Top Ten Favorite Songs....

Big Hit Musicals::::
1. Stars- Les Miserables 2. If I Can't Love Her- Beauty and the Beast 3. Gethsemane- Jesus Christ Superstar 4. All I Ask of You- Phantom of the Opera 5. Defying Gravity- Wicked 6. One Day More- Les Miserables 7. Music of the Night- The Phantom of the Opera 8. This is the Moment- Jekyll and Hyde 9. Epiphany- Sweeney Todd 10. Everything that i am- Tarzan

Comedy Musicals:::::
1. Keep it Gay- The Producers 2. Deep Love- Young Frankenstein 3. You're Timeless to me- Hairspray 4. My Girlfriend lives in Canada- Avenue Q 5. The Song that goes like this- Spamalot 6. Transylvania Mania- Young Frankenstein 7. Its your wedding day- The wedding singer 8. Springtime for Hitler- the Producers 9. Sit down, John- 1776 10. Together Again- Young Frankenstein

Musicals that didn't quite make it::::
1. I Can't Recall- Tale of Two Cities 2. Sail me Away- Lestat 3. The Coming of the Dawn- Frankenstein 4. Out of Sight, Out of Mind- Tale of Two Cities 5. She was there- The Scarlet Pimpernel 6. The Longer I Live- Dracula 7. After all this Time- Lestat 8. If Dreams came true- Tale of Two Cities 9. Where's the Girl- Scarlet Pimpernel 10. I'll Be there- The Pirate Queen

Thank you!

1) "I'm Still Here"- Follies
2) "Why Can't I Speak?"- Zorba
3) "Jerry Likes My Corn"- Grey Gardens
4) "What's the Use of Wond'rin"- Carousel
5) "I Don't Know His Name"- She Loves Me
6) "Hello, Young Lovers"- The King and I
7) "Finishing the Hat"- Sunday in the Park with George
8 ) "Another Winter in a Summer Town"- Grey Gardens
9) "Someone in a Tree"- Pacific Overtures
10) "A Quiet Thing"- Flora, the Red Menace

Honorable Mention-
"What Makes Me Love Him?"- The Apple Tree
"Soliloquy"- Carousel
"Class"- Chicago

My favorite lyric line is from "She Loves Me"-

"When I undertook this correspondence
Little did I know I'd grow so fond.
Little did I know our views would so correspond"


With my second favorite also from Sheldon Harnick, from "Fiorello!"-

"Waiting for ships that never come in,
A girl is likely to miss the boat."

Updated On: 12/8/08 at 08:11 PM

What about the real classics?

People Will Say We're in Love from Oklahoma
Make Believe from Showboat or Old Man River, for that matter
Hey There from Pajama Game
This Can't Be Love from Boys from Syracuse
My Funny Valentine from Babes in Arms
I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady

There really were Broadway hits before 1980!

If it was a longer list, I definitely would have had classics in there. It's hard to choose just 10.

The Girl that I Marry / Annie Get Your Gun
If I loved You / Carousel
When You Walk Through a Storm / Carousel
Edleweiss / Sound of Music
One Day More / Les Miserables
I Dreamed a Dream / Les Miserables
Music of the Night / Phantom
I'm Not that Girl / Wicked
Some Enchanted Evening / South Pacific
Hello Young Lovers / The King and I

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I'm amused that Tarzan and Jekyll and Hyde are big hit musicals.

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No Patash, I understand completely. I was just confused. My picks are not as well known as "If I Loved You" or "Shall We Dance?", so I thought you may have been referring to me.
And I just love "I Don't Know His Name" for its counterpoint section and that one lyric line. If I could choose that entire score, I would. Harnick is the most charming lyric writer in the world.

Sorry for the Confusion... But when i said big hit musical, I mean a show that had some sort of success on Broadway.... Don't take it as BIG hits.... MY BAD!!!!!