Favorite Overtures
Favorite Overtures
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 4:54pm
Some of my favorite overtures, in no particular order , are as follows:
1. Hallelujah Baby
2. Fade Out, Fade In
3. Sugar
4. Gypsy
5. What Makes Sammy Run
6. Mack & Mabel
7. I Had A Ball
8. Grind
9. Over Here
10.It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman
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Theatreboy33
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#1re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:07pmOf more recent shows, I enjoyed the Producers overture quite a bit. it was so peppy and always gets me in the mood for laughing. Also, and please dont attack me for saying this, but i really loved the brief overture to Dance of the Vampires. It was so powerful.
#2re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:15pm
Gypsy
42nd Street
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Annie Get Your Gun
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#3re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:19pmI agree with Theater Baby. I especially like Millie and 42nd street. Too bad Hairspray doesnt have an overture. That would be pretty good. I also like "Phantom's of the Opera"
#4re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:41pm
#1 - The Phantom Of The Opera (ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!!!!!!!)
#2 - Dance Of The Vampires (Very Moving And Suiting To The Show)
#3 - 42nd Street (So Much Fun)
#4 - The Producers (What Can You Say Other Than: GREAT!)
#5 - Thoroughly Modern Millie (Enjoyable And Fun)
#6 - Titanic A New Musical (Amazing)
#7 - Cats (Another Great Andrew Lloyd Webber Creation)
#8 - Les Miserables (Wow!)
#9 - Gypsy (Gotta Love It)
#10 - Well This Really Isn't An Overture, But I Love The Prologue To Beauty And The Beast
PS, There Are Many Other Amazing Overtures, But Who Can Think Of Them All At One Time, hahahaha!!!
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#5 re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:42pmHas to be Full Monty and Pimpernel for me...but mostly FM. My first time there, I just immediately started having fun tapping to the music.
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#6Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:47pm
Given that so many Classical Orchestra's play the...
1) Overture to CANDIDE
2) Overture to GYPSY
...Those would be my picks. They cross the bounds of Broadway to Classical to Popular music, and each of them have for over 40 years!
The Boston Pops ain't ever gonna play the OVERTURE TO VAMPIRE!
Fondly, as ever,
Max
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 5:51pm
Actually, the New York Philharmonic used to play the overture to Dance of the Vampires. Jim steinman didn't actually write it especially for the show, originally it was called
"The Storm", and many famous orchestras have performed it, I think even the Boston Pops! I don't know, there was just something special about that overture?!?!?
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
Updated On: 6/28/03 at 05:51 PM
BudFrump23
Broadway Star Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 6:06pmDeffinately the overture to Carousel...whenever I listen to it, I feel like I'm a little kid at an amusement park again!
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#10re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 6:07pm
Phantom05- I agree with u!
Dance of the Vampires & Phantom of the Opera have the best overtures! =-D
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BatBoi
Understudy Joined: 6/21/03
#11re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 6:08pm
My favorite hands down would have to be sunset boulevard. WOW!!
Phantom and Candide are close seconds.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Bwaybaby109
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#13re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 7:16pm
Ok here's my top 10 fav!
1. Phantom of the Opera (It's so powerful! The organ part makes me so excited!)
2. Gypsy (What a great overture! It makes ya feel that you're going to have a great time!)
3. South Pacific ( I love it because it showcases the show's most beautiful songs, especially when it opens with "Bali H'ai")
4. The Producers- (What can I say, the overture kicks butt! Especially with Springtime For Hitler!)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying- (I love the Revival cast's overture, it's truly great!
6. Guys and Dolls- (One of my most favorite musicals, has some of the best songs in Broadway history)
7. Fiddler on the Roof (Ok, there's really not an overture, but the Prologue is great when the whole cast sings TRADITION!)
8. Into the Wood (Again, no overture, but the Prologue is great!)
9. Children of Eden- (This has never been on Broadway and it also has no overture, but a really really awesome prologue!)
10. Dance of the Vampires- (I love this show, I don't know why it closed, but it has such a cool overture! What a great show, I'm so sad that it didn't last long!)
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 8:32pm
MAN OF LA MANCHA (I understand it was cut from the current version)
GYPSY
TWHM (When it was finally added)
CANDIDE
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (remember the staging in the original Tom O'Horgan production--where the "walls" seemed to tumble down?)
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#15re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 8:44pm
I agree with BwayBaby109's list of favorites, a lot of the shows don't have overtures, but instead they have awesome prologues, examples of some are: Into The Woods, Beauty And The Beast, and Children Of Eden.
Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
Phantess
Leading Actor Joined: 5/12/03
#16re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/28/03 at 9:35pm
Phantom (of course)
Dance of the Vampires (oh this is the best one ever!)
TMM
BATB
King Stevos
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/29/03 at 2:26am
JCS
J&H
Scarlet Pimp
Question: What is the longest Overture ever? My guess: OKLAHOMA
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#18re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/29/03 at 5:53amMy favorite is NINE and TMM.
#19re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/29/03 at 6:41am
In no particular order...
1. DAMN YANKEES (especially the recent revival version)
2. OKLAHOMA!
3. NINE
4. ANNIE (I know, I know ... but the overture is undeniably great.)
5. THE KING & I (especially recent revival version)
6. THE FULL MONTY
7. CAMELOT
8. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (definitely in my top 3)
Itty Bitty Geisha?
Toyland?
Gypsy Pasadoble?
Just a few popular favorites...
John4763
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/03
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#21Longest Overture
Posted: 6/29/03 at 10:47am"Let 'Em Eat Cake," the sequel to "Of Thee I Sing," might take the honor of longest overture. It's over seven minutes long, at least. (And is also a brilliant piece of writing).
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SONDHEIM8
Understudy Joined: 6/23/03
#22re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/29/03 at 10:51am
CANDIDE
GYPSY
CAROUSEL
THE FULL MONTY
Just to name a few.
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broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#24re: re: re: re: Favorite Overtures
Posted: 6/29/03 at 10:16pm
Full Monty
Mamma Mia
Suessical
Millie (i also like the final bow music)
Can't think of anymore!
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