Showstoppers

[boxers7]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 5:05pm

I'm putting together a revue for a local theatre company of Broadway "Showstoppers". I have a few ideas already, but I wanted to get your opinions!

Thanks!

[bjivie2]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 5:06pm

If you can find someone who can sing it, "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" from Dreamgirls is the queen of all showstoppers.

[capnkidd]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 5:06pm

I'm Still Here-Follies

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 5:09pm

"Gimme Gimme" - Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Run, Freedom, Run" - Urinetown
"Suddenly Seymour" - Little Shop of Horrors
"Cabaret" - Cabaret
"Lullaby of Broadway" - 42nd Street
"Seasons of Love" - Rent
"If I Were a Rich Man" - Fiddler on the Roof
"All That Jazz" - Chicago
"No Good Deed" - Wicked
"Everything's Comin' Up Roses" - Gypsy
"Rose's Turn" - Gypsy

Updated On: 10/18/04 at 05:09 PM

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 5:45pm

Always True To You- Kiss Me Kate
Brush Up Your Shakespeare- Kiss Me Kate

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 5:51pm

we both reached for the gun
those were the good old days
lullaby of broadway

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 6:07pm

Most of the great eleven o'clock numbers are included. "Rose's Turn"/"Everything's Comin Up Roses", "Cabaret", "Hello Dolly"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 6:13pm

The Wizard and I or Defying Gravity-WICKED
We Can Do It- THE PRODUCERS
Roses Turn- GYPSY
Music of The Night- POTO
You Cant Stop The Beat- HAIRSPRAY

just a few ideas

[TheaterGeek91]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 6:36pm

We're in the Money- 42nd Street
I pretty much think tap goes over big if you have the dancers.

[lostwallflower]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 6:50pm

"The Impossible Dream" - Man of La Mancha

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 7:05pm

Gimme Gimme-Thoroughly Modern Millie

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 7:06pm

This Is The Moment _ Jekyll & Hyde
Deep In The Night - Inner City

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 7:10pm

Blow Gabriel Blow- Anything Goes
Tonight Quintet- WSS
Sit Down You're Rockin the Boat- Guys and Dolls

[ElphieInMyHeart]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 7:11pm

the wizard and i - wicked

[timote316]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 7:40pm

Betrayed - The Producers
Close Every Door - Joseph

[Ruth Sherwood]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 9:00pm

The ones not already stated:

"Forget About the Boy"
"100 Easy Ways"

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 9:06pm

"Lullaby of Broadway" and "42nd Street" are always hits! (if done well)

[gravity87]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 9:13pm

"Blow Gabriel Blow"-Anything goes
"Anything Goes"-Anything Goes
"Defying Gravity"-Wicked
"This is The Moment"-Jekyll and Hyde
"All that Jazz"-Chicago
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
"No Day but Today"
"New York New York"

[mizzie]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 10:10pm

Cabaret....Many Les Miz songs....I think that Big Spender is a good one, when done well. I second "Close Every Door"- it will have the hair stand up on anybody's arms. If you can find someone to do a major Wicked song, grab them. Gimme Gimme is amazing too!

[pab]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 10:37pm

Of all of these so called showstoppers, there is only one of them that I actually saw stop a show. It was "And I Am Telling You" from "Dreamgirls". After the song there was a standing ovation and the show had to stop for a while until the audience settled back down. Most of the songs listed in this thread are great but very few of them ever really stopped a show.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 7:25am

What about THE ULTIMATE show-stopper of ALL Broadway history... "Hello, Dolly!"

'Dolly' used to get so many encores when performed that in the interest of time, a limit was placed on the number of encores the song could have.

[Fan Of Stage & Screen]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 9:01am

Hey, Look Me Over from WILDCAT.
Getting Married Today from COMPANY.

I love the musical score from WILDCAT. It's fun and entertaining.

Julie Andrews did a wonderful rendition of Getting Married Today in PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 9:12am

pab - I have a tendency to agree with you. Although, 'Once Before I Go' stopped The Boy From Oz the night I saw it - but I think that was all about Hugh, not the song.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 9:26am

'Back to Before' from Ragtime completely stopped the show when I saw it London

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 2:00pm

Plus the ones I already mentioned:
One- A CHORUS LINE
Dont Cry For Me Argentina- EVITA
My Strongest Suit- AIDA
Beauty and the Beast- B&TB
Before the Parade Passes By- HELLY DOLLY!
The Speed Test- TMM
What Is This Feeling?-WICKED
Finale (Dancing Queen & Mamma Mia if Im not mistaken)- MAMMA MIA!
Somethings Coming-WEST SIDE STORY
100 Ways to Lose a Man- WONDERFUL TOWN
Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'-OKLAHOMA!
The Sound Of Music- THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Footloose (Finale)-FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL
Once Upon A Time- BKLYN
On The Street Where You Live- MY FAIR LADY
Shall We Dance?- THE KING & I
Seasons of Love or La Vie Boheme-RENT
Some People-GYPSY