What are your favorite musicals?

[Renie]

Mine are:

1. The Phantom of the Opera
2. Jesus Christ Superstar
3. Evita
4. The Wiz

(heh, can you tell I'm a big Andrew Lloyd Webber fan?)

[Sean]

Oliver Twist, Oklahoma!, and Stomp. I don't know if the last one is classified as a musical, as there isn't any actuall tonal music. Just percussion rhythym.

[Renie]

I liked Stomp! I think it could classify as a musical. Rhythm is an important part of musical. Since there was no speaking though, would it technically have been a Rhythm Opera? Hey, I think we just discovered a new genre!!

[RJDiogenes]

By far, my favorite is Jesus Christ, Superstar. I discovered it among my Uncle Mike's 8-track collection around 1971 and I was hooked. Not only does it use a wonderful and amazing variety of music, but the lyrics are absolutely brilliant. That album had almost as much influence on my poetry writing as the Simon & Garfunkel albums did.

I also loved the movie The Music Man when I was a kid. And the Muppet version of The Frog Prince-- that counts, right?

[jgc]

Let's see...

The King and I
Oklahoma
Carousel
The Rainmaker (with Burt Lancaster and Katherine Hepburn)

There are tons others because my mother brought me up listening to musicals on the record player!

[mudshark]

Off the top of my head:

The Music Man
Camelot
My Fair Lady
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Hair

[Sean]

The Music Man is among my favorites too, along with Oklahoma, and Bye Bye Birdie. Mainly because I have performed in all three, but I still think they're good musicals. Pippin is also pretty good, but it's been a while since I have seen it.

[jgc]

Good lord! How could I have forgotten Camelot????

[RJDiogenes]

Let it never be forgot!

How could I forget Hair? I love that almost as much as Jesus Christ, Superstar.

[Unicron]

I like Les Miserables and quite a few Cirque du Soleil shows.

[Sean]

I've only seen the movie version of Les Mis, so I can't comment on the play. I should get around to seeing it sometime. Maybe if it ever comes to Shea's...

[jgc]

Oh yes, My Fair Lady.

OK, just about anything by Lerner and Lowe or Rogers and Hammerstein.

When I was in high school, during the summer, we had the Summer Music Theater. Young actors and actresses from New York would come and spend the summer. There was a different show every week. And I got to go every week because I ushered. I'd try to name them all off, but it was about 40 years ago (God, it hurt to type that...)

[Cayla]

Off the top of my head, the only one I could think of at the moment is The Phantom of the Opera. I saw that one in Toronto ten years ago.

[RJDiogenes]

I also forgot The Rocky Horror Picture Show. My local theater did that a couple of years ago and it was fantastic.

[Sean]

As of this weekend, Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites. Although, I must say, I'm a bit biased. It has to be performed by my school's thespians.