In the 19th Show Tune Showdown, Fiddler on the Roof and The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd won the most showdowns - and the following songs will be moving on to Round 2:
Fiddler on the Roof's "If I Were a Rich Man", "Sunrise, Sunset" and "Tradition"
The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd's "Who Can I Turn To?", "A Wonderful Day Like Today" and "Nothing Can Stop Me Now!"
Flora, the Red Menace's "A Quiet Thing" and "Sing Happy"
Fade Out - Fade In's "Go Home Train"
I Had a Ball's "I Had a Ball"
PLEASE NOTE: The next Show Tune Showdown will be on Friday, August 10.
Now on to our 20th Show Tune Showdown, which takes us back to two Broadway seasons - 2002-03 and 2003-04 - when the following seven musicals opened:
Hairspray
August 15, 2002 - January 4, 2009 (2,642 performances)
Avenue Q
July 31, 2003 - September 13, 2009 (2,534 performances)
Little Shop of Horrors
Off-Broadway: July 27, 1982 - November 1, 1987 (2,209 performances)
October 2, 2003 - August 22, 2004 (372 performances)
Wicked
October 30, 2003 - Present (3,621 performances so far)
Taboo
November 13, 2003 - February 8, 2004 (100 performances)
Assassins
Off-Broadway: December 18, 1990 - February 16, 1991 (73 performances)
April 22, 2004 - July 18, 2004 (101 performances)
Caroline, or Change
May 2, 2004 - August 29, 2004 (136 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?"
Hairspray's "I Know Where I've Been" (Queen Latifah performs on the 2007 film soundtrack)
vs.
Wicked's "Defying Gravity" (Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth perform on the 58th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 2004)
Hairspray's "It Takes Two" (Matthew Morrison performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Wicked's "As Long as You're Mine" (Idina Menzel and Leo Norbert Butz perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
Hairspray's "You Can't Stop the Beat" (the original Broadway cast perform on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on January 1, 2003)
vs.
Little Shop's "Skid Row (Downtown)" (Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene and the cast perform in the 1986 film)
Hairspray's "Welcome to the '60s" (Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein and the cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
"Little Shop of Horrors" (Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks and Tisha Campbell perform in the 1986 film)
Hairspray's "(You’re) Timeless to Me" (Dick Latessa and Harvey Fierstein perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Little Shop's "Suddenly Seymour" (Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler perform on the 2003 Broadway cast recording)
Hairspray's "Good Morning Baltimore" (Marissa Jaret Winokur performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Assassin's "Everybody's Got the Right" (Michael Cerveris, Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare, Mario Cantone and the cast perform on the 58th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 2004)
Hairspray's "Without Love" (Matthew Morrison, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Corey Reynolds and Kerry Butler perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Assassin's "Unworthy of Your Love" (John Barrowman and Ruthie Henshall perform during the 1999 Broadway production of Putting It Together)
Avenue Q's "It Sucks to Be Me" (the original Broadway cast perform on the 58th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 2004)
vs.
Wicked's "Popular" (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel perform on the Today Show on November 12, 2003)
Taboo's "Pie in the Sky" (Euan Morton performs on the 2002 London cast recording - this song wasn't in the Broadway production)
vs.
Wicked's "What Is This Feeling?" (Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel and the cast perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
Taboo's "Love Is a Question Mark" (Dianne Pilkington and Luke Evans perform on the 2002 London cast recording)
vs.
Wicked's "For Good" (Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel perform on the original Broadway cast recording)
Avenue Q's "There's a Fine, Fine Line" (Stephanie D'Abruzzo performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
vs.
Little Shop's "Somewhere That's Green" (Ellen Greene performs in the original 1982 Off-Broadway production)
Caroline, or Change's "Lot's Wife" (Tonya Pinkins performs on the 58th Annual Tony Awards on June 6, 2004)
vs.
Taboo's "Guttersnipe" (Euan Morton and Mark McGee perform on the 2002 London cast recording)
Assassin's "The Ballad of Booth" (Patrick Cassidy and Victor Garber perform during the 1992 concert, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall)
vs.
Taboo's "Stranger in This World" (Euan Morton performs on the original Broadway cast recording)
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