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8/31/25 - Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 90s and 2000s

Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 90s and 2000s
1) Overture, Prologue & Launching (Titanic: The Musical - 1997)2) Prologue (Ragtime: The Musical - 1998)3) Prologue: The Old Red Hills Of Home (Parade - 1998)4) Footloose/On Any Sunday (Footloose: The Musical - 1998)5) Queenie Was a Blonde (The Wild Party - 2000)6) Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (Seussical - 2000)7) Opening Night (The Producers - 2001)8) Not for the Life of Me/Thoroughly Modern Millie (Thoroughly Modern Millie - 2002)9) Good Morning Baltimore (Hairspray - 2002)
Special Thanks to Broadway.com for their help on the 2000s list
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8/24/25 - Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 90s

Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 90s
1) We Dance (Once On This Island - 1990)2) Let's Go Flying (The Will Rogers Follies - 1991)3) The Jam (Jelly's Last Jam - 1991)4) The Heat Is On In Saigon (Miss Saigon - 1991)5) Four Jews In a Room Bitching (Falsettos - 1992)6) Belle (Disney's Beauty and the Beast - 1994)7) Opening: The New World (Songs for a New World - 1995)8) Overture/Can't Wait (BIG: The Musical -1996)9) Rent (RENT - 1996)10) The Vaults of Heaven (Whistle Down the Wind - 1996)11) The Circle of Life (Disney's The Lion King - 1997)12) Lost In The Darkness/Facade (Jekyll and Hyde - The Musical - 1997)13) Come Look at the Freaks (Side Show - 1997)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

8/17/25 - Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 80s

Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 80s
1) Overture/Audition (42nd Street / 1980)2) Move/You're Stepping On My Heart (Dreamgirls / 1981)3) Prologue/Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (Cats / 1982)4) Skid Row (Little Shop of Horrors / 1982)5) We Start Today (Baby / 1984)  6) We Are What We Are (La Cage aux Folles / 1984)7) There You Are (The Mystery of Edwin Drood / 1985)8) Overture/Work Song (Les Miserables / 1987)9) A Weekend At Hareford (Me and My Girl / 1987)10) Prologue (Into the Woods / 1987)11) Prelude/When I Get My Name In Lights (Legs Diamond / 1988)12) The Grand Parade (Grand Hotel / 1989)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

8/10/25 - Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 50s/60s/70s

Broadway's Best Opening Numbers - 50s/60s/70s
1) Runyonland / Fugue for Tinhorns / Follow The Fold (Guys & Dolls / 1950)2) Prologue (West Side Story / 1957)3) Rock Island (The Music Man / 1958)4) Preludium / The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music / 1959)5) Tradition (Fiddler on the Roof / 1964)6) Willkommen (Cabaret / 1966)7) Aquarius (Hair / 1967)8) Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord (Godspell / 1971)9) Heaven On Their Minds (Jesus Christ Superstar / 1971)10) Magic To Do (Pippin / 1972)11) Alma Mater (Grease / 1972)12) I Hope I Get It (A Chorus Line / 1975)13) All That Jazz (Chicago / 1975)14) Prelude (Sweeney Todd / 1979)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

8/3/25 - Broadway Workplace - Act Two

Broadway Workplace - Act Two
1) 9 to 5 (9 to 5 - The Musical)2) Coffee, Black (BIG - The Musical)3) Come Up To My Place (On The Town)4) An English Teacher (Bye Bye, Birdie)5) The Company Way (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)6) Watch What Happens (Newsies)7) I Wanna Be a Producer (The Producers)8) Millwork (Working)9) Doatsy Mae (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)10) Payday (Made in Dagenham)11) If I Had a White Horse (Secret Garden)12) Barrett's Song (Titanic - A New Musical)13) Brotherhood of Man (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)14) Good Morning, Good Day (She Loves Me)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

7/27/25 - Broadway Workplace - Act One

Broadway Workplace - Act One
1) Racing With The Clock (The Pajama Game)2) It's A Perfect Relationship (Bells Are Ringing)3) Opening (Waitress)4) Extraordinary (Pippin)5) Mushnik & Son (Little Shop of Horrors)6) Been A Long Day (How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)7) Take What You Got (Kinky Boots)8) Half as Big as Life (Promises, Promises)9) First Thing Monday Mornin' (Purlie)10) I Hear America Singing (Working)11) Getting To Know You (The King and I)12) Opening - I Hope I Get It (A Chorus Line)13) Coffee Break (How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)14) It's All About The Green (Wedding Singer)15) The Worst Pies in London (Sweeney Todd)16) Henry Ford (Ragtime: The Musical)17) Closed For Renovation (Little Shop of Horrors)
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7/20/25 - Broadway Choices - Act Three

Broadway Choices - Act Three
Songs from musicals where the character has to make a hard choice between two paths. (source: Reddit)
1) I've Decided to Marry You (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder)2) Feed Me/Git It (Little Shop of Horrors)3) Babbette (On The Twentieth Century)4) My Days (The Notebook)5) What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line)6) Pick a Pocket or Two (Oliver!)7) Poor Unfortunate Souls (Disney's The Little Mermaid)8) Doubt Comes In (Hadestown)9) Moments In The Woods (Into the Woods)10) Home (Beetlejuice)11) Gimme Gimme (Thoroughly Modern Millie)12) Now/It's Just the Gas (Little Shopof Horrors)13) Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind (Spring Awakening)14) I Want to Go Home/Stars (BIG The Musical)15) He Wanted to Say (Ragtime)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

7/13/25 - Broadway Choices - Act Two

Broadway Choices - Act Two
Songs from musicals where the character has to make a hard choice between two paths. (source: Reddit)
1) A World Without You (Children of Eden)2) Easy As Life (Aida)3) I Want It All (BABY)4) Man In The Mirror (A Man of No Importance)5) Waitin' For The Light To Shine (Big River)6) Defying Gravity (Wicked)7) The Road You Didn't Take (Follies)8) Where Do I Go? (Hair)9) Hard Candy Christmas (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)10) Hellfire (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)11) This Is The Moment (Jekyll & Hyde)12) Stars and the Moon (Songs for a New World)13) Growing Up (Merrily We Roll Along)14) Man Up (The Book of Mormon)15) One Way Road (The Great Gatsby)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

7/6/25 - Broadway Choices - Act One

Broadway Choices - Act One
1) On The Steps of the Palace (Into the Woods)2) Who Am I? (Les Miserables)3) What If? (If/Then)4) Meadowlark (The Baker's Wife)5) Johnny Can't Decide (Tick Tick Boom)6) When the Chips Are Down (Hadestown)7) Everlasting (Tuck Everlasting)8) Far From the Home I Love (Fiddler on the Roof)9) Gethsemene (Jesus Christ Superstar)10) The Meek Shall Inherit (Little Shop of Horrors)11) Journey to the Past (Anastasia)12) Sonya Alone (The Great Comet of 1812)13) Say No To This (Hamilton)14) Everybody Loves Louis (Sunday in the Park with George)15) Now (A Little Night Music)
BONUS TRACK:16) Any Dream Will Do (Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.

6/29/25 - Broadway's Leading Men - Act Three

Broadway's Leading Men - Act Three
Hugh Jackman1) Once Before I Go (The Boy From Oz)2) The Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me (The Music Man)
Joel Grey3) A Sentimental Man (Wicked)4) Willkommen (Cabaret)
Jonathan Groff5) You'll Be Back (Hamilton)6) Dream Lover (Just In Time - A New Musical)
Michael Ball7) Love Changes Everything (Aspects of Love)8) Vaults of Heaven (Whistle Down the Wind)--
Joshua Henry9) Soliloquy (Carousel)10) Let It Sing (Violet)
Brian d'Arcy James11) When Words Fail (Shrek - The Musical)12) Forgiveness (Days of Wine and Roses)
Paul Alexander Nolan13) What Does She Mean by Love? (Daddy Long Legs)14) The Grand Spec (Water For Elephants)
Christian Borle & Michael Rupert15) Monica & Mark (Elegies)
BONUS TRACK:16) Joseph's Dreams (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
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The Majestic Theatre/Ted Herbert Music School is a NH non-profit. We do not own the rights to the songs featured on our community podcasts. If you are going to perform any of the selections please contact the official rights holder.