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#25 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 11:14am
Combining my love of classical music and theater, and actually being a classical musician, I absolutely agree with Glebb. CANDIDE is my all time favorite overture.
I also enjoy 42ND STREET and A CHORUS LINE's openings.
"Life without music equals death."
#26 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 11:19amI love Wonderful Town's overture. It's so energetic and just puts a smile on my face. Gott give a shout out for Carousel's as well.
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#27 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 11:23am
Hey Magruder, :)
This is a TRUE STORY.
NO, NO, NANETTE! Producer [Cyma Rubin]'s husband saw show for the first time while in previews.
After eight-minute(?) "Tea for Two" number, husband turned to wife and loudly stated "THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE CUT!!!" 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#28 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 11:25amWell, my favorite story involving No No Nanette are all of the tales of the girls falling off the beach balls in "Peach on the Beach".
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#29 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 12:40pm
Howdy Magruder, :)
YES! And the performer who stayed on her beach ball the BEST was original choice for Nanette [sorry, forget her name] who was promptly FIRED two weeks after rehearsals began because management perceived her singing voice was too weak! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#30 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:01pmI enjoy the ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY overture with the train sounds interspersed. Very fun.
From the evil she done Lord
Set her free, Set her free, Set me free
Don't let my sorrow
Make evil of me
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#31 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:04pmanother vote for any of Jerry Herman's...also Gypsy and Funny Girl.
#32 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:08pm
*ARF whispers to Albin*
Hi Albin! Good to see you again!
(Can one whisper with exclamation points?)
"Life without music equals death."
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#34 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:16pm
Hi Wildparty... :)
I saw the original ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY and LOVED the Overture!!!
It starts out slow, then it builds and builds... :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#35 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:18pm
Hey Albin, :)
GYPSY--Yes! You can almost discern the whole plot of GYPSY from its Overture. :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#36 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:19pmthe producers, on the recording, not the one in the theater....plus the Avenue Q theme
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#38 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 9:38pm
Marquise,
I LOVE YOUR SHOW POSTERS?
What do you charge for fellow Board Members? :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#40 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 10:21pm
Merrily We Roll Along
...Forum
Chicago
Nine
Variations on a Theme blog: http://panekattack.blogspot.com/
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#41 Sweet Overtures
Posted: 10/10/04 at 11:58pmI like the Overture to A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM too. You can just tell you're about to see an old-fashioned slapstick comedy.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
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