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| MY 20 FAVORITE SCORES | |
| Posted by: | Jorge (jorge@jorgeplace.com) 02:19 pm EST 12/25/15 |
| If you love musicals as much as I do, you know it’s very difficult to make a list of your favorite scores. Some titles came to your mind in a blink of an eye, in my case CHICAGO, MACK & MABEL, GYPSY and FOLLIES are among the first. But when you are faced with the task of choosing 20 titles, things became a little more difficult. Which ones to choose in a list of hundreds of shows? Well, on my blog I’ve just posted a list with my 20 favorite scores. If you’re curious about my choices, follow the link. | |
| Link | http://themusicalchronicles.blogspot.pt/2015/12/my-20-favorite-scores.html |
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| top 40... | |
| Posted by: | Chazwaza 06:47 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| In reply to: | MY 20 FAVORITE SCORES - Jorge 02:19 pm EST 12/25/15 |
| I can't narrow down to 20. But just off the top of my head until where I stopped... my TOP 33 might include: Sunday in the Park with George West Side Story Sweeney Todd Follies Candide A Little Night Music Pacific Overtures Cabaret Chicago Kiss of the Spider Woman Fiddler on the Roof Carousel Caroline or Change Little Shop of Horrors South Pacific Parade Anyone Can Whistle Company Into the Woods The Wild Party (LaChiusa) Passion Merrily We Roll Along Assassins Falsettos Hedwig The Fantastics My Fair Lady Nine Ragtime Once On This Island Jesus Christ Superstar Hello Dolly Hair Man of La Mancha The Life Rent Guys & Dolls Bernarda Alba Light in the Piazza Gypsy Oklahoma Spring Awakening | |
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| re: top 40... | |
| Posted by: | ryhog 07:10 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| In reply to: | top 40... - Chazwaza 06:47 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| interestingly, I found 13 of your 33 would be on my list, quickly added 2 others and think I will stop at 15! | |
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| re: top 40... | |
| Posted by: | Chazwaza 08:07 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| In reply to: | re: top 40... - ryhog 07:10 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| I didn't change the number in the body -- it's more like 40 than 33. What 2 did you add? I mean... my top 15 would probably have to be (and i know, most of them are Sondheim, sue me): Sunday in the Park with George Sweeney Todd Follies West Side Story Candide A Little Night Music Pacific Overtures Cabaret Chicago Fiddler on the Roof Carousel Caroline or Change South Pacific Merrily We Roll Along The Fantasticks (? maybe?) | |
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| re: top 40... | |
| Posted by: | ryhog 08:22 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| In reply to: | re: top 40... - Chazwaza 08:07 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| well of your 15 I only had 7. My other two are Hamilton and American Idiot (and yes I know many people don't consider it a score but I do). | |
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| re: MY 20 FAVORITE SCORES | |
| Posted by: | keikekaze 05:40 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| In reply to: | MY 20 FAVORITE SCORES - Jorge 02:19 pm EST 12/25/15 |
| Well, the way I'm feeling today, these would be mine: The Boys from Syracuse Candide Do Re Mi A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum The Golden Apple Golden Boy Into the Woods The King and I Kismet Kiss Me, Kate The Light In the Piazza Little Me A Little Night Music The Most Happy Fella My Fair Lady On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Pacific Overtures She Loves Me Street Scene Sweeney Todd About 15 of these would be invariable with me; the other five or so might change slightly, from day to day, depending on my mood. Mind you, these aren't necessarily the 20 shows I think are necessarily "the best" or "the greatest," but the 20 scores I think bear up to repeated listening over many years. And there are many, many others I think are nearly as much fun as these. | |
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| re: MY 20 FAVORITE SCORES | |
| Posted by: | showtunetrivia 12:58 pm EST 12/26/15 |
| In reply to: | MY 20 FAVORITE SCORES - Jorge 02:19 pm EST 12/25/15 |
| Interesting choices, Jorge! My own list would tend more to original cast recordings over revivals and would have more Bock and Harnick and less Herman. I suspect, from your selections, you have a sunny disposish! Laura | |
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