The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
JANE2
Chorus Member Joined: 2/29/04
#0The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:17am
My favorites are:
Elaborate Lives- Aida
Street Singer- Brooklyn
I Know Him So Well- Chess
Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts- Whistle Down the Wind
What can you add to the list?
#1re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:21amA Little Priest~SWEENEY TODD
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#2re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:24amMove On - Sunday in the Park With George
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:25am
"All I Ask of You" - Phantom of the Opera
"Defying Gravity" and "As Long as You're Mine" - Wicked
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#4re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:27am
"Lily's Eyes"--Secret Garden
"In His Eyes"--Jekyll and Hyde
"I'll Cover You"--RENT
"See Me"--BARE
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#5re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:31am
What You Own - Rent
Elaborate Lives - Aida
All I Ask Of You - Phantom of the Opera
"The tick BOOM tick BOOM is so loud I can't hear the rain on the grass. I can't hear the wind. I'm about to scream. But I realize I'm not alone."
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#6re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:34am
class
my own best friend
nowadays
as long as you're mine
ah sweet mystery/ falling in love with someone
"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
#7re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:39amI Will Never Leave You from Side Show
Idina: Somehow I got myself to the stage, came out at the end of the show, and I had some kind of closure.
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
FestiveCheez
Swing Joined: 9/6/04
#8re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:51am
"Some Enchanted Evening" gets pointage for being classic, I guess.
"You're The Top," maybe? Well, maybe not.
"With So Little To Be Sure Of".
"Barcelona".
"Lily's Eyes."
"All The Wasted Time."
And I'll think of more later.
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#9re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 1:15amI'd Give it All For You- SFANW
#10re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 1:19am"Oh Happy We" from CANDIDE.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#11re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 1:21amThe duet from West Side Story.
"If you walked on the moon or you flew by a star, is that any more remarkable than here where you are? Who would have thought it?" W. E. Kennon
#12re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 1:58am
Some are dittos...
I Know Him So Well -"Chess"
Move On -"SITPWG"
His Eyes -"J&H"
What You Own -"Rent"
I'd Give it All for You -"SFANW"
All the Wasted Time -"Parade"
The Next Ten Minutes -"TL5Y"
People Like Us -"TWP"
Unworthy of Your Love -"Assassins"
Everyday a Little Death -"ALNM"
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#13re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 2:01amDespite the overwhelming number of god-awful songs in "Carrie," I think "And Eve Was Weak" and "Evening Prayers" are two of the most amazingly powerful, terrifying (the former) and beautiful (the latter) numbers to ever be sung.
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#14re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 2:06am
move on-sunday in the park
i will never leave you-side show
who will love me as i am-side show
id give it all for you-songs for a new world
the next 10 minutes-last 5 years
all the wasted time-parade
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#15re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 2:07am
"My Friend" -- The Life
"He Can Do It" -- Purlie
"Faith In Myself" -- Dreamgirls
"Beautiful" -- Sunday In The Park
"One Hand, One Heart" -- West Side Story
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#16re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 2:18am
Ragtime is filled with AMAZING duets
*Wheels of a Dream
*Sarah Brown Eyes
*Our Children
Others that havent been mentioned:
*It's Best to Leave while I'm in Love~Boy from OZ
*My Child/ That Guy ~Blood Brothers
*Waltz for Eva and Che ~Evita
*Suddenly Seymour ~LSOH (yes I know the urchins do back up)
*Tango Ballad ~3penny Opera
*Three Bedroom House ~Bat Boy
*Parents and Children~Ruthless!
Yes that's me. No, it's not a Rent homage.
#17re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 4:04am
"Wheels of a Dream"
"Sarah Brown Eyes"
"In His Eyes"
Are easily, in my opinion, the most powerful duets in Musical Theatre.
#18re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 5:39am
I have to say "In His Eyes". For all the gripe about Wildhorn, that song is beautiful.
Vocally powerful, "Take Me Or Leave Me" from Rent.
"Are You There" from Bare is beautifully done.
"I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon. Understated. (Yet the song itself has been overdone)
Deet: Shira, I Love You!
#19re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 6:20am
I agree with I Still Believe - one of the more overlooked songs from the Miss Saigon score IMO
Also
'Live with Somebody you Love' and 'If you still love me' from the revamped Martin Guerre (although the latter was unaccountably missing from the 1999 cast album)
Lily's Eyes - The Secret Garden
Not a Day goes by - Merrily we Roll Along
A Woman's Hands - La Cava
Past the POint of no Return - Phantom
Our Children - Ragtime
Also the 'Journey On' trio from Ragtime - I know it doesn't count as a duet, but I love it (although is it me, or does sound rather like Four Black Dragons from Pacific Overtures?)
onceadancer2
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/03
#20re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 11:12am
Make Believe from ShowBoat
You Are Love from ShowBoat
Look For The Silver Lining from ShowBoat
Deep IN My Heart from Student Prince
Where Or When from Babes In Arms
I Wish I were IN Love Again from Babes In Arms
All At Once from Babes In Arms
Why Can't I from Spring Is Here
I've Got 5 Dollars from America's Sweetheart
And Love Was Born from Music In The Air
You're The Top from Anything Goes
All Through the Night frrom Anything Goes
Spring Is Here from I Married An Angel
This Can't Be Love from Boys From Syracuse
I Didn't Know What Time It Was from Too Many Girls
And lots of others!!!
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
sndtrklvr
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/04
#21re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:07pm
I will never leave you -- sideshow
So my dear you think you can get to Broadway. Well, let me tell you something. Broadway has no room for people like you. Not the Broadway I know. My Broadway takes people like you and eats them up and spits them out. My Broadway is the Broadway of Merman, and Martin, and Fontaine, and if you think you can build yourself up by knocking other people down... ...GOOD LUCK... Seinfeld
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#22re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:16pm
"Some Enchanted Evening" gets pointage for being classic, I guess.
Some Enchanted Evening is a duet? Since when?
#23re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 2:22pmwithout a doubt,... "Wheels of a Dream" !!!! "Ragtime" !!
SeeIreallycouldn'tSING!!
Stand-by Joined: 8/29/04
#24re: The Most Powerful Duets In Musical Theatre
Posted: 9/8/04 at 3:34pm
I think its Light My Candle, from rent...? no?
Sing! CHorus Line.
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