best 11 o'clock number
best 11 o'clock number
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#0best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:20pm
what is your favorite 11 o'clock number in a musical?
my personal favs are:
betrayed- the producers
once before i go- the boy from oz
gimme gimme- thoroughly modern millie
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#1re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:22pm
Rose's Turn
Lot's Wife
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#2re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:22pm
Rose's Turn
Let Me Drown- Lippa's Wild Party
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
Updated On: 7/1/04 at 07:22 PM
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#3re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:22pmI agree with Gimme Gimme, Rose's Turn, and Lot's Wife. Updated On: 7/1/04 at 07:22 PM
#4re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:25pmHello, Dolly!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
wendy72
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/04
#6re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:30pm
Rose's Turn
Fine, Fine, Line
Suddenly, Seymour
Betrayed
Defying Gravity
#7re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:31pmI don't think "Defying Gravity" constitutes and 11 O'Clock number. I think the Wicked equivalent would be "No Good Deed". "Defying Gravity" is more under the category of great Act One Finales.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:32pmYou're asking ME????????
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#9re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:34pm
"Hello, Dolly" has to be one of the BEST 11 o' Clock numbers ever! Rose's Turn is also grand.
Gimme Gimme, although a great song, just seems to lack the extra "umph" to be one of the greats.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#10re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:38pm
"The Grass is Always Greener" from WOMAN OF THE YEAR
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from GUYS AND DOLLS
"Rose's Turn" from GYPSY
"Being Alive" from COMPANY
"The Miller's Son" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
"The Lady is a Tramp" from BABES IN ARMS
"Oklahoma" from OKLAHOMA!
"Nowadays" from CHICAGO
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from KISS ME, KATE
"One Night Only" from DREAMGIRLS
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Jamie Hat
Broadway Star Joined: 4/5/04
#11re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:39pm
No Good Deed is Wicked 11 o'clock number. Defying Gravity is what they call an "Act Two Closer". (Just like how we call Elphaba's make-up "green".)
My favorites are in Bat Boy, Caroline or Change, Urinetown, and Guys & Dolls.
My least favorite is in The Producers. (Love you Nathan, but it's predictable crap)
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#12re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:39pmApology to a Cow is an amazing 11 o'clock number, as is Last Midnight from Into the Woods. Would The Ladies Who Lunch or Being Alive be the 11 o'clock number from Company? Both are great.
#13re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:42pm
"Last Midnight" How could I forget!!
"For You" is also a good one from SEUSSICAL. I actually enjoyed this more than Gimme Gimme.
Oh my, URINETOWN too!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#14re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:44pm
Apology to a Cow is not an 11 o'clock number. It's in the first act.
For 11 o'clock numbers, Rose's Turn has to be the best, hands down.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
musicaltheatreman
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
#15re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:44pm
and i am telling you - dreamgirls
i am changing - dreamgirls
easy as life- aida
cabaret - cabaret
a new life - jekyll and hyde
as if we never said good bye - sunset blvd
memory - cats
back to before - ragtime
let them hear you - ragtime
roses turn -gypsy
i know where i've been - hairspray
being alive - company
gimme gimme - througly modern millie
home - the wiz
lots wife- caroline or change
#16re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:46pmApology to a Cow is certainly not in the first act.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#17re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:49pmYes, Apology to a Cow is in the second act, right before I Imagine You're Upset and Hold Me, Bat Boy Reprise. Those two are the last songs.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#18re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:49pmDouble Post. What would the 11 o'clock number from Urinetown be? Updated On: 7/1/04 at 07:49 PM
#19re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:50pmI'll take your comment as temporary amnesia Mister Matt.
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
musicaltheatreman
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
#20re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 7:58pmrun freedom run is the 11 o'clock # in urinetown
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#21re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:02pm
"Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide
"Sunday" from Sunday In the Park
"The Music That Makes Me Dance" from Funny Girl
"Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" from Guys and Dolls
"One" from A Chorus Line
"Lift Him Up" from Gospel At Colonus
"If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#22re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:04pm
to justify my mention of betrayed its my personal favorite to sing- nothing like comedic melodrama
also i forgot my other fav. from a role i did a ameture reading of- those were the good old days- damn yankees
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#23re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:05pmWe need an 11 o'clock number CD.
Hamlet's father.
#24re: best 11 o'clock number
Posted: 7/1/04 at 8:05pm
I don't think 'Run Freedom Run' is Urinetown's 11 o'clock number, it's too close to the beginning of Act II and doesn't do what an 11 o'clock number does (push the show toward the conclusion, etc.)
Don't wanna be post-patrol here, but a lot of people are naming songs that aren't anywhere near 11 o'clock numbers. Maybe we should clearly define an 11 o'clock number before preceeding?
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Updated On: 7/1/04 at 08:05 PM
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