Showtunes that are about money?
Showtunes that are about money?
#1Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 1:11pm
Trying to put together a "Money Medley" for a benefit concert I'm involved in... so far we have:
"The Money Song" from "Avenue Q"
"Money Makes The World Go Round" from "Cabaret"
"Money, Money, Money" from "Mamma Mia"
Any other well known showtunes that are about money??
#2Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 1:14pm
'You've Got To Pick A Pocket or Two' from Oliver!
'If I Were A Rich Man' from Fiddler on the Roof.
Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
seaweedjstubbs
Broadway Star Joined: 3/21/07
#4Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 1:22pm"It's All About The Green" - The Wedding Singer
#6Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 1:29pm
"We're in the Money" - 42nd Street
"And the Money Kept Rolling in" - Evita
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#7Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 1:43pm
"Money to Burn" - Waiting for the Moon
"The Lady's Paying" - SUNSET BLVD.
#8Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:04pm
Penny in my Pocket - cut from Hello Dolly!
The Money Rings Out Like Freedom - Coco
Can You Use Any Money Today? - Call Me Madam
Updated On: 1/9/11 at 02:04 PM
pushdabutton
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/05
#10Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:24pmFranklin Shepard, Inc. - Merrily We Roll Along
round2
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/08
#11Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:26pmA fascinating one: "The Sound of Money" from I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE, sung by Elliott Gould on the OBC recording.
round2
Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/08
#13Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:33pmAlso, though not as well known: "If I Had a Million Dollars", from THE ME NOBODY KNOWS, and "You Gotta Be Holdin Out Five Dollars on Me", from AIN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#14Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:34pmThe Nickel Under Your Foot - The Cradle Will Rock
#15Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:41pm
"Money Makes the World Go Around" from CABARET
"Easy Street" from ANNIE
"Seven and a Half Cents" from THE PAJAMA GAME
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#16Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:50pm
"Great Big Stuff" from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Macheath's Prison Song (with a different name on every cast recording) from The Threepenny Opera
Hannahbelle
Understudy Joined: 9/20/08
#17Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 2:56pm
"Rent" from Rent
"Big Money" from See What I Wanna See
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#18Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 4:42pm
"Rich is Better" - HOW NOW, DOW JONES
"I Wanna Be Rich" - STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF
#20Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 5:55pm
"Mr Cladwell" from URINETOWN
You don't go to the dragon without a present - Mark Rylance
Updated On: 1/9/11 at 05:55 PM
#21Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 6:16pm
"Blood Money" - Jesus Christ Superstar
"Big Spender" - Sweet Charity
Coach Bob knew it all along: you've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows. (John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire)
Updated On: 1/9/11 at 06:16 PM
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#22Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 7:02pm'Sitting Pretty', the precursor to 'Money' in the original Cabaret.
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#23Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 7:15pm
"Money To Burn", from Half a Sixpence (the title song, too!)
"Money Isn't Everything", from Allegro
"And The Money Kept Rolling In", from Evita
#24Showtunes that are about money?
Posted: 1/9/11 at 8:30pmDunno if this counts since its about not only having lots of money but a ton of stuff that you can buy with it. "Great Big Stuff" from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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