TGONAT FINALS!

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:52pm

Yup, as TGMAG winds down, it's time for another one of my world-famous brackets. This time we're refocusing the attention from the men and women of the theater world to the songs. Here's how it's going to work to determine the greatest Broadway opening number of all time -

Each time you copy and paste the list above you, you can add one new opening number (in the format: "Song Name" from Show Title) and add a point to two songs. Each song must be the first song of the show, and must have been part of a show that ran on Broadway.

So when we start with:

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 1
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1

You can do:

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 2
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 2
"In the Heights" from In the Heights - 1

When a song gets 5 votes, please put it at the top of the list and add "- DO NOT VOTE" to the end of it. Obviously, do not vote after a song gets 5 votes. You can't subtract votes. Voting will end at 7:00 AM EST next Monday.

Let's start with:

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 1
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1

Updated On: 5/21/09 at 09:52 PM

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:54pm

I think this should just go to I Hope I Get It from A Chorus Line.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:55pm

Well then why don't you add it to the list?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:56pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 2
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1

Updated On: 5/9/09 at 09:56 PM

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:57pm

You can add a vote to two, everybody.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:59pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 3
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 1

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:00pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 2

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:01pm

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4 - DO NOT VOTE
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from Hello, Dolly! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 2

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:01pm

"Well then why don't you add it to the list?"


Durr, I forgot.

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 2
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:03pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 3
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 1

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:05pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 1
"Prologue: Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1

Updated On: 5/10/09 at 10:05 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:05pm

It's Today is not Mame's opening number.

"St. Bridget" (sung by Agnes) is the opening number.

[Bricker2]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:06pm

I'd like to add "All That Jazz" from Chicago and "The Circle of Life" from The Lion King to the list.

Thanks

[Kad]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:07pm

...then do it yourself.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:07pm

Someone add "Mysterious Ways" from THE COLOR PURPLE!

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:07pm

Could we please stop it with all of these brackets? They were fun at first, but now they're getting a little much, and are clogging up the board.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:08pm

Isn't "Call On Dolly" the opening number to the show?

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:09pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 2
"Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1

[Kad]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:09pm

I'd say the opening number is both songs together, blaxx.

[singer73192]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:09pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 3
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 2
"Aquarius" from Hair - 1
"It's Today" from Mame- 1
"Good Morning Baltimore" from Hairspray-1

[Bricker2]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:11pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 2
"Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 1
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 1

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:18pm

I never added my vote in my post, I just added a new nominee so I am adding my vote now.

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 3
"Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 1
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 1

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:24pm

I'd say the opening number is both songs together, blaxx.

I doubt it. One thing is that they come one after the other, but they are not the same song.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:26pm

I'm deleting It's Today, since it's not the opening number. Also, the name of Ragtime's opening number is Prologue: Ragtime, so I will fix that as well.

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 3
"Prologue: Ragtime" from Ragtime- 2
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 1
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 2
"Come Look at the Freaks" from Sideshow- 1

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:29pm

"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 2
"Aquarius" from Hair - 3
"Prologue: Ragtime" from Ragtime- 2
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 2
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 2
"Come Look at the Freaks" from Sideshow- 1