Is anybody out there as obsessed with musicals as me??

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p.s. ben_walker446, i expect an immediate reply

Sorry Caroline.

Nope

Well I blatantly am! I believe there was a thread a few months ago with peoples favourite musicals

http://forums.abrsm.org/index.php?showtopic=21300&st=0

There we go

Well I obviously wasn't here a couple of months ago was I?? Sophie how can you not love musicals?? I'm listening to Les Mis as we speak x

Ive seen phantom thrice on stage, shall be seeing it MANY more times, we go everytime one of my cousins visit because we both really are obsessed with it.
Sound of music i am yet to see live, only seen the film about 15 times... (can also play the scores for both by memory)
If its a musical, i love it. Ive seen most though.
Not a huge fan of the lion king though

At the barricade I see..

What?

Caroline said she was listening to Les Mis...at the time it was At the barricade

Was never introduced to them

I'm on my own now

Yeh I saw Phantom last summer! It was really good :D I've got into a lot more musicals recently though, some that i'd never heard of before, like Scarlet Pimpernel, Jane Eyre... and they are actually so much better than Andrew Lloyd Webber. Other than Sunset Boulevard :D, Phantom is still really good too though

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I'm more obsessed than anyone I know... and I belong to a musical theatre group! I couldn't possibly pick a favourite... somehow I missed that favourite musicals thread too Ben, I think...

I think sometimes musicals can be over played..e.g. sound of music and Joseph and so they become borign to listen to. Then when you discover new musicals like the scarlet pimpernel that not many people have heard of its like a new leash of life

Any Rentheads?

Possibly...my cousin sent the soundtrack yesterday. Haven't gotten around to listenign to it yet though

yeh, but i love the phantom music, its so dramatic.
What i hate is that everyone my age (14ish) is like

'OH MY GOD HE LIKES A MUSICAL GAY ALERT!!!!'
Say it again and ill slap you with your handbag... grr i hate being this age and liking musicals, lol.

Don't mean to be rude, but are you male?

Haha. I think Ben knows how you feel x

Yes.

Oh it's very good! I much prefer the music to the storyline. I've only seen it once tho whilst I was in NY.

incidentaly speaking of consdering musicals 'camp'

One of my teachers last year hit with with his hardback diary, and when i began crying (because it was incredble hard on my head!and a shock) he said *insert my name here* stop being so camp...

Just to be controversial - I detest musicals with a passion

I used to have a flatmate and we used to argue about this all the time (he loved musicals and inflicted them on me with boring regularity) - he is still adamant that the reason I don't like musicals is that I have no soul Maybe he's correct!

Saw Wicked before Easter! That was amazing :D:D

And we're going to see Les Mis in the summer aren't we ben? Wooop! Anybody got any suggestions for another one to see while we're there?? We've got a few possibilities x



And he is correct you clearly have no soul x

Hairspray is good
the lion king, if you like acapella music.
I was going to see wicked, but got a migraine, so mum sold my ticket to the bus driver!

HAHA! Did the bus driver enjoy it?

Flat mate said Wicked was absolutely amazing and spoke about it for about a month after he saw it.

Hence, on principle I hate it

Cheers,

The Souless One

Hehe. Sounds like i'd get on well with your flat mate x

I'd have reported the #######.

Well, we were gambling in school.
But still tis out of order, also i believe its assault isnt it?
I hate to have said 'ill do you for assault' as most people would.
He hit another kid (slapped him on the back) his parents did something.
He apparently 'retired' aka fired... but he still teaches there part time.. apparently im popular, as people frequently say 'dont hit me like you did HC'

MEE!!!

I saw it in London in March it was AMAZING! But I didn't like the changes they made... I would prefer to see it on Broadway! Obviously I've seen the film a million times...

Really?! I had no idea that there was a production on in London at the moment. Who was running it? Did it have anything to do with Andy Stott this time around?

I LOVE MUSICALS!!!!
Wish I could go see some in London
x

William Baker and Steve Anderson... Well it was a six month run, it's over now.

They supposedly "got rid of the grunge and guitars" to bring it into the 21st century which panicked me a bit - I liked the way it was before... but they didn't change much - it was pretty good really.

Musicals aren't camp! Take Avenue Q for example...

ok, musicals are camp, but so what

I love musicals!

I've seen: Starlight Express, Cats, Le Mis, We Will Rock You (original cast - Kerry Ellis, Sharon D Clarke), Joseph (not the Lee Mead one), The Lion King, Chicago, Lord Of The Rings, Wicked and Avenue Q

Favourites have to be, LOTR for the stage effects, Avenue Q for the puppets , the storyline and the music and Wicked, well I just love everything about Wicked

I saw it in April and am going back in December and possibly again in the summer

Oh yes! I played 1st guitar in a production of WWRY. Such a fun show to do.

I'm going to buy the soundtrack when I have the money, mainly because of Kerry & Sharon but there you go

So yes, planning on doing Wicked again in the summer and December for the comeback date and then WWRY at Easter.

I'd really like to see Whistle Down The Wind but it's touring america at the moment Same goes for Miss Siagon.

Are there any LOTR fans in here? I seem to be the only person I know who absolutley adored it

One of my favourites is Blood Brothers, which I believe is still running in London.

Also enjoyed Les Mis, Lion King, Mama Mia etc.

A total disaster (IMO) was Whistle Down The Wind by Lloyd Webber...a great film completely changed for the stage version.

^^^ I've heard some good things about it, and I love the songs but it's not in England so I can't see it

I'll have a look for the film...

What like david?

I love musicals too. I think I've seen every show out there; I'm in NY like once a year for work so got to see the newer ones as well (like Legally Blonde -- which I don't like, btw) My recent favourites are Avenue Q and Wicked (seen both the original NY cast and the London production for both...)

Ooo I went to see the pyjama game last year (was alright). My friend is playing in a production of Goodbye girl in a months time so I will probably go see that too

I want to go see Spamalot The soundtrack sounds hilarious

Oh yeah, Spamalot - forgot about that!

My friend went and he said they find the Holy Grail in the audience

I love love love musicals!
Am totally and utterly obsessed
I have seen Les Mis, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, My Fair Lady, The Phantom and Evita on stage.
And in our theatre group, I have played the piano for Annie and the Sound of Music, and we're doing Les Mis in three weeks!

its a great show

I adore almost all of them.
I know most of the words to them all as well haha.
Love: lés misérables, lion king, blood brothers, billy elliot, miss saigon, moulin rouge, singing in the rain, fame, starlight express, wicked etc etc

Would love to see wicked and rent! and les mis.
I've seen blood brothers and starlight express.
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I've played the violin in Les Mis, it was so good! Another group in my area is doing it again in October and i really really wanted to play, but i'm going to be at uni

Has anybody heard the orchestral version of No-one But You (We Will Rock You) with Kerry Ellis??? It's amazing!! xxx

Joseph...
Last year it was the second best week of my life - amazing.

I'm fairly obsessed... but then I seem to be fairly obsessed with many things

I've been involved in school productions of Joseph, Little Shop of Horrors and Our Day Out, all of which I like, though I think I was a little too young to really appreciate LSoH when we did it

One of my friends is in a (very good) amateur operatic society, so I go to see most of his performances. Recently they've done My Fair Lady (one of my favourites), Iolanthe (which I liked more than I thought I would) and Titanic.
Titanic is now, I think, my all-time favourite musical. I was a bit dubious about it when I found out they were doing it and there were lots of jokes about cardboard cut-out ice-bergs and large blue sheets , but it was sensative, respectful and extremely moving, I cried practically the whole way through. There's never been a professional production of it in the UK, which is a real shame. I really urge anyone who gets the chance to see it to do so

My friend sent me quite a lot of the Rent soundtrack recently, which I've been listening to and really liking, hoping to get my hands on the film some time soon

Also like Les Mis, Phantom, Evita and many others that escape me right now

I haven't unfortunately. Do you like the original version? How do you feel about the way the songs were treated for the musical?

Yes! I absolutely love her voice! Have you heard her singing I Dreamed A Dream? The Video is on YouTube somewhere - it's the best version I've ever heard