Favourite musicals

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In honour of @Welsh Exile seeing the Lion King with his family and everyone commenting on it and their favourite or least one.

My favourites on stage I have seen:

Saturday Night Fever
Jersey Boys
Avenue Q

Sure there are more.

On TV/films:

Chicago
Les Mis - didn’t like it on stage because i didn’t understand it but then watched the film version
Oliver!

Sure there are others but won’t admit to it for fear of being chastised.

What are yours?

 

[Welsh Exile]

The Book of Mormon.

Close thread.

 

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Ah no way there are some great songs in musicals to post up as well.







Just a few am sure there are more.

 

[ncurd]

Top three

Hamilton
Hadestown
Les Miserables

Most visceral reaction was not being able to applaud the first act of Caberet. It was superb but there is no way I could applaud "Tomorrow Belings To Me". I felt bad not applauding the performance my wife did applaud and felt bad applauding that song. In my mind thats theatre working well.

 

[ncurd]

Just so people are are aware of what Im walking about.



If anyone can get to the current staging in the west end and Broadway I highly reccomend it.

 

[Yulia]

My favourites are:
Phantom of the Opera (already explained why in the political thread)
Also liked the Cats

And that's it. Chickago was ok but nothing special. Mamma mia... can't stand it at all and don't like musicals in general

Most visceral reaction was not being able to applaud the first act of Caberet. It was superb but there is no way I could applaud "Tomorrow Belings To Me". I felt bad not applauding the performance my wife did applaud and felt bad applauding that song. In my mind thats theatre working well.

Oh, didn't know there's one for Cabaret! I love the film very much
Also I haven't seen Les Misérables (and it was also one of my favourite books when I was a child/teenager,same as "The Phantom of the Opera")

 

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Its the most in topic we've been in weeks! The staging for Chicago is very diffrent from the film which made the film a little disappointing.

Not watched the stage version but heard it’s cracking. Just liked the songs in the film version and the whole period, and ladies killing for fame/infamy and then using crooked lawyer to get out it. Pretty much sums up that dark side of America.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Lion king is an amazing visual spectacle but kind of a meh musical if you know what I mean

Where as spring awakening is a good musical but a **** spectacle

 

[AlRums]

Any Lloyd Webber, especially Joseph, which I grew up with, Cats and Phantom

Oklahoma
West side story
Singing in the rain
Chicago

All of the above I've seen in the West End.

On film, all of the above plus

Seven brides for seven brothers
Rocky Horror
First mamma Mia, I again grew up with abba, would have been better without Meryl streep

 

[Saintjay]

Animated South Park The Movie. It's like they saw the future.

 

[McTallshort]

Going to musicals is something I do to please the woman in my life. It reminds me of going to a church service. I count down the hymns/songs until the whole goddamn experience is over.

Do like the Disney ones. Watch them with my daughter

 

[Yulia]

@McTallshort can't imagine you going to a church service though,tbh. Can't imagine even myself going there,but you.. it's even more unusual

 

[Ddanno]

@McTallshort can't imagine you going to a church service though,tbh. Can't imagine even myself going there,but you.. it's even more unusual

Can't get out of weddings/christenings/funerals unfortunately

 

[McTallshort]

@McTallshort can't imagine you going to a church service though,tbh. Can't imagine even myself going there,but you.. it's even more unusual

Been married twice.....

 

[Saintjay]

Ditto, I'll catch fire if I step foot in a church.

Back on topic my sister swears by Cats and Starlight Express as being awesome. Not sure trains are my thing, but i like some of the Ts Elliot Cats poems.

 

[Rinkadink]

Ones I like that haven't been mentioned so far; Blues Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors and more recently I thought Emilia Perez worked which surprised me.

 

[Yulia]

Ditto, I'll catch fire if I step foot in a church.

Back on topic my sister swears by Cats and Starlight Express as being awesome. Not sure trains are my thing, but i like some of the Ts Elliot Cats poems.

Cats were good as far as I remember. Watched it many many years ago in Russian language, beautiful music and words but the musical is a bit boring to watch at some moments

Been married twice.....

Ah,I see. Both times church marriage? I thought it's possible only if you're Orthodox (you can have a church divorce there as well),but if you're Catholic you can have a church marriage only once

 

[Yulia]

 

[McTallshort]

Cats were good as far as I remember. Watched it many many years ago in Russian language, beautiful music and words but the musical is a bit boring to watch at some moments


Ah,I see. Both times church marriage? I thought it's possible only if you're Orthodox (you can have a church divorce there as well),but if you're Catholic you can have a church marriage only once

No first was a church wedding second was a town hall job

 

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