So What's Your Favorite Musical? - Page 3

BenG · 02-04-2011, 10:58 PM

toomanybooks · 02-04-2011, 11:42 PM

Anything by Sondheim, but I especially love Assassins. Very dark musical about people who assassinated or attempted to assassinate a President of the US.

montsnmags · 02-05-2011, 12:37 AM

I would say my favourites include The Rocky Horror Picture Show:

which I first saw when it came out at the movies. Mum and dad didn't know what to expect, and so I saw it when I was about 6 or 7. Then Mum played the LP most every day for several years. It...was...is...AWESOME!

I'd add in recent times Hedwig and the Angry Inch:

and, perhaps less a musical, John Cameron Mitchell's next movie, Short Bus, which is one of the most beautiful films (though, for those so disinclined, extraordinarily sexually explicit), with the loveliest music/soundtrack, that I have ever seen, reminding me that "we all get it in the end". I feel like John Cameron Mitchell grew up the same way with the same cultural awareness (eg. Rocky Horror Picture Show) that I did, and gave it all the grace and meaning beyond simple "pop" that I wanted to see in it.

Cheers,
Marc

dreams · 02-05-2011, 01:00 AM

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I have always had a love for the original The King and I ( Rodgers and Hammerstein).

captkjaneway · 02-05-2011, 03:51 AM

Oooh a guilty secret of mine......I love Calamity Jane (in fact any Doris Day musical), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Chicago, Hairspray and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

GeoffC · 02-05-2011, 04:26 AM

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Mama Mia, even if only for murdering those ABBA songs

Other already mentioned; Rocky Horror Picture Show and at a pinch the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

nohmi2 · 02-05-2011, 04:42 AM

and, perhaps less a musical, John Cameron Mitchell's next movie, Short Bus, which is one of the most beautiful films (though, for those so disinclined, extraordinarily sexually explicit), with the loveliest music/soundtrack, that I have ever seen, reminding me that "we all get it in the end". I feel like John Cameron Mitchell grew up the same way with the same cultural awareness (eg. Rocky Horror Picture Show) that I did, and gave it all the grace and meaning beyond simple "pop" that I wanted to see in it.

Cheers,
Marc[/QUOTE]

Interesting.

Cheers

nohmi2 · 02-05-2011, 04:50 AM

Anything with Cyd Charisse dancing.

Cheers

obs20 · 02-05-2011, 07:46 AM

Benny and Bjorn did the music and thankfully Tim Rice did the lyrics.

BenG · 02-05-2011, 08:04 AM

The Rape of the Sobbin's?

obs20 · 02-05-2011, 08:17 AM

starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper

BenG · 02-05-2011, 08:29 AM

Eddie Cantor in Whoopee!

vivaldirules · 02-05-2011, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Camelot! The film version - the photography was unbelievable! The colors! Especially during "If Ever I Would Leave You" when Vanessa Redgrave was filmed with colors varying for each season mentioned in the lyrics.
Richard Harris as a singer? Nah!

Last week I watched on YouTube Lost Horizon which tried to be something like a Sound of Music musical in the early '70's. And I was unpleasantly reminded just how bad Peter Finch sang. In the end, they dubbed him out. Try this on for size:

Fortunately, I enjoyed his acting in the film. It was about the only redeeming element of it all.

BenG · 02-05-2011, 10:23 AM

A great Johnny Mercer song, On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

desertblues · 02-05-2011, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Mama Mia, even if only for murdering those ABBA songs

Other already mentioned; Rocky Horror Picture Show and at a pinch the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

I've seen that musical twice with our daughter.......we won tickets for two, all inclusive(traintickets, entree)TWICE in a lottery.

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toomanybooks Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 1039424 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	Anything by Sondheim, but I especially love Assassins. Very dark musical about people who assassinated or attempted to assassinate a President of the US.

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montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I would say my favourites include The Rocky Horror Picture Show: which I first saw when it came out at the movies. Mum and dad didn't know what to expect, and so I saw it when I was about 6 or 7. Then Mum played the LP most every day for several years. It...was...is...AWESOME! I'd add in recent times Hedwig and the Angry Inch: and, perhaps less a musical, John Cameron Mitchell's next movie, Short Bus, which is one of the most beautiful films (though, for those so disinclined, extraordinarily sexually explicit), with the loveliest music/soundtrack, that I have ever seen, reminding me that "we all get it in the end". I feel like John Cameron Mitchell grew up the same way with the same cultural awareness (eg. Rocky Horror Picture Show) that I did, and gave it all the grace and meaning beyond simple "pop" that I wanted to see in it. Cheers, Marc

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dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I have always had a love for the original The King and I ( Rodgers and Hammerstein).

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captkjaneway Cockney Sci-Fi Geek! Posts: 472 Karma: 1463094 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Samsung Tab S 8.4", Samsung S6 Edge	Oooh a guilty secret of mine......I love Calamity Jane (in fact any Doris Day musical), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Chicago, Hairspray and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Mama Mia, even if only for murdering those ABBA songs Other already mentioned; Rocky Horror Picture Show and at a pinch the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

02-05-2011, 04:42 AM	#37
nohmi2 Pensively observing. Posts: 1,758 Karma: 12675456 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Varied.	and, perhaps less a musical, John Cameron Mitchell's next movie, Short Bus, which is one of the most beautiful films (though, for those so disinclined, extraordinarily sexually explicit), with the loveliest music/soundtrack, that I have ever seen, reminding me that "we all get it in the end". I feel like John Cameron Mitchell grew up the same way with the same cultural awareness (eg. Rocky Horror Picture Show) that I did, and gave it all the grace and meaning beyond simple "pop" that I wanted to see in it. Cheers, Marc[/QUOTE] Interesting. Cheers

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nohmi2 Pensively observing. Posts: 1,758 Karma: 12675456 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Varied.	Anything with Cyd Charisse dancing. Cheers

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BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	A great Johnny Mercer song, On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa Fe.