Musicals..., which do you love........and loathe? Options

[laura-clarinet]

As it says ^^^

I loveee: Wicked , Grease, Mamma Mia, Jesus Christ superstar....


I loathee: I dunno (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

[Tequila]

I like lots of musicals: Joseph, Jesus Christ superstar, Evita

My all time absolute favourite is "Les Miserables" - The whole packet fantastic music, great setting etc.


Didn't get on so well with Miss Saigon but did have cheap limited view seats. Love a couple of those pieces "#.... played on a so-lo sax-o phone-.....#" but a lot of it i found forgettable. (sorry to any fans)


Would love to see Wicked.

[PianissiMole]

How do you define a 'musical'?

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[maledictis]

How do you define a 'musical'?

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a play when people burst into song at random moments? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Alder]

I love... Kiss Me Kate, Calamity Jane, Singing in the Rain, Guys and Dolls, Evita, Chess... [Chess is fantastic, I had no idea till I saw an amateur company do it last year. They were amazing. Going to see it again in April I hope!]

I loathe... Brigadoon, Gigi, Copacabana and Cats. [Shudders...]

I don't know Wicked! But I have several pupils who are addicted to it. I've heard a few of the songs but not been terribly taken by it - I suspect you need to see the show to be pulled in.



Note: This is a small fraction off the top of my head. I have a shelf full of vocal selections and scores from musicals. Love 'em in general. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/party1.gif)

[maledictis]

Chess... [Chess is fantastic, I had no idea till I saw an amateur company do it last year. They were amazing. Going to see it again in April I hope!]

Ah yes, Chess (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

[Crotchetymum]

My all time absolute favourite is "Les Miserables" - The whole packet fantastic music, great setting etc.

I think I'd have to go along with that too. Apart from that, it's the oldies that spring to mind first (not that LM is young any more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)) - Calamity Jane's been mentioned and I love that. West Side Story, if that counts, or is it some little subsection of it's own? Guys and Dolls definitely goes on the list. I'll probably think of some more later.



Oh - does the Blues Brothers count?

And Singing in the Rain, of course - And most things with Fred and Ginger......

[karslima]

My favourites are Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Bombay Dreams. I loathe just about anything else by Andrew Lloyd Webber (although I would probably like Evita if I ever heard it).

I've always loved Oklahoma since I was a child.

I haven't yet seen Copacobana, but I love the theme tune (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

The worst ever musical for me is Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim. When I saw this about three years ago I found it so weird that I couldn't stay for the second half, and I felt a sense of justice when Jason Donovan, who had played the lead role, was sent to the Australian jungle shortly afterwards. It didn't do his career any harm though.

How do you define a 'musical'?

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We had a friendly discussion on the difference between a musical and opera already.

http://forums.abrsm.org/index.php?showtopi...sical,and,opera

There isn't a definitive answer, but my take on the subject is that a musical can have a mixture of talking, singing and even dancing, while opera is mainly singing.

[skylark]

My favourites are...

Phantom of the Opera, if that counts as a musical
Blood Brothers
Grease
Chess
Miss Saigon

Oh and some oldies like...

The Desert Song
The King and I
West Side Story
er, The Sound of Music (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

and...

Funny Girl
Cabaret
Lady Sings the Blues

I could probably go on... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

[singerpianist]

I recently went to see the Lion King with my music department, which I loved. I think the music wasn't as good as I thought it would've been at times, but the costume side of things was amazing!

I love musicals in general really, although to be honest I haven't seen that many! I desperately want to see Les Miserables, closely followed by Jesus Christ Superstar (sung JCS as our warm up hyper-before-performances song when I did 'Tommy' at school...we had the harmonies and messed around with modulating, dynamics and tempo, it was so fantastic!!!).

I think when I 'grow up' I'll try to save up money for musicals and go to see one every couple of months (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Laura

[mel2]

Does Moulin Rouge count?

Didn t like that at all! I haven t seen many of those mentioned, (apart from the oldies) so will compile a Must See list.

[kenm]

Showboat, South Pacific, West Side Story: all with marvellous tunes, WSS probably the best music overall, and all with racial prejudice an essential element of the plot. To see the full significance of race in SP, read the original "Tales of the South Pacific", by James Michener, in which the Frenchman has not been married before, but nevertheless has four children by three different mothers, none of them Caucasian, so Nelly Forbush has an enormous challenge in transcending her Little Rock upbringing.

I have mixed feelings about Oklahoma. The score is magnificent, but the plot is rather distasteful in its unsympathetic treatment of Jud Fry and its cavalier dismissal of his death at the end.

[Crotchetymum]

I have mixed feelings about Oklahoma. The score is magnificent, but the plot is rather distasteful in its unsympathetic treatment of Jud Fry and its cavalier dismissal of his death at the end.

That's exactly how I feel about it.


I have to add Showboat, Fiddler on the Roof and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to my list.

I've never seen Kismet - is it good?

[Fibi]

I have mixed feelings about Oklahoma. The score is magnificent, but the plot is rather distasteful in its unsympathetic treatment of Jud Fry and its cavalier dismissal of his death at the end.

That's exactly how I feel about it.


I have to add Showboat, Fiddler on the Roof and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to my list.

I've never seen Kismet - is it good?

Fiddler on the Roof! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I had never seen West Side Story in full before the other week, but found a copy in the local branch of a cd/dvd shop for 4.99 a couple of weekends ago - really enjoyed it!

Isn't Kismet the one with all the Borodin music in it?

[miss sooky]

I adore musicals and I most adore Sondheim, especially Sweeney Todd, Company and A Little Night Music. I am not really an Andrew Lloyd Webber fan at all, so most of his, except perhaps Evita, are on my 'no thanks' list. Other musicals that thrill me are Anything Goes, West Side Story, Gypsy (sort of Sondheim), Hairspray for sheer joie de vivre, Sweet Charity, Parade and Rent. I was lucky enough to see In The Heights on Broadway which was fabulous. And last weekend I saw Spring Awakening with my teenage daughter and we immediately booked again - very different, very thrilling!