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In reply to the discussion: So, what are your favorite musicals... [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)56. Show Boat, Kismet, 7 Brides for 7,Beauty & Beast, White Christmas, Lion King
Sepcial mention to Harry Chapin's very short lived Night that made America Famous and Jersey Boys.
Today's musicals seem to have one thing in common-all have 2 big songs, and nothing else.
All the Andrew Lloyd Webber for instance. Les Mis for instance.
The musical Sunset Blvd.
And all of those seem to have another thing-the biggest song is in the first act, making the entire second act irrelevant.
Whereas the great musicals of the older days had great songs througout and different members of the cast singing them, not just one.
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Across the Universe absolutely blew me away. I watched it again the very next day ....
Scuba
Mar 2013
#1
"Fiddler On The Roof", "Nightmare Before Christmas", and "Mary Poppins" - in that order.
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#4
Gotta agree with you. They're utterly different shows, yet each has a slew of
winter is coming
Mar 2013
#27
Movie or theater? Movie versions I love are Rent, Across the Universe, Mary Poppins, Sound of Music
riderinthestorm
Mar 2013
#20
Saw Miss Saigon with Jonathan Pryce and Camelot with Richard Harris as a way too
WCGreen
Mar 2013
#46
Show Boat, Kismet, 7 Brides for 7,Beauty & Beast, White Christmas, Lion King
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#56
I've also done Rocky, Hedwig and Gershwin's "Girl crazy", but my favourite is South Pacific
TrogL
Mar 2013
#62
In no particular order: Meet Me in St. Louis, Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, Chicago,
DearHeart
Mar 2013
#68