Showstoppers (11 o'clock numbers) from Each Show- Page 2

Posted: 7/28/04 at 10:59pm

Someone mentioned "Bring Him Home" for Les Miz. I just had to comment that that is my least favorite song in the show. I remember I went to a friend's show where they were doing Broadway numbers, and I was so disappointed when they did that as the one song to do from Lez Miz. But it's a matter of opinion. Another song I actually love is "A Little Fall of Rain" or for something with a faster beat "Lovely Ladies".

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:22pm

I was always under the impression that the 11 o'clock number was a solo, usually a big moment of discovery/anger/some emotion for one of the characters that comes late in the second act.

[Plum]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:24pm

Yup, pretty much. It's a type of showstopper.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:25pm

Oh I know, but then you have a show or two where the showstopper isn't the 11 o'clock number. I guess what I mean is not all shows have 11 o'clock numbers. right?

[Plum]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:26pm

Right again.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:28pm

Okay good because I was trying very hard to come up with a major 11 o'clock number in Wonderful Town that was a show stopper and all I could think of that ever stopped the show were Conga and Swing! neither of which, do I think, apply.

And then there's The Lion King, which I saw on Saturday, who has its only show stopping moment in the opening number. I don't see why anyone would put their biggest event at the top of a show.

[Plum]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:51pm

They probably didn't intend to. The general rule is to have a good opener to catch the audience's attention, but the Act I closer and the 11 o'clock number or finale are more spectacular, usually.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:53pm

Well of course, its a bad thing to have an Act I finale which is a big dud.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:51pm

I'd have thought that Wonderful Town's 11 o'clock number would be "Swing."

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:55pm

Gimme Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie. Or No Good Deed from Wicked.

[insomniak]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:57pm

What would the 11 o'clock number be from Rent? Your Eyes?

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 10:58pm

Along the lines of "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" would be "The Brotherhood of Man" from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying....

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:01pm

Hairspray's is definitely "I Know Where I've Been". I beleive in the book it even sys so, but maybe not. I'd say RENT's is "Your Eyes" because it shows that Roger has fallen in love with Mimi and has finally found his inspiration for his one great song. I would say Aida's is "I Know the Truth".

Akiva

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:03pm

Pretty much every number in "Hairspray" is a showstopper. Here's the rest of my list:
Les Mis: "One Day More," "Master of the House" and sometimes "Bring Him Home" (depends on the actor...Ivan Rutherford always hits it out of the house!)
TMM: the title number and "Gimme Gimme"
The Producers: "Keep It Gay," "Springtime For Hitler" and "Betrayed" (of course!)
CATS: "Memory" and "The Jellicle Ball"
Urinetown: "Run Freedom Run!"
B&TB: "Gaston" and "Be Our Guest"

[Jon]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:06pm

To settle it for once and for all:

Broadway shows used to have an 8:30 curtian. They would end around 11:15.

Therfore, the "11 O'Clock Number" usually came about 10 to 15 minutes before the end of the show, and was often, but not always, the last big non-reprise number before the finale. It can be a big production number OR a solo - OR a duet.

For example:
Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat is THE 11 O'clock number, even though "Marry the Man Today" comes after it.

Other classics of the genre:
Rose's Turn
I'm Going Back (Bells are Ringing)
Oklahoma
Brotherhood of Man (How to Succeed)
No One is Alone (Into the Woods)
Those Were the Good Old Days (Damn Yankees)
Anything You Can Do (Annie Get Your Gun)
Suppertime (Charlie Brown)
What I Did for Love (ACL)
Being Alive (Company)

[insomniak]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:17pm

Petrified or Il Adore from Taboo, I'm not sure. Anyone know?

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:23pm

"Too Darn Hot" is a great showstopper from Kiss Me Kate

"Anything Goes" is the 11 o'clock number from Anything Goes, unless some consider "Blow Gabriel Blow" to be the 11 o'clock number... Updated On: 8/24/04 at 11:23 PM

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:24pm

Beauty and the Beast

Producers - it's more like Betrayed, 110clock number isnt ness the last one, Springtim fore Hitler is the showstopper
Chicago (revival) - Razzle Dazzle
Cabaret (revival) Cabaret?
Aida - "I know the truth"? perhaps?
Gypsy - Rose's Turn, definitely
Les Mis - I'm thinking "Empty Chairs...", but the finale and one day mroe are both showstoppers
Little Shop of Horrors - suppertime or suddenly seymour
Avenue Q - Wish I could go back to college is the 11oclock number, but Sucks to be Me is quite the showstopper

I always thought 11oclock numbers were spposed to be climactic and such, thus some of my answers. WHOOPSAn 11oclock number is quite different than a showstopper. 11oclock number is the number usually before the last, that is climatcic.

Updated On: 8/24/04 at 11:24 PM

[ProducerJeff]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:24pm

For Fiddler I would have to say it is 'To Life'.......we had about 1,500 folks each night and that # got the loudest applause. The new cast recording of Fiddler with Al Molina has the best version of To Life in my opinion.....

[Derek2]

Posted: 8/24/04 at 11:27pm

Be Our Guest
You Cant Stop The Beat
Run Freedom, Run
Betrayed
Razzle Dazzle
Cabaret
Easy As Life
Rose's Turn
One Day More
Suddenly Seymour
Swing!
Once Before I Go

others:
Gimme, Gimme
No Good Deed
The Point Of No Return
Till There Was You

[Princeton78]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 1:27am

Hmm..11 O'clock numbers...I tend to think of them as being "Diva Moments"

"Lots Wife" (Caroline)
"Memory"(Cats)
"Superstar" (JCS)
"Last Midnight" (Into the Woods)
"Gimmie Gimmie" (Millie-perfect example)
"There are Worse things I could do"(Grease)

I'm sure I'll think of more....:O)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/25/04 at 5:06am

11:00 numbers that actually STOPPED the show:

Rose's Turn (Gypsy)
Sit Down You're Rockin The Boat (Guys and Dolls)
The Grass Is Always Greener (Woman of the Year)
Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
Sing Sing Sing (Dancin)
The Music That Makes Me Dance (Funny Girl)
If He Walked Into My Life (Mame)