What are your favorite musicals? [Archive]

DIZZY DRUMMER

03 Sep 2005, 13:44

Jykle & Hyde - The musical - with Paul Nicholas is well worth a look. He does a brilliant transformation - scared the crap out of me :shock:

Got his authograph - **Swoon**

amethyst

03 Sep 2005, 15:46

I have to say the Lion King is truly amazing to see. Not sure what my favourite is though, Barnum with Michael Crawford was brilliant, The King and I with Yul Bryner was so very special.... okay i give in, i cant choose a favourite i've loved all the ones i've seen. :D :D

ames xx

L96

03 Sep 2005, 16:06

I love G & S...
Pirates of Penzance is awesome live. And recorded for that matter.
That said, I can never resist My Fair Lady.

needmoremeat

03 Sep 2005, 21:48

Jykle & Hyde - The musical - with Paul Nicholas is well worth a look. He does a brilliant transformation - scared the crap out of me :shock:

Got his authograph - **Swoon**

I saw him in that at the Empire! :D I really enjoyed it too! I was closer to crying at that than I was for Miss Saigon!!! :shock:
Strange, I was just thinking about posting this topic last night in bed! :lol:
Seen Whistle Down the Wind twice, really love that!
Blood Brothers was great, me and Mam liked "Tell Me its not true before" we saw it and when we realised it was in Blood Brothers we knew we'd be in tears by the end!
Waiting to see Beauty and the Beast later this month, and to get booked for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!!!! :mrgreen:

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This is the original car from the movie at the Sunderland airshow in July :-)

Chris

03 Sep 2005, 21:49

Miss Saigon - without a doubt one of the most emotional musicals i have ever seen. have seen it far too many times :oops::oops: and have yet to see anyone manage to not start crying when Kim sings The Sacred Bird and then shoots herself with his gun :(

Les Miserables is also a bloody good show - plenty of powerful songs.

I'm quite in to rock and roll muisic so things like Buddy and "three steps to heaven" also rank fairly highly with me.

My current list of things to see are Woman in White, Phantom (preferably with Crawford but that ain;t gonna happen!), Tanz Der Vampires (preferably the german version) and the newish Elvis musical (can't remember the name!)

And I seem to recall a chappie on here is waiting for me to win the lotto so i can fund his meat-inspired musical!!:cool::cool:

Chris

03 Sep 2005, 21:53

Just seen Needmoremeat's post and it reminded me of Blood Brothers!

Fantastic!!!!

When I saw it I was at the Alhambra in Bradford and when we left at nearly midnight, the little church tower behind the theatre was playing "Tell Me It's Not True" on the bells. Everyone was just stood in the middle of the road listening to it again!!

ChloeLee88

03 Sep 2005, 22:36

Phantom of the Opera...........i think its really good lol!!!!

Keep Rocking

04 Sep 2005, 14:09

Tanz der Vampire :D
(@Chris: you have to hurry up, if you want to see the German Version, it only plays in Hamburg until middle of january 2006) I will see it for the third time in november :D :D

Phantom of the opera
We will rock you
Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat
...

I really like going to musicals, but they are way too expensive :?

Chris

04 Sep 2005, 20:57

Caelan

04 Sep 2005, 22:53

Lucky You!!

I will try and make it before then!
i'm going there in oktober with a friend:D

SW31

05 Sep 2005, 00:25

has to be phantom of the opera with m.carwford & s.brightman it was outstanding :shock: :-P

KebLou

05 Sep 2005, 12:27

Phantom, We Will Rock You & The King & I. There are loads of plays which are amazing.

Fallen Angel

05 Sep 2005, 17:21

miss saigon and cats. hoping to see WWRY by christmastime: gotta sweet talk the ol man

Gez

05 Sep 2005, 18:29

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES :up:

Saw it in New York and :cheer:

needmoremeat

05 Sep 2005, 22:16

Forgot to mention Jesus Christ Superstar and Starlight Express! :shock: Love the song "Rolling Stock" from Starlight. The actor who played Jesus I'd seen him in the first Messiah series only a couple of weeks beforehand on UKGold! :D I had to prevent myself from laughing when Jesus came out on stage to a really cool electric guitar riff! :lol: Loved that bit! While I was watching it I thought it could do witha little humour, but when it came in the form of Herod, I thought it had came at the wrong time. :roll: During the crucifixion scene there was not a sound in the auditorium for ages, simply awesome.
Also, liked it in blood Brothers when the disco ball comes down at the beginning and it reflects around the whole auditorium, it was beautiful! :D

Caelan

07 Sep 2005, 11:54

i'm going there in oktober with a friend:D

to the Tanz der Vampire..

i liked the lion king...

Heli

07 Sep 2005, 17:04

I'm still loving We Will Rock You!! :mrgreen:

rockfenris2005

13 Sep 2005, 05:06

Tanz der Vampire das Musical (opening in Warsaw 2005; Tokyo 2006)
The Confidence Man (by Jim Steinman & Ray Errol Fox)

needmoremeat

13 Sep 2005, 21:19

[QUOTE=rockfenris2005]Tanz der Vampire das Musical (opening in Warsaw 2005; Tokyo 2006)
QUOTE]

Well, at that rate, it might reach the UK by 2015 (fingers and toes crossed!!) :roll: :lol:

Lauren

16 Sep 2005, 03:04

Miss Saigon - I'd give my life for you is an absolutely fantastic song

Lauren

16 Sep 2005, 03:05

I love a lot of the music from Les Mis too although haven't yet had the chance to see it :(

Diane

16 Sep 2005, 12:52

In no particular order:
Tanz der Vampire (Stuttgart)
We Will Rock You (London - but would love to see Patti, Paul & John in the Las Vegas production!)
Notre Dame de Paris (London - with Patti as Esmeralda)
Whistle Down The Wind (London)
Rent (London)

Also had a lot of fun at The Blues Brothers Review at The Whitehall Theatre in London.

Diane

Chris

16 Sep 2005, 21:10

Miss Saigon - I'd give my life for you is an absolutely fantastic song

Fantastic song - seen it a few times and still hafta shut my eyes and hope she doesn't shoot herself :(:(:(:(:(

Chris

16 Sep 2005, 21:21

Rent (London)

Whats RENT like?

I know a couple of people who have seen it and said "meh, it's ok" someone who has seen it and said "its' cr*p" and have acousin who thinks it is great!!

Diane

17 Sep 2005, 01:01

Whats RENT like?

I know a couple of people who have seen it and said "meh, it's ok" someone who has seen it and said "its' cr*p" and have acousin who thinks it is great!!
It probably isn't everybody's cup of tea Chris. It's a very thought provoking musical and contains some pretty harrowing moments especially when one of the characters, Angel, dies as the result of AIDs.

In a nutshell ... Rent was inspired by the Puccinni opera La Boheme. It centres around two friends, Roger and Mimi, and deals with issues such as AIDs, death, loss, friendship, communal living and the everyday lives of a group of friends pursuing their vocations and struggling to pay the rent on their Lower East Side loft in Manhattan.

Sadly Rent's creator Jonathan Larson himself died from an AIDs related illness before his musical became a huge success on Broadway and The West End.

Diane

Chris

17 Sep 2005, 22:16

I will hafta go and see it sometime.

I also want to see Hair

One of my cousins in America went to see Hair when it first opened as she was a music reviewer covering new openings. It featured some meat loaf chappie!! And she has the original programmes/publicity material for it!!! She also reviewed More than You Deserve!!! I am working on ehr to dig out the reviews to post on here!!

Heli

17 Sep 2005, 22:32

I'd love to see Rent. I heard there was a film being made of it.

Also, Hair will be out in the West End by the end of the month I think! I really want to go see that! :D

needmoremeat

22 Sep 2005, 17:14

Saw Beauty and the Beast last night! :))
Wasn't too keen on the Beast being more of a comedy character at times as well as his initially fearsome selfish self, though, and Lefou was annoying. Gaston, Lumiere and Cogsworth and the Wardrobe were good, though, :lol: and it was so clever how they did all the costumes and effects :D

needmoremeat

18 Feb 2006, 16:53

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Thursday night! Although I worked at the theatre for three weeks before Christmas while it was on I wanted to see the show properly and it was great! I love seeing that car fly!:D :shock:

scotty

20 Feb 2006, 12:30

Here is my top 10 on shows I've seen.
1. Les Miserables
2. We Will Rock You
3. Our House (madness musical)
4. Riverdance
5. Mumma Mia
6. Blood Brothers
7, Lord Of The Dance
8, Barnum
9, Woman In White
10, Fame

Rockette

20 Feb 2006, 14:38

Just wondering ....
Is "Blood Brothers" the same one that the Cassidy brothers wrote? David and Shaun?
Always wanted to see that one, but never got the chance.

scotty

20 Feb 2006, 17:28

Just wondering ....
Is "Blood Brothers" the same one that the Cassidy brothers wrote? David and Shaun?
Always wanted to see that one, but never got the chance.

I believe it was written by a guy called Willy Russell. ( but I may be wrong!!)

hayley

20 Feb 2006, 18:12

I went to see the producers at christmas and it was fantastic!I wish i could of seen it with nathan lane and lee evans in it, but the 2 actors that we saw were just as good, i would recomend it to anyone!:up:

Chris

20 Feb 2006, 20:48

Blood Brothers was written by Willy Russell and the main cast recording is the Cassidy brothers.

It is an excellent show.

Personally I am hoping to go see Rocky Horror when it goes on tour this year.

Rockette

21 Feb 2006, 03:49

Thanks, Chris and Scotty. I'd obviously misinterpretted something David Cassidy said many years ago about the show. Still would like to have seen the show anyway.

needmoremeat

16 Aug 2006, 13:43

Saw Cats last night, and was pleasantly surprised! I'd seen it on TV and was bored stiff watching it, but it was much better live! Mam and I decided to see it two hours before the show started, and we got good seats at the end aisle of the stalls, so the cats kept coming along right past us! Creepy at first, but we soon got used to it! We must have met about five of them each, and i got my programme signed by Old Deuteronomy, as he sat on stage during the interval! Also, there were large Christmas type lights strung around the auditorium, and when they were on or flashing it looked lovely, the place looked like a large Christmas tree!:lol:

MeatGrl1

16 Aug 2006, 13:45

Only seen this once but it's left a big impression on me..
Aspects Of Love and
The Phantom Of The Opera

RadioMaster

16 Aug 2006, 14:04

I´m a Steinman fan, so:
I liked Whistle down the wind very much, was pretty impressed by it:))
And Tanz der Vampire!
Although I´ve just heard the CD recording, it´s one of my favourites, and I definitely have to watch it when it comes to Berlin in December:))

Leah

16 Aug 2006, 15:48

Rocky Horror! :D

sunneke

16 Aug 2006, 18:51

The musicals i've been to are Cats, Lion King, Elizabeth, Oliver Twist

RoknRollJesus

16 Aug 2006, 20:21

mszee

16 Aug 2006, 20:43

I love musicals...so I often go and see them...can't even start choosing among them cause I think I've seen all the best ones...so I will go straight to those I didn't like...

1. Rent

2. Cats

Otherwise, seen almost all mentioned above and then some...and liked them all...

needmoremeat

16 Aug 2006, 21:44

I'll limit mine to 5...

#1 Phantom of the Opera (w/Paul Stanley)
#2 Phantom of the Opera (w/Michael Crawford)
Yes, I know.....same musical, but WAY different leads!
#3 Sweeney Todd
#4 Wicked
#5 Jeckyl & Hyde (w/Sebastian Bach)

Really liked Jekyll and Hyde! (w/Paul Nicholas on the UK tour):D Fave songs from it are Girls of the Night and Alive.:-)

Ben

18 Aug 2006, 18:29

chicagro was good and i loved we will rock you!

MeatGrl1

20 Aug 2006, 02:05

The Rocky Horror Show
The Phantom Of The Opera
Oliver!
Aspects Of Love
Me And My Girl
La Cage Aux Folles
Cats
Starlight Express

And I could go on...

RadioMaster

20 Aug 2006, 12:11

Forgot one, although I just saw the Madonna movie:
Evita!
Really better than I had expected...

mszee

20 Aug 2006, 19:14

Forgot one, although I just saw the Madonna movie:
Evita!
Really better than I had expected...

Evita in general is good..but you should have seen it on Broadway the way I saw it....

:barf: