I LOVE "Les Miserables" [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

Judge Smails

01-23-2007, 03:19 PM

<a href="http://www.lesmis.com/">Les Miserables</a> rocks!  There, I said it.  I'm not usually a fan of the musical theater but I've enjoyed this show since my wife and I saw it while we were dating, during its original Broadway run.  I have the orginal cast album in the car and I'll occassionally blast it when I'm feeling blah and it picks me right up. At my request, my wife is going to try to get us tickets for my birthday.While playing it in the car today, I thought about the Guilty Pleasure T.V. Show thread.  I realized that I'd never let my friends know about this obsession.  But I figured "What the hell"  I'll let you guys know since I'll probably never meet any of you in person.  Let the gay jokes fly.

LordJezo

01-23-2007, 05:07 PM

I noticed that it's back on Broadway after it's big deal "going away forever" thing that happened a few years ago.Is the new one worth seeing?

badorties

01-23-2007, 06:01 PM

my wife (and her family) has seen les miserables a dozen times ... i saw it once, and it was okay

moochcassidy

01-23-2007, 06:21 PM

i wanted to poke my own eye out during that garbage...hated it

Don Stugots

01-23-2007, 06:24 PM

Judge, when you do finally come out of the closet, I will accept you regardless.   with that said, in 1998 i saw Jeckel & Hyde on Broadway.  i loved it so much that i purchased the soundtrack and would play it over and over again.  the one part where he is singing as both Jeckel & Hyde while they are fighting for control of his body is like nothing i have ever heard before or since.

AngelAmy

01-23-2007, 07:17 PM

my brother is going to be in it....theyre doing it in his high school.

sr71blackbird

01-23-2007, 07:23 PM

I always wanted to see Les Mis 

FUNKMAN

01-23-2007, 07:26 PM

i saw it, nobody was happy...actually i saw the tv show or movie with liam neeson and it was pretty good

PapaBear

01-23-2007, 07:27 PM

I thought about seeing it, but I don't have the bread for that kind of thing.

Judge Smails

01-23-2007, 07:39 PM

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dq6_NWyvwD4">Behold the awesomeness</a>

Snacks

01-23-2007, 07:45 PM

I enjoy Broadway. I have seen many many musical shows and will admit I love it. well then I'm a proud Straight American that loves Broadway" 

This message was edited by Snacks on 1-24-07 @ 2:37 PM

IamFogHat

01-24-2007, 05:34 AM

I love Les Mis too, I've seen it twice.

Death Metal Moe

01-24-2007, 05:41 AM

I saw 'A Chorus Line' when I was about 14 or so.  It was so fucking horrible and boring I left during the performance to go stand in the bathroom.  Standing in an empty bathroom was more entertaining then that drivel.  I FUCKING HATE THEATER!!!  Singing about everything is fucking gay.  It's just fucking awful, awful bullshit.I would never see another play again, ever.  I don't even like singing in movies or cartoons.  For example, I can't watch those episodes of The Simpsons where they sing everything and then play clips of songs.  They make my fucking skin crawl.

This message was edited by Death Metal Moe on 1-24-07 @ 9:42 AM

EliSnow

01-24-2007, 05:45 AM

I agree with you.  Les Mis was the very first show I saw on Broadway, and the next day I went out and bought the soundtrack.  It is still my favorite musical that I have seen, and also play the soundtrack every now and then.

AKA

01-24-2007, 06:19 AM

Big fan of "Les Miz" - seen it on broadway, and twice when it came through D.C. (about 12 years between performances, mind you). I wouldn't say I'm a big musical fan, although I got drug to plenty growing up as a kid, and saw a ton when I worked at the Kennedy Center (I really think"Phantom of the Opera" is over-rated, which played ad-nausium during my time at the KenCen, but it was cool to go under the stage and watch him drop through the trap during the second act during the Wed. matinees). It's a toss-up with me between Miz and "West Side Story" as to my favorite, tho.

Judge Smails

01-24-2007, 06:24 AM

Thanks to everyone who's with me on this.  And here I thought I was some kind of a half a fag or something.  I can honestly say that I have absolutely never enjoyed any other musical but for some reason this show really touches a chord with me.EDIT: I just thought of another semi-musical I like: the original Willy Wonka.

Death Metal Moe

01-24-2007, 06:26 AM

Judge Smails wrote: Thanks to everyone who's with me on this.  And here I thought I was some kind of a half a fag or something.  I can honestly say that I have absolutely never enjoyed any other musical but for some reason this show really touches a chord with me.EDIT: I just thought of another semi-musical I like: the original Willy Wonka. And just for the record, even though I hate musicals, I don't think it makes you gay either.  Enjoy the show if you like.

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

01-24-2007, 09:56 AM

I've gone to several off and off-off B'way performances but the only major musical I ever saw was Phantom of The Opera. It was so hokey and cheezy i got douche chills.I went to the opera at Lincoln Center once and saw Bizet's Carmen. It was a very cool rendition. It was set in the 1940s. The costumes were magnificent.

Dougie Brootal

01-24-2007, 09:58 AM

Don Stugots wrote: Judge, when you do finally come out of the closet, I will accept you regardless.   with that said, in 1998 i saw Jeckel & Hyde on Broadway.  i loved it so much that i purchased the soundtrack and would play it over and over again.  the one part where he is singing as both Jeckel & Hyde while they are fighting for control of his body is like nothing i have ever heard before or since.   was that with sebastian bach?

Death Metal Moe

01-24-2007, 10:06 AM

Alice S. Fuzzybutt wrote: I've gone to several off and off-off B'way performances but the only major musical I ever saw was Phantom of The Opera. It was so hokey and cheezy i got douche chills.I went to the opera at Lincoln Center once and saw Bizet's Carmen. It was a very cool rendition. It was set in the 1940s. The costumes were magnificent. See, opera is different.  It's presented differently, sung differently and usually set in different times.  I think it's different when it's in a different language too.  I actually like it more when I can't understand what's being said.There's just something so douchey about most Broadway.

A.J.

01-24-2007, 10:19 AM

Death Metal Moe wrote: See, opera is different.  It's presented differently, sung differently and usually set in different times.  I think it's different when it's in a different language too.  I actually like it more when I can't understand what's being said. "I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free."<img src="http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare5/shawshank/10845b.jpg" border="0" width="577" height="337" />

Friday

01-24-2007, 10:28 AM

As well you should, good sir!Les Miz is a well written, finely scored piece of theatrical history.  I saw it a few times when it was first sent to Broadway and the cast was incredible.  They did go through a few casting revisions and at one point the producers had cleaned out the entire cast because they were doing so horribly, but as long as the new cast is working the characters to their potential, I am sure it will be just as good as the first.  Admittedly, it is a bit on the long side, so it is definitely not for everyone.Congratulations on finding a bit of culture and for being bold enough to share it on this board!   And yes, I am completely and utterly as gay as they come... figuratively speaking, of course. ;)

CofyCrakCocaine

01-24-2007, 10:34 AM

I too, love Les Miserables. My brother got the whole family tickets for christmas, and the show was still great. Well worth seeing. The only spotty performance was Fontaine, but you don't have to deal with her for long.

badorties

01-24-2007, 10:35 AM

i've seen a few of late ... les mis was a little over the topboy from oz wolverine killed as peter allen avenue q was better than i thought it would be -- a kind of slacker / lower east side 'sesame street'spamalot was great, a wonderful send up of all things broadway and pythondrowsy chaperon was really good -- a more sincere parody of broadway shows, and a valentine to the theatre culture told in a very cool way

SatCam

01-24-2007, 11:35 AM

Death Metal Moe wrote: Judge Smails wrote: Thanks to everyone who's with me on this. And here I thought I was some kind of a half a fag or something. I can honestly say that I have absolutely never enjoyed any other musical but for some reason this show really touches a chord with me.EDIT: I just thought of another semi-musical I like: the original Willy Wonka. And just for the record, even though I hate musicals, I don't think it makes you gay either. Enjoy the show if you like.

well of course the guy who's in a death metal band says that..............................

Dougie Brootal

01-24-2007, 11:37 AM

SatCam wrote: Death Metal Moe wrote: Judge Smails wrote: Thanks to everyone who's with me on this. And here I thought I was some kind of a half a fag or something. I can honestly say that I have absolutely never enjoyed any other musical but for some reason this show really touches a chord with me.EDIT: I just thought of another semi-musical I like: the original Willy Wonka. And just for the record, even though I hate musicals, I don't think it makes you gay either. Enjoy the show if you like. well of course the guy who's <strike>in a death metal band</strike> not a flaming homosexual says that.............................. fixed it for you.

Don Stugots

01-24-2007, 11:46 AM

douggrasso wrote: Don Stugots wrote: Judge, when you do finally come out of the closet, I will accept you regardless.  with that said, in 1998 i saw Jeckel & Hyde on Broadway. i loved it so much that i purchased the soundtrack and would play it over and over again. the one part where he is singing as both Jeckel & Hyde while they are fighting for control of his body is like nothing i have ever heard before or since. was that with sebastian bach? no it wasnt.  i have no idea what the guys name was but he was great in it.  who ever played the roll during its original run.

ralphbxny

01-24-2007, 11:55 AM

It's ok. Broadway long run shows are usually ok.

badorties

02-02-2007, 07:33 PM

i just got back from a brilliant irish play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translations" target="_blank">translations</a>at the pre-show dinner i saw/heard cindy adams dress down the waiter by saying, "the woman in the red coat is cindy adams"the play was very good (very donnegal) ... it was even cooler to have ed norton right infront of me, and michael c. hall all dextered out sitting next to my wife

AngelAmy

04-29-2007, 08:45 PM

Fat_Sunny

04-29-2007, 09:22 PM

i got a chance to see it done last night by my brother's high school and it was amazing. my brother played Jean Valjean and did such a wonderful job, i am so proud of him.

reef and i have been singing master of the house all day....fucking catching song.

Wow, He Had The Starring Role. Cool!

'Master Of The House' Was In A Seinfeld Episode Where George Kept Singing It And Then Elaine's Father Caught The Bug And Was Singing It Too.

AngelAmy

04-29-2007, 09:29 PM

Wow, He Had The Starring Role. Cool!

'Master Of The House' Was In A Seinfeld Episode Where George Kept Singing It And Then Elaine's Father Caught The Bug And Was Singing It Too.

yeah my brother is very very very good, very talented, he only gets better.

he was tony in west side story this year as well as nicely nicely johnson in guys and dolls...........if i get some videos of him singing from my mom ill post them here. the whole cast was amazing, too bad a lot of them (including my bro) are seniors and they wont be together anymore, this was their last performance

AngelAmy

12-19-2007, 12:13 PM

Just to let anyone know who cares the last show of this on broadway will be on Jan 6th.

Soupy_Dreck

12-19-2007, 12:40 PM

Just to let anyone know who cares the last show of this on broadway will be on Jan 6th.

les mis? i know it's coming to philly in the summer. don't know exactly when but it will be at the walnut street theater...

i also enjoy the les mis...i watch it every time it comes on pbs...

Devo37

12-19-2007, 12:57 PM

buzzard

12-19-2007, 01:41 PM

I thought about seeing it, but I don't have the bread for that kind of thing.

well crafted! :wink:

I remember the mini-series with Richard Jordan.It was very good.

AngelAmy

12-19-2007, 04:03 PM

i love les mis. the second act drags a bit in the middle, but it's a great show.

i have the international cast complete recording (the complete performance). i can sing along with the entire first act.

javert rules!!!

i have that do and i can sing the whole thing. i listen to it all the time and it gives me chills during some scenes.

Thebazile78

12-19-2007, 04:07 PM

reef and i have been singing master of the house all day....fucking catching song.

Not many teams write songs with sexual innuendo better than Boublil and Shoenberg. Their "dirty minds" song in The Pirate Queen was pretty funny, too. Not that I'd recommend PQ, though, it kind of chugged along. Which is sad because it was a great story, just poorly executed.

They come close to Gilbert & Sullivan, among others.

SatCam

12-19-2007, 07:11 PM

reef and i have been singing master of the house all day....fucking catching song.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/9e/250px-GeorgeCostanza.jpg

hedges

12-21-2007, 08:49 PM

My parents took me to see Les Mis at the Kennedy Center in the 80s. What really sucked was, halfway through the performance the rotating stage broke down. Everything came to a screeching halt. They finally fixed it and finished the performance. Can't say I enjoyed the experience at the time. As far as musicals go, I'll always dig on West Side Story, but that's about it.

AngelAmy

12-23-2007, 05:04 AM

oh and I paniced when I heard they were closing the show down so I bought tickets for the 5th, yay me! :clap:

AngelAmy

12-23-2007, 05:08 AM

I guess if you have facebook you could view this video or something

I wanted to share my brother as Valjean singing "Bring Him Home" but the only version I have so far is posted on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=4250793495&ref=share

AngelAmy

01-07-2008, 06:51 AM

Reeph and I went to see Les Mis on Saturday. No words can describe the experience. It was amazing. It's a shame it is now gone, If I could I would watch it every single day.

We had the pleasure of seeing John Owen-Jones as Jean Valjean.

The sets were amazing amazing.