TGONAT FINALS!

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

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

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

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You can add a vote to two, everybody.

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"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

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"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

"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

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

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

Thanks

Someone add "Mysterious Ways" from THE COLOR PURPLE!

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

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

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"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

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.

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"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

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