Wicked? I'm surpised at that. As a song, i thought it was one of the weakest. Although it has grown on me, i don't particularly like it, but as a introduction to show/story i think it's good.
I must say I like: Les Miserables/Next to Normal's Intro's Musically.
Chicago Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Young Frankenstein (EVERYTHING else about that score was a mess)
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas." -Danmeg's 10 year old son.
I hate typical ALW as much as the next guy, but I actually really like JCS's overture. Blends the major themes of the score together beautifully, in my opinion, and leads very well into "Heaven on their Minds."
Gypsy's and South Pacific's are classics.
And for openings, for me, you can't top "White, a blank page or canvas. The challenge: bring order to the whole, through design *CHORD*"
Curtains, Young Frankenstein, Gypsy, South Pacific, Oklahoma, Thoroughly Modern Mille, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, The Little Mermaid, Light In The Piazza (before it got cut)
"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005
"You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.
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"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas." -Danmeg's 10 year old son.
Overtures: The Light in the Piazza West Side Story
First Songs: A Chorus Line Company Sunday in the Park with George
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
Gypsy, WSS, and South Pacific. I love Next to Normal's opening, but certainly not in comparison to the first three. I must say, I am a huge fan of overtures in general, I even liked Cry-Baby's because it existed! I think it's a huge part of musical theater that should exist for every show!
"I've never encountered such religiously, you know, loyal fans as Broadway musical theater fans. It's amazing."
--Allison Janney