TGONAT FINALS!
TGONAT FINALS!
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#1TGONAT FINALS!
Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:52pm
Yup, as TGMAG winds down, it's time for another one of my world-famous brackets. This time we're refocusing the attention from the men and women of the theater world to the songs. Here's how it's going to work to determine the greatest Broadway opening number of all time -
Each time you copy and paste the list above you, you can add one new opening number (in the format: "Song Name" from Show Title) and add a point to two songs. Each song must be the first song of the show, and must have been part of a show that ran on Broadway.
So when we start with:
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 1
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
You can do:
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 2
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 2
"In the Heights" from In the Heights - 1
When a song gets 5 votes, please put it at the top of the list and add "- DO NOT VOTE" to the end of it. Obviously, do not vote after a song gets 5 votes. You can't subtract votes. Voting will end at 7:00 AM EST next Monday.
Let's start with:
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 1
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
Updated On: 5/21/09 at 09:52 PM
#2re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:54pmI think this should just go to I Hope I Get It from A Chorus Line.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:55pmWell then why don't you add it to the list?
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#3re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:56pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 2
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 1
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 5/9/09 at 09:56 PM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#4re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:57pmYou can add a vote to two, everybody.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#5re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 9:59pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 3
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 1
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#6re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:00pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 2
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#7re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:01pm
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4 - DO NOT VOTE
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from Hello, Dolly! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 2
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#8re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:01pm
"Well then why don't you add it to the list?"
Durr, I forgot.
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 2
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
Shannon Bo Dannon
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/08
#9re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:03pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 3
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 1
#10re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:05pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 1
"Prologue: Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 5/10/09 at 10:05 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#11re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:05pm
It's Today is not Mame's opening number.
"St. Bridget" (sung by Agnes) is the opening number.
Bricker2
Swing Joined: 6/19/08
#12re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:06pm
I'd like to add "All That Jazz" from Chicago and "The Circle of Life" from The Lion King to the list.
Thanks
#13re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:07pm...then do it yourself.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#14re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:07pmSomeone add "Mysterious Ways" from THE COLOR PURPLE!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#15re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:07pmCould we please stop it with all of these brackets? They were fun at first, but now they're getting a little much, and are clogging up the board.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#16re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:08pmIsn't "Call On Dolly" the opening number to the show?
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#17re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:09pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 2
"Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
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#18re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:09pmI'd say the opening number is both songs together, blaxx.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#19re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:09pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 3
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 2
"Aquarius" from Hair - 1
"It's Today" from Mame- 1
"Good Morning Baltimore" from Hairspray-1
Bricker2
Swing Joined: 6/19/08
#20re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:11pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 2
"Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 1
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 1
#21re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:18pm
I never added my vote in my post, I just added a new nominee so I am adding my vote now.
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 3
"Ragtime" from Ragtime- 1
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 1
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 1
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#22re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:24pm
I'd say the opening number is both songs together, blaxx.
I doubt it. One thing is that they come one after the other, but they are not the same song.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#23re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:26pm
I'm deleting It's Today, since it's not the opening number. Also, the name of Ragtime's opening number is Prologue: Ragtime, so I will fix that as well.
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 1
"Aquarius" from Hair - 3
"Prologue: Ragtime" from Ragtime- 2
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 1
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 2
"Come Look at the Freaks" from Sideshow- 1
#24re: The Greatest Opening Number of All Time - The Bracket
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:29pm
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd - 4
"Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof - 2
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins - 1
"I Put My Hand In" from HELLO, DOLLY! - 1
"Little Shop of Horrors" from Little Shop of Horrors - 4
"I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line- 2
"Aquarius" from Hair - 3
"Prologue: Ragtime" from Ragtime- 2
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret- 1
"All That Jazz" from Chicago- 2
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King- 2
"Come Look at the Freaks" from Sideshow- 1
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