there's no business like show business like no business I know
First of all...Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Second, this is a fabulous Broadway meme that I stole from
la_signora
I eliminated one category and added my own...whatever!
Top Ten Shows with the Best Opening Scenes/Numbers (these are from musicals and plays...duh):
1. Sweeney Todd (especially the revival because it is so awesome)
2. Into the Woods (this opening is 12 minutes long, but I love it!)
3. The Light in the Piazza (it is so beautiful and makes me feel so great)
4. All My Sons (It is a dark stage, then thunder and lightning...the mother is standing on stage staring at the tree...this scared the crap out of me, but was amazing!)
5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (I love it..."What a dump!")
6. Gypsy (I mean, Rose coming down the aisle being an obnoxious stage mother...it does not get much better than that- especially when Rose is Pats)
7. Funny Girl ("Hello Gorgeous!"
8. Sunday in the Park with George (Such talent is all areas)
9. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (so great...I felt like I was really at the spelling bee)
10. Evita (even though I have never seen it, I would imagine that it would be pretty spectacular)
Top Ten Lines From Musicals and Make Me Cry (well maybe not cry, but touch my heart):
1. "But loving you I have a goal for what's rest of my life. I will live and I would die for you." from Passion
2. "Was it ever real? Did I ever love you this much? Could we ever feel so happy then?" from Follies
3. "Allez-vous en, please go away monsieur. Or I may go away with you!" from Can-Can
4. "They have never understood and no reason that they should. But if anybody could." from Sunday in the Park with George
5. "Margaret, we did it. You curtsied, I bowed. We are together, but no more love; no more love allowed." from The Light in the Piazza
6. "Who can say if I've been changed for the better, but because I knew I have been changed for good." from Wicked
7. "Was there too much of a crowd, all too lush and loud, and not enough of me." from Mame
8. "And should you die tomorrow, another thing I see. Your love will live in me." from Passion
9. "One loves a dog, an animal. What can I do to get you to love me? A human being such as yourself." from Passion (that one is not in the song, but it is still part of the musical)
10. "But though I want to live, I now can leave with what I never knew. I'm someone to be loved and that I learned from you." from Passion (yet again.)
Top Ten Song from Musical I Get Way to "Into" Whilst Listening To Them:
1. "Buenos Aires" from Evita
2. "A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd
3. "Dancing Queen" from Mamma Mia!
4. "Octet" from The Light in the Piazza
5. "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy
6. "Bosom Buddies" from Mame
7. "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime
8. "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" from Anything Goes
9. "Being Alive" from Company
10. "By the Sea" from Sweeney Todd
Top Ten Favorite Lines from Musicals that Make Me Laugh (or at least giggle):
1. "Sweeney: I prefer general - Lovett: With or without his privates. With is extra" from Sweeney Todd (that never gets old)
2. "Vexed again. Perplexed again. Thanks god, I can be oversexed again" from Pal Joey
3. "I'll take the oyster sans the pearl" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
4. "Ma you always taught me how to twist and shout because you shout nonstop and you're so twisted too" from Hairspray
5. "So I can dance with ya honey if ya think it's funny. Does your mother know that you're out" from Mamma Mia!
6. "And then in bed George. I mean he kneads me. I mean like dough George!" from Sunday in the Park with George
7. "I'm the bell of St. Peters in Rome. I'm tissue paper on a comb" from Sweet Charity
8. "Admit that you only took leave to visit my rival" from Passion (again not a song, but it is still funny)
9. "What a minute. That's not my life. Somebody else's life is flashing before my eyes. What the hell is that about!" from The Producers
10. "You said there's nothing wrong with a harmless smooch. So I am gonna call him Burnside Gooch" from Mame
Top Ten Shows with Best Closing Scenes/Numbers:
1. Gypsy (I mean, nothing really beats "Rose's Turn")
2. Passion (I love the last song and the way the entire thing turns out is so beautiful in its way)
3. Song and Dance (well the end of the first act which are the song...Bernadette sings a heartbreaking song that is gorgeous)
4. Seesaw (Michele Lee...fabulousness)
5. Sweeney Todd (duh)
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (such a great ending...I love it)
7. Sunday in the Park with George (when they all bow down to him...breathtaking!)
8. Hairspray (so much fun!)
9. Sunset Blvd. (with Patti of course because any other way is wrong)
10. Victor/Victoria (Robert Preston pretending to be a woman in a tango number...priceless)
Lastly, I met with my advisor for the first time yesterday. He is amazing. I love his already. As warned, he is a huge name dropper, but that is perfect for me because I easily impressed by those sort of things. Okay...one of the coolest things I found out that I think you dolls may like...HE KNOWS DONNA MURPHY! Really well. He says they go way back...I was surely wowed!
Second, this is a fabulous Broadway meme that I stole from
la_signora
I eliminated one category and added my own...whatever!
Top Ten Shows with the Best Opening Scenes/Numbers (these are from musicals and plays...duh):
1. Sweeney Todd (especially the revival because it is so awesome)
2. Into the Woods (this opening is 12 minutes long, but I love it!)
3. The Light in the Piazza (it is so beautiful and makes me feel so great)
4. All My Sons (It is a dark stage, then thunder and lightning...the mother is standing on stage staring at the tree...this scared the crap out of me, but was amazing!)
5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (I love it..."What a dump!")
6. Gypsy (I mean, Rose coming down the aisle being an obnoxious stage mother...it does not get much better than that- especially when Rose is Pats)
7. Funny Girl ("Hello Gorgeous!"
8. Sunday in the Park with George (Such talent is all areas)
9. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (so great...I felt like I was really at the spelling bee)
10. Evita (even though I have never seen it, I would imagine that it would be pretty spectacular)
Top Ten Lines From Musicals and Make Me Cry (well maybe not cry, but touch my heart):
1. "But loving you I have a goal for what's rest of my life. I will live and I would die for you." from Passion
2. "Was it ever real? Did I ever love you this much? Could we ever feel so happy then?" from Follies
3. "Allez-vous en, please go away monsieur. Or I may go away with you!" from Can-Can
4. "They have never understood and no reason that they should. But if anybody could." from Sunday in the Park with George
5. "Margaret, we did it. You curtsied, I bowed. We are together, but no more love; no more love allowed." from The Light in the Piazza
6. "Who can say if I've been changed for the better, but because I knew I have been changed for good." from Wicked
7. "Was there too much of a crowd, all too lush and loud, and not enough of me." from Mame
8. "And should you die tomorrow, another thing I see. Your love will live in me." from Passion
9. "One loves a dog, an animal. What can I do to get you to love me? A human being such as yourself." from Passion (that one is not in the song, but it is still part of the musical)
10. "But though I want to live, I now can leave with what I never knew. I'm someone to be loved and that I learned from you." from Passion (yet again.)
Top Ten Song from Musical I Get Way to "Into" Whilst Listening To Them:
1. "Buenos Aires" from Evita
2. "A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd
3. "Dancing Queen" from Mamma Mia!
4. "Octet" from The Light in the Piazza
5. "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy
6. "Bosom Buddies" from Mame
7. "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime
8. "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" from Anything Goes
9. "Being Alive" from Company
10. "By the Sea" from Sweeney Todd
Top Ten Favorite Lines from Musicals that Make Me Laugh (or at least giggle):
1. "Sweeney: I prefer general - Lovett: With or without his privates. With is extra" from Sweeney Todd (that never gets old)
2. "Vexed again. Perplexed again. Thanks god, I can be oversexed again" from Pal Joey
3. "I'll take the oyster sans the pearl" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
4. "Ma you always taught me how to twist and shout because you shout nonstop and you're so twisted too" from Hairspray
5. "So I can dance with ya honey if ya think it's funny. Does your mother know that you're out" from Mamma Mia!
6. "And then in bed George. I mean he kneads me. I mean like dough George!" from Sunday in the Park with George
7. "I'm the bell of St. Peters in Rome. I'm tissue paper on a comb" from Sweet Charity
8. "Admit that you only took leave to visit my rival" from Passion (again not a song, but it is still funny)
9. "What a minute. That's not my life. Somebody else's life is flashing before my eyes. What the hell is that about!" from The Producers
10. "You said there's nothing wrong with a harmless smooch. So I am gonna call him Burnside Gooch" from Mame
Top Ten Shows with Best Closing Scenes/Numbers:
1. Gypsy (I mean, nothing really beats "Rose's Turn")
2. Passion (I love the last song and the way the entire thing turns out is so beautiful in its way)
3. Song and Dance (well the end of the first act which are the song...Bernadette sings a heartbreaking song that is gorgeous)
4. Seesaw (Michele Lee...fabulousness)
5. Sweeney Todd (duh)
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (such a great ending...I love it)
7. Sunday in the Park with George (when they all bow down to him...breathtaking!)
8. Hairspray (so much fun!)
9. Sunset Blvd. (with Patti of course because any other way is wrong)
10. Victor/Victoria (Robert Preston pretending to be a woman in a tango number...priceless)
Lastly, I met with my advisor for the first time yesterday. He is amazing. I love his already. As warned, he is a huge name dropper, but that is perfect for me because I easily impressed by those sort of things. Okay...one of the coolest things I found out that I think you dolls may like...HE KNOWS DONNA MURPHY! Really well. He says they go way back...I was surely wowed!