Musicals?
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Chicago! And I enjoyed Repo, even though the singing got a bit forced at times. IT'S ALRIGHT TO JUST TALK IN A MUSICAL SOMETIMES TOO
Chicago was amazing on the West End, and I entirely agree with you about the problem with Repo! although they only had that problem because they insisted on sticking to Operatic format, which means there was to be no solely spoken lines.JanatUrlich said:
I studied it for Drama and played Mrs Lyons, which was rather fun (in a Lady MacBeth kind of way). Where did you go to see it?Torque669 said:
Willy Russell is absolutely brilliant, have you read any of his other work? Our Day Out is something special, too.
May I ask how you did the scene when she lunged at Mrs Johnstone with the knife. No-one in my class could do that scene without cracking up.wilted_orchid said:
And yes Ive watched Our Day out. Very funny, especially when all the kids are first getting on the bus.
With great restraint and a helluva lot of difficulty =] It was more the monologue where she's singing about the window that I had problems with, namely because the people not in that scene where sitting square in front of me during rehersals pissing themselves laughing.Torque669 said:
However, when preformance time came, it was like...I don't know, it just absorbed me more than any other play I've participated in, perhaps because the characters are so complex and the storyline so enthralling, so passionate. I dunno, but it seemed to just carry me away entirely.
That bit of Our Day Out is excellent, although the bit on the cliff with Carol also shows how Russell can switch between genres so smoothly.
Never seen any live ones, but I saw the Tim Burton adaption of Sweeny Todd which I enjoyed. Burton's gothic style complements Victorian England perfectly.
Phantom of the Opera all the way. I walked into a charity shop the other week and looked through the old records as I generally do ( I'm a sucker for the ol' disks) trying to find something decent.. Saw Phantom and was like...MINE! xD
Blood brothers was pretty good but damn is it over-glorified..then again after studying it for half a year with a class full of ignorant animals..yeah
Haven't heard of or seen any decent musicals lately.. I mean hairspray and High school musishit..
Was there actually any stage musical of war of the worlds?.. that would have been another fave but I thought it was only ever on disk and not theatre
Blood brothers was pretty good but damn is it over-glorified..then again after studying it for half a year with a class full of ignorant animals..yeah
Haven't heard of or seen any decent musicals lately.. I mean hairspray and High school musishit..
Was there actually any stage musical of war of the worlds?.. that would have been another fave but I thought it was only ever on disk and not theatre
I know what you mean about the ignorant animals - some of the jerks in my class never read the end and wrote in the their mock exam papers that Micky and Edward ended up together ¬_¬freakaknight said:
High School Musical shouldn't be counted as a bloody musical, but instead as a perfectly viable reason to take out Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens with a machete.
i don't believe anyone hasn't said the greatest of all musicals
that being Evil Dead The Musical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead:_The_Musical
that being Evil Dead The Musical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead:_The_Musical
I've been with my academy for 8 years now and have been doing various productions since I was 5 ^_^Aktrez said:
RENT is beautiful, provided it's the original - the remix just doesn't cut it, and that's all they seem to show in the West End now.
Spring Awakening
Little Women
Color Purple
Spamalot
Les Miserables
Lion King
Wicked
God there are too many that I love. Though, Marry Poppin will be here in a few weeks and I KNOW I will love that one the best,
Though, the stupidest I've ever saw I actually saw last night. Legally Blonde =P
Edit: Completely forgot about 9 to 5 and Pirates of Penzance >.> My list is way to long!
Little Women
Color Purple
Spamalot
Les Miserables
Lion King
Wicked
God there are too many that I love. Though, Marry Poppin will be here in a few weeks and I KNOW I will love that one the best,
Though, the stupidest I've ever saw I actually saw last night. Legally Blonde =P
Edit: Completely forgot about 9 to 5 and Pirates of Penzance >.> My list is way to long!
No one has mentioned No, No, Nanette! I loved that one! The only problem was that the score was in friggin manuscript...
Les Mis was also very fun. An epic musical for my senior year of high school. Ah, memories...
Les Mis was also very fun. An epic musical for my senior year of high school. Ah, memories...
Little Shop of Horrors is just phenomenal! As are all your other choices, lol, but Little Shop of Horrors is one from my childhood (I could quote Audrey's monologue from the age of...8, maybe). I must admit I've never heard of Die Fledermaus, but aside from that they're all musicals.Monshroud said:
Im surpirsed only one guy has mentioned Avenue Q, Thats the single greatest musicals known to man, it contains the only song ive ever heard where someone manages to rhyme with Ghonnoriah
Actually, at least...3 of us have mentioned it by now, including myself. It's freaking epic. It's also the only musical that contains a song about puppet sex and a pair of small bears that suggest dubiously consented sex and suicide ^_^Cynical Ronjon said:
