Your Favourite Schwartz Musical?

i think wicked is my fav....but i like some of the music from children of eden too!

but i think some of the music out of pipin too, but he also did a good job of god spell.....the music in that is fab too!



love Ben x x x

I have to agree - my favorite is also THE BAKER'S WIFE. Such a lovely musical all around. "Chanson" might be the loveliest song Schwartz ever wrote (arguably, of course! hehe)

~Kevin

Updated On: 3/30/04 at 11:57 AM

I thought you meant Arthur Schwartz!!!!

Anyway, for Mr. Arthur Schwarts, my favorite show was the BANDWAGON. I saw it when I was 10 and still remember it. He also wrote wonderful scores for REVENGE WITH MUSIC, PARK AVENUE and, of course, A TREEE GROWS IN BROOKLYN.

Miriam

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Stephen Schwartz's best score, in my humble opinion, is THE BAKER'S WIFE, but the show as a whole is weak. ("Gifts of Love," "Chanson," "Meadowlark," "Proud Lady," etc. -- all terrific.)

(Did anyone else get to see the concert version that they did in Boston last year -- or the year before -- starring Judy Kuhn? It was just OK, but she sang "Meadowlark" better than anyone I'd ever heard before -- and I think I've heard every woman and their Aunt Esther sing that one. She was glorious.)

As far as favorite Schwartz musical (as a whole package), I'd begrudgingly pick PIPPIN. It's tiresome and dated as all get-out, but judging by score, book, and other production qualities it would get my vote. I must say if I never hear that music again I'd be a happy man.

I enjoyed WICKED for the most part, thanks especially to Kristin Chenoweth and Carole Shelley, but I'd have to agree with most of the NY critics when they said that it seems like the wrong score for this show. There are some nice tunes, but the style of music is inconsistent with the material.

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Updated On: 3/30/04 at 03:29 PM

This is pretty hard. I think Wicked, Children of Eden, and Godspell tie---I don't know much about Pippin, but after seeing Wicked twice and being in Godspell, and falling in love with the the score for Children of Eden more and more every day.........I can't pick a favorite.

I sang "Corner of the Sky" in a children's choir when I was younger, and it seemed like such a power song, but then I listened to the cast recording and its sung so soft. It's one of those songs I want to sing at the top of my lungs. It seems like one of those "defying what everyone else wants and doing your own thing" songs. If I ever sing it I'm going to sing it loud! I'm sure it is one of those overdone songs, but I'm too young or inexperienced to know.

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Children of Eden...:) a little biased, but it's true...perhaps by the end of this year it will be Pippin...:) Im saying no more.

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Dagnabit Jamie! Go and give us little tidbits like that! Sheesh! Now you've gone and gotten me all excited. All I have to say is I hope whoever ends up as Pippin sings Corner of the Sky loud not soft! That of course is also dependent on that "perhaps" you've got in there.

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Updated On: 3/30/04 at 06:40 PM

Wicked, but I'm also a big fan of Pippin.

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Wicked, but Godspell and Pippin are also fantastic.

kate

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I have always been a huge fan of CHILDREN of EDEN. I have never ever seen it but I have always wanted to. It is playing at the Ford's Theater in Washington DC and I just might have to finally go see it.

Other then that, I listen to WICKED alot too.

Miriam, I love THE BANDWAGON...and "Hoops"!!

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