Who Is Your Favorite Composer?- Page 2

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:27pm

Sonheim, Tesori, Bernstein, Jason Robert Brown...off the top of my head

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:51pm

Sondheim towers above the others for me... but also on the list, I'd have to add -

Porter
William Finn
Jason Robert Brown
Menken
Flaherty
Gershwin

[Therese]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:55pm

Hmm, am I the first to add Frank Loesser in here? Not only for "Guys and Dolls," but a few years ago I saw "The Most Happy Fella" for the first time. I went in knowing fairly little about it, and was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

If I only get one, though, I think I almost have to go with Richard Rodgers; I have a CD of R&H overtures, and the wealth of beautiful melodies, even from the lesser-known scores, is overwhelming.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:59pm

my ultimate favorites are ahrens and flaherty..
i also really love william finn and obviously sondheim.
my other group is boublil and schoenberg.
but ahrens and flaherty are my favorites. i could listen to once on this island, ragtime, a man of no importance and dessa rose all day! Updated On: 5/16/05 at 10:59 PM

[justme2]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 10:59pm

Cy Coleman is first on the list.

From Sweet Charity to City of Angels to Will Rogers Follies to The Life, and all the shows and jazz hits in between...The best was always yet to come!

He was always partnered with incredible lyricists as well...

[Theatre1]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:07pm

Hey Everyone..... come out to see Ricky Ian Gordon on Monday May 30th at 9pm at OPIA. Ricky is one of my favorite composers, and he's agreed to do this show for our company.

Visit www.lonelysky.org for more info about the show.

Michael Arden is just one of many performing in the show, and it's going to be great.

The concert is a benefit for Lonely Sky Theatre Company, a new theatre dedicated to producing contempoary musical theatre. This is a worthwhile cause, I think, and a show worth seeing.

Hope to see lots of you there. And please come up and say hello. I'll introduce you to Ricky, and I'd be happy to talk to you more about what we're doing with musical theatre!!!!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:28pm

Leonard Bernstein--genius!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:32pm

Flaherty, Larson, JRB, and Sondheim.

[futurewinnerbud]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:39pm

David Yazbeck
Stephen Schwatrz
Alan Menkein
Jason Robert Brown
Stepehn Flaherty

[Juliet2170]

Posted: 5/16/05 at 11:41pm

hans zimmer

[Jazzysuite82]

Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:28am

well Sondheim is a given. I mean come on. But out of the new guys, the ones I admire most are Michael John LaChiusa. I wish I could get my hands on more of his music. I LOOOOOVE his stuff. I'd work for free to do one of his shows. In a close second comes Adam Guettel. He got much closer with Piazza. He's breathtaking. I envy freakin Audra McDonald so much!

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:45am

Puccini
Bernstein
Sondheim
Webber (earlier to mid)

[Akbar-n-Jeff]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 7:02am

Harold Arlen, whose centennial this year is already yesterdays news

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:19am

Charles Strouse. Masterfully melodic indeed.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:32am

Classical - Beethoven
Musical theatre - Richard Rogers
Pop - Elton John

[DancerGirl16]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:37am

(not in order)

Maury Yeston
Jason Robert Brown
and Stephen Sondheim (of course)

[romanov]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:48am

Kander and Ebb. I even liked The Rink.

[alterego]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:48am

Cole Porter and Michel Legrand.

[Justin D]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:50am

Webber, but only most of the time (and not recently)

and Alan Menkin

[cserannie]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 12:37pm

Stephen Schwartz and Cole Porter

[neelyohara]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 12:44pm

Kander & Ebb; Cole Porter

[november]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 12:58pm

Hands Down Sondheim Ever since Company Jane Russell was in it WOW telling my age now

[BwayLover]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 1:09pm

Well, I know i'm not being very original.... But Stephen Sondheim has GOT to be number 1. He is a genius.

I also enjoy Jule Styne, Leonard Bernstein, Kander & Ebb and Richard Rodgers' work very much.

[XOsweet_dancerOX]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 1:17pm

Stephen Schwartz definetly... Tim Rice? I guess he doesn't compose but that would be cool too

[gabybon]

Posted: 5/18/05 at 1:22pm

First Stephen Schwartz
After: Jason Robert Brown, Craig Carnelia and Alan Menken.
From the past: Cole Porter