Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
The Light in the Piazza, L5Y, or Nine.
C is for Company:
Ragtime OCR.
There is a soundtrack to a movie version written by Randy Newman. I have this and it is very good, when I bought it I listened to it 3 times through while driving.
Then, the OBCR, with Marin Mazzie. 1998
(I think this has the full statue)
And the Concept album with Marin Mazzie 1996.
(I think this just has the raised arm with the torch)( I have not heard this one)
Updated On: 8/8/06 at 05:45 PM
I have to go with:
1. Candide
2. Les Miserables
Passion. Passion. Passion.
The Last Five Years all the way.
The Light in the Piazza.
Ragtime.
Aida.
Passion.
Parade.
The Secret Garden.
The Light in the Piazza.
Runners-up: Nine, Sweeney Todd, Ragtime, and The Secret Garden.
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/05
Never The Light in the Piazza. Talk about trite and boring. I'd go with The Secret Garden.
I just choked on my lemonade..."trite and boring"? Everyone's entitled to their opinion of course, I just can't see how it could ever, ever be boring, of all things.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
For me, it's The Light in the Piazza.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
hmm.. See What I Wanna See is def one of the most gorgeous scores I've ever heard :)
and les miz
and I still need to hear light in the piazza and last 5 years.. haha. I've heard SO many awesome things about both, so I'm sure I'll love them
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
My top 10:
Carousel
Porgy And Bess
A Little Night Music
West Side Story
Candide
Sunday In The Park With George
Finian's Rainbow
The Most Happy Fella
Camelot
She Loves Me
And for anyone who wrote Wicked or The Last Five Years, you need to hear more shows!
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
^I beg to differ, at least for the wicked one :) haha. Just because its become kind of cliche to like wicked doesn't mean its not gorgeous. Cause it absolutely is. Especially dancing through life and defying gravity and stuff. A LOT of what makes that scene so powerful is the score. Actually.. I'm adding that to my list. haha
1)West Side Story
2)The Light in the Piazza
3) Carousel
I would go with Passion and Porgy and Bess.
La Boheme
The Phantom of the Opera
Chorus Member Joined: 5/16/06
She Loves Me is, to my mind, the most extraordinary score in the musical theatre; other notables include
Candide
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof (The duet between Golde and Tevye ("Do You Love Me?" is one of the most touching moments I've ever seen)
On the Twentieth Century has a beauty of its own, too...
Shinbone Alley is pretty tops as well.
The Light in the Piazza, obviously!
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/06
Light in the Piazza and Ragtime.
Neither is my all time favorite score, but both are pretty high on the list and both are what I would consider beautiful scores. Most scores that I love have beautiful songs, but the entire score is not "beautiful". Gorgegous, but not beautiful. I think there's a difference. Does that make sense?
West Side Story
Light in the Piazza
Carousel
Passion
Sunday in the Park with George
Swing Joined: 2/15/05
The Light in the Piazza and Carousel
*orgasm* ragtime. Love it. Loved doing it.
CATS
Beauty & The Beast
WICKED
My Fair Lady
CQTBOO's Top 10 (in no particular order)
Nine
Sweeney Todd
A Little Night Music
See What I Wanna See
Bernarda Alba
No Strings
Jesus Christ Superstar (ok, not "Beautiful" per say- but dynamic! And my fav ALW)
City of Angels
My Life With Albertine
Songs For an Unmade Bed
110 in the Shade. LOVE IT!
and the usual: Sunday, Piazza, Night Music, Todd, etc.
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