The Showtune Thread, or Can You Hear the People Sing?

Broadway pit-playing is originally what I wanted to do for my future career -- which I still wouldn't mind doing.

I've played in Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, and Les Mis (school edit). Unfortunately our local High Schools decided to do more 'lighthearted' musicals after Les Mis, which meant Grease and the like that don't involve strings. Anyhow, I really love Fiddler, Phantom of the Opera (the single thing that got me into classical music in the first place -- sad, I know. But it was the 80s), and KISMET. Oh, how I wish they would revive Kismet on Broadway, but alas, I don't think a musical that takes place in Bagdad and goes on and on about how wonderful it is would be well-recieved on today's musical scene.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Conqueso

Despite being a huge theater geek, I've managed to avoid nearly all contact with Phantom of the Opera beyond the (hideous) title song and the (rather pretty) "Music of the Night." I suppose I ought to get around to listening to it sooner or later, although Andrew Lloyd Webber is seen as a sort of Broadway Antichrist among the members of my family.

Well, ALW is seen as kind of an antichrist among 98% of music students/faculty as well . And personally, I hate every other musical he's done aside from PotO (probably it has to do with the fact that I love the original book) -- this includes Cats, Starlight Express and Jesus Christ Superstar. They all made me want to either fall asleep or stab something. You should really listen to the Phantom soundtrack (Broadway original cast, not the movie crap). The best songs are the ones that aren't in every music box you buy, like "Point of No Return" and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again."

There's nowhere I can't reach.