Best 11 o'clock number?

[Jessetenny]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 11:59am

what do you think are the best 11 o'clock numbers from musicals? I think my two favourites are I'm Here from The Colour Purple and Always Starting Over from If/Then

[gypsy101]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:03pm

Rose's Turn
The Ladies Who Lunch
Another Winter in a Summer Town

[plzstp]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:05pm

Lot's Wife

Rose's Turn

I'm Here

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:15pm

"Something was Missing" - ANNIE 

 

The Final Broadcast - EVITA

 

"One Night Only" - DREAMGIRLS 

[Laurapattifan]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:36pm

Get Out and Stay Out from 9 to 5

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:43pm

"Rose's Turn" is definitely the most iconic, with "I'm Here" as a close second. 

I would personally classify "Wicked Little Town (Reprise)" as an eleven o'clock number, and it's one of my favorites.

Also, not necessarily saying this is one of the best, but "She Used to Be Mine" was certainly a highlight from Waitress for me.

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:53pm

Memory ~ Cats (Duh)

She Used to be Mine ~ Waitress

Back to Before ~ Ragtime

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:54pm

One of my favorites is "Is Anybody There" from 1776.

[stage_star]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 12:55pm

Whispering, Spring Awakening

I'm Here, The Color Purple

No Good Deed, Wicked

Gimme Gimme, Thoroughly Modern Millie

Memory, Cats

Not While I'm Around, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Babette, On The Twentieth Century

What I Did For Love, A Chorus Line

Belive in Yourself (Reprise), The Wiz

Losing My Mind, Follies

Rose's Turn, Gypsy

A Boy Like That/I Have a Love, West Side Story

Without You, My Fair Lady

Shall We Dance?, The King and I

Superstar, Jesus Christ Superstar

[KnewItWhenIWasInFron]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 1:06pm

A lot -- maybe the majority -- of the songs listed so far are not 11 o'clock numbers. (And I'd argue a lot of them also are terrible, but different strokes....) Anyway, "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" from "Guys and Dolls" is pretty much the prototypical 11 o'clock number.

[Jazzman714]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 1:39pm

Betrayed - "The Producers"

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 1:40pm

-- I'm Going Back

-- Revenge

-- So Long Dearie

-- Send in the Clowns

-- Move On

-- if He Walked Into My Life Today

-- Is Anybody There?

-- Shall We Dance?

-- You I like (maybe a little too like the above)

-- I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

-- I must admit that I have not to date fallen under the spell of Lot's Wife.  It clearly is the 11:00 number...I just don't get anything from the song

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 1:52pm

I almost kind of feel like She Loves Me has three 11 o'clock numbers in a row.  Vanilla Ice Cream then She Loves Me then A Trip to The Library.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 1:53pm

Memory....

The American Dream...

[The Other One]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:37pm

Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat. 

[The Other One]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:37pm

Updated On: 8/1/16 at 03:37 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 3:39pm

Rose's Turn is definitely the gold standard. 

My other favorite is Back to Before from Ragtime. 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 4:21pm

icecreambenjamin said: "I almost kind of feel like She Loves Me has three 11 o'clock numbers in a row..."

Act 2 of she loves me is just one fantastic number after another. my boyfriend wasn't feeling great when we saw it on Broadway, to the point where I thought he might leave at intermission. he stuck it out and by the end of Twelve Days to Christmas he (along with everyone else) was laughing his face off. All those terrific songs in a row made him feel much better (as well as Jane doing that hilarious leap that she did).

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 6:25pm

KnewItWhenIWasInFron said: "A lot -- maybe the majority -- of the songs listed so far are not 11 o'clock numbers. (And I'd argue a lot of them also are terrible, but different strokes....) Anyway, "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" from "Guys and Dolls" is pretty much the prototypical 11 o'clock number.

 

"

An 11 o'clock number is a term from an older time that means (usually) a showstopping number sung near the end of the final act of a traditional musical, I say final act because of shows like Peter Pan. It's called an 11 o'clock number because many years ago, when shows started later, this number was performed at about 11 o'clock, coincidentally.

 

 

No need to be snarky my friend.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 6:36pm

I love 11 o'clock numbers...not only do they tear the theater roof off when done correctly, but they've given drag queens an impressive selection of material. 

[KnewItWhenIWasInFron]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 6:36pm

Pointing out that the term "11 o'clock number" is being misused is not snarky. However referring to someone as "my friend" when they are not your friend, is.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 6:53pm

Hello, Dolly!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 6:55pm

Dollypop said: "Hello, Dolly!

A drag queen did that number @ Pieces Bar on Saturday. The Streisand version. I stopped by for a quick drink. It was not pretty. 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 7:03pm

KnewItWhenIWasInFron said: "A lot -- maybe the majority -- of the songs listed so far are not 11 o'clock numbers. (And I'd argue a lot of them also are terrible, but different strokes....) Anyway, "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" from "Guys and Dolls" is pretty much the prototypical 11 o'clock number.

Yup.  It is indeed Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat.

 

"

 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/1/16 at 7:08pm

I love "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat". 

No one has done it better than Stubby Kaye.

That man tore that song up and lifted it up to legendary status!

His JubilationT. Cornpone from "Li'l Abner" is right up there as well!