Favorite Musical Play/s
 

What is/are your favorite musical play/s?

I haven't met a musical I didn't like, but my faves from what I've seen are:
Phantom of the Opera
Cats
West Side Story
And, I'm a real sucker for all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals: Carousel, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, etc...

Phantom of the Opera
RENT
Wicked
Oklahoma
Movin Out
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Into the Woods
Kiss Me Kate
Brigadoon
South Pacific
Big River

Rent
Wicked
Ragtime
Miss Saigon
My Fair Lady
Little Shop of Horrors
Hair

Definitely Singin' in the Rain.
I also like My Fair Lady and Les Mis.

Anybody seen Avenue Q yet?

FYI
 

For anyone who is A Chorus Line fan- like me- it's coming back to Broadway. Opening night is scheduled for September 21, 2006. According to a muscian friend who spoke to someone involved w/ the show- it's supposed to be updated a little!
SO EXCITED!!!:D :D :D
Ali

Evita is coming to Toronto for a month. Has anyone seen the tour? Is it any good?

I like:

Les Miz
Miss Saigon
Oklahoma!
Sound of Music (does it count? I have only seen the movie)
Jane Eyre
Aida

Miss Saigon. I cried for two hours after seeing it. I know that sounds so flaky, but I was 16. It was so surprising that it ended the way it did.

Phantom of the Opera
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Godspell
Cats
ummm much more but thats good for now

Add Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to my list too... Ok, I have to say ALL Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals and ALL Rodgers and Hammerstein. There are several that others have listed that I want to see but haven't had the cashola to do so.

Lion King was also phenomenol.

Les Miserables
Jekyll & Hyde
Phantom of the Opera
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
The Life
Cabaret
Bye Bye Birdie
The Music Man
Hello, Dolly! (with Carol Channing----fabulous!)

I've been in Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, and Carousel, so I'm partial to those.

I also loved Movin' Out and Ragtime.

I like pretty much every musical I see...the only one I really don't like is Cinderella (OK, I hate that one)....

I love:
Rent
Les Miserables
7 Brides for 7 Brothers
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds is my hero!)
Singin' in the Rain

Once Upon a Matress (Carol Burnett - NOT SJP)
RENT
Sweeney Todd
The Phantom of the Opera
Godspell
Thouroughly Modern Millie
Into the Woods
Damn Yankees
Little Shop of Horrors
The Mikado (if Les Mis counts as a musical, so does this)
The Secret Garden
Grease! (The musical, not the movie)
Footloose (The musical, not the movie)
Forbidden Broadway
Babes in Arms

I despise Rodgers & Hammerstein- the only good thing to come from that marriage was "You'll Never Walk Alone"

I'm not a big fan of Tommy or The Boyfriend

A Chorus Line
Godspell
Cats
Hair
Jesus Christ Superstar
My Fair Lady


I really like original versions. They updated Jesus Christ Superstar a few years ago and it was awful!. They sometimes show it on PBS. The overall feel was just horrid.

Rent
Tommy
Mamma Mia!
We Will Rock You
Damn Yankees
Hello, Dolly
Phantom of the Opera
My Fair Lady
Little Shop of Horrors
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Chicago
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Cats

...and so on. I love musicals!

In no particular order:

West Side Story
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof
Guys and Dolls
Into the Woods
Evita
Little Mary Sunshine

Sticking to show's from those I've seen...

Aida
Les Miz
Brooklyn, The Musical (Mostly because of Eden Espinosa's remarkable belt)
Wicked

Not necessarily in that order...

Oooops, I almost forgot Rent.

Phantom of the Opera (Play: 6 times (8 by end of year) Movie: 4 times (will own in May)).

Rent (seen 4 times, absolutely LOVE it)

Sound of Music (partial b/c I was in it)

Miss Siagon (seen 4 times also, again LOVE it)

The Lion King (just saw on Friday and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!)

Les Mis (have seen 6-7 times, love it but at the same time kind of sick of it).

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (was lucky enough to see on Broadway with Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker and get their sigies too)

I have enjoyed every Broadway play I have seen here in Norfolk. My favorites have to be:

Cats
Mamma Mia
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
The Producers (REALLY FUNNY! wish I had seen it Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick)

If you ever have a chance, go and see Forbidden Broadway.

The Music Man
Le Miserables
The Mikado
Evita
My Fair Lady
Fiddler on the Roof
West Side Story

Saw it in NY a few years ago -- but would love to see it again since it changes as the current shows change.

Did they do the Les Miserable parody? It's hilarious.

"10 Years More"

RENT!

I've seen a ton of musicals now that I think about it. I think I must be one of the only people on earth to not like Phantom though. I saw it in London and just thought it was so-so.

My faves:
Sound of Music (Saw it with Marie Osmond playing Maria, she was great)
Lion King
Les Miserables (I love this one!)
Grease (mainly because I know all the songs)


I have seen many others, but those were just ok. Beauty and the Beast wasn't bad, but I would have rather watched the film again. I also wasn't really keen on Porgy and Bess, but I think I was too young to really appreciate it. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not much of a fan of Rent either.

I thought the production was good, score wise, mediocre at best. Puccini must be pissed if he found out what happen to his creation Musetta's Waltz.

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I've seen a ton of musicals now that I think about it. I think I must be one of the only people on earth to not like Phantom though. I saw it in London and just thought it was so-so.
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I thought the production was good, score wise, mediocre at best. Puccini must be pissed if he found out what happen to his creation Musetta's Waltz.

Are you referring to Phantom or Rent? Rent was taken from Puccini's opera la boheme, not Phantom but I wonder what Puccini would think of Phantom.

Phantom. Listen to the Music of the Night and then compare it to Musetta's Waltz. It's is eeriliy similar. Also, if you listen to the main the overture of Phantom, the one that goes da da da da dum, it's exactly the same as Pink Floyd's echo.

Yeah, and they really had a lot of fun with Sunset Boulevard at the time.

Has anyone see the musical (not the movie) The Hunchback of Notre Dame? Was it on Broadway? London? And if so, when and who played in it. How long did it last? etc etc.

I have been trying to find info on it.

Thanks.

Phantom and Rent are my favorites. I've also gotten into Wicked's music, but I havent' seen it yet because it was sold out when I was in NYC. :(

My Favorites
 

WICKED
Aida
Rent
Hairspray
Once Upon A Mattress
The Producers
Crazy for You
Phantom

Favorite musicals/plays:
Steel Magnolias
Annie Get Your Gun
Five Guys Named Mo
Showboat
State Fair
Hello Dolly!
My Fair Lady
:)
Silver

Co-sign. I did not like Phantom, Les Mis, Jesus Christ Superstar, Camelot, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, or Two-by-Two.

We just got back from NYC, so my current faves are Wicked and Avenue Q...I listen to those 2 soundtracks all day!! We already have tickets to see Wicked again as it comes to LA in 2 months!!

Others that I like/love/obsess/whatever....

(in no particluar order)
Phantom
Les Miz
RENT
Fiddler on the Roof
Peter Pan (I saw this with Sandy Duncan years ago!)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Chicago
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Grease
Lion King

Shows I DIDN'T like...

Titanic (what a flop!)
Contact (Who said this was a musical anyway??)

Be thankful you never got to see Carrie (yes, the Stephen King novel turned into a musical) or Dance With the Vampire (the original version was excellent, then Michael Crawford had to ruin it by rewriting a perfectly good musical). Those were awful to the nth degrees.

Yes, I've VERY thankful!! My husband always says, "Life it too short for bad theatre!!"