Do you like musicals? Which is your favorite?

[Mutley]

:shrug:

[kay1864]

1. A few...

Lés Miserables--I've seen it 3 times. I think the only way I can see them is live though. Most movie musicals seem a bit contrived--I liked Oklahoma, but when I saw the Eddie Albert movie version, it was insipid. I did like Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, when I saw them long ago.

[Mutley]

2. Les Miserable is my favorite.

Followed by Into the Woods.

On a side note, how do you do the accent mark over the "e"?

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Alt-0233, on a PC

On a Mac, I believe it's just option-e.

Oh... and "Bye, Bye Birdie." I like only musical comedies.

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Ha!

And I always thought your username was after Andrew LLoeditpus Webber!

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. You're confusing me with the surfboard guru

Deweditpus Weber. :P

[Call Me Wesley]

30. Nah!

Oedi by Rich Orloff Rex:



Oh, and don't call me Shirley now.

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. Any relation

to Veal Prince Orloff?




Cripes, I hope LeftyMom doesn't see this.

[Call Me Wesley]

45. Dunno.

But ... get some veal, heat it up, call it a meal and give it your name. Like Prince Pückler did. Just because he served frozen strawberries. Or Lord Sandwich, the inventor of the sliced bread on the top and bottom of ingredients. Heck, even get Marie Antoinette, the cake ...

:hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

46. I did that with egg, cheese and Spam™

And one or two other things.

[Mutley]

18. Thanks.

I like that one, too. They did it in my high school.

[kay1864]

13. What's Into the Woods?

Try to find the 3-CD set of Les Mis. It's got the full versions of the songs, and all the intermittent orchestral stuff. A couple of the songs on the 2-CD version are truncated.

I saw it 3 times in London. But never with Frances Ruffelle as Eponine :cry: Damn that woman's voice soars.

[Mutley]

21. Oh it's great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woods

I love it!

[yellowdogintexas]

71. Into the Woods is one of the best. I have seen it live twice

and own the DVD of the original Broadway cast w/Bernadette Peters as the witch.

Wonderful wonderful.

[Call Me Wesley]

3. Irma La Douce!

'Cause they cut all the singing out!

Nah, I don't like musicals. I like operas, though, but not musicals.

[Mutley]

5. I'm the opposite.

I don't really like operas.

[kay1864]

8. Me too!

I love classical music (played for 27 years) but never could like opera.

But Beethoven, now... *swoon*

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Sitting in the Vienna Opera

watching/hearing Don Giovanni, having some champagne during the break, might change your viewpoint. t really depends on the quality of the opera itself. There are some lousy ones ...

[Crazy Dave]

15. I love a good symphony but never got into the opera

Listening to some Stravinsky and chillin' right at the moment.

[Call Me Wesley]

26. Stravinsky!

:thumbsup:

[Mutley]

32. I like symphonies, too.

I've got Berlioz on right now. :D

[Mutley]

31. I haven't been to one live,

so you're right. Going could actually change my mind.

[Crazy Dave]

4. "All That Jazz" with Roy Scheider

Kind of sort of musical with his flashbacks, rehearsals and hallucinations. Great (good-looking) dancers too.

[Mutley]

6. I've never seen it.

But I'm always up for great looking dancers. :P

[Crazy Dave]

10. It's from 1979 and it won four Oscars

I would have totally forgotten about it had I not seen it again last week. It's been about 18 years since the last time I saw it before then.

[billyskank]

11. You don't want to know

:blush:

[Mutley]

16. Yes I do!

[billyskank]

19. It's probably

Grease


:blush:

[Mutley]

23. What's wrong with that?

Is it wrong to like Grease?:P

Hey, you posted lyrics from Les Miserble a few weeks ago, didn't you?

[billyskank]

25. It's just that it's unutterably cheesy

Which is what I believe musicals are supposed to be, really. :rofl:

Yes, I do like Les Mis too.

West Side Story really rocks too, of course. :)

[Mutley]

27. It is cheesy

but it's cute, too.

I have West Side Story in print. It has West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet, and it compares the two. :silly:

[billyskank]

29. ...

:rofl:

[Mutley]

36. ...

:P













Are you laughing at me or with me?:D

[billyskank]

42. ...

:hug:

[Rhiannon12866]

104. Well, that's the story that "West Side Story" is based on, loosely,

of course. There are only so many stories out there, and many of them go back to Shakespeare.:P

[Mutley]

111. Well yes, but how many stories use the theme of star-crossed lovers?

But they don't all brag that they got it from Romeo and Juliet. :D

[Rhiannon12866]

112. But aren't Romeo & Juliet the iconic star-crossed lovers?

Everything else that was written followed them. And I've also read this about West Side Story, since Natalie Wood has always been a favorite of mine. But your point is well taken.:-)

[kay1864]

Hey billyskank!

Did you find that 3-CD set yet?

[Guava Jelly]

14. Guys and Dolls

I can watch it a million times and probably have

[Mutley]

17. Hey, that's a good one, too.

I think I'll put that one third on my list. :D

[ronnykmarshall]

20. Evita & Chicago

[Mutley]

24. Excellent.

:thumbsup:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

64. Saw the Chicago movie

but never saw it on stage. Have the CD at the office and play it about once a month. Turn it up loud and blast my brain thru the headphones. Gonna go deaf one day.

[applegrove]

28. Hair.

[Mutley]

33. The movie for that was made in my town, Baltimore.

With Ricki Lake. :D

[applegrove]

38. Don't know Rickie Lake. Who did she play?

[Mutley]

40. Wait, that was Hairspray.

Nevermind. :blush:

[applegrove]

76. I had to look her up. Yes, I thought Hair was filmed in New York.

[Wetzelbill]

34. does "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" count?

:)

[Mutley]

37. You mean the movie?

I don't know, but that's a great movie. :P

Someone told me it's based on The Odyssey. I don't really see that. :silly:

[Wetzelbill]

39. very loosely based

just sort of the general concept thing.

[Mutley]

41. I know. But this girl was insisting it was very closely related.

[Wetzelbill]

43. it has similarities

but as for being closely related, that's a stretch. It's funny to see some of the scenes, like the one when John Goodman is paralelling the Cyclops. That was great.

[Mutley]

44. Is that what that is?

Maybe I should reread the Odyssey sometime. It's been awhile, and I was sort of forced to do it the first time.

[Xipe Totec]

47. There's more

But it's more like the Odyssey by Homer Simpson.

Ulysses Everett McGill,

The blind prophet,

The sirens...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F

[Wetzelbill]

48. yes exactly

:)

[Mutley]

49. the Odyssey by Homer Simpson

:rofl:

Alright. The connection makes more sense between the two now. I'm inspired to read the book, and see the movie again, though.

I did not remember that it said "based on Homer's Odyssey" at the beginning.

[miss_american_pie]

50. Wicked

or West Side Story or South Pacific or Carousel or Picnic ...

[Mutley]

51. Hard to decide, isn't it?

:D

[miss_american_pie]

52. Yep

Just ask me which kid is my fave. ;)

[Mutley]

53. Which kid is your fave?

:P

[otohara]

54. Rocky Horror

let's do the The Time Warp again my Sweet Transvestite, and you can Touch A, Touch A, Touch Me and I Can Make You A Man

[Mutley]

55. ...

:rofl:

I can't see why anyone wouldn't like Rocky Horror, and frankly I'm amazed you're the first to bring it up.

[Sequoia]

56. Sound of Music

and Oklahomo.

[Mutley]

59. Good ones.

:)

[Sequoia]

62. Yes, and to think it's going to be remade with that slitty cat-eyed

girl who was on Spiderman. She hardly looks virginal.

[Mutley]

65. Oh, um what's her name?

Kristen Dunst! Or Kirsten. Something.

They're remaking that with her?!

[colinmom71]

94. Where did you hear about this?!?

I've been searching through http://www.moviemusicals.net/ and I have yet to see a reference to this. And there is *no* way Kirsten Dunst has the voice for either a film or stage remake of either "Sound of Music" and "Oklahoma"... Even studio remastering wouldn't help her!

[CBHagman]

79. You mean the farmer and the cowman should be...

...more than friends?!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

57. Chorus Line and Man of La Mancha

[Mutley]

60. Chorus Line, yes.

:thumbsup:

I've never seen Man of La Mancha.

[speedoo]

58. #1 is Les Miserables.... affected me deeply.

#2 is A Chorus Line, and #3 is Hair.

There are several others I love, but never saw live, so i don't count them.

[Mutley]

61. I've never seen Hair.

x( I should have by now, I know.

[speedoo]

69. Why not see the movie?

Live is better, but the movie's pretty good.

I wonder if there will be a revival of the musical with live performances, with everything that * has done to this country. We could all use some of that good music and feeling.

[Ron Green]

63. Anything by America's greatest composer . . . wait for it . . .

Richard Rodgers.

[libpunkmom]

66. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

"Through laughter Through Tears"... I like
Bollywood Movies:blush:

[lildreamer316]

67. Gigi!!

I know; it's kinda mysogynistic, but my dad loved it; and etc.
My Fair Lady too....

[lildreamer316]

68. A Funny Thing Happened On ..& Finnegans’ Rainbow !

Just remembered that one..........

[CBHagman]

81. I have a theory about Gigi.

I think I understand what you mean about the misogyny, but I've come to view Gigi as The Anti-Pretty Woman. That is, the most dehumanizing thing is to be made into something you're not, to be formed for another person's use. To be something other than what you are is to risk self-destruction, or at least a very cold heart.

As it happens, the novella was written by a woman (Colette).

[lavenderdiva]

87. I knew I'd find you over here!

yes, I think your theory about Gigi just may be right! But its still one of my favorites! (as you know--)

[CBHagman]

109. Have you got my number or what?

:blush: Classic movies strike again!

I do like to tell people that when I was a kid, the raciest things on TV were Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Gigi. The latter I really didn't understand, and the former I understood all too well.

My culturally literate parents exposed me to a lot of rather adult material through opera and little theater, to say nothing of their collection of Broadway cast albums.

The strange thing about kids is that they can become hooked on musicals through albums, without actually seeing them on stage or in film. I know that was true in my case, and it still seems to be true for some kids.

However, thanks to DVDs and videos and PBS, you have more options than ever for watching musicals.

[lavenderdiva]

110. ya know, I never thought about the Broadway album thing...

but my parents too, had a lot of broadway albums, and movie-soundtrack albums, that they played, waaayyyyy before I ever saw any of the movies! But you're right again, CBH! I guess that's where I first started loving the musical genre of films too--

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

70. The Muppets Take Manhattan (or possibly Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Look at me, here I am
Right where I belong
I see that face coming back to me
Like an old familiar song.
What better place could anyone be?
Cause you're here with me!
It's all I've been looking for
And so much more!
And now I'm here
Now you're here!
Nothing can go wrong, Cause I am here right where I belong!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087755/

---



I put on some make-up
and turn up the eight-track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett
from TV
until I wake up
and turn back to myself

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248845/

[yellowdogintexas]

72. "The Mikado", "Into the Woods, "Chorus Line" and "Victor, Victoria"

the movie..haven't seen the play.

[Calliope]

73. Depending on my mood it can be

Sweeney Todd, Company, Passion, A Little Night Music, Cabaret, and/or South Pacific

[Jade Fox]

74. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.......

Go Babs, with your bad Liberal self!

Also, most of Rogers and Hammerstein. I don't think they get credit for the risks they took--dealing with racism (South Pacific) and setting a whole story in a Minority community in the 1950s (Flower Drum Song). And the tunes!

[reyd reid reed]

75. I have to admit I've got a soft spot for South Pacific

But there's a whole lot of 'em that I like...Sound of Music. My Fair Lady.

Cinderella.

Guys and Dolls.

West Side Story.

[liberalpragmatist]

77. I've always liked "The Sound of Music"...

... I wouldn't call it my favorite (I've only seen about 15 musicals in my life) but I thought I'd just speak up for it since I know how so many people HATE it, absolutely HATE it.

And I'm a straight male too. I've always enjoyed it though.

[riderinthestorm]

78. My kids and I are brainstorming

Beauty and the Beast
Phantom of the Opera
Rent
Wizard of Oz
Cats
My Fair Lady
Lion King

Obviously we love musicals. The above list was compiled in less than 30 seconds. I decided to cut it short since there are so many more.....



:woohoo:

Musicals rock.

:applause:

[Aristus]

80. No question about it, it's...

[KingFlorez]

82. Dreamgirls!

My ipod is full of songs from it.

I also like Gypsy, Hairspray and the Color Purple

[Catshrink]

83. Movie: Singin' in the Rain

Theater: Les Miz.

[Digit]

84. Fiddler On The Roof

If I were a rich bitch, yada, yada, yada, yada, dadda, dadda, dadda, doo....

[Mutley]

95. My niece was in Fiddler on the Roof when she was 6.

Just a side character with only one line but still she was so cute.

[Redstone]

85. I'd as soon wear a goddamn dress as watch a musical.

Sorry about that, but there it is.

Redstone

[Mutley]

96. Hey that's okay, Redstone.

To each his own. :hi:

[lavenderdiva]

86. An American In Paris with Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron

Easter Parade with Judy Garland & Fred Astaire, The King & I with Yul Brenner & Deborah Kerr, The Wizard Of Oz with Judy Garland, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins with Dick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews, Meet Me In St. Louis with Judy Garland, GiGi with Leslie Caron & Louis Jourdan, Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand, Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta (fabulous Bee Gees music)....

Yes, you may have noticed that I LOVE musicals!!!

[deadparrot]

88. So many.

My parents (my mom, especially) made sure we had a lot of exposure to the arts.

1776, Wicked, Singing in the Rain, RENT, Guys and Dolls, The Last Five Years...I could go on and on.

[Mutley]

100. As could I...

:hi:

[Catchawave]

89. It's like picking a favorite child !

Love them all !

[Mutley]

97. But you must do it, BWAHAHAHA!

:P

[Brigid]

90. Godspell.

I saw it on stage for the first time with a church group in 1971, when I was 13. The 1973 film version starred my favorite actor, Victor Garber.

[Mutley]

99. I haven't seen it.

:)

[Patiod]

91. Probably Sweeney Todd

Although Oklahoma makes me happy. Plus the main theme fits with my own home: "CON-sho-hock-en where the wind comes roaring off the Schuylkill....."

[Mutley]

98. Sweeney Todd kind of scares me.

:P

[Calliope]

105. Have you seen the Sweeney production now on Broadway?

To me it was one of those WOW experiences. (I've seen it 3 times and I live in Va. if that tells you anything.)

[Patiod]

113. I'd love to - will have to find the money because it sounds worth it

Patti Lupone...

SO saw BOTH Lou Cariou and George Hearn (& Angela Lansbury of course) on Broadway in the original.

[seemunkee]

92. I despise musicals but love opera

unfortunately I have a nephew who loves musicals and have had to sit through many of them to show my support. He has a wonderful voice but I can't take the performances.

[Patiod]

114. I don't like opera, but like operetta

12 years in a Gilbert & Sullivan rep company.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

93. Showboat

with Brigadoon a pretty close 2nd...

[Mutley]

101. Everyone else, good choices as well.

I don't see anything I absolutely can't stand. I just can't keep up with everyone! :crazy:

[Burma Jones]

102. I liked Urinetown and Spamalot

But generally, I do not care for musicals.....

[Rhiannon12866]

103. When I was a kid, I loved "The Music Man!"

My cousin and I knew all the songs, still do. And my parents once took us to see it performed live. Van Johnson was Professor Harold Hill, and I still remember him marching up and down the aisles in this red satin uniform, waving his baton...:bounce:

On edit: And we loved the movie, thought Shirley Jones was so beautiful, still do.:-)

[tishaLA]

106. Company, West Side Story....

Gypsy, Sweeny Todd, Porgy and Bess, Kiss Me Kate, High Society.

Yes, I like musicals. And I LOVE Sondheim and Cole Porter.

[The Spirit Of Radio]

107. I really liked West Side Story.

I saw Suessical the Musical last night. A local youth organization put on the show. One of my friends was in it. It was really good.

[NC_Nurse]

108. West Side Story

Sound of Music
Funny Girl

[Name removed]

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