best showtune ever

[Yankeefan007]

best showtune ever#0

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:22pm

whats everyones favorite? Updated On: 9/5/05 at 06:22 PM

[Sant]

re: best showtune ever#1

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:25pm

Something Wonderful - THE KING AND I

[VonTussleGirl]

re: best showtune ever#2

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:26pm

I don't think there is one.

Everyone has a different idea of what is the "perfect showtune." It's completely subjective.

I will be completely obvious, however, and make a note that it's not Defying Gravity.

[lamentingenvelope]

re: best showtune ever#3

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:30pm

"There's No Business Like Show Business"!

I mean, it owns all.

[colleen_lee]

re: best showtune ever#4

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:31pm

I don't think there is any possible way to answer this question.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

[lamentingenvelope]

re: best showtune ever#5

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:33pm

There is a possible way to answer this question - it's called an opinion!!

[colleen_lee]

re: best showtune ever#6

Posted: 9/5/05 at 6:37pm

Wow, thanks for clearing that up for me lamenting.

What I mean is that there are many showtunes that can be classified as "the best" in various different categories. Best ballade, best opening number, etc. I don't think there is any one song that is the catchall has everything that there is to have and can be classified as the best overall.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

[lamentingenvelope]

re: best showtune ever#7

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:17pm

/Wow, thanks for clearing that up for me lamenting. /

No problem!

[CastAlbumFan]

re: best showtune ever#8

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:22pm

I'm torn between "What I Did for Love", and "Big Spender".

Maybe the American Theatre Wing can have a special on "The 100 Greatest Showtunes of All Time".

Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!

[London Boy]

re: best showtune ever#9

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:27pm

wouldn't this thread be better with - your top 10 favourite musical numbers (again!), or something?

"the cottagers at Rotherhithe knew something of his name. From Hammersmith to Putney people shuddered at his name" - Growltiger's Last Stand

[Broadway _ Beauty]

re: best showtune ever#10

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:36pm

too hard to choose!!

Sometimes i wish he never would've came into my life because the fact that hes gone and took my heart with him is more than i can handle.

[ZONEACE]

re: best showtune ever#11

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:43pm

well my favorite is Our Time from Merrily. In the context of the show, I think it is possibly the saddest song I've ever heard and yet so hopeful.

when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.

[BSoBW2]

re: best showtune ever#12

Posted: 9/5/05 at 7:57pm

"Big Black Man"

[ljay889]

re: best showtune ever#13

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:00pm

Once Upon A Time

[toodramatic]

re: best showtune ever#14

Posted: 9/5/05 at 8:35pm

what an idiotic question...

[hushpuppy]

re: best showtune ever#15

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:14pm

Why is it an idiotic question? It's a lot more thought-provoking than yet another Wicked thread about whether or not Kristin Chenoweth actually hit a high M over L at 8:44 on January 11th, isn't it?

I vote for 'Everything's Comin' Up Roses'.

'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'

[melissa errico fan]

re: best showtune ever#16

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:16pm

"Could I Leave You?"-FOLLIES

[Lavieboheme3090]

re: best showtune ever#17

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:20pm

Hushpuppy, it was an M. It was a birthday gift.

One-A chorus Line

[boytobroadway]

re: best showtune ever#18

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:27pm

I personally love ONE DAY MORE.

I am going to see les mis for the fisrt time in November,,,YAY,
B2B

[CATSNYrevival]

re: best showtune ever#19

Posted: 9/5/05 at 9:31pm

the answer is obvious ... the best showtune ever is "Always True to You (In My Fashion)"... I thought everybody knew that.

[BSoBW2]

re: best showtune ever#20

Posted: 9/5/05 at 10:06pm

"And Eve Was Weak"

[kjklo]

re: best showtune ever#21

Posted: 9/5/05 at 10:15pm

As everyone said, obviously there isn't one ultimate show tune, but here are more than a dozen (in chronological order) that rank up there with the best ever.

I Got Rhythm
Anything Goes
There's No Business Like Show Business
Some Enchanted Evening
Fugue For Tinhorns
Glitter And Be Gay
I Could Have Danced All Night
Tonight
Ya Got Trouble
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Hello, Dolly
Big Spender
Broadway Baby
All That Jazz

[alterego]

re: best showtune ever#22

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:37am

kjklo, I like your style. I'll second everything on your list.

[gavrochegirl]

re: best showtune ever#23

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:39am

This is too hard. I will not pick a favorite!

What the puck?!

[elphaba610]

re: best showtune ever#24

Posted: 9/6/05 at 1:51am

Either Defying Gravity, No good deed goes unpunished or The wizard and I. My all time favorites!