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Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, my dd missed the train so now we are eating at 9:30! That's okay, though. I'm actually not hungry. I explored this thread for the first time and love it.

I have seen the following musicals on Broadway and have loved them:

Miss Saigon

The Wiz

Biloxi Blues

Chorus Line

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Cabaret


I have also seen --but did not care for:

Cats (Staging and costumes were great. I could barely sit through it, however.)

Elton John's Aida (Now, the staging and costumes were absolutely terrific) but we had a stand-in for the lead, and she was ok; nothing great. My disappointment probably stemmed from that.

Have seen on TV and have loved:

My Fair Lady
West Side Story
The King and I
Jesus Christ Superstar
Music Man
Sound of Music
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the Roof

Some of my favorite songs from musicals:

Surrey with the Fringe On Top
There's a Place For Us
I Like to Live in America
I Feel Pretty
Trouble in River City
Could Have Danced All Night (like Rupertbear)
Loverly (like Rupertbear)

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 10:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just got home from Hairspray......FANTASTIC!!!

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Friday, November 12, 2004 - 10:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol,I hear it is fab,I just can't get over John Waters movie version.
I'm going to see Tap Dogs Rebooted at the 1816 Opera house on the 20th.

Graceunderfyre
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01-21-2004

Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 2:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love seeing Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat live. . .I've seen the Donnie Osmond tape and I'm not too impressed. But this is really a rock opera because there are no spoken lines (it was Webber's first musical).

I went and saw the new and improved Thoroughly Modern Millie a few years back on broadway with Sutton Foster and it's incredible! My MIL got me the cd and it's a bit of the boring side, but the real live thing is fantastic - nothing like the Julie Andrews/Mary Tyler Moore video they put out a while back.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Monday, November 15, 2004 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm very jealous of all of you people who live in New York and have access to all the arts.

Catfat
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02-27-2002

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
First and foremost is Phantom. Nothing else even comes close. i first saw it in London in (I think) 1987, Can it have been that long ago?

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 5:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw La Cage Aux Folles last week. I loved it. I originally saw it in 1987 and now saw this new version. It was absolutely wonderful. I also recently saw Mamma Mia I loved that, so much fun. I have tickets for Wicked in April.
I absolutely hated Phantom of the Opera. I walked out in the middle of it. My sister did too. I could not stand one more minute of it. I have friends that absolutely love it, so everybody has different tastes.

My all time favorite musicals on Broadway
La Cage
Mamma Mia
Annie

My all time favorite musical movies
West Side Story
Sound of Music
Bye Bye Birdie
Grease
Annie
Little Shop of Horrors

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
First time ever in this thread.

Purely for the music, it is hard to beat Phantom of the Opera.

Lots of other good ones mentioned above.

Paint Your Wagon
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sound of Music
West Side Story

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh yeah, I like Rocky Horror too, and South Pacific and Flower Drum Song

Meli456
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05-01-2003

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 12:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey guys!! Don't forget that "The Phantom of the Opera" movie opened yesterday!! I haven't had a chance to see it yet, but from what I've read it follows the musical pretty closely.

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Phantom was great.
I have posted my fave musicals way back in the thread ,but I must adjust a bit.

DH and I saw "Spamalot" last weekend.
It is going to STORM Broadway.

The three main actors (Azaria, Curry, Hyde-Pierce) were terrific (as usual), but the breakout star is definitely going to be Sarah Rodriguez. She makes this musical a MUSICAL!!!

There is even a "nod" to the "Life of Brian", for those who are not Holy Grail fans.





Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tuesday was Stephen Sondheim's 75th Birthday. Mr. Sondheim is the great modern master of the musical, IMHO--the man who made the greatest innovations in the form and bridged the gap from the traditional musical of Rogers and Hart, the Gershwins, and Prter, to the contemporary theatre. It's a heresy, but I will admit that I prefer him to most of the old masters.

In honor of Mr. Sondheim's birthday, here is a ditty written in his honor, to the tune of "Not Getting Married Today" from his revolutionary 1972 musical "Company." With apologies go the genius who wrote the original!

"Not Getting Older Today!"

CHOIR GIRL:
Bless this day,
Pinnacle of life,
No more stress or strife.
The heart leaps up to behold
This golden day.

STEVE:
Pardon me, is everybody here? Because if everybody's here, I
want to thank you all for coming to the party, I'd appreciate
your going even more, I mean you must have lots of better things to do, and
Thank you all
For the gifts and the flowers,
Thank you all,
Now it's back to the showers,
Thank you all,
But I'm not getting older today!

CHOIR GIRL:
Bless this day,
Tragedy of life,
Birthdays are not nice.
The heart sinks down and feels dead
This dreadful day.

STEVE:
Listen, everybody, look, I don't know what you're waiting for,
a Birthday what's a birthday, it's a prehistoric ritual
where everybody wishes to be young i mean forever, which is
maybe the most horrifying word I ever heard of, which is
followed by a birthday cake, where suddenly you realize you're
twenty pounds heavier, and wanna kill yourself.

So Thanks a bunch,
But I'm not getting older--
Go have lunch,
'Cause I'm not getting older--
You've been grand,
But I'm not getting older--
Don't just stand there,
I'm not getting older--
And don't light candles
Cause I'm not getting older today.

Go, can't you go?
Why is nogody listening?
Goodbye,
Go and cry at another person's wake.
If you're quick,
For a kick,
You could pick up a christening,
But please,
On my knees,
There's a human life at stake!

Listen everybody, I'm afraid you didn't hear, or do you want to
see a crazy artist fall apart in front of you.
I telephoned my analyst about it and he said to see him Monday,
But by Monday I'll be floating in the Hudson with the other garbage--

I'm not well,
So I'm not getting older--
You've been swell,
But I'm not getting older--
Clear the hall,
'Cause I'm not getting older--
Thank you all,
But I'm not getting older--
Shop the mall,
But I'm not getting older today!

CHOIR GIRL:
Bless this man,
Totally insane,
Slipping down the drain.
And bless this day in our hearts
despite Steve's obvious pain.

STEPHEN:
Listen everybody I adore you all,
But why Watch me die
Like Eliza on the ice?
Look, perhaps,I'll collapse
In your laps
Right before you all.
So take back the cake
Burn the gifts oh please be nice.

Look, I didn't wanna have to tell you,
but I may be coming down with Hepatitis, and I think I'm gonna faint.
So if you wanna see me faint, I'll do it happily,
But wouldn't it be funnier to go and watch a funeral?
So thank you for the twenty-seven birthday cards,
thirty-seven sweaters,
forty-seven DVDs,
fifty-seven votive candles.

So thank you all for the gifts and the flowers,
Thanks you all but it's back to the showers.
You've been great but i'm
NOT GETTING OLDER TODAY!!!!!

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And I'll post this, too, in his honor.

sondheim

Crzndeb
Member

07-26-2004

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Loved Lion King And Aida.....got to see both on broadway while my daughter was there attending performing arts school...Luckily, she knew about the $20 standing room only for the Lion King. a friend of her's who was playing simba at the time had a swing the day we went so I was a little disappointed I didn't get to see him...but I think it is my fave so far. Phanthom (saw it at home in Seattle) is a close second.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can find one Nina in that drawing Tish.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
H.M.S. Pinafore
Rocky Horror

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's a tie between Camelot (with Richard Burton) and Phantom of the Opera.

Faerygdds
Member

08-29-2000

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ooohhh... can't pick one... I've seen so many...

Phantom, Rent, Parade... all high on the list...

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love The Sound of Music, Little Shop of Horrors (Feed me Seymore..LOL), Lion King (saw it in Ft. Lauderdale), Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Music Man and so many more.

Speaking of La Cage.. I was listening to Talk Radio this morning. Donald Trump has a quick recorded segment every morning. This morning he was saying someone offered him a part in La Cage. That cracked me up. I'm sure he was kidding.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 2:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Are you kidding me... Little shop of horrors rocks. :o)