big budget musicals and such. Maybe something disney?

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 9:18pm

"At the end of the day" Les Miz

And ahh.. "Don't cry for me Argentina" Evita

[VeuveClicquot]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 10:56pm

To reply directly to your question (using the three shows that you delineated), here are my opinions:

In JCS, the most impressive song is "I Don't Know How to Love Him." It's not because it's simply the best known song from the score, it goes deeper than that. Think about it. I don't know HOW to love him, Mary Magdelene says. How does one love Jesus, really? It's a fascinating viewpoint, when you think about it. It implies that she knows how the story will eventually turn out, and prescience is an interesting dramatic device. But I think that Tim Rice really hit it with that lyric (and he is never given enough credit for it): "Should I scream and shout, should I talk of love, let my feelings out? I never thought I'd come to this... What's it all about?" I think that's a powerful piece of writing, that perfectly sums up what that character is thinking.

CHICAGO? Is all about the opening number. It perfectly sets the tone for everything that is to follow, and comments not only on the decade in which the show is set, it comments on life versus showbiz. The lyrics retain the vernacular of the 1920's ("Come on babe, we're gonna bunny hug," and "I betcha Lucky Lindy never flew so high") and yet it remains universal.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is more difficult for me, I'm not a big fan. I suppose I would choose "Edelweiss," as it was the last song Hammerstein ever wrote, and it does evoke a simply, lovely quality and emotion amongst all those Nazis.

Good luck with your presentation. Updated On: 12/14/04 at 10:56 PM

[DancerGirl16]

Posted: 12/15/04 at 11:10am

I would say that it is morelikely "what I did for love in a chorus line"

[DancerGirl16]

Posted: 12/15/04 at 11:16am

Also guys like....on my own and tommorow I know they are cliche and over done but you will never meet anyone who doesn't know what show they are from