MlleDaae
Featured Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#0Favorite Composer
Posted: 5/24/03 at 1:26pm
Got a favorite composer? Do tell!
"You are young. Life has been kind to you ...You will learn."
Updated On: 7/12/19 at 01:26 PM
ShineOn
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
MlleDaae
Featured Actor Joined: 5/16/03
Alvin and My Sheepdog Rex
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#3Jerry Herman
Posted: 5/24/03 at 2:55pmAnd the Winner in my world is Jerry Herman.
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.
#4OOOh, here are mine.............
Posted: 5/24/03 at 3:03pmAndrew Lloyd Webber(The Phantom Of The Opera), and Jim Steinman(Dance of the Vampires/Tanz Der Vampire)!!!!!!
------- "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"
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#6Fav Composers
Posted: 5/24/03 at 3:41pmMy best friend has exposed me even more to the absolute briliance of Sondeheim. I just LOVE all his work! JRB is up there too.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#7i am partial to
Posted: 5/24/03 at 3:50pm
sondheim. i love his work.
2 main reasons i want to see bounce --- sonheim's score and gavin creel singing it (not too bad on the yes either)
ShineOn
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#10other than sondheim
Posted: 5/24/03 at 4:00pm
rodgers and hammerstein
ahrens and flaherty (once on this island/ragtime)
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#12composers
Posted: 5/24/03 at 4:17pm
Further to Mr. Rodgers' little grandson Adam....
Broadway.com is reporting (glad they're still good for something) that Guettel's new musical "Light in the Piazza" starting in Seattle next Saturday night might come to Lincoln Center after Seattle and Chicago.
The music to this one is beautiful...although no one could be as good doing it as Adam himself is on the several private demos he's done of the score.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...and of course, his mother (Mary Rodgers Guettel) was the long time head of Juilliard which is located at Lincoln Center.
#13Aaaaaaaaaand..
Posted: 5/24/03 at 5:52pmI forgot to mention: Ryan Scott Oliver. He's an up and coming new composer here in Southern California. I truly believe he's going to be the "new sound of musical theater." I'm sure you'll all be hearing of him soon!
King Stevos
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
CourtneyM
Leading Actor Joined: 5/11/03
#16Jim Steinman (nmi)
Posted: 5/24/03 at 8:31pm
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art-Oscar Wilde
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#18Mostly the older generation...
Posted: 5/24/03 at 9:15pm
If I had to choose one favorite composer it would have to be Harold Arlen.
Runners up: Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart (Larry Hart was IMHO even a greater lyricist than Porter) Jerome Kern, Jules Styne, Harry Revel.
Sondheim is in there too, though he can infuriate me as much as pleasure me.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#20Maury!
Posted: 5/25/03 at 4:19am
Maury Yeston is definitely my favorite composer. Not only does he have an amazing way with composition and lyrics, but he writes great songs for the leads and songs that truly show the talents of the ensemble. Not to mention every musical he had on Broadway won the Tony, and I have a feeling he's going to win again this year.
So yeah, in short, Maury rocks.
"Peace! The charm's wound up."
--Macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#22Alessandrini!
Posted: 5/26/03 at 11:04amAh! He is fecking amazing! He's definitely one of my favorites too.
"Peace! The charm's wound up."
--Macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
