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Last week my friends were lamenting how many musicals I haven't seen in my lifetime. We ended up with a list of about 15, but alas, I cannot remember them all. It turns out that the BYU library carries a huge number of musicals, all I need to do is find out which ones are worth my time. Any cool hatrackers out there who can offer me some suggestions? I just finished watching "Seven Brides..." and we're working on some others. It's a longterm project. I'll try to update the list whenever I get new suggestions.
Ones I have seen: Annie (I mean, who hasn't?) The King and I (ditto) Into the Woods (first one we did for this project...I loves the Princes!) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Just finished, very cool) Grease
Ones I haven't seen: I'm not even going to try. This has become bigger than me.
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Man of La Mancha - but I'd recommend seeing it on stage. That's how I got to see it the first time. It was my birthday present when I was 11 or 12. (The show was on a national tour and it came through our city close to my birthday.)
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I honestly am not all that crazy about musicals. However, I love, love, love "Kiss Me, Kate". Might have something to do with the fact that I was props mistress and set dresser for a community college production of it about ten or twelve years ago and grew very fond of it then.
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Yozhik, while your suggestion was excellent, you did forget to put a next to the Blues Brothers ( ). *tsk tsk*
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Chess (Incredible. Some of my favorite music of all time.) Phantom of the Opera Miss Saigon (I didn't know the story when I saw this, and I was in tears for the rest of the day.) Smokey Joe's Cafe Showboat Jekyll and Hyde ( Not as good as it could or should have been.) Into the Woods Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat The Pirates of Penzance Les Miserables Guys and Dolls (Fabulous.) The Secret Garden (I LOVE Lily's Eyes.)
Want to see: Sweeney Todd (Saw the recording, but must see in person) The Scarlett Pimpernell (Have you seen the movie? An almost perfect movie.) Passions Assassins Sunset Boulevard
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FINALLY someone mentioned Joseph! I was wondering why it hadn't come up yet...
Also, Guys and Dolls is one of my favorites.
Pippin is fun.
Hello Dolly is a must.
My Fair Lady (which many mentioned) is another one you must see.
There are TONS more, but Val posted a list, so my listing them individually is a bit pointless. Musicals are the best musical genre ever, I adore them all! I LOVE musicals. Love them, love them, love them.
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Ah yes, Rent is great. I got to see it on Broadway.
"No other road No other way No day but today"
And Secret Garden's been mentioned. I think that's the first broadway album I ever listened to. Simply gorgeous.
"It's a maze this garden it's a maze of ways, meant to set a soul astray Take a left and then take a right again 's how a soul can find his way."
And Les Mis should be just, well, understood without being stated.
"And I'm Javert. Do not forget my name! Do not forget me, 24601!"
"Is there another way to go? I missed it twenty long years ago. My life was a war that could never be won They gave me a number and murdered Valjean When they chained me and left me for dead. Just for stealing a mouthful of bread!"
And although not technically a musical, I've been listening to the original album of The Who's TOMMY a lot lately. Some great stuff.
"There is no chance no untried operation. All hope lies with him and none with me. Imagine though the shock from isolation. When he suddenly can hear and speak and see."
quote: And--I can't believe no one's mentioned Rent. I would sell my soul to see Rent with the original Angel.
Jen, aren't you glad I made you listen to the second disc? You know you are, even though you won't admit it. I'm sorry I made you sad. But I'm glad I now have someone with whom to sing Rent in the car. Because Rent is the best musical EVER. Posts: 1225 | Registered: Feb 2002
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Since it hasn't been mentioned, I must add:
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Robert Morse is the man. You have to see it.
By the way, I'm going to re-read through this thread and see where I missed White Christmas. I can't believe a thread about musicals could go on this long and skip such a classic. If I don't see it, I'll be very disappointed.
[edit: Okay, I see it. Romanylass has spared you from my terrible wrath.]
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Ava: I'll have to be honest with you, I really didn't care for RENT, maybe it was the subject matter. Give me Les Mis over that any day.
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By the way, if you'd like to see a musical that isn't exactly a classic... in fact you may be the only person you know who's ever seen it... but is absolutely brilliant, see:
Trust me. Find a place to rent it. If you can't rent it, buy it. It's only $9 from Amazon, which is what it would cost you to rent it twice anyway. It's worth many times that. If you can't afford it, come to my house and I'll show it to you. It's fantastic. It's creative. It's original. Get it. See it. Love it. You'll never regret it. I guarantee it. What are you waiting for? In fact, I think I'm going to go see it again now. Adios.
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Well, my origional college major was musical theater, so I have seen many, both onstage and in video form. My all time fave is of course:Les Miserables. It was my dream to perform as Eponine on Broadway, alas that is not to be. Phantom is also well done...never sit in the side balcony area you can see all the trap doors and it takes away from the magic of the performance. Same goes for Beauty and the Beast. Fiddler is good, Joseph ATD is good.
Cats South Pacific The King and I Kiss Me Kate Rent The Producers The Music Man Lion King Oklahoma Carousel Sound of Music West Side Story(required to view in 7th grade music in West Springfield...aka West Side,MA) Camelot Miss Saigon Evita
Going My Way Bells of St Mary's Road to Bali (bing Crosby and Bob Hope)
There are so many that I have seen and many that I have performed in (Grease, West Side Story, Oklahoma, Sound of Music, Annie, South Pacific, etc...) that I can't tell you of any but those that I like, which of course I feel all are good or awesome..like Les Mis and The Producers. Any Questions about them ..let me know !
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My cousin was the story-teller in Joseph when it was on Broadway... great show!
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I agree that this movie is almost perfect. I haven't seen the musical but I have read the book (which is also amazing). My favorite thing about the movie is how they twisted the plot around just enough that even though I'd read the book I still didn't know how it would all work out.
For my part, I recommend seeing mulitple Gilbert and Sullivan musicals (I'm in a producaion of HMS Pinafore right now which is a good one, as is the Makado and Pirates of Penzance)
The musical I really want to see is Wicked. I've heard the soundtrack and it's based on an awesome book... but I'd have to go to NY to see it.
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I know quite a few musicals -- most of the famous ones have been mentioned here, but there are a few more obscure ones that are definitely worth your time if you get the opportunity to rent/go see one....
Movie Musicals: Summer Stock Take Me Out to the Ballgame Anchors Away State Fair Pirates of Penzance (w/ Kevin Kline) Funny Girl Putting it Together (w/ Carol Burnett) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (also see the stage play!) Gigi Finian's Rainbow
Stage Musicals: Lucky Stiff A New Brain Titanic You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Crazy For You Jane Eyre The Full Monty Urinetown
There are so many more, but i'm having a brain fart at the moment -- this is what i get for not being in a show for almost a year!
Had a question, though...what is Emilie? I know most every musical and I've *never* heard of this!
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I still love that show, even after directing and stage managing it. I usually can't stand to see or hear a musical that I did and this is the lone exception (I'd rather see Rob Schneider as a stapler than see Fiddler or Charlie Brown again).
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The Fantastiks also I second a lot of the ones out there, i was going to say Godspell if Mrs. M hadn't.
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katherine-- I love Lily's Eyes from Secret Garden too. For the life of me I can't think of the one with the Leprechaun... I liked that one. The movie was dumb but I saw a great staging of it and loved it. Come on Musical buffs... what is the name of it. (Late 60's early 70's I think...)
I also saw a musical version of Shanedoah that was incredibly moving and beautiful.
So many of these depend on the quality of the production...
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My Mom grew up watching nothing but movie musicals, apparently, so as soon as our family got a VCR, we started renting them by the truckload. As a kid, I saw most of the Rodgers & Hammerstein shows, as well as many others. I am proud to say I have never seen an Elvis movie musical, though.
My favorites are 1776 and Oliver! I also love: The Music Man Man of La Mancha Scrooge West Side Story Mame Singin' In the Rain The Sound of Music Fiddler on the Roof South Pacific Kismet (even though it's super cheesy) The Kind and I
You should absolutely stay away from: Flower Drum Song Carousel Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Anything with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald
You should definitely see Oklahoma. It stinks (there are only two good songs - Poor Judd and Everything's up to Date in Kansas City), but it is a standard.
By the way, I don't know if there's anything in life more fun than playing in the pit orchestra for a live musical. I've played for Music Man, Fiddler, Singin in the Rain and Mame.
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My favorites are Damn Yankees (saw the version with Jerry Lewis), Pippin, and Beauty and the Beast, although I thought the songs from the movie were far better than the songs added for Broadway.
Titanic (the play, not the movie) was OK. I did not care for Miss Saigon at all. To me it seemed like the composer looked at his watch and said, oops, 3 hours, time to end the play here.
I like West Side Story, Pirates of Pensanze[i] (also liked the Christy McNichol spoof of it from the 70s). The soundtrack from [i]Le Miz gets on my nerves, but that may be because my Mom and 2 of my sisters played it relentlessy when they got it for Christmas. If I ever here "Master of the House" again it will be too soon.
Dagonee P.S., and yes, the South Park Movie was actually a very good musical, in a unique, twisted way.
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