Over the Rainbow
Showdate October 21, 2001
" Opening Numbers "
If you felt like listening to this week's show, that you were just
getting all excited about something only to have that heightened
anticipation cut off -- well, that's too bad, but I was playing
entirely opening numbers from musicals. These are shows without
overtures (although some have recently had overtures tacked on),
where the authors' intent is that the first thing you should hear and
see would be these great openings.
Songs played:
" Opening: New York, New York " from On the Town
" Prologue " from West Side Story
" Overture/ All that jazz " from Chicago
" Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd " from Sweeney Todd
" Tradition " from Fiddler on the Roof
" Look down " from Les Miserables
" The old red hills of home " from Parade
" The circle of life " from The Lion King
" The carousel waltz " from Carousel
" Aquarius " from Hair