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ashke
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Long live the singin dancin fools!
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Feb 10 21:39 UTC 2001 |
I've been meaning to do this for quite a while, but I thought now was a good
time (I'm hiding out from cleaning more).
Musicals. Musical Theater. I love it. Almost all aspects of it.
Classics like "A Chorus Line", "42nd Street", "Man of La Mancha", "Les Miz",
"Phantom of the Opera", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Singing in the Rain",
"Kiss Me Kate", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aspects of Love", "Joseph and the
Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Anything Goes", "Fame", "Newsies", and others that
don't come right to top of my head.
What are your favorite Musicals? Who played them?
Example: man of la mancha:
Richard Kieley? Peter O'Toole? Colm Wilkenson? who do you think sang the
impossible dream the best?
And what about "newer" musicals? "Rent"? "Contact"?
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tpryan
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response 1 of 49:
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Feb 11 15:15 UTC 2001 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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mcnally
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response 2 of 49:
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Feb 12 00:31 UTC 2001 |
I used to hang out with a group of folks who went through a period where
they listened to little else but musicals.. After a few repetitions I
couldn't stand most of them but I've still got a soft spot for a few
(although "Kismet" is the only one that comes to mind at the moment..)
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response 3 of 49:
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Feb 12 06:08 UTC 2001 |
Little Shop of Horrors, if I had to say.
I'm partial to the Fantasticks as well.
And I'm sure Vampire Lesbians of Sodom would be on the list, if I had
actually seen it...
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ashke
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response 4 of 49:
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Feb 12 15:08 UTC 2001 |
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom? I'm not going to ask...really...
I love Rocky Horror and Little Shop. :)
I'm actually wondering what kind of a job Sebastian Bach did on Broadway as
Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde..
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anderyn
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response 5 of 49:
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Feb 12 15:25 UTC 2001 |
Musicals? Hmm. I like the classics (Camelot, Music Man, etc.) but the ones
I've been listening to recently are: The Full Monty and Scarlet Pimpernel.
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response 6 of 49:
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Feb 12 17:12 UTC 2001 |
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom would be familiar to anyone who spent any time
hanging around New York's Washington Square park in the 1980s.
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ashke
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response 7 of 49:
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Feb 12 17:13 UTC 2001 |
That'd probably be the rason I don't know it
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krj
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response 8 of 49:
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Feb 13 23:16 UTC 2001 |
U of M musical theatre department does a show each term, two a season.
We go to those occasionally, and every December Leslie's mom gets us
tickets for whatever is playing at the Walnut Street Theatre, America's
Oldest Theatre, in Philadelphia. The most memorable musical of the last
few years -- we saw it produced both at UM and at Walnut Street -- was
"Grand Hotel," which I mostly loved because it had a very operatic
feel about it.
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dbratman
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response 9 of 49:
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Feb 14 00:53 UTC 2001 |
Before I developed musical tastes of my own, most of the music I
listened to was my parents' collection of recordings of Broadway
musicals, mostly from the 50s. I still like that stuff, and when I
visited NYC recently for the first time with enough money to see a
show, what did I attend? The revival of "The Music Man"!
That's still one of my favorite musicals - Willson had compositional
skills beyond the norm in the field. Another one of my favorites
is "1776", which is distinctly popular among science-fiction fans for
some reason.
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ashke
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response 10 of 49:
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Feb 14 04:00 UTC 2001 |
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I love that one. My mom teaches English and uses that for
her classes. They were able to see it on the stage, but I haven't been so
fortunate. 1776 is a good one <applauds dbratman>
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dbratman
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response 11 of 49:
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Feb 15 18:11 UTC 2001 |
I've seen "1776" performed three times. Keep an eye out for community
theatre groups, ashke: they do it fairly often.
<wanders off, whistling "Here a Lee, there a Lee ...">
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ashke
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response 12 of 49:
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Feb 15 18:17 UTC 2001 |
<wanders off in her own corner mumbling about a turkey and salt peter>
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dbratman
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response 13 of 49:
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Feb 17 00:58 UTC 2001 |
For God's sake, John, sit down.
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albaugh
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response 14 of 49:
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Feb 18 04:03 UTC 2001 |
I think my favorite still remains Cats. I've also seen Phantom (Toronto, very
nice, romantic), Les Miserables (Fisher), Evita (Masonic), West Side Story
(Fisher), Annie (Fisher), La Cage Aux Folles (Fisher). Maybe others, the mind
goes... ;-)
In HS & College I played in the pit for Gypsi and Sondheim's "Company", which
is one many people don't know.
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scott
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response 15 of 49:
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Feb 18 04:10 UTC 2001 |
When I was in high school I was stagehand on a production of "The Music Man",
and that's the one that's stuck with me ever since. Normally I don't like
musical music, though.
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katie
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response 16 of 49:
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Feb 18 04:40 UTC 2001 |
(um, what other kind of music is there?) ;-)
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eeyore
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response 17 of 49:
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Feb 18 07:43 UTC 2001 |
I saw Phantom last year with Paul Stanley, in Toronto....
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happyboy
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response 18 of 49:
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Feb 18 18:12 UTC 2001 |
haw!
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eeyore
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response 19 of 49:
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Feb 19 04:13 UTC 2001 |
Yeah, it really was a joke. The man has a bit of a lisp...
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micklpkl
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response 20 of 49:
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Feb 21 15:49 UTC 2001 |
There was some talk in party last night about the Spring '01 musical at the
Univ. of Michigan. It will be SIDE SHOW, by Krieger & Russell, scheduled for
mid-April. For those who might be interested, a plot summary can be found
here: http://members.aol.com/sideshowDL/sideshow.html , and another page
here: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/5403/side.htm . It looks to be an
interesting show, by the same composer as "Dreamgirls."
As far as my personal fav, it would have to be HAIR, without a doubt. I also
really like several Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, in particular OKLAHOMA!
FLOWER DRUM SONG.
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ashke
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response 21 of 49:
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Feb 21 17:58 UTC 2001 |
Well, I was in the store yesterday picking up the Fame Soundtrack, since it's
been in my head for the past week, at least. Well, I thought, I should get
hair, having many discussions with Mickey about it, and THOSE songs in my
head, but I then ran into another favorite that I haven't heard for a while.
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and if not for "Paris
Original" in my head, I might have gotten the other soundtrack. But I got
this one, with Roger Morse as the lead, the 1961 Broadway cast recording.
<le sigh>
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dbratman
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response 22 of 49:
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Feb 22 17:45 UTC 2001 |
"Flower Drum Song" does not make my list of favorite musicals. Mostly
for the song "A Hundred Million Miracles." The tune is annoying, the
sentiment is obtuse.
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response 23 of 49:
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Feb 22 20:58 UTC 2001 |
I've just been informaed of a major new musical, "The Count of Monte
Cristo," based on the work of the same name by Alexandre Dumas.
See http://www.montecristothemusical.com/ for details.
(Nifty FLASH opening sequence.)
The production is scheduled to open in Winter 2001-02, and is Broadway
bound in Spring 2002.
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krj
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response 24 of 49:
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Mar 25 05:24 UTC 2001 |
I didn't realize that Leslie's gig tonight was going to be almost
all songs from musicals, or I would have mentioned it here.
Leslie sang two Gershwin songs, one from a 1930s revue, and also the
title tune from "Of Thee I Sing." Other shows represented included
"State Fair," "Sweeney Todd," "Sound of Music," and a few much more
obscure ones, like "The Secret Garden" and "Connecticut Yankee."
I never knew that there was a "Connecticut Yankee" musical by Richard
Rodgers. In the song "To Keep My Love Alive," the soprano keeps her
love alive by always falling in love and marrying someone new.
However, this requires that she regularly bump off the preceding
husband. Quite a funny song.
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