broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#1Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 1:50am
This is a very knowledgeable group, so the question here is a song that is an absolute favorite of yours
from a musical, that is NOT one of the best known songs from a show, or from a lesser known show.
here are two examples.....
my favorite lately is:
"Original Musical' from [Title of Show]
this is a hilarious commentary on broadway musicals, and the character of the notepad is hysterical...almost a randy newman vibe going here
on the more serious side:
"Soul of a Man" from Kinky Boots
keep seeing Stark Sands just singing his face off during this song, and the lead guitar riff on this is fantastic....(its the 8th most popular song from Kinky on itunes, so that counts as lesser known)
Updated On: 10/4/15 at 01:50 AM
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#3Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 11:02am
I've always loved "You Are So Beyond" from Marilyn: An American Fable, but there's really no good recording of it. It's lovely though, with this undercurrent of deep paranoia. It's a song about someone who stalks Marilyn Monroe after all.
TodayTix Code: XGAXA
#4Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 11:22am
I have a big soft spot for "Love Me for What I Am" from In Trousers.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
the_denehayhay
Swing Joined: 10/3/15
#5Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 11:43am
Probably Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge! I don't know if this counts though because its a movie musical.....
#6Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 12:04pm
Lot's Wife/Salty Teardrops from Caroline, or Change. I can never listen to one without listening to the other. It's absolutely heart wrenching.
#7Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 1:13pm
"The Music That Makes Me Dance" from the Broadway production of FUNNY GIRL (replaced in the film with "My Man"
. It's my all time favorite Jule Styne song and no one sang it better than Ms. Streisand.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#8Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 1:42pm
"I Never Know When" on the OBCR of Goldilocks is a treasure delivered by the incomparable Elaine Stritch. The simple yet nuanced storytelling on that one is stunning.
Another one that comes to mind is Angela Lansbury's "I Don't Want to Know" from the OBCR of Dear World. Its excitement is infectious and never fails to make me smile.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#9Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 2:11pm
I Don't Want to Know is wonderful.
Also, the Ballad of the Sad Young Men from The Nervous Set and Mr. Livingstone from Happy Hunting.
yfs
Featured Actor Joined: 11/1/13
#10Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 2:53pm
A Trip to the Library from SHE LOVES ME -- a perfect story song.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#11Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:01pm
Most of my favorite songs are from popular shows or are at least well-known outside of the show. But off the top of my head I'll give a shout out to "Not Since Nineveh" from Kismet and "Blood on the Snow" from Doctor Zhivago.
peacelovemagic1
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/12
#12Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:08pm
Role of a Lifetime from Bare and Just Ask Flowers from Here Lies Love
#13Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:21pm
I'll take a leap and say most people probably don't know these two since they have yet to see a CD release:
"More of the Same" from HOW TO STEAL AN ELECTION
"Come to the Masquerade" from MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
#14Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:21pm
I'll see Kad's "Love Me..." and raise him "I Am Wearing a Hat".
I also love "Music that Makes Me Dance", but it has occurred to me over years of listening to the song that nothing about the music suggests anyone is "dancing". The lyric really should be "His is the only music that makes me SING", but, but, of course, "sing" is a very closed-off dipthong and consonant cluster. And nobody wanted to make Streisand (or anyone else) sing the high note on that word.
#15Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:37pm
You Walk With Me, from The Full Monty
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#16Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:52pm
Serenity from Triumph of love
cjmclaughlin10
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/15
#17Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 3:58pm
Sorry Greatful and Marry me Alittle from Company
#18Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 4:49pm
The movie version of "The Glamorous Life" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
My favorite score in the whole world could actually be improved when it came to writing the movie soundtrack. (At least in this one respect. Much of the rest of the film is a travesty.)
broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#19Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 7:47pm
"Whistling Away the Dark"
Julie Andrews from Darling Lili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0of8-MxqVRY
Haunting and beautifully orchestrated by henry mancini....
#20Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 10:08pm
'My Cup Runneth Over" ...from I Do! I Do! it was sung by ROBERT PRESTON AND MARY MARTIN.
this was the very first Broadway Musical..i ever saw...saw it in Los Angeles on it's national tour back in the late 60's
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#21Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/4/15 at 11:15pm
The Company Way from How To Succeed. Everybody always talks about Brotherhood of Man, but Company Way is the song that stands out to me.
seahag2
Featured Actor Joined: 2/15/15
#22Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/5/15 at 12:46am
The Other Side of This Life from Everyday Rapture and Off to Massachusetts from Little Women are both so pleasant!
so I smile like Mona Lisa and I lay my Visa down
broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#23Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/5/15 at 12:47am
Love the company way....
Love Live Mr Twimble!
Finch: Your brain is a company brain.
Twimble: The company washed it,
Now I can't complain.
#24Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/6/15 at 11:01am
"It's Getting Hotter in the North" (Kern, Hammerstein)
The original big closing number of Show Boat that was not used in the original Broadway production, or any major Broadway revival, or any of the three film versions.
Not crazy about the Frederica von Stade vocal on the McGlinn collection, but expecting an opera star to sing a jazz vocal is asking a lot.
Updated On: 10/8/15 at 11:01 AM
ChiTheaterFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/15
#25Your favorite musical theatre song most people may not be familiar with
Posted: 10/6/15 at 11:24am
Tell Me on a Sunday. (Or at least it's not known by people my age.) I've never seen it performed or anything but I sang it at a voice recital once. As someone who (like most people) has been dumped in crummy ways I always liked the lyrics. Now you'd have to add something about texting though.
