Your favorite Musical?
 

There are soo many to choose from....what is your favorite?

The Wizard Of Oz.

If that doesn't count I'll say, none!

I hate musicals!

Singin' in the Rain (1952), of course.

Until I saw Chicago, that was the only musical I have ever liked. Debbie was so cute back in the day.

Bursting into song, dancing about--it f*cking kills me, how much I love musicals.

Guys and Dolls
"I got the horse right here
The name is Paul Revere..."

The Sound of Music
"How do you solve a problem like Maria?"

Chicago
"He had it comin'
He had it comin'..."

West Side Story
"Oh, Officer Krupke
We're down on our knees
'Cause no one wants a fella with a social disease..."

Cannibal: The Musical
"The sky is blue
And all the leaves are green
My heart's as full as a baked po-ta-to..."

Grease
"Tell me more
Tell me more
Was it love at first sight?
Tell me more
Tell me more
Did she put up a fight?"

I'm likely forgetting several, but these are lovely starters.

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My Fair Lady

Ack. I can't believe I forgot My Fair Lady.
"Get me to the church on time..."

And

Mary Poppins
"Oh, it's a jolly 'oliday with Ma-a-ry
No wonder that it's Mary that we love!"

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the 5,000 fingers of dr. T [1953].

That movie seems to come on at two o'clock in the
morning every other year.

I find myself mysteriously drawn to watch it.

Ooohhh....Ezikiel reminded me of The Little Shop of Horrors, how could I forget. Also, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut is kind of a musical. I liked it a lot.

South Park:Bigger, Longer and Uncut isn't just a sort of musical, its a full blown musical, and a funny as hell one at that!

My favorite is either Newsies, or Chicago.

Little Shop of Horrors every time!

"When i was young and just a bad little kid,
My Mumma noticed funny things i did,
Like shootin' Puppies with a B B Gun,
And Posion Guppies! and when i was done,
I'd find a pussy cat....and BASH it's head!
Thats when my mumma said....

You'll be a Dentist! You have a talent for causing great pain!"

Other musicals that you cant beat -

Moulin Rouge ----- "Spectacular, Spectacular, These words are quite vernacular"

Lion King ------ "Hakuunamattata, It's a wonderful phrase!"

Beauty and the Beast ------- "Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour, Bonjour, Bonjour!"

Chicago ----- "Give em the old, Razzle Dazzle.."

The Rocky Horror Picture Show ---- "Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch meee! I wanna be Dirrrrrrty!"

and Oliver Twist ------ "Consider Yourself, Well in! Consider your self, Part of the family!"

Jeeez musicals are fun. For all you Brit viewers, Channel four is releasing its list of the 100 greatest musicals at the end of this year. You can still vote on them if you go to channel four's website. im looking forward to seeing what they will have on there :eek:

I love musicals. These are my top 10 favorites.

1. Top Hat (1935)
I love all of the Fred and Ginger movies, but this one’s is my favorite. Snappy dialogue, great characters and a wonderful supporting cast. Everything clicks in this one for me.

2. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
I never get tired of watching this. I love everything about this one. Jean Hagen is such a hoot as Lina Lamont. And of course the ‘Broadway’ number with Gene and Cyd Charisse will always be a favorite.

3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Another one I never get tired of watching. I love Howard Keel and Jane Powell together and the great cast had a nice chemistry together. I love the story as well as the musical numbers. The barn dance and following barn raisng fight scene will always be a stand out for me.

4. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
5. The Sound of Music (1965)
6. Chicago (2002)
7. An American in Paris (1951)
8. White Christmas (1954)
9. Harvey Girls (1946)
10. Meet Me in St Louis (1944)

Others that I love are... Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), On The Town (1949), Gigi (1958), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon (1954), Les Girls (1957). I also like alot of the B musicals, like the Good News and the Mickey and Judy musicals. They’re just fun.

I can't believe I forgot The Wizard of Oz! I have always loved that movie. It's on my top 100 easy.

I hate musicals, but I was pleasantly surprised by West Side Story.

Cabaret
My Fair Lady
Evita
Chicago
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

and of course.............my fav............

Moulin Rouge.......... :D

Ahh man I cant believe I forgot The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Thank you for reminding me.

The only Musical i have really liked........

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My Fair Lady
Singing in the Rain
The Sound of Music
Lion King
and ofcourse Grease.

'Good ol' Mary Poppins' (bad ol' cockeny accent :D )

Grease

'........those su-um-mer nightssssssss'


Littleshop of Horrors
'Feed me Seymour! Feed me NOW!'

The coolest musical ever. :yup:


Fantasia (its got music in it so it's a musical :) :skeptical: )


Calamity Jane
'whipcrack away, whipcrack away, whipcrack awaaaaaay'



I've seen some of 'West Side Story' and it was brill. I'll have to make a note to watch it in full some day.

Popeye With Robin Williams, Man what a great popcorn movie that was

Paint Your Wagon...

Clint Eastwood
Lee Marvin
Jean Seberg =

too good to be true.

and Wanderin' Star is a great song, I don't care what anyone else thinks either.

"...with blood, I bet!"

Ooooh...that's hard. I love musicals in general so I like them all. But favorites would have to be Les Miserables, Saturday Night Fever, Aida, and Cats.

I can't wait to see Hairspray, too!

I'm gonna have to say Guys and Dolls is my second favorite, but my very favorite is...

South Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

I'm sure most of you wouldn't consider that a musical, but it does have many, many songs including, my favorite, "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch" performed in C-Minor by Mr. Eric Cartmen.

Some say musical, others say 90 min. music video; I say Flashdance!

Grease
Chicago

Rocky Horror Piture Show, Little Shop of HORRORS and Chicago

The Producers
who said singin in the rain?

Singin in the Rain was one of the best musicals ever, but The Music Man will always have a special place in my heart. I had the joy of portraying the wacky Mayor George Shinn (Watch your frazeology! I couldn'ta made myself any plainer if I was a Quaker on his day off!). That was a riot.

Rocky Horror Picture Show and Chicago ...

I saw Singin' in the Rain for the first time yesterday. Well, at least parts of it - I'll finish it later since I taped it. I promise..

Anyway... Since I am not at all a musical fan, on the contrary, I kind of think the genre sucks, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. I was really impressed with this film, both the singing and dancing parts as well as the comedy side of the film. The tempo was astonishing. The scene that really left me with my jaw hanging was the "Make'em Laugh" number with Donald O'Connor. I thought to myself "Man, he must have been full of bruises after that one!" and then I read on www.imdb.com that he had to take a three day in-bed-rest after the making of that scene. No wonder.... Overall, he and Gene Kelly just blew my mind. I would like to see one artist of today that can match their level of talent. They both sing, dance and act terrific and are really funny too. And the physical shape they must have been in... Then I am not sure if it is really O'Connor who plays piano in the film but if he does, well, then he is a great piano player too. Not to mention that Kelly both directed the piece AND did the choreography. And Debbie Reynolds were wonderful too. Cute, funny and singing really, really beautiful.

This is a product of the studio system and genre film making at its best. You don't see professionals like these guys anymore.

I don't really like musicals, which is funny because my wife loves them.

I did enjoy Moulin Rouge, though.

Just like a husband. Heheh....My husband likes very few musicals also. He will watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with us...because of Howard Keel...and to watch the Kids imitated that barn raising dance.

Sooo....what musicals does your wife like?

By the way James....it's been awhile since you've been to Mofo. It's good to see you posting. You should visit more often. :yup:


Piddy...I'm really glad you liked Singin' In the Rain. Seeeee...you do have a soft heart. ;D
Nice review too.

It would be more appropriate to ask which musicals my wife doesn't like, and then I'm not sure there are any.

Highlander I guess cant be classified as a musical I guess, but the soundtrak was great.

My kind of woman. :yup:
Would she be interested in joining MoFo?

The Sound of Music is not only my favorite musical, but also one of my favorite movies in general.

Actually, no. Online discussion forums are not her thing.

Chicago
the Rocky horror picture show
Singin in the rain
West side story
Cabaret
Moulin rouge
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
South park: bigger, longer and uncut

not in a particular order...

Chicago! Chicago! Chicago!

Oh and Moulin Rouge

I'm not sure if the only reason I'm saying this is because it was my first major production, or if it's just because it's a great show. . . but, my favorite show right now would be Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

:cool: Never heard of that one. ;)

Cannibal! The Musical
Grease
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Chicago
The Sound Of Music
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Annie
Follow The Fleet
Moulin Rouge!

All time favorite...

Grease

My Favorites would be:

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Grease
The Wizard of Oz
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Moulin Rouge
Singin In The Rain
West Side Story
Cabaret
The Sound of Music

I saw Moulin Rouge for the first time today and all I could think was WOW!

I had no idea that it was an infusion of contemporary music and more like an acid trip than a standard musical. I wish I had seen it in the theater.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Hair….

West-Side Story... one of my favorites...

Waaaayyy too many to choose from!

I guess Moulin Rouge is probably my favorite.

I also love Anything Goes - because my high school had a production of that, which I was in :).

Oooohh and I saw Cabret live on Broadway starring John Stamos.... he mooned the audience and we all saw his ass.... ;)

Chicago, Cannibal The Musical, and I have recently come to enjoy Moulin Rouge...

I can't believe I forgot Cannibal the Musical.... That was my all time favorite movie for a while!!!

Music...
 

I like:

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Oliver Twist

Chicago was good, but I think I would have enjoyed the stage show a lot more.

Sedai

Hmmm, is Romeo + Juliet 1996 counted.... I am trying to remember how man musical numbers there where???? Well and it is part of the Red Curtin Trilogy...

i guess i'd have to say grease.

Either: South Parl: Bigger Longer and uncut... or Cannibals

Oh I have so many I love them!
 

Here is a list of all my favorite musicals that I can listen too all day and all night! ;)

"Grease"

"Les Misable"

"The Phatom of the Opea"

"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"

"The King and I"

"The LIon King"

"The Man of Manga"

and that is all for now to be countuned!? See you around!JM :cool:

Most of my favorites have been mentioned, so I won't repeat them. I'll mention a few that I didn't see mentioned:

In no particular order:

Purple Rain
Amadeus - my video movie guide had it listed under musical
Top Secret - a spoof on the Elvis musicals
Dirty Dancing
A Hard Day's Night
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Rock 'n Roll High School

I had forgotten that one… my Dad told me when Jesus Christ, Superstar was first released there was a very big uproar and people were boycotting it at first…

At first I thought I don't like musicals, but them, I like these:

HARD DAY'S NIGHT
CHICAGO
WIZARD OF OZ
CABARET
GREASE
MOULIN ROUGE
ANY MUSICAL WITH SHIRLY TEMPLE

My all time fav, very corney, STRICTLY BALLROOM I know not really a musical, no singing but lots of Dancing.
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Nightmare Before Christmas, along with the afore mentioned South Park. And A Muppet Chrismas Carol, if that counts.

I am shocked that I forgot Stomp ! (I hope this counts).

In some very vague order that should probably be taken with a gran of salt [with the exception of number one, and perhaps numbers two and three]:

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
West Side Story (1961)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Top Hat (1935)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Chicago (2002)

And Dancer in the Dark (2000) too.

A Hard Day's Night
Amadeus
This Is Spinal Tap
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jesus Christ Superstar

Amadeus
Hard Day's Night
Nightmare Before Christmas
This is Spinal Tap
and. . .THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME!

I forgot that one.

First time I saw Chicago I was just amazed to see such a good musical. The movie has a great cast. I give the film a good ****/****

As you can see, I am a very forgetful person. Chicago was excellent.

I'd watch it, but I've lost all interst in Richard Gere since Mothman Prophecies.

This is probably a dead horse, but since TCM is running musicals on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this month, I thought I'd bump this up. They are also running an interesting short piece about the stars of the musicals inbetween some of the films.

I need to put my 10-20 list up.

Best Movie Musicals:
Guys and Dolls
Singin' In The Rain
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Grease
Little Shop of Horrors
Chicago

Best Movie Musical EVER:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Best Stage Musicals that Aren't Movies (Yet)
Sunset Blvd
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
Godspell
Rent

Godspell was indeed adapted to film, in 1973, with Victor Garber ("Alias") as Jesus. It was directed by David Green, who has worked almost exclusively in television since, from good projects like "Fatal Vision" (1984) to the dreadfully forgettable ("Bella Mafia").

No *****.

I was in that play in high school. I was the Baker's wife. It was mortifying because I can't sing but they ran out of students that could sing and act.
That would make a great movie. My mind is racing with the cast list...

I guess I was in denial. ;)


2wrongs... I did back-to-back productions of Into the Woods... Once as Florinda and once as the Witch. It's such a fun show! I think the second act could use a little reworking, but it could make a great movie.

I totally coveted the part of the Witch. I didn't get it. :(
I would like to see Tim Burton direct.

I saw the original production on Broadway, with the ever-lovely and uber-talented Ms. Bernadette Peters as The Witch. Amazing. Saw her (and Mandy Patinkin) in Sunday in the Park with George too. I will always be madly in love with that woman.

Mandy Patinkin. I wish he would do more movies. I thinks he's swell.

I'll have to go with good old...

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Ooh, that would add a layer! :up:


Holden, I've seen video of that production. Am also a Bernadette Peters fan. She has "that certain something" by the 5 gallon drum, and a wonderful voice. I've never seen Sunday in the Park with George but have sung things from it. Singing "Sunday" is a religious experience.

favorite musicals

the music man
1776
seven brides for seven brothers
west side story
beauty and the beast
aladdin
fiddler
sound of music
bye bye birdie
godspell
singin' in the rain
mary poppins

worst_ musical_ ever. Period. We should all watch this movie back to back with South Pacific.

I like Judy Garland musicals.
The Wizard of Oz
Easter Parade
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Harvey Girls

i love judy garland...my favorite is the wizard of oz and meet me in st louis...

Clang Clang Clang went the trolley!

Watched Evita on TV the other, and as much as I thought I'd hate it, well wasn't all that bad---for a musical!

1. My Fair Lady
2. Westside Story
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. The Lion King

I agree with susan. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has always been a favorite of mine and always will be. I think it's #3 on my list.

As far as the Rogers and Hammerstein musicals, I liked The Sound of Music and Oklahoma! better than South Pacific.

Oh that reminds me....has anyone seen R&H's version of Cinderella (1965)? I can remember seeing it as a little girl (even before Disney's version) and Lesley Ann Warren was always my vision of how Cinderella looked. She was so sweet and beautiful. I wanted that dress. :blush:



I'm a big fan of Judy Garland also. :)

My favorites are...

The Wizard of Oz(1939)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Easter Parade (1948)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
The Pirate (1948)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) (Madam Cremeliton number)

annie, i loved r & h's cinderella...the original with lesley ann warren was always a favorite of mine...

i was going to include it along with peter pan (mary martin) and princess and the pea with carol burnett...

another judy garland movie....in the good old summertime..

West Side Story

I forget the other one but it had the song "...fringe on the top!" Is it Oklahoma? Or South something?

surrey with the fringe on top is from oklahoma...where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain...

Some of my favourites:

Oklahoma (with Hugh Jackman)
West Side Story
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Little Shop of Horrors
Jesus Christ Superstar
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Wizard of Oz
Hair
There was also a movie called 'The Ritz' I saw many years ago.

I'm looking forward to seeing Phantom of the Opera.

Oh good! Thanks Susan...I'm glad to hear someone else has seen and liked R&H's Cinderella.

The Princess and the Pea with Carol Burnett....I loved that! I've seen some of the others on video/dvd...but not this one. I remember this this on TV and laughing at Carol Burnett climbing up all of those matresses.

In the Good Old Summertime. I think this is one of her movies that doesn't get as much recognition as the others. I've always liked it. :)

Thanks susan.

thanks annie...they only showed the princess and the pea once on tv so many years ago....i've never seen it again since... but i never forgot it...glad someone else remembers it..

r&h's cinderella has been out on dvd for a while now...i picked up a copy after finally taping it from tv...

well with out a dought the best musical of all time has got to be the
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
i love that movie ive lost count of how many times ive seen it i know all the words to songs and everything

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My favorite musicals: [In order]

Phantom of the Opera
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Singin' in the Rain
Moulin Rouge!
Amadeus
Chicago
The Wizard of Oz

Rocky Horror Picture Show.

West Side Story, plain and simple.

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The best musical ever made, IMHO. I've seen it on broadway and both theatrical adaptions. I'm not a big fan of the genre, but this one has always done it for me

The Phantom of the Opera....
 

I love the Phantom of the Opera..... Especially when Andrea Bocelli sings as the phantom, he's awesome.... ya'll should check him out, he has anew album "Andrea".....

Grease, most definetly.....summer lovin'...