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@neil oooo! I like most, to be honest - musicals were the mainstay of student theatre back when I was a student - but the standouts that spring to mind include:
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Guys and Dolls
Starlight Express
Hamilton
Les Mis
@gilester45 I love Starlight Express! I had forgotten about that. I've recordings of two very different versions, and I hear that the modern production is different again.
@neil The production of Starlight that's (sadly) about to finish in Wembley is excellent. I've seen it twice.
I'm a theatre geek and the production is stunning, and even the modernised story and new songs are decent.
I'm sure I heard it's going on tour. It'll be interesting to see how they tour this one, whether they (understandably) cop out and use videos of racing like the naughties tour did.
@neil Lots of good stuff here already, but I’d add “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, specifically the movie with Zero Mostel. Very, very silly
@neil I'm not usually that keen on musicals, so perhaps you're not interested in my opinion, but I've seen the fully improvised Showstopper a couple of times and enjoyed it.
@neil
Hadestown is my new favourite.
Into The Woods a close second.
I still love Cats no matter how ridiculous it is. Even the movie!
@neil I've gone off musicals over time. As a child I was lucky enough to see original productions of Camelot (julie Andrews!"), My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music on Broadway. These days...I still like the movies of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Among recnet ones the only one that stands out is The Book of Mormon.
@neil Chicago for me. I could quote every line (and sing it badly)
@Jaimieserotica I only know the songs but, yes, I could sing along if required.
Which it rarely is.
@neil Return to the Forbidden Planet is one of my faves - but it is rarely done here in the US for some reason.
I've seen "Come From Away" multiple times. It is well worth seeing.
My greatest of all times musical is the original version of Side Show.
I'm also fond of Almost September - but as far as I know it hasn't been done since 1995.
My wife and I sponsored a production of Into The Woods last year (I've worked a couple of runs, so I've seen somewhere between 80 and 100 performances of that show.)
And Porgy and Bess - if one considers that a musical.
@neil “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Fame” are probably on everyone's bucket list, right?
@neil return to the forbidden planet is definitely near the top :)
not many people seem to know the follow up From a Jack to a King (shakespeare's ither rock & roll musical)
@fallen_angela I'm not sure if I've seen that one or not - thank you!
@neil Rent and Cabaret.
# Broadway
* Hamilton
* Wicked
* Hadestown
* Evil Dead the Musical
# Movies
* Moulin Rouge
* The Greatest Showman
* Encanto, Moana, Frozen
* Kinky Boots
* (does Pitch Perfect count?)
# TV Episodes
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog
* Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
* Glee
@neil Hadestown, saw it without listening to any of the music beforehand and it blew me away
The Producers 🙂
They made a live theatre musical from the movie, and then remade the movie (2005) based on the musical, starring Uma Thurman!
@neil that's a fun one, I don't really extract language from music, and even with subtitles there is generally too much metaphor and subtext for me to get on well with musicals.
Wonder if there are other citizens of the fedi with similar brains...
Rocky Horror
Hamilton
Chicago
Sweeney Todd
Rent
Fiddler on the Roof
Phantom of the Opera
And an odd fondness for the American Psycho musical adaptation.
I’ve seen Avenue Q, Company, Book of Mormon and enjoyed them, but not in my “favourites”
If we include films:
Shock Treatment (yes, I’m the one who actually really likes it)
Moulin Rouge
White Christmas
