Top Ten Musicals


Pretty standard. Your top ten musicals, and your favorite song from each one. Not counting anything cartoon or Disney, since a lot of those are musicals virtually by definition. But from stage or film, your top ten.

If you can't come up with ten that's fine. I'm just a musical/soundtrack freak so I guess I went a little overboard. Sorry. -_-;

For me, in no particular order:
1. Hello Dolly! --- "Before the Parade Passes By"
2. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers --- "Sobbin' Women"
3. (Stage)The Phantom of the Opera --- "Music of the Night"
4. Grease --- "Greased Lightnin'"
5. Chicago --- "Cell Block Tango"
6. The Sound of Music --- "Maria" (How do you solve a problem like Maria)
7. The Music Man --- "Marian The Librarian"
8. State Fair --- "It's A Grand Night for Singing"
9. Annie --- "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"
10. The King and I --- "Getting to Know You"
11. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella --- "Stepsisters' Lament"
12. (Film)Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street --- "A Little Priest"
13. Wicked --- "Defying Gravity"
14. Singin' in the Rain --- "Good Mornin'"
15. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas --- "I Will Always Love You" (FORGET the W.H. version)


"Anything you say can, and will be used against you."
Magz.

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Well, since you listed fifteen, I'll do the same. But I'll stick to movies -

The Final Ballet - AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
"Dancing In The Dark" - THE BAND WAGON
"Mein Herr" - CABARET
The Alter Ego Dance - COVER GIRL
"Don't Rain On My Parade" - FUNNY GIRL
"Dancing" - HELLO, DOLLY!
"I Like Myself" - IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
The Ballet Of The Red Shoes - THE RED SHOES
"You're All The World To Me" - ROYAL WEDDING
The Barn Raising Sequence - SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
The Broadway Ballet - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
"Do Re Mi" - THE SOUND OF MUSIC
"Rich Man's Frug" - SWEET CHARITY
Opening Sequence (Jets Vs. Sharks) - WEST SIDE STORY
"The Babbitt And The Bromide" - ZIEGFELD FOLLIES

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1. Les Miserables - On My Own or One Day More
2. Grease - We go Together
3. Chicago - Cant pick a fav!
4. Wicked - Defying Gravity or Popular
5. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Barn Raising Scene
6. The Sound Of Music - Edelweiss or I am Sixteen
7. Singin' in the Rain - Good Morning
8. Fiddler on The Roof - Matchmaker or Tradition
9. Cabaret - Mein Herr
10. On the Town - On the Town

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In no particular order:

Oliver! ("I'd Do Anything")
Chicago ("All That Jazz")
The Wiz ("Home")
West Side Story ("Dance at the Gym")
It's Always Fair Weather ("Baby, You Knock Me Out")
Oklahoma! (Dream Ballet)
Cabaret ("Maybe This Time")
Sweeney Todd ("My Friends")
The Music Man ("We Got Trouble")
Camelot ("It's May")
Fiddler on the Roof ("Tevye's Dream")
1776 ("Lees of Old Virginia")
Hairspray ("You Can't Stop the Beat")
Gold Diggers of 1933 ("We're in the Money")

Musical number honorable mention:
"The Lady in Red" (from In Caliente)

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My Fair Lady..I could Have Danced All Night
Camelot..Camelot
Follow The Fleet..Let's face the Music and Dance
Yankee Doodle Dandy..Her Name Was Mary
Cabaret..Cabaret
Top Hat..Cheek to Cheek
Victor/Victoria..Jazz Hot
Can Can..Can Can
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory..Candy Man
Sound of Music..I Must Have Done Something Good
South Pacific..This Nearly Was Mine
that's 11...and I'll include a Disney to make an even dozen...Mary Poppins
My Favorite Things

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1. ALL THAT JAZZ - Bye, Bye Life
2. Cabaret - Mein Herr
3. How to Succeed... - The Brotherhood of Man
4. The Pajama Game - There Once Was a Man
5. The Music Man - Trouble
6. Singin' in the Rain - Singin' in the Rain
7. An American in Paris - I Got
8. Oklahoma! - Okalahoma!
9. Fiddler on the Roof - If I Were a Rich Man
10. West Side Story - America

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West Side Story-Only in America
Sound of Music-So Long Farewell
Caberet-Winkkleman
Mame-title song
Music Man-76 Trombones
Annie Get Your Gun-I'm an Indian Too
Painted Wagon-Mariah
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-Hushaby Mountain
Doctor Doolittle-Beautiful Things
King & I-Shall We Dance


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