Totally forgot abot Ahrens and Flaherty! They're awesome! I replace them with Webber on my list. Jeez there are so many I forgot from like Loesser (love H2$ and Guys and Dolls) to Rupert Holmes, Bernstein, the great Richard Adler because Damn Yankees rocks like a boulder and Lucy Simon because The Secret Garden is amazing! But Sondheim is still my fave, even tho that was hard to pick who exactly my fav was. tough choice!
"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"
cole Porter Andrew Lloyd Weber Stephen Sondheim Stephen Schwartz (gotta love Pippin!!) Elton John
and of course, my absolute FAVORITE is George Gershwin. All hands down.
"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."
Irving Berlin Jerome Kern Cole Porter George and Ira Gershwins Harold Arlen Stephen Sondheim Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein Leonard Bernstein Ahrens and Flaherty Cy Coleman Frank Loesser Lerner and Loewe Victor Herbert Jule Styne Handel
Okay, I'll stop now.
~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~
Stephen Sondheim Jonathan Larson ALW Kander and Ebb Rogers and Hermersteins (Did I spell that right?) Stephen Schwartz Lional Bart (I don't think I spelled that right either)
I really like most of all of them but these are the top of the list for me!
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
Cole Porter Rodgers&Hammerstein Irving Berlin Jule Styne Cy Coleman Kander and Ebb Comden and Green Leonard Bernstein William Finn Harold Arlen Jerry Herman
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
Jeff Marx, Robert Lopez Tesori and Scanlan Tesori and Kushner Hart Shaiman and Wittman Tim Acito Sondheim Gerard Alessandrini Yazbeck Schwartz Irving Berlin George Gershwin Cole Porter John Kander Fred Ebb Comden and Green
Jonathan Larson Rogers and Hammerstein Steven Schwartz Gershwin Andrew Lloyd Webber Elton John Alan Menken Sondheim Cole Porter Eric Whitacre (dunno if he is well known here)
There's more but my brain's not working right now...Hehehe....
Rodgers and Hammerstein Rodgers and Hart Stephen Sondheim Irving Berlin George Gershwin Cole Porter John Kander Fred Ebb Comden and Green Rupert Holmes Lucy Simon David Yazbeck
"What might have been/can live again/I'll meet you then/if you'll remember when...." --Rupert Holmes
I can't believe no one has mentioned Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, or Schumann. Wow. These are the true masters of song. Music theatre owes much to these talented composers. And of course their music is on my favorites list...which is why I list them here.