Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History- Page 2

[Night707]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#25

Posted: 6/19/07 at 7:48pm

Broadway Baby?

:D

[Mr Roxy]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#26

Posted: 6/19/07 at 7:49pm

I'm Still Here

Poster Emeritus

[Taryn]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#27

Posted: 6/19/07 at 8:20pm

I second "Soliloquy."

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#28

Posted: 6/19/07 at 9:58pm

I'm still not getting how "Seasons of Love" was influential in any way.
I would add "I Hope I Get It" from A CHORUS LINE, "Adelaide's Lament" from GUYS & DOLLS and "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" from SOUTH PACIFIC.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[Clara's Pony]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#29

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:04pm

Anything from West Side Story.

Why, hello Margaret! Yes darling, half past five. Well, everyone, simply le tout Park Avenue and la creme de Hyannis! Well, the press table's going to be awfully crowded... but if you don't mind sharing a folding chair with Harper's Bazaar... Sing? Me? Heavens no, it's Edie's day, not mine... Although people can be so insistent, and I hate to disappoint. Twist my arm, blackmail me, threaten my very life, and who knows? You might get a verse of something...

[Greekmusicalfan]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#30

Posted: 6/19/07 at 10:15pm

I agree with many said, but, seriously, am I the first to suggest "Don't cry for me Argentina" and "Phantom of the Opera" ????

Updated On: 6/19/07 at 10:15 PM

[jv92]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#31

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:08pm

"Seasons of Love"? It was a popular song, but influential? Same thing goes for "Send in the Clowns", (Which, I must say, is a brilliant song.) "Being Alive" (ditto) , "Tomorrow" (not so much), etc. They're all popular, good (in some cases great) songs, but not influental. The seamless flow of song and dialouge in "Soliloquy" and The Bench Scene in Carousel, the brilliant, original (for its time) theme of "Ol' Man River" in Show Boat, the songs from West Side Story (lyrics for the most part aside)- THOSE ARE INFLUENTIAL.

[ChrisLovesShows]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#32

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:14pm

Ol' Man River from Showboat.

"Do you know ChrisLovesShows?" "Yes. Why, yes he does!"

[FutureAladdinOnB'Way]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#33

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:17pm

What I Did For Love/One(A Chorus Line)

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#34

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:26pm

If I Loved You- Carousel
Rose's Turn- Gypsy
Tradition- Fiddler on the Roof
Wilkommen- Cabaret
Let The Sunshine In- Hair

Hm...

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[misschung]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#35

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:27pm

well, Being Alive was significant for Sondheim's reputation on Broadway, wasnt it? Maybe not as much as others that have been mentioned

The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

[ljay889]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#36

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:33pm

^ I'd say THE LADIES WHO LUNCH over BEING ALIVE.

[misschung]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#37

Posted: 6/19/07 at 11:47pm

oh, really?

The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#38

Posted: 6/20/07 at 2:16am

I actually would say "Me and My Town" and "Simple" from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE over any of the other Sondheim numbers that have been mentioned ('cept for the Tonight Quintet). "Rose's Turn" is definitely one of the most influential showtunes, the way Sondheim experimented with Styne's previous tunes and lyrics from other songs, the way he combined all the themes and motifs, it is simply a brilliant breakdown put to song which followed other numbers like "Live, Laugh, Love" from Sondheim and even a number like "Lot's Wife" from the very recent CAROLINE OR CHANGE is clearly modeled after "Rose's Turn."
I second "Sodomy" from HAIR.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[roseaddams]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#39

Posted: 6/20/07 at 2:19am

Totally F*CKed.

I can't even type it with a straight face. Never mind.

"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite

[NyGuy07]

re: Most Influential Showtunes in Musical Theatre History#40

Posted: 6/20/07 at 6:39pm

I would have to say "Rose's Turn" is the mother of all 11'oclock numbers!