Can you name only one show tune that you would consider your all-time favorite? It鈥檚 a challenging task, we admit it, but these actors were game.
(The following responses were culled from 半岛体育鈥檚 Cue and A series.)
鈥淧inball Wizard!鈥�
鈥淚f Ever I Would Leave You鈥�
鈥淐oloring Book.鈥� It鈥檚 so haunting, I love it.
鈥沦辞尘别飞丑别谤别鈥� from
Elizabeth Stanley
So many, but I do have a special fondness for 鈥淕ood Morning, Starshine鈥� from , and 鈥淢uddy Water鈥� from Big River. also gets a lot of playtime on my iPod; it鈥檚 just so happy!
鈥淢agic To Do鈥�
I couldn鈥檛 possibly pick just one. It changes daily. It was 鈥淢emory鈥� for a long time. Maybe it hasn鈥檛 changed. I鈥檓 not very committal. Can you tell?
There are so many...鈥滿arry Me A Little鈥�...鈥滿y Heart is So Full of You鈥�...鈥漇ome Other Time鈥�...鈥滱t the Ballet鈥�...鈥滾onely Town鈥�...鈥漈his Nearly Was Mine鈥�...鈥滿ove On鈥�...and just about anything from Gypsy and West Side Story.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 Enough for Me鈥� from Romance in Hard Times by William Finn
鈥沦辞尘别飞丑别谤别鈥� from West Side Story. Nothing can top that, frankly.
鈥淒on鈥檛 Cry For Me Argentina.鈥� Or 鈥淚 Loves You, Porgy.鈥� Or 鈥淢y Man鈥檚 Gone Now.鈥� Or anything else from ...
鈥淎nd the World Goes 鈥楻ound鈥�
That song just pretty much sums it up for me鈥� 鈥淪ometimes you鈥檙e happy, sometimes you鈥檙e sad, but the world goes 鈥榬ound.鈥� Yeah that pretty much says it all.
鈥淚n This Wide, Wide World鈥� from
鈥淧retty Women鈥� from
I love 鈥淭he Riddle Song鈥� from Floyd Collins
Lee Tergesen
鈥淒amned For All Time/Blood Money鈥�
鈥淐hange鈥� from A New Brain. I鈥檝e never met , but I wouldn鈥檛 mind being her best friend.
鈥淐oloring Book.鈥� It鈥檚 so haunting, I love it.
It鈥檚 between 鈥淥n Broadway鈥� and 鈥溾€�
鈥淭he Ballad of Sweeney Todd,鈥� 鈥淐ool鈥� from West Side Story, 鈥沦耻苍诲补测鈥� from
Nic Rouleau
Easy - 鈥淢ake Someone Happy鈥� by . It will be my wedding song.
Matt Lauria
鈥淗eaven on Their Minds鈥� (), 鈥淐orner of the Sky鈥� (), 鈥淎 New World鈥� (Songs for a New World), 鈥淐omfort and Joy鈥� (Bat Boy), 鈥淟ily鈥檚 Eyes鈥� ().
If I said 鈥淭he Life I Never Led,鈥� would you slap me across the face?
Not sure I can choose even a handful. A plethora of songs from Les Miz. I think that score is beautiful. 鈥淏ring Him Home,鈥� 鈥淲ho Am I?,鈥� 鈥淚 Dreamed a Dream,鈥� 鈥淥n My Own鈥� etc. I also really love Sweeney Todd. 鈥淣ot While I鈥檓 Around鈥� is one of my favorites for sure.
鈥淪omeone In a Tree鈥�
鈥淔inishing the Hat鈥�
鈥淣ow鈥� 鈥� 鈥淪oon鈥� 鈥� 鈥淟ater鈥�
I鈥檒l stop there before I just list every Sondheim song in some order.
鈥淧retty Women鈥� and 鈥淭he Nearness of You鈥�
鈥淭he Riddle Song鈥� from Floyd Collins, 鈥淢ake Someone Happy鈥� from , 鈥淥ur Time鈥� from , 鈥�96,000鈥� from , 鈥淧aris Through the Window鈥� from
Taylor Louderman
鈥淒ance of the Robe鈥� from Aida
鈥淎 Quiet Thing鈥� by Kander and Ebb. I鈥檓 a softie, what can I say?
鈥溾€�
鈥淏roadway Baby鈥�
鈥淎delaide鈥檚 Lament鈥�
鈥淚 Am What I Am鈥�
鈥淭he Impossible Dream鈥�
鈥淔rom this Moment On鈥� from 鈥荣 Out of this World
鈥�,鈥� 鈥淲ho Are You Now,鈥� 鈥淩ose鈥檚 Turn,鈥� 鈥淢ove On鈥�
鈥淚f I Loved You鈥� from
Josh Young
鈥淔inishing the Hat鈥� from Sunday in the Park with George
鈥淪oliloquy鈥� from Carousel
鈥淕ethsemane鈥� from Jesus Christ Superstar
鈥淚 Could Have Danced All Night鈥� from
鈥淗ello Dolly鈥� from Hello, Dolly!
鈥淢aybe this Time鈥� from Cabaret
鈥淓delweiss鈥� from The Sound of Music
鈥淪oliloquy鈥� from Carousel
鈥淭onight鈥� and 鈥沦辞尘别飞丑别谤别鈥� from West Side Story
鈥淩ose鈥檚 Turn鈥� from Gypsy
鈥淎 Wonderful Guy鈥� from
鈥淥ld Man River鈥� and 鈥淐an鈥檛 Help Lovin鈥� Dat Man of Mine鈥� from
鈥淢aybe This Time鈥� from Cabaret
All of Porgy and Bess
鈥淓verything鈥檚 Coming Up Roses鈥�
鈥淪omething鈥檚 Coming鈥�
鈥淢uch More鈥�
鈥溾€�
鈥淚鈥檓 All I鈥檝e Got鈥�
鈥沦耻苍诲补测鈥�
鈥淚 Remember鈥�
鈥淪uperboy and the Invisible Girl鈥�
The entire score of
鈥淪ingin鈥� in the Rain鈥�
鈥淣obody鈥檚 Fool鈥� from 鈥淭he Court Jester鈥�
鈥淭he Old Red Hills of Home鈥� from
I always love 鈥淪it Down, You鈥檙e Rockin鈥� the Boat鈥� from .
鈥淯nexpected Song鈥� from
Anything from West Side Story and 鈥淲ho Can I Turn To?鈥� from Roar of the Greasepaint...
Randy Graff
鈥淣ever Never Land鈥�
鈥淚 Have Dreamed鈥�
鈥淎nyone Can Whistle鈥�
鈥淛辞丑补苍苍补鈥�
鈥淪ome People鈥�
Ohhh, the list goes on....
鈥淥ut Here On My Own鈥� from Fame
Anything from Gypsy, or
鈥淪oliloquy鈥� from Carousel. As a father to a little girl (and new baby boy), that song carries a lot of weight. I also love 鈥淕ethsemane鈥� from Jesus Christ Superstar. Just epic.
It changes but currently... 鈥淭he Next Ten Minutes鈥� from The Last Five Years is one of the most beautiful songs I鈥檝e ever heard.
It鈥檚 common to hear, but anything from Rent is very hard for me not to start singing along to.
鈥淭he Music and the Mirror鈥�
鈥淎ll the Things You Are鈥�
鈥淏allad of Sweeney Todd鈥�
鈥淔ree At Last鈥� from
Stephen Kunken
My cheeseball favorite: 鈥淏ring Him Home鈥� as sung by
My quotable favorite: 鈥淓piphany鈥� from Sweeney Todd
鈥淏reeze Off the River鈥�
鈥沦辞尘别飞丑别谤别鈥�
鈥淚 Am What I Am鈥�
鈥淭onight鈥� (come on... this whole score!)
鈥淪tars and the Moon鈥� by
鈥淪ailing鈥� by . I did a workshop of New Brain and loved singing it.
Impossible to name just one. Ummm... 鈥淢aria,鈥� 鈥淢idnight Radio,鈥� the entire bench scene from Carousel, 鈥淪unday,鈥� the overture from Merrily We Roll Along, 鈥淎 Quiet Thing,鈥� to name a few.
鈥淪ome People鈥� from Gypsy. I get really cheesy and sing it at the top of my lungs when I鈥檓 feeling really strongly in one direction emotionally. Happy, angry, excited... doesn鈥檛 matter which 鈥渄irection鈥� as long as it鈥檚 strong. Belting Ethel-style is a complete release!
Really now... it鈥檚 like trying to pick your favorite child. All right, I鈥檒l play your game, Mr. 半岛体育.
For my more mainstream choice I鈥檒l go with 鈥淎t the Ballet鈥� from A Chorus Line. For the 鈥渞oad less traveled鈥� choice, I鈥檒l pick 鈥淚s Anybody There?鈥� from .
Is this a questionnaire for gay people?
My favourite song is 鈥淕ethsemane鈥� from Jesus Christ Superstar. It鈥檚 an incredibly powerful, huge song (written by and ) and I absolutely love singing it onstage when I鈥檓 on tour.
鈥淒ancing Through Life鈥� from . Did I mention...? If you ever heard sing anything it would be your freakin鈥� favorite. When I saw her sing 鈥淚f I Can鈥檛 Have You鈥� in Saturday Night Fever, it took the show to a new level. Same thing for 鈥淢ake Like a Nail鈥� in Trailer Park... just awesome.
There are a few songs that I don鈥檛 click past when I鈥檓 in shuffle mode. 鈥淗eart & Soul鈥� from Bright Lights, Big City, 鈥淐lass鈥� from Sondheim鈥檚 Saturday Night, 鈥淭he Calling鈥� from Altar Boyz.
鈥淪ome Enchanted Evening.鈥� Always has been.
Hugh Panaro
OMG! Impossible to pick one as there are so many amazing songs out there. But because it was the very first showtune I EVER sang (when I was 12), and since there are so many memories attached to it, and I still agree with the sentiment of it, I鈥檓 gonna say 鈥淭omorrow.鈥�
Tie between 鈥淲hat Would I Do If I Could Feel鈥� from , 鈥淣ew Music鈥� from and 鈥淒ividing Day鈥� from Light in the Piazza. They all get me every time.
If truth be told, 鈥淪chadenfreude鈥� from speaks to my very core.
鈥淎nd I Am Telling You I鈥檓 Not Going鈥� from
I don鈥檛 know if it鈥檚 my favorite, but when I think of my son, a Sondheim song comes to mind - 鈥淟oving You.鈥� The first line of that song makes me fall apart: 鈥淟oving you is not a choice, it鈥檚 who I am.鈥�
Robin De Jes煤s
鈥淏uddy鈥檚 Eyes,鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 Here,鈥� 鈥淪oliloquy鈥� or 鈥�96,000.鈥� Depending on the day.
Sweeny Todd 鈥淛辞丑补苍苍补鈥� Act II
鈥淪uddenly Seymour鈥� (is that the title...you know from Little Shop...)
love the song 鈥淏arcelona鈥� from Company. And the entire West Side Story score is just so beautiful.
Is the opening number of Ragtime cheating?
鈥淣obody鈥檚 Side鈥� (how many days did I drive around in my Bronco II in high school pretending I was or Elaine Page...who鈥檚 a geek??)
鈥淭he Riddle Song鈥� from Floyd Collins
