Haven't contributed much, but that's mostly 'cause I live somewhere without much in the way of musical culture. ::shrug:: I've seen Beauty and the Beast (which was beautiful), and The Sound Of Music (oh, god, did I hate that. Hatehatehatehate.). What did I want to see? Rent. Yeah. Thanks.

That said, I have the cds for Rent, Avenue Q and BatB. I've got Phantom, too, somewhere.

Musicals kinda left a bad taste for me, ever since I was forced to sing on stage -less then a year after being told that I should never try to sing, as I had an awful voice. I fucking hated that director. Both of them.

But the one that made me sing, I hated her way more.

Aside, Disney announced today that BatB was going to halt production. Last show is scheduled for july 29th. That makes me kinda sad.

This is an old-ish thread, but I finally bothered to make an account and figured I'd throw in my favorites...

Oh man, I musicals. I sing/act/dance, so I'm in them whenever I get the opportunity. I was most recently in The Rocky Horror Show at my university... It was fabulously fun.

My top ten for musicals:
1.    Elisabeth - I seriously hope they bring this show to America at some point... I am completely obsessed with the music. If death is really anything like der Tod... I'm excited to die. I'm a fan of both the German (watching Uwe Kröger as der Tod make Jesper Tydén as Rudolf get on his knees and attempt to make out with him during Die Schatten Werden Länger makes me SO HOT OMG) and the Takarazuka versions.
2.    Les Misèrables - ...Okay, I have a massive crush on Javert.
3.    Hair - Hippies! Acid! Vietnam! Nudity!
4.    Jesus Christ Superstar - I think this was Andrew Lloyd Webber's best. I Judas.
5.    Cabaret - Moooney makes the wooorld go 'round!
6.    Chicago - Never fails to entertain.
7.    Little Shop of Horrors - Who doesn't love a show with a singing plant?
8.    Bat Boy - Funniest. Show. Evar.
9.    Jane Eyre - My favorite book... I didn't actually expect to like it as musical; turns out, it I loved it. It was only on Broadway briefly, so I never got to actually see it live!
10.    Rocky Horror Show - I'm a groupie for the cult movie, so naturally I like the show!

Lately I've been listening to the musical Cats. Give me a month and I'll have it memorized. The nice thing about Andrew Lloyd Webber's music is that I can listen to it as though it were a CD, without having to fast forward over parts that aren't music.

Alithea wrote:

Rocky is a fun musical. Did you get to play anyone interesting?

I was a Phantom, which was exhausting (we were onstage at all times throughout the whole show singing and dancing), but nonetheless awesome. I think this was taken during Once in a While:



It felt really good to get out of the tightly-laced corset after the play was over!

mindxdetergent wrote:

It felt really good to get out of the tightly-laced corset after the play was over!

Getting out of a tightly laced corset or bodice is always a liberatly experience. Nothing like a day of fair and then the evening comes and women all over actors camp going, "Ahhhhh!" in quite orgasmic fashions. Cool cool... I saw a production of Rocky in San Jose it was great live. for you.

I raise this thread from the dead....I just saw the Sweeny Todd Movie trailer.

Um... I think I still maintain my slightly afraid and worried stance and yet... it looks cool. I think my problem is going to be Jonny Depp singing and realizing that I'm not going to exactly get the operatic stuff I want out of some of the actors. Hmmm... Anyone else have any thoughts.

ShatteredMirror wrote:

I want to hear what Johnny Depp's singing voice is like.

You need to watch you some Corpse Bride then.

Since I was involved with a production of Sweeney Todd (that went all the way to Nationals) I have to say I'm extremely worried about the movie. T_T Johnny Depp singing an operatic baritone? Not possible.

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OMFG GUESS WHAT SHOWS I'M DOING NEXT SEASON??

COMPANY
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

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I'm not overly familiar with "Die Fledermaus" I'm afraid... though I have performed some orchestral selections from it...

Lyric theater is something new to me - I look at it as sort of the bridge between true opera and contemporary musical theater.

Now I just need to not suck at singing.

I'm going to try my damnedest to see Avenue Q next Saturday. I've wanted to see it for years.

Raven Nightshade wrote:

I'm going to try my damnedest to see Avenue Q next Saturday. I've wanted to see it for years.

It's positively incredible! There's so much you don't get in the soundtracks that is just perfect on stage.

I wish I could have gone to see Avenue Q when it was in San Francisco but even the cheap seats were out of my price range.