Ragtime - Simply beautiful. Miss Saigon - The minute that overture starts and crescendos, it gives me chills. Not to mention that I love "Dreamland" Company - So humorous, so energetic, so perfect.
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!"
-Family Guy
Starting with 'How Did They Build the Titanic?' and ending with 'Godspeed Titanic', it's amazing.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
"42nd Street... the overture sliding into the dancing feet and the entire first number."
This was my first thought as well. When the curtain rises only enough to see those feet just tapping away you can't help but be impressed.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
A Chorus Line 42nd Street Ragtime Lion King Company
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
I really love the opening from FAME. Its not the best but I enjoy it. That being said the best opening in my opinion is the opening 20 minutes from Les Mis. From Loow Down, to Valjeans whole monolouge thing into the priest and ending with What Have I Done? sends chills up my spine.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
My favorite opening is ACL. I also love Hello Dolly's opening ... its such a great set-up for Dolly's entrance on the trolley when she lowers the newspaper, and when it was Ethel Merman playing Dolly, the anticipation was incredible.
Hairspray...it was my favorite and first Broadway show. When the light hit Tracy and you hear the drum beats "DO DOOO DO! DO DOOO DO!" then the silouettes(sp?)...Excites me!
Ragtime A Chorus Line Lion King 42nd Street Carousel (especially with the carousel forming) West Side Story Phantom of the Opera Into the Woods Tarzan Sunset Blvd (love that pool!)
A Chorus Line - my favourite part of the show! Fame - Love the audition sequence when done well. Billy Elliot - Stars Look Down, shivers... We Will Rock You - when it goes black and all you can see is flashing lights from the badges. Radio Ga Ga is so amazing to watch, everyody in perfect time together, love it!
-Wicked (No One Mourns the Wicked) for some reason I always get goosebumps during those opening notes -The Last Five Years (Still Hurting) -Legally Blonde (Omigod, you guys!) -The Lion King (The Circle of Life) -The Wedding Singer (It's Your Wedding Day)
"That's a good point. Next time I pee on a Starbucks couch and throw straws and napkins at a barista, I'll just yell, "YOU DON'T KNOW ME OUTSIDE OF STARBUCKS! YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL!" and that should do it. "-LizzieCurry
Definitely THE CAROUSEL WALTZ, which establishes the meeting of Billy and Julie.
For some reason, I also like MISS SAIGON's opening. I just get this impending sense of doom... right before Lea Salonga and company strip and get ready for their customers...