Favourite Musical

Pross

As we know there are some very knowlegable and musically diverse people on here and watching the Royal Variety Performance of Les Mis last night I was just wondering what people's favourite musical is (film or stage). Mine is Les Mis by a mile, have watched it more times than I can remember and never seen a bad performance. I also think Blood Brothers is superb. Film wise I'd go for Chicago - even hamster face couldn't spoil it.

rick_chasey

Mary Poppins. By miles.

Pross

Not sure how serious you are being but as a stage version I enjoyed it.

Anonymous

Rocky horror Picture Show, love the film and saw a very good stage version at the Marlowe in Canterbury with lots of hecking, very funny.

grahamcp

Completely agree with you on Les Mis, although I've only seen it once live on stage.

mrushton

Film wise?
Singing in the Rain,Oliver are good but really anything from that golden era of Hollywood. Corny but they were feelgood films with some stupendous scores

rick_chasey

Deadly serious Pross, it's fantastic.

I knew how runs on banks worked aged 6.

Jonny Fortnight

Film - West Side Story
I just love it. I even have the soundtrack on my iPod.

TV - Fame
Not often repeated on tv but you can buy the first season DVD box set.

Stage - Return to the forbidden planet
Amazing music and gives me goose bumps throughout.

zippypablo

I'm not really a fan of musicals but for some reason one of my favourite films is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I've even been to see the stage version and loved it.

Mastineo

The King and I or South Pacific

Tom BB

Not really a fan of musicals.....although I really enjoy Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story and Candide

Cheshire_Cat

Hi,

Although sinister in parts, my favourite is Cabaret

Stewie Griffin

I hate musicals, except for Bugsy Malone which I loved as a kid and still sing along to now. My name is Tallulah.................. :P

pneumatic

To me, this question is akin to asking "what is your favourite form of dental treatment?"

sorry :oops:

(unless, of course, you would classify the Blues Brothers as a musical, in which case, there is my answer!)

carrock

Absolutely has to be Paint Your Wagon

Not a musical, more of a western with songs

Highlights- Lee Marvin "singing" Wandrin Star

And the spectacular Harve Presnell singing " They call the wind Maria"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmvwCpcZlM

Genius

bompington

I have nothing against musicals, but I just find my "suspension of disbelief" impossible to sustain when, in the middle of some dramatic scene, everyone suddenly bursts into song & dance.
I'm aware that this is inconsistent, as I can sit through quite a lot of implausible crap believing every word in other genres; it might also be linked to my taste in music, which explains why I, like Pneumatic, would make an exception for the Blues Brothers.

pneumatic

bompington wrote:

I have nothing against musicals, but I just find my "suspension of disbelief" impossible to sustain when, in the middle of some dramatic scene, everyone suddenly bursts into song & dance..

However, someone who did this quite brilliantly was the late great Dennis Potter. Pennies from Heaven and The Singing Detective were very powerful TV dramas in their day.

Mind you, it took him years to persuade the BBC to let him try out the format.

Pokerface

I did a few musicals when I was in high school so have a small appreciation for them.


2 fav stage versions (have seen both several times in different countries):
Chicago and Les Mis


2 fav film versions (something different):
Little Shop of Horrors and The Wiz

afx237vi

Theatre - The Producers

Film - Er... Dancer in the Dark for it's nice uplifting message

singlespeedexplosif

A Slice of Saturday Night.
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whyamihere

Blues Brothers is pretty much the only one I can watch.

random man

Not a fan of musicals generally but I do like West Side Story and Cabaret and also Chicago since I took my daughter to see it, some fantastic outfits worn by the dancers

rick_chasey

Disapointed by the lack of love for the Poppins.

The best musical I have ever performed in (*show off*) is Anyone Can Whistle.

-spider-

There is nothing to compare with The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The film is good - use this to learn some of the themes etc - and then get along to a stage show and get involved!

Brilliant controlled (sort of) chaos.

15peter20

i like The Hairy Bumholes

Anonymous

Grease

crumbschief

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is the closest i have ever got so far,i like alot of the music in those mentioned,just not when they are in films and plays.

TLDNMCL

Oliver, stage & screen.

Also as mentioned before, Paint Your Wagon and The King And I.

Don't tell anyone though! :oops:

janetthompson

Blood Brothers

BeaconRuth

Rick Chasey wrote:

Disapointed by the lack of love for the Poppins.

I'll give you "The Sound of Music" then. Julie Andrews was perfection in that, fabulous plot, wonderful score, loadsa memorable tunes, cute bits, scary bits, a love story.

OK, I'll get my coat then............. :oops:

Ruth

meanredspider

God - reading the names of the musicals in this thread is the visual equivalent of fingers being dragged down a blackboard. I'd rather be fed my own man-veg than watch a musical (and, TBH, I've quite surprised myself by how much I hate them....)