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We have threads for movies and threads for music. Their lovechild was inevitable.
Currently my favorite musicals are two well known productions by Stephen Sondheim:
Starts off as little more than a retelling of various fairy tales, and then twists everything around and examines the moral implications of the stories, and the consequences of doing anything to get yourself a "happy ending". One of my favorite aspects of the show is that, instead of having scenes of just talking and scenes of just singing, characters will frequently rhyme or sing a few lines during the normal dialog, and conversely break rhyme or speak normally during the songs. As a result, the speaking<->singing transitions are much smoother than other musicals, and the whole play feels like a unified piece.
Careful the wish you make,
Wishes are children.
Careful the path they take,
Wishes come true,
Not free.:whistle:
The story of a barber who kills his customers and has their corpses used for meat pies; what's not to love?
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And it's filled with people who are filled with shit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it...
But not for long! :whistle:
Currently my favorite musicals are two well known productions by Stephen Sondheim:
Starts off as little more than a retelling of various fairy tales, and then twists everything around and examines the moral implications of the stories, and the consequences of doing anything to get yourself a "happy ending". One of my favorite aspects of the show is that, instead of having scenes of just talking and scenes of just singing, characters will frequently rhyme or sing a few lines during the normal dialog, and conversely break rhyme or speak normally during the songs. As a result, the speaking<->singing transitions are much smoother than other musicals, and the whole play feels like a unified piece.
Careful the wish you make,
Wishes are children.
Careful the path they take,
Wishes come true,
Not free.:whistle:
The story of a barber who kills his customers and has their corpses used for meat pies; what's not to love?
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And it's filled with people who are filled with shit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it...
But not for long! :whistle:
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And also a Sailor Moon one that goes on for like five hours.
Nothing is sacred.
A retelling of the Wizard of Oz from the viewpoint of the Wicked Witch of the East. Also an excellent, trippy book by Maguire.
Les Mis, Phantom, and Jesus Christ Superstar. I've been watching this since I was 3 (my family is... different. Not weird, just not entirely what would be expected)
soft spots for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, Oliver, Pirates of Penzance, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Tommy, all of which I was in through my highschool (the first three were before I was in the school, and the last three are the ones I legitimately like)
Sorry, don't mean to take things off track, but... YES. Fucking fantastic book, although it pissed me off for the last 3rd of the book. Actually, I was pissed off most of the time reading that book but the last 3rd made me really mad whilst the first 2/3 left me stewing over circumstance and fate.... I was rooting for the "Wicked Witch" the whole way through, so, :evil:
I was trying to get tickets for the show for me and the wife when it came to Pittsburgh, but they were here for just a few days and shit sold out damn quick. I'd love to see this live, but t'wasn't meant to be.
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I am going to have to say Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, and Spamalot are all really awesome.
Only the nipple shaving part.
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Musicals are queer.
That being said, Rent.
Also, the musical episode of Buffy and more recently of Scrubs.
I really wanted to go during Christmas break, but I didn't have the money.
OK, so, Into The Woods is my favorite musical by far. It's creative and works on so many levels. Some of the hardest/most difficult music pieces too. Your Fault is a fucking nightmare to perform.
I was in a high school production of it, as Jack. Best play I was ever in (over 30, I guess, at last count).
Let's see...I was in The Music Man, and I love that play too. I really, really liked the Matthew Broderick TV version. Is that available on DVD or anything?
I was in Bye Bye Birdie once...that's an annoying play, but I liked the George Alexander/Vanessa Williams TV version too. Admittedly, the Dick Van Dyke version is fun to watch every ten years or so.
I was in No, No Nanette, and to this day I have no fucking idea what that play is about. Something about three couples and everybody wants to control their girl or marry Nanette or some bullshit. All I know is the song Tea For Two came from that play.
I was in Krazy For You and I also saw it on Broadway. While the soundtrack is extremely bland on its own (sorry Gershwin), the play is phenomenal when performed well. Such great dramatic irony in that film, with the right sets and blocking. And, sung well, the music integrates well into the action/acting on scene. A very active play that doesn't read very well, but is a great thing to watch (and do, if that's your thing).
Now, beyond plays, the recent Scrubs musical episode was very well done, I thought.
One of my favorite musicals, though, is Buffy, Season 6 Episode 7 - "Once More With Feeling" - which is just...beyond impressive. It has all the elements of a musical and it meshes so properly into the series. Perfect continuity, excellent music, well-sung by most of the regular cast...and so on. Just an amazingly well-written musical script.
Also, I really enjoyed the Showtime movie "Reefer Madness."
And thought it's pretty gay, Rocky Horror Picture Show was enjoyable.
And yeah Music Man with Broderick is on DVD, I've seen it, but never saw the actual movie. I like that one too, did that before high school as well. Lots of fun.
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And yes, Into the Woods is an excellent musical. As is Wicked and, really, most of the things people have said already.
I also have a soft spot for Pippin, though I'm not entirely sure why.
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Also probably my favorite movie ever as well.
Wicked witch of the West.
Also, Les Miserables.
I was in 1776 in highschool so I'll always have a soft spot for it.
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Urinetown is a magnificent show, a very funny musical. Very dark humor throughout the entire thing.
and of course, Avenue Q, which I had the luck to see on broadway. Sucks to be you!
And Phantom of the Opera, I've decided, only works on broadway. Accept no substitutes.
yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! i saw spamalot too, that was super hilarious
i guess as far as traditional stuff goes, the only one i can really stand is 1776
edit: oh God, i was in 1776 in high school, too.
Such a great show. I did sound design, sound board op, and set construction for this in college last year.
Not to mention, Nascar, Lord of the Rings, and Edward Scissorhands.
I actually met Gene Kellys wife in high school. Nice lady.
By the way, i was a tech theatre major in college and I'm technically on the extras list for the local 3 stagehands.
:whistle: High in her tower,
She sits by the hour,
Maintaining her hair.
Blithe and becoming and frequently humming
A lighthearted air:
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-
Agony!
Far more painful than yours,
When you know she would go with you
If there only were doors. :whistle:
that shit's fucking hilarious at times. love it so much
Man, I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to see wicked when the tour swings down to florida. I wish I lived closer to new york.
Les Mis is also pretty great, and I'm a pretty big fan of Cabaret.
I'm so pissed I didn't get to see this up in Chicago back in highschool. I don't think they've been back stateside since then, either.
I might get some shit for saying this, but before Wicked, my favorite musical was Rent. I can't help it... I love the music, the characters, everything. Even the cheesy fanfiction that ensued. The story of Jonathan Larson is what really brought it to me, though. I saw this on Broadway for my birthday last year, and though it wasn't anything compared to what the OBC experience would have been, it was still amazing.
Also, I would probably kill to see the Beauty & The Beast musical...
And Pokémon Live!.
Cool. My wife and I are sort of Gene Kelly nuts. While Signin' is my favorite, she is gaga for An American in Paris.
You know nothing of madness..
..Till you're climbing her hair, and you see her
Up there, as you're nearing her,
All the while hearing her 'A-a-a-a-a-a-ah.' :whistle:
I first heard that song in an AMV, and it alone compelled me to buy the "Into the Woods" DVD and watch the whole play.
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TREKKIE: The internet is for porn!
KATE: Noooo
TREKKIE: The internet if for porn!
KATE: Trekkie!
TREKKIE: Me up all night honking me horn to porn, porn, porn! :whistle:
Avenue Q
Avenue Q sound track on amazon.com
I like it, except for the ballet bit.
Also, Avenue Q was on the first page. Further, my itunes of Into the Woods has been corrupted (as has my Les Mis slightly, but it's not as much as Into the Woods), and my CDs are at home. Any suggestions on reordering them? The track numbers are correct, but for some reason do not play or display in the right order.
just no pictures.
I don't think it has toured anywhere near me or I'd have seen it.
Assains also looked pretty cool, and I think it might be sondhime(spelling all fucked up there) for some reason. Heard a couple of the songs, and they were pretty good.
Yeah, i just went back and checked. Didn't notice it there before.
I saw it on Broadway when it first came out. Such a great show.
Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but one of my other favorites is Ragtime, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.
I like Wicked, but I don't know if it deserves all of the praise that's been lavished on it.
I'm trying to decide if it is worth driving 4 hours each way to miami to see the off broadway tour. Not sure how much of the original cast is going to be intact and the set pieces would be a little less impressive cause they are moving them every couple days.
It it was a little closer I wouldn't be thinking twice, but I'd have to get a room and I don't really know anyone that I could drag along. It tacks on an extra couple hundred to the price of the ticket, and it would be in season for hotels and shit down there(during spring some time).
I can't really imagine much being worth all that. Unless it coinsides with the WMC or the grand am races at Homestead, I don't really think there is any way I'm going to make it. If it does, then there are people I share rooms and transportaion with, and that would make it a lot more affordable.
Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair!
Down we plunge to the prison of my mind!
(Note: not from music of the night, but still I love those lyrics)
I would love to see Wicked in Baltimore, but Grad student + $150 ticket = broke
I saw Spamalot (last year?) when it came to DC. I thought it was alright, but not terrific. I thought that it actually tried to follow the movie too much in some spots, so it was kinda stuck between just following the movie, and taking it in a new direction.
Would you call the experience and memory "agonizing"?
BOOOO! Get off the stage!
Also, this years crop of musicals seem to be lackluster. I saw light in the piazza, and it wasn't all that good, I thought.