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Post by Krista on Sept 24, 2007 13:03:50 GMT -5
What's the best musical you've seen live?
I absolutely LOVED seeing the Lion King. We saw that at the Princess of Whales theater in Toronto a few years ago. At first when my mom told me about it I was like, "Eh, I guess I'll tag along." But it was seriously amazing. The singers had such great voices and the costumes were awesome. There were these 10 feet giraffe coming down the aisles with three or four people working them.
Chicago was pretty good too, but they didn't do too much with the scenery. The music was great though.
I was in 4th grade when I saw Phantom of the Opera, so I don't really remember much of that. But I do love the soundtrack. I wish I could have understood it more at the time.
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Post by krokodyle on Sept 24, 2007 14:01:38 GMT -5
"Fiddler on the Roof".
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Post by mightyjack on Sept 24, 2007 18:51:23 GMT -5
Jesus Christ Superstar - With Ted Neely. There was this 18 year old playing Pilot in this one and kid had simply the most phenominal voice I've ever heard.. I wish I could remember his name and knew what he's doing these days.
I've seen Cats, was kind of "meh" on that one. Only one or two songs really clicked with me.
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Post by Chuck on Sept 24, 2007 19:12:12 GMT -5
MJ, I hated Cats. Really liked Chorus Line.
LOVED the stage show Dream Girls!
Did the shows Hair and Wizard of Oz, and who can't love those?
Sondheim's Sweeny Todd is really an opera, but it's great.
And I've always loved Brecht and Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny. (More recently, it's been produced by opera companies.) It still holds up and makes a point.
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Post by pups4ever on Sept 24, 2007 19:21:45 GMT -5
I never really saw it, but I was in "Bat Boy: The Musical" at my Community College.
Probably the best one I ever saw was "Wicked." I must just say... wow!
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Post by siamesesin on Sept 24, 2007 20:24:37 GMT -5
I've worked more than a few. I prefer operas or non-musical plays. My opinion of musicals is fairly low.
I did like "Sweeney Todd" and some of "Jekyll". I liked "Pirates of Penzance", which was the first musical (if you call it a musical) I saw.
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Post by Don Quixote on Sept 24, 2007 23:51:19 GMT -5
"The Producers" is up there with my favorites. I've been in quite a few musicals myself, so I know how much of a pain in the ass they are to put on. "Sweeny Todd" is another of my favorites, as is "Little Shop of Horrors," as is "Pirates of Penzance." (okay, "Operetta," it's the same damn thing! ).
One I've never seen that I've always wanted to is "Evil Dead: The Musical." "Bat Boy: The Musical" sounds awesome too.
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Post by Broadsword on Sept 25, 2007 17:44:20 GMT -5
I have to start with A Hard Day's Night great Beatles's movie, their first, so much to love the about the music and the Beatles. Almost Famous just a great movie, a love letter to all the 70's music fans. Monterrey Pop and Woodstock two great documentaries on these great concert. I personally like the music from Monterrey Pop more actually.
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Post by Katie on Sept 28, 2007 11:16:56 GMT -5
Hairspray on Broadway. I saw the Broadway toruing America one in my own town once too, but it's such a bigger and better experience on Broadway.. and by that I mjean tiny theater and everything is overwhelmingly cool. It was definitely a treat to see it on Broadway, it's such a great musical.
After that, I'm gunna say seeing them isn't as fun as being IN them, oh my goodness, so much fun to sing and dance and do all this work for months learning music and stuff. Then it all starts with that opening night performance. Wonderful feeling, truely. Its cool to watch yourself progress from "wow how am I going to learn THIS many songs and dances, and cues, and entrance times, and shoot costume changes, and then by the time opening night comes around it's like second nature.
ahhhhhhhhh musicals. Lovely.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Oct 1, 2007 10:49:10 GMT -5
Let me start by saying that I'm one of those people who think that musicals are, for the most part, insipid stories about insipid people singing insipid songs to insipid musical arrangements.
That said, I thought Sweeny Todd and Into the Woods were brilliant.
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Post by Krista on Oct 1, 2007 13:00:14 GMT -5
I've come to realize that many many men don't like musicals.
There are some that are dumb, but almost every guy I talk to hates 'em. I have a few different songs from musicals on my iPod, and when they come on he makes sure it's said about how much the song is really cheesy and he doesn't like it. Does it make guys feel awkward? Like what is up with that?
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Oct 1, 2007 13:40:29 GMT -5
I've come to realize that many many men don't like musicals. There are some that are dumb, but almost every guy I talk to hates 'em. I have a few different songs from musicals on my iPod, and when they come on he makes sure it's said about how much the song is really cheesy and he doesn't like it. Does it make guys feel awkward? Like what is up with that? Hmmm. Good question. Perhaps it's that men have better musical taste? ;D
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Post by Krista on Oct 1, 2007 13:47:19 GMT -5
Sadly, I might even have to agree with you on that. The majority of my favorite bands have a fan base that consists of mostly men.
Sorry ladies! Don't mean to put you down, afterall, I am one too last time I checked.
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Post by Hoss Ragen on Oct 1, 2007 13:49:35 GMT -5
I far from an expert on musicals, but I've talked to fellow record collectors who fancy themselves as macho-hard-as-nails guys who like finding alternate/international/cover versions of the Hair soundtrack. My "little" brother, a very masculine dude who is now in the Air Force, used to be deep into Phantom Of The Opera and Michael Crawford. My uncle, always the one to crack dirty jokes and notorious for his violent temper, cried during Cats. Who knows...
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Post by Mr. Atari on Oct 1, 2007 15:00:51 GMT -5
When you put music and theater together, you tend to get neither.
See also Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows.
On second thought, don't see Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows.
While I've never enjoyed a musical in person (I've seen a few), I do enjoy a couple movie musicals:
The Blues Brothers- This musical makes sense because they have a reason for singing, and even if they don't, it's Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles and James Brown and Cab Calloway and John Lee Hooker doing the singing.
This is Spinal Tap- I consider this a musical, and (next to the Blues Brothers) the best one ever made.
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