Beast Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 So ever since being amazed by Les Misèrables last night (which I want to see again), I've been wanting to watch some other musicals as well both on stage and in the movies. I personally love Sweeney Todd, it's my favourite (both the one by Tim Burton and the stage musical as well). I also like Grease and West Side Story as well. I'm just wondering whether you guys like musicals too and if you do, what type do you like? Have you seen any shows? What shows do you want to see? What's your favourite musical number? If you don't like them, why don't you like them?, etc. Ready...DISCUSS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I only like a few - The Lion King - The Muppets Christmas Carol - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Everyone loves The Lion King. I haven't seen the live production of it but would absolutely love to. Wicked was incredible. Amazing performance. Also saw Hairspray in London. Loved it. Great theme. Great songs too. My old school recently did a performance of it that was fantastic too. I've also seen Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph, The Sound of Music amongst a number of others. This also deserves a mention. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I love musicals, but Les Mis sucks hard. This perception of mine might be highly dubious due to the fact that I love the book, which they completely slaughtered in the process. As for the rest, the only show I ever watched was The Book Of Mormon when I went to NYC, they just don't exist over here. Movies, though (in no order): - Wizard of Oz (duh); - Pierrot Le Fou; - The Nightmare Before Christmas; - My Fair Lady; - Singin' In The Rain; - Dancer In The Dark; - Fiddler On The Roof; - Cabaret; - Moulin Rouge; - A Star Is Born; - All That Jazz; - West Side Story. I don't think most traditional Disney movies (like The Lion King) count as musicals, personally, since the musical parts are both scarce and don't usually advance the plot much, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I like Avenue Q. With such classics as: It Sucks to be Me Everyone's a Little Bit Racist The Internet is for Porn Not that I've ever actually watched it, but I think I can figure out most of it from the soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I enjoy musicals and theatre in general tremendously. It's far too rare that I actually go out and watch a play or a musical, and every time I am blown away and tell myself that I need to start doing it more often. The best example was when I watched Wicked in London, and it was bloody amazing. Went and got the soundtrack afterwards (I have a thing for soundtracks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 The only musical I can remember watching and not immediately gagging at is Little Shop of Horrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikah Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I liked Sweeny Todd (the one with Depp in) too. Nice theme, good songs, good cast. Not for the faint hearted though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Dan and I are going to see The Blood Brothers tomorrow, we have front row tickets! We saw Les Miserables in London during the summer and absolutely loved it, hoping to see the film this week. I can understand why people don't like musicals them though. Personally I really enjoy theatre, I loved directing the school Christmas play and I used to perform in musicals when I was a teenager.... From Sweeney Todd, I'm the one in the bow tie and bowler hat. :P (Sinbad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Recently re-watched Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical. It's completely camp and ridiculous, but fun (plus Kristen Bell and Neve Campbell in something other than Scream). Does Pushing Daisies count? That was pretty much a musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ville Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Avenue Q : D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Mary Poppins and Singin' in the Rain would probably make the cut for my top 10 favourite films of all time, and they're musicals through and through. So, them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Phantom of the Opera is absolutely fantastic, seen it 3 or 4 times... ... The film however, is really not so don't see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 No love for The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Haven't seen it for a long time. Might be due another watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 No love for The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Haven't seen it for a long time. Might be due another watch. You know something, I was told I'd like it but I actually didn't really think an awful lot about it. Like, I liked Tim Curry and thought he was great and Meat Loaf's Hot Patootie is awesome but really, I only enjoyed the first 30-45 minutes and the rest just...no... However, I adore Sweeney Todd and The Nightmare Before Christmas and I also love old musicals. I love The Wizard of Oz (and I really want to see Wicked and Oz: The Great and Powerful) and Singing in the Rain. I also love Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Talking about SBFSB, does anybody realise how kind of rapey it is? haha. Me and a couple of my Xbox mates were talking about it and we were talking about how cool it was when we kind of realised it seemed a little rapey and forced. Never thought of it like that as a kid but re-watching it again when I'm older and I can see it a little, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Is this the actual play or is it a concert? I really want to see the play and wanted to see if it's available on blu-ray but all I can find is this. I hope it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 I want to see Avenue Q as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh64 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I only like a few - The Lion King - The Muppets Christmas Carol - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Just watched this and was very impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 After listening to both the Pushing Daisies soundtracks this week I've decided it was a musical, and my favourite. Jim Dooley's work on it is amazing, the changes between emotions and sounds are fantastic. (yeah that's right, we have a Spotify embedding code now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 So, Tina Fey is apparently working on adapting Mean Girls as a musical: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a454416/mean-girls-musical-plans-confirmed-by-tina-fey.html Her husband is on board too apparently. While not immediately obvious (behind all the awesome humour), the music of 30 Rock is actually awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Im not a fan of musicals or theatre at all but if i had to pick some that were okayish then it would be: -Joseph -Bugsy Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 After listening to both the Pushing Daisies soundtracks this week I've decided it was a musical, and my favourite. Jim Dooley's work on it is amazing, the changes between emotions and sounds are fantastic. I was disappointed that Kristin Chenoweth's beautiful version of "Hello" was missing from the soundtrack, but I've found a couple of full (not recorded from a TV) version here (note: the site may ask to save the music files straight away). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 There was a reason for that I can remember reading. Probably money/rights issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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