Musical "Theme Songs"

[goldenstate5]

Posted: 9/13/06 at 6:43pm

What songs do you think represent the "theme song" in a musical. Not the best song, not the most well-known song, but the song whose notes and themes occur many times throughout, some are obvious, such as "The Avenue Q Theme" and "Into the Woods", as well as "How to Succeed", but not all of them are title songs, such as "Heart" from Damn Yankees and "We Dance" from Once On This Island, and not all of them appear in the beginning, such as "My Favorite Year"'s title/theme song repeats itself in the music many times, but it doesn't appear until the final three minutes. Rent's theme song, Seasons of Love, doesn't appear until Act Two. (then again, an argument could be made that "Another Day" is the theme song, but let's not get into that)

So, do you have any other musicals to mention that have "theme songs"?...

Updated On: 9/13/06 at 06:43 PM

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 9/13/06 at 6:46pm

The title song from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 9/13/06 at 6:54pm

I think every musical has a theme song in its own way. Something that gets repeated throughout the show.