Favourite Title of a Musical
Favourite Title of a Musical
#1Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 7:09am
You could list endless musicals, but select a few titles of musicals which you just love, or if not love, appreciate that they are good titles! A few that made the shortlist: Company, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Play, I know) but my two favourites have to be:
A Little Night Music - just love the image that I get when I think of this, summer in the country, subtle music in the background, wind blowing curtains(!)
Spring Awakening - again, good imagery e.g. birth/rebirth, sexual awakening, flowers blooiming in springtime etc.
What's yours?
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#2Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 7:54am
"O, Oysters!!!," an off-Broadway revue of long ago.
And an oddity of even longer ago,
"The Venetian Glass Nephew," based on a quirkily charming book.
And some others:
"The Crystal Heart"
"Kittiwake Island"
"Love and Maple Syrup"
"Pretzels"
"A Bistro Car on the CNR"
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#3Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 8:04am
Urinetown for all its horrible associated imagery.
Bajour has a nice ring to it.
#4Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 10:02am
Not musical, but I agree that Tennessee Williams has (in addition to the aforementioned CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF) some gorgeous titles:
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
Not only are they thought-provoking, but they trip off the tongue.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#5Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 10:42amI've always thought "Pacific Overtures" was a very satisfying title.
#6Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 11:24amA Chorus Line.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#8Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 1:36pm
Joan Rivers wrote a comedy about 40 years ago called "Fun City" which closed quickly.
She wanted to call it "The New Neil Simon Play" but was overruled.
That is the best title I have ever heard.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 1:46pm
Indisputably the best title is "Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It)"
Updated On: 1/11/11 at 01:46 PM
#10Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 4:19pm
Wouldn't call it a 'favorite' but Urinetown gets the best reactions from everyone I've ever mentioned this as a show title.
I of course, have to go into the whole story about the guy who visited Europe on a shoestring budget...he write his story..they turn it into a musical...and the rest is history.
IMO, Urinetown was as clever and fun as Drowsey Chaparone and Spelling Bee. I enjoyed them all! Wish I could say the same for much of the offerings in NY today.
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BWW regional writer "Philadelphia/South Jersey"
#11Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 4:40pmAs much as I love the musicals where the title tells you what the show is about- The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Chicago, etc., I love titles like Follies, A Little Night Music, Next to Normal and so forth, that leave you guessing. Those are really my favorites.
#12Favourite Title of a Musical
Posted: 1/11/11 at 5:48pmThe layered meanings of 'Pacific Overtures' has always wowed me, but I must deliver the cake to "Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (and don't you ever forget it)"
"There are only two worthwhile things to leave behind when we depart this world of ours: children and art."
-Sunday In The Park With George
