September 26, 2004

Mellifluous George Other than your favorite movies, What is your favorite musical? (moneyjane reference within)
posted by PatB 20 years ago
  • Les Miserables.
  • heh. the moneyjane thing was a shameless attempt to get y'all to read this. muahahah Do you sing? What is your favorite musical?
  • damn, that was fast, Dr.Robotnik Never heard that one. Is it all in French? (I only understand Sanskrit.)
  • Tie between Wicked, Evita, Into the Woods, and Rent (ah, the nineties!) Then again, I'm a tasteless Andrew Lloyd Webber whore, so...
  • Either South Pacific, Rent, Cabaret, or anything by Gilbert & Sullivan. I'm not much for musicals, but those shows have stuff that is either sing-able (I'm a bass or baritone, depending on who I'm torturing) or listenable. It's safe to say, most people hate my taste in musicals. I also like "One Night in Bangkok" from Chess, but the rest of the musical is, frankly, shite - boring music, trite, silly lyrics, and the subject matter doesn't lend itself to being funny or interesting. Which it isn't. In spades.
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas.
  • Oh yeah - I forgot Chicago (not the movie) and Moulin Rouge (if that counts).
  • and Southpark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.
  • and Southpark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.
  • uh. was southpark a musical? I find that oddly frightening.
  • Les Miserables for me, too. I have to also mention The Producers, but I probably should not include it as I actually have not seen it. However, I have listened to the cd about a thousand times.
  • My current favorite is Avenue Q.
  • Punch Drunk Love. Nightmare Before Christmas.
  • PatB, Les Miserables was originally in French, but there is also an english translation.
  • Dr.Robotnik I read the book, but not the French version. did they make it into a movie? I live far off in the woods but I do go into the Big Town and rent videos (but not yet DVDs) every so often.
  • Argh you are bold yet blasphemous. I like that in a monkey. I totally wish I had speakers that worked.
  • Yah, I liked Into The woods too. :)
  • West Side Story is my favorite, followed closely by Oklahoma. Les Mis and South Park are great, and there are lots of other musicicals I enjoy as well, although I'm not a huge aficionado of the genre (despite attending a performing arts high school where I majored in musical theatre). And, uh, yes... I sing.
  • I totally wish I knew how to spell. Who wrote 'into the woods'? I've discovered that most of the modern (after Sweet Charity) musicals that I love are coreographed by Bob Fosse.
  • Why God Why
  • "Cannibal! The Musical" entertains me far too much to be healthy.
  • Les Mis, Hair, Once Upon A Mattress and The Rocky Horror Picture Show are some of my favorites.
  • Do rock operas count? Hope so. I love Tommy by Peter Townshend and The Who. The stage version I saw about ten years ago was also brilliant. And West Side Story is a miracle of its time.
  • I gotta second Southpark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.
  • aw, c'mon moneyjane, that's too easy. What do you sing?
  • Almost anything by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Threepenny Opera, Porgy and Bess, Marat/Sade, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagony, almost anything by Sondheim, and have enjoyed some productions of Cabaret<, Fiddler on the Roof, Man of La Mancha, and I'm sure others slipping through the sieve of my memory.
  • Into The Woods was by Stephen Sondheim (and is brilliant).
  • Or Uncle Fucka! Or It's Easy, Mmmkay! Or What would Brian Boitano Do? ! I don't know if I could pick a favorite, since I'm not a big fan of the genre, but I did enjoy Paint Your Wagons (A Western that involves polyamory?), Cannibal! The Musical (which I rented without knowing they were the guys behind South Park), or Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (Maybe not the strictest of musicals, but like I said, I'm not a big fan of the genre)
  • Marat?Sade was a musical? I'm not sure how I feel about that. Tho I thought 'Sweeny Todd' had possibilities.
  • Hey, beeswacky's list reminded me of a couple more I like. Well, except for the Sondheim.
  • `you wait little girl on an empty stage for fate to turn the light on your life little girl is an empty page that men will want to write on (toooooo write on...) you are sixteen going on seventeen baby its time to think nu nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh baby youre on the brink totally unprepared are you to face the world of men timid and shy and sacred are you of things beyond your ken you need someone older and wiser telling you what to doooo-oooo I am seventeen going on eighteen I'll take care of you...... (must go to the badger song. must fight this....)
  • oh yeah, 'better beware be canny and careful, baby you're on the brink...totally unprepared are you....' (thank god i live far from the madding crowd. i can sing. i can sing! i can dance if i want to, i can leave your world behind cuz your friends don't dance and if they dont dance then they're no friends of mine....)
  • What about "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" -- does that qualify? I was riproaring drunk when I saw it, but I loved it. Is that the right name? Did I make the whole thing up? I still remember scenes, though. Also, "Rock and Roll High School" probably doesn't qualify, but I considered it a musical in my day. Plus, "West Side Story" is indeed a work of art.
  • who was the choreographer for West Side Story, anyone know?a boy like dat. he kiil your brother. forget that boy. go find another. Anyone remember 'Sweet Charity?'
  • IndignantBlink: How could I forget ROCKY? Love that stuff. Consider it more an experience than a movie or musical, though. cynnbad: If Hedwig doesn't count, I don't know what does. Anyone seen Mamma Mia? I haven't and was wondering how it is. Also, does Wizard of Oz (or, more interesting-ly, Dark Side of the Moon) count as a musical?
  • Wizard of oz? absolutely! never knew dark side of the moon was a musical, but I'd certainly count 'the Wall' and isn't mama mia ABBA? ABBA counts. because I say so.
  • How ironic, Turner Classic Movies just announced they're going to show musicals every Tuesday and Thursday(?) next month. Though, I can't find anything on their site. Oklahoma! was suprisingly good, as was Pennies from Heaven (the Steve Martin version). I really need to get a copy of Footlight Parade because James Cagney is the best actor of all time.
  • My parents always played the Rogers & Hammerstein musicals when I was growing up (they seemed to be the only records they had), so I'm kind of burned out on them. But I do have a soft spot for Strictly Ballroom.
  • I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." Its just a little piss-ant country place...
  • You mean the Capitol building?
  • I don't ever really see musicals, but I've played the soundtrack to Hedwig & the Angry Inch about a million times.
  • Oooooh PatB, nice. Monkeyfilter: bold yet blasphemous Monkeyfilter: I'm not sure how I feel about that and Monkeyfilter: entertains me far too much to be healthy Monkeyfilter: totally unprepared are you Monkeyfilter: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Monkeyfilter: Punch Drunk Love Gotta agree with G&S, Wizard of Oz (amazing how that's lasted for the generations--my grandkids ages 2,3,7 love it), Rocky is so classic, Les Mis, and I have to admit, I loved Cats. Please don't laugh.
  • Gotta be the Buffy musical episode Once More With Feeling. One of the greatest things I've ever seen on TV.
  • "Monsoon Wedding" or "Rocky Horror Picture Show" or maybe the all-singing, all-dancing remake of "Talented Mr. Ripley"... oh, wait, they didn't make that one yet. OK, never mind.
  • Once Upon A Mattress is cool too! (thanks for reminding me, Indignant!) Meanwhile, I'm watching Breakin' right now, which isn't really a musical, but has tons of cool music and dancin' nonetheless... :)
  • Right: Les Mis, RHPS, JC Superstar, Hedwig (ah yes yes, including the karaoke verse), Once More With Feeling. Occasionally, for that childhood nostalgia kick, I watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sound of Music. I still freak out a little bit at the scene on the boat with Gene Wilder singing. Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing Are the fires of Hell a-glowing Is the grisly reaper mowing
  • what, is all of mofi now a moneyjane appreciation society? you mean it's not just me?
  • my favorite happy musical: "On The Town". my favorite tragic musical: "Pennies From Heaven". the best film i've ever seen, which also happens to be a musical: "A Star Is Born".
  • I am not one for musicals either, but there are a few that I like. In recent years, Hedwig and the Angry Inch has become a listening staple. And I am not ashamed to say that My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and Wizard of Oz are all favorites that I first saw as a child.
  • My lady was dragged to see Fame last night - she described as the worst thing she has ever seen anywhere ...
  • Wizard of Oz, no doubt.
  • I wish I had been around to see either the Evil Dead musical or the Tron musical (which I can't find right now, but def have seen).
  • The Evil Dead musical must have been a scream.
  • I'm a huge fan of musicals, and have been in a couple (in high school, admittedly, but I had a great time doing them.) My current list of favorites: On the Town The Bandwagon Singin' in the Rain Into the Woods Cats Mamma Mia City of Angels The Rocky Horror Picture Show Chicago Cabaret Jesus Christ, Superstar You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown The last is probably mostly because the songs from it have been going through my head ever since high school. I don't remember being hugely fond of it then, but the songs grew on me over the years.
  • Ooh, I haven't checked in days, I can't believe I almost missed this topic. Wicked and Les Miserables are definitely my favourites, definitely, but I like Hairspray awfully, too. I saw Oliver! on Wednesday, and it was good, though, also. Ooh, Into the Woods and Fiddler also. We did those at school. Ha. That was interesting, to say the least.
  • Fiddler's on top, though I really am quite in love with all things Lerner and Loewe, especially Camelot. I absolutely ADORED You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown--wore out a cassette tape I had of it. Go Red Baron go!
  • Jerry Springer The Opera - the toast of the West End and coming to Broadway next year. So startlingly offensive that you watch with your mouth open in horror and sheer disbelief that they're actually getting away with this stuff, but brilliant. There's a short video on the site which may not be entirely SFW. (good interview with the writers here) PS Hi everyone! I'm new here! /me waves greetings to the monkeys
  • Not a huge fan of the genre, but I really like West Side Story. Moulin Rouge, too, although mostly for the wonky style. I have to second the mention of the Buffy episode "Once More, With Feeling."
  • A few years ago, I happened to see a performance at the Edinburgh Festival (billed as an opera, but I'd call it a musical) of "I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky", music by John Adams (known for "Nixon in China"), libretto by June Jordan. Absolutely amazing.
  • six string samauri works for me
  • Not a huge musical fan (played too much Rogers & Hammerstein in orchestra; Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Rent make me want to poke my ears with sharp objects). BUT I lurves me some good movies that just happen to be musicals. Like anything with Gene Kelley or Fred Astaire. And the film versions of The Producers, Little Shop of Horrors, Hedwig, and West Side Story. And Spinal Tap, A Hard Day's Night, and Some Like it Hot. All fabulous films. And I really love Gilbert & Sullivan, so Topsy-Turvy was a revelation.
  • Ugh, shinything: how could I have forgotten Singin' in the Rain? Even my toddler sings the title song whenever he sees a puddle or an umbrella. :)
  • 1776! The Founding Fathers meet 1970s cheese whiz.
  • Is Some Like it Hot a musical, or a comedy with a couple of musical turns? Whatever, if anyone reading this has not seen it (I'm thinking in particular of some of the youngers), make sure you do! One of the funniest ever.
  • Balady Pro Banditu.
  • I'm really partial to The King & I. "Shall We Dance" gives me goosebumps every time. Grease. Nobody has mentioned Grease. I LOVE Grease. Is that wrong? I also enjoyed Rent very much. I cried most of the way through Act 2 and was sobbing at the end.
  • You mean like when he says "Come" and there's this almost unbearable pause while her breasts heave and he looks so...and then the tension breaks and you love him even more? You mean then, Mickey? And greetings to mothninja! the Jerry Springer thing sounds like it ought to be banned. Quickly.
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I don't care how straight you are, the barn-raising/dance scene is SPECTACULAR. Also, for years I had Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street memorized. I taped it off PBS.
  • My favorite (swoooon!) (choreographer - Jerome Robbins) And I sing along to the entire score. I leave it to the audience to decide if that's a good thing.
  • "Co-Ed Prison Sluts" in Chicago back in 1989.
  • Ah-ha, it does exist: Turner Classic Movies' Musical Marathon every Tuesday and Wednesday in October.