Show Tune Showdown #17: 2004-07 Broadway Seasons

In the 16th Show Tune Showdown, West Side Story won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to Round 2:

West Side Story's "Something's Coming", "America", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "I Feel Pretty", "Maria" and "One Hand, One Heart"

Whoop-Up's "Love Eyes"

PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, June 29.

Now on to our 17th Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to three Broadway seasons - 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 - when the following 11 musicals opened:

Little Women
January 23, 2005 - May 22, 2005 (137 performances)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
March 3, 2005 - September 3, 2006 (627 performances)

Monty Python's Spamalot
March 17, 2005 - January 11, 2009 (1,575 performances)

The Light in the Piazza
April 18, 2005 - July 2, 2006 (504 performances)

The Drowsy Chaperone
May 1, 2006 - December 30, 2007 (674 performances)

Tarzan
May 10, 2006 - July 8, 2007 (486 performances)

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
August 17, 2006 - January 7, 2007 (165 performances)

Grey Gardens
November 2, 2006 - July 29, 2007 (307 performances)

High Fidelity
December 7, 2006 - December 17, 2006 (13 performances)

Spring Awakening
December 10, 2006 - January 18, 2009 (859 performances)

Curtains
March 22, 2007 - June 29, 2008 (511 performances)

Now here are the competing show tunes - and if you're wondering how to judge each showdown, just ask yourself, "Which song do I enjoy listening to more?"

Grey Gardens' "The Revolutionary Costume for Today" (Christine Ebersole performs on the 61st Annual Tony Awards on June 10, 2007)

vs.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me's "Stop the Show" (Capathia Jenkins performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

Grey Garden's "Another Winter in a Summer Town" (Christine Ebersole performs on The View on October 30, 2006 - begins at 3:20)

vs.

The Light in the Piazza's "Fable" (Victoria Clark performs on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center broadcast on June 15, 2006 - begins at 6:00)

Grey Garden's "Around the World" (Christine Ebersole performs)

vs.

Little Women's "Better" (Sutton Foster performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

Spring Awakening's "The Bitch of Living" (John Gallagher, Jr., Jonathan Groff and the original Broadway cast perform)

vs.

Monty Python's Spamalot "Find Your Grail" (Sara Ramirez, Tim Curry and the original Broadway cast perform on the 59th Annual Tony Awards on June 5, 2005)

Spring Awakening's "Mama Who Bore Me" (Lea Michele performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

vs.

Little Women's "Astonishing" (Sutton Foster performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

Spring Awakening's "My Junk" (from the original Broadway cast recording)

vs.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' "Great Big Stuff" (Norbert Leo Butz performs on the 59th Annual Tony Awards on June 5, 2005)

Spring Awakening's "Totally Fucked" (from the original Broadway cast recording)

vs.

High Fidelity's "I Slept With Someone (Who Slept with Lyle Lovett)" (Will Chase performs at a Barnes and Noble CD signing)

The Drowsy Chaperone's "Show Off" (Sutton Foster performs on the 60th Annual Tony Awards on June 11, 2006)

vs.

Curtains' "Show People" (David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk and the original Broadway cast perform on the 61st Annual Tony Awards on June 10, 2007)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' "Here I Am" (Sherie Rene Scott performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

vs.

The Drowsy Chaperone's "As We Stumble Along" (Beth Leavel and Bob Martin perform during the Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS on November 23, 2006)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' "Give Them What They Want" (John Lithgow and Gregory Jbara perform on the original Broadway cast recording)

vs.

Curtains' "Thataway!" (Karen Ziemba performs on the original Broadway cast recording)

The Light in the Piazza's "Statues and Stories" (Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara perform on the 59th Annual Tony Awards on June 5, 2005)

vs.

High Fidelity's "The Last Real Record Store" (Will Chase and cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)

The Light in the Piazza's "Say It Somehow" (Katie Rose Clarke and Aaron Lazar perform on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center broadcast on June 15, 2006 - begins at 6:40)

vs.

Tarzan's "Who Better Than Me?" (Phil Collins and Josh Strickland perform on the Today Show on June 23, 2006)