Top 5 Songs for the Theater of All Time

[TNick926]

Posted: 1/27/17 at 6:09am

I'm sure posts like this have been done before, but let's hear what YOU think!  Mine would be (in no special order):

1.  This Nearly Was Mine (South Pacific)

2.  Ol' Man River (Show Boat)

3.  Everything's Coming Up Roses (Gypsy)

4.  Being Alive (Company)

5.  My Shot (Hamilton)

[ggersten]

Posted: 1/27/17 at 8:00am

What were your standards for picking those five?  As a stand alone song?  As a song that conveys character? As a song that conveys/advance plot?  Because you titled this "for the Theater" rather than "from the Theater".