Current DVD playlist (things rotate in and out a bit):
- Call Me Madam: "What Chance Have I" (Donald O'Connor, tap-dancing with a xylophone and a lot of balloons)
- Singin' in the Rain: "Make 'Em Laugh" (Donald O'Connor, many pratfalls, also that whole backflipping-off-the-walls thing), "Moses Supposes" (O'Connor and Kelly harass a specialist in elocution), part of the "Broadway Melody" (not really my favorite ballet sequence, but I'll sometimes watch Kelly's pas de deux with Cyd Charisse)
- Sweet Charity: "The Rich Man's Frug" (it's all about the angles)
- All That Jazz: the cattle call sequence (brilliantly edited, IMHO), "Everything Old is New Again" (deceptively simple choreography; I like this and the opener better than either the infamous "Airotica" sequence in the middle or that whacked-out disco death number at the end...)
- Fosse: "Steam Heat" (nifty trio), "Sing! Sing! Sing!" (in pretty decent technical shape--most of the ensemble numbers on this recording are depressingly sloppy)
- West Side Story: "Dance at the Gym," "America," "Cool" (all brilliant, path-breaking ensemble pieces, plus outstanding soloists)
- Sweeney Todd: "The Worst Pies in London" (terrific comic song, even if it does look as though it's been overdubbed in post-production), "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" (Ken Jenning has one of musical theatre's weirdest voices...), "A Little Priest" (comic cannibal recipes--what's not to like?), "God, That's Good!" (great choral work), "Johanna" (some of the evening's most melodic music--accompanied by Todd slashing several throats)
- Guys and Dolls: "Luck Be a Lady" (the gamblers' ballet)
- The Pirates of Penzance (Stratford Festival or the film version): "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" (amusing policemen who sing [Stratford] or dance [film])
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