Musicals

[Leticia]

What are your favorites, if you like them?

Mine are definitely
The Sound of Music. I watched that movie so much I'd fall asleep to it.
Guys and Dolls
Little Shop of Horrors
West Side Story
Scrooge (the one with Albert Finney)
South Park Bigger.. (I know there was already a thread about this movie)

and those are the ones off the top of my head that I can think of that I like the most.

Sorry that I'm a dork!:tongue:

[PapaBear]

I'm not a big fan of musicals but I loved West Side Story, though I haven't seen it in about 20 years. I also get a huge kick out of Reefer Madness (the one from 2005).

[thepaulo]

Sound of Music (which was used in The Postman)
Hello Dolly (which was used in Wall-E)
West Side Story(worshiped pretty much universally)
Guys and Dolls (Streisand did a tribute to Marlon's singing in her concert)

but here's my favorite film by Francis Ford Coppola

Finian's Rainbow.....(I know the songs backward and forward)

[hedges]

What's the musical movie that Gene Kelly made where he is in Scotland and goes back in time. A mist comes along and takes him back in time. (I hope I got this right). Got it! Brigadoon
West Side Story was always good. Natalie Wood was such a fox in the movie.

[jauble]

Not a musical fan but I was in The Music Man and did the opening scene as the sales men on a train.

[ChrisTheCop]

Not a musical fan but I was in The Music Man and did the opening scene as the sales men on a train.

We got Jauble, right here in River City.
With a capitol J, that rhymes with K and that stands for Kool.

[keithy_19]

What's the musical movie that Gene Kelly made where he is in Scotland and goes back in time. A mist comes along and takes him back in time. (I hope I got this right). Got it! Brigadoon



I was in Brigadoon a few years back with a summer theater company. I played Mr. Lundy.



I've done over 20 plays, and the majority of them were musicals. I personally fell in love with The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It was the last play I did for my high school and I got the final bow which up until that show had evaded me.

Another personal favorite is Into the Woods by Sondheim. I was the Narrator/Mysterious Man and it was the most difficult show I've even been a part of. It's so great though when you pull it off.

I also just did You're a Good Man Charlie Brown where I played Snoopy. I loved the character, which is always running at the extremes of all emotions, and the play itself is a short play with a cute message. It's fun to see the comic strip brought to life.

[IamPixie]

We got Jauble, right here in River City.
With a capitol J, that rhymes with K and that stands for Kool.

:lol:

Mine are:
Rocky Horror Show
Sound of Music
Singin In the Rain
Chicago

[sailor]

:lol:

Mine are:
Rocky Horror Show
Sound of Music
Singin In the Rain
Chicago

i liked chicago a lot even though a lot of people panned it.

[BeerBandit]

I'm partial to the musicals that I was in during High School so I dig The Music Man, Anything Goes and Fiddler on the Roof. The Sound of Music I can never turn off when it's on the tele. South Park of course is fantastic.

[A.J.]

Springtime for Hitler, by Franz Liebkind.

[StupidGirlllll]

I love all the Doris Day movies but Please Don't Eat the Daisys is my favorite. I also can not turn off Evita when ever it comes on. I think that Antonio Bandareas voice was great in that movie.

[LaBoob]

Not a fan of musicals but I like Dancer in the Dark.

[Thebazile78]

Where should I start?

I'm a sucker for Sondheim, so I loved Into the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and A Little Night Music.

Despite not having seen a live production, the music from Assassins is really catchy. (I didn't manage to make it to the production that starred Neil Patrick Harris back in '01 or so.)

The reason the songs from West Side Story are so addictive is because of the wonderful combination of the Leonard Bernstein music and Stephen Sondheim lyrics. Did you know that they're currently casting a bilingual revival production for Broadway? I think that's exciting.

I loved the stage version of The Producers and have loved the original Mel Brooks film since I was in high school, although it doesn't strictly count as a musical.

I'm a big fan of South Pacific (Rodgers/Hammerstein) as well as The King and I (which I saw when Lou Diamond Phillips was in a revival back in 1997 opposite Faith Prince) but have a few problems with The Sound of Music (maybe my dad's mocking of it for years and years has something to do with it; I do love the song "Eidelweiss" though ... it's a part of my earliest memories.)

I had a "thing" for Lerner & Loewe musicals - My Fair Lady, Camelot and Gigi, among them - when I was in grammar school. I still enjoy My Fair Lady and My Fair Lady, but Camelot is a bit much to ask me to sit through anymore. Maybe if they revived it it'd be a bit better. (Although, without having seen it, I wouldn't have been able to make my comment that Richard Harris had grown up from Arthur into Merlin ... and I probably never would have read The Once and Future King by T.H. White, which is its source material.)

In high school, I was a featured player in both Oliver! (Lionel Bart) and Guys and Dolls (Loesser/Furling & Burrows) ... in G&D, I also ran props and was the rehearsal stand-in for all the female leads during softball tryouts. Senior year, we did Bye, Bye Birdie and I was Mrs. McAfee (a quasi-lead type of role) ... all of these shows have their good points and not so good points. For example, Oliver! is based on Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist and is a pretty dark and depressing show. Guys and Dolls was bases on characters created by Damon Runyon...they're mostly caricatures, but that doesn't make the show any less fun to do. (Although it does help when you've got a tech crew who knows what they're doing and a director who doesn't butt heads with the chorus master at every turn and ... ugh. I couldn't listen to the soundtrack for almost 4 years after that show. Pity, because it's a lot of fun.)

My other favorites include The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show, Chicago (which I've seen on stage twice), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spamalot and Avenue Q.

Add to that Damn Yankees, which is currently in revival off-Broadway. It's not the greatest musical, but it's sincerely addictive. And the film version has Ray Walston, Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse in it ... I love it, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.

Yeah, so I think I've out-dorked anybody here.

[Leticia]

Where should I start?

I'm a sucker for Sondheim, so I loved Into the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and A Little Night Music.

Despite not having seen a live production, the music from Assassins is really catchy. (I didn't manage to make it to the production that starred Neil Patrick Harris back in '01 or so.)

The reason the songs from West Side Story are so addictive is because of the wonderful combination of the Leonard Bernstein music and Stephen Sondheim lyrics. Did you know that they're currently casting a bilingual revival production for Broadway? I think that's exciting.

I loved the stage version of The Producers and have loved the original Mel Brooks film since I was in high school, although it doesn't strictly count as a musical.

I'm a big fan of South Pacific (Rodgers/Hammerstein) as well as The King and I (which I saw when Lou Diamond Phillips was in a revival back in 1997 opposite Faith Prince) but have a few problems with The Sound of Music (maybe my dad's mocking of it for years and years has something to do with it; I do love the song "Eidelweiss" though ... it's a part of my earliest memories.)

I had a "thing" for Lerner & Loewe musicals - My Fair Lady, Camelot and Gigi, among them - when I was in grammar school. I still enjoy My Fair Lady and My Fair Lady, but Camelot is a bit much to ask me to sit through anymore. Maybe if they revived it it'd be a bit better. (Although, without having seen it, I wouldn't have been able to make my comment that Richard Harris had grown up from Arthur into Merlin ... and I probably never would have read The Once and Future King by T.H. White, which is its source material.)

In high school, I was a featured player in both Oliver! (Lionel Bart) and Guys and Dolls (Loesser/Furling & Burrows) ... in G&D, I also ran props and was the rehearsal stand-in for all the female leads during softball tryouts. Senior year, we did Bye, Bye Birdie and I was Mrs. McAfee (a quasi-lead type of role) ... all of these shows have their good points and not so good points. For example, Oliver! is based on Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist and is a pretty dark and depressing show. Guys and Dolls was bases on characters created by Damon Runyon...they're mostly caricatures, but that doesn't make the show any less fun to do. (Although it does help when you've got a tech crew who knows what they're doing and a director who doesn't butt heads with the chorus master at every turn and ... ugh. I couldn't listen to the soundtrack for almost 4 years after that show. Pity, because it's a lot of fun.)

My other favorites include The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show, Chicago (which I've seen on stage twice), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spamalot and Avenue Q.

Add to that Damn Yankees, which is currently in revival off-Broadway. It's not the greatest musical, but it's sincerely addictive. And the film version has Ray Walston, Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse in it ... I love it, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.

Yeah, so I think I've out-dorked anybody here.

My Kind of Musical lover!!!!:clap::clap::clap::thumbup:

[DarkHippie]

I love all musicals, but The Rocky Horror Show (and the Rocky Horror Picture Show) is my absolute favorite. I used to see the movie every saturday night in Nyack when I was a teenager. I still remember every call out line. I would love it if they broucht Rocky back to Nyack. I heard that a group is negotiating its return, if anyone is interested.

I'm also a big fan of the Danny Kaye stuff, like the Court Jester, and the Inspector General. He was such a talented performer, its a shame that he isn't as well known as he should be.

[JustJon]

When I was kid and any Gilbert and Sullivan was on tv, I had to leave it on. Used to love their operettas.

Also did stage crew for Sweeny Todd senior year of high school. Alot of fun.

[FUNKMAN]

Oliver

Paint Your Wagon

[Jennitalia]

grease, sound of music, annie, west side story

[lleeder]

High School Musical...well not really but the pictures of that girls bush were nice.

[grlNIN]

Is thiis just movies or stage musicals as well?

Les Miserables and West Side Story are probably my all around favorites. The style, the attitude, lyrics, everything is amazing.


Oklahoma!
Sweeney Todd
Cabaret
Funny Girl

[led37zep]

I'm not going to consider movies.


I've only seen Movin' out and Wicked.



movin' out wins because I knew the songs.

[burrben]

rocky horror picture show
an american in paris
top hat
swing time

and my number one...

funny face

love it

[pladd]

Not a musical fan but I was in The Music Man and did the opening scene as the sales men on a train.

But he doesn't know the territory!



Music Man
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Rocky Horror
Paint your Wagon

[thepaulo]

Harold:
Well, either you're closing your eyes
To a situation you do now wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of a pool table in your community.
Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in River City.
Why sure I'm a billiard player,
Certainly mighty proud I say
I'm always mighty proud to say it.
I consider that the hours I spend
With a cue in my hand are golden.
Help you cultivate horse sense
And a cool head and a keen eye.
Never take and try to give
An iron-clad leave to yourself
From a three-reail billiard shot?
But just as I say,
It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to score
In a balkline game,
I say that any boob kin take
And shove a ball in a pocket.
And they call that sloth.
The first big step on the road
To the depths of deg-ra-Day--
I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon,
Then beer from a bottle.
An' the next thing ya know,
Your son is playin' for money
In a pinch-back suit.
And list'nin to some big out-a-town Jasper
Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'.
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
But a race where they set down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey'boy
Sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil?
Well, I should say.
Friends, lemme tell you what I mean.
Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table.
Pockets that mark the diff'rence
Between a gentlemen and a bum,
With a capital "B,"
And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!
And all week long your River City
Youth'll be frittern away,
I say your young men'll be frittern!
Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too!
Get the ball in the pocket,
Never mind gittin' Dandelions pulled
Or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded.
Never mind pumpin' any water
'Til your parents are caught with the Cistern empty
On a Saturday night and that's trouble,
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a' trouble.
I'm thinkin' of the kids in the knickerbockers,
Shirt-tail young ones, peekin' in the pool
Hall window after school, look, folks!
Right here in River City.
Trouble with a capital "T"
And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!
Now, I know all you folks are the right kinda parents.
I'm gonna be perfectly frank.
Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes
On while they're loafin' around that Hall?
They're tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs,
Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Cigarette Feends!
And braggin' all about
How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen.
One fine night, they leave the pool hall,
Headin' for the dance at the Arm'ry!
Libertine men and Scarlet women!
And Rag-time, shameless music
That'll grab your son and your daughter
With the arms of a jungle animal instink!
Mass-staria!
Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground!

People:
Trouble, oh we got trouble,
Right here in River City!
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "P"
And that stands for Pool,
That stands for pool.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in River City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep the young ones moral after school!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...

Harold:
Mothers of River City!
Heed the warning before it's too late!
Watch for the tell-tale sign of corruption!
The moment your son leaves the house,
Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee?
Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?
A dime novel hidden in the corn crib?
Is he starting to memorize jokes from Capt.
Billy's Whiz Bang?
Are certain words creeping into his conversation?
Words like 'swell?"
And 'so's your old man?"
Well, if so my friends,
Ya got trouble,
Right here in River city!
With a capital "T"
And that rhymes with "P"
And that stands for Pool.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in River City!
Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule!
Oh, we've got trouble.
We're in terrible, terrible trouble.
That game with the fifteen numbered balls is a devil's tool!
Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble!
With a "T"! Gotta rhyme it with "P"!
And that stands for Pool!!!

[pladd]

Robert Preston as Harold Hill is one of my all-time favorite performances.

[Thebazile78]

My Kind of Musical lover!!!!:clap::clap::clap::thumbup:

Thanks.

I spent much of my adolescence memorizing the soundtrack to Man of LaMancha. (Which is why the "Board Gossip" bit used to get stuck in my head all the time ... I wanted my high school to do a production so I could audition to be Sancho.)

I love all musicals, but The Rocky Horror Show (and the Rocky Horror Picture Show) is my absolute favorite. I used to see the movie every saturday night in Nyack when I was a teenager. I still remember every call out line. I would love it if they broucht Rocky back to Nyack. I heard that a group is negotiating its return, if anyone is interested.

I'm also a big fan of the Danny Kaye stuff, like the Court Jester, and the Inspector General. He was such a talented performer, its a shame that he isn't as well known as he should be.

So ... you enjoyed Hans Christian Andersen? (Bits of those songs are still stuck in my head from catching part of it AGES ago on channel 11 back when it was "WPIX-11" and not the WB or whatever the heck it is now!)

When I was kid and any Gilbert and Sullivan was on tv, I had to leave it on. Used to love their operettas.

Also did stage crew for Sweeny Todd senior year of high school. Alot of fun.

Gilbert and Sullivan were gods among men.

Nobody, not even Boublil and Schoenberg, can write a patter song like they could!

Is thiis just movies or stage musicals as well?

Les Miserables and West Side Story are probably my all around favorites. The style, the attitude, lyrics, everything is amazing.


Oklahoma!
Sweeney Todd
Cabaret
Funny Girl

I think counting movie musicals is hit-or-miss, but it's a way that musicals can reach a wider audience.

IMO, it's not fair to limit the discussion to stage-only versions. Not everybody can sit through a stage version, whether it's the local repertory theatre, high school or Broadway, so it's more fair this way.

I'm not going to consider movies.


I've only seen Movin' out and Wicked.



movin' out wins because I knew the songs.

I enjoyed Movin' Out! as well.

My mother, my sister and I went to see it ... I was the only person who went in knowing what to expect from the show. And my sister was the one who wanted to see it the most! (She ended up disliking it.)

I haven't seen Wicked yet. More's the pity because I enjoyed the "Popular" number that they showcased at the Thanksgiving Day Parade shortly after it started its run on B'way ... and really enjoyed the book. The only drawback is that the lyricist is Stephen Schwartz, whose painfully catchy tunes populated such shows as Godspell and Pippin, so I have the soundtrack, but I can't listen to it until I have a context.

[Furtherman]

Way back when VCRs were just comin' around my grandparents purchased West Side Story and The Music Man on VHS. That and The Sound Of Music was on around Easter every year. They're the three I know.

One of my first crushes was Rita Moreno. And her legs! She is smoking hot singing America!

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[Drunky McBetidont]

i got to see jesus christ superstar a few times when i was a kid and thought it was really cool. (so much better than 3 hour mass on good friday in the catholic church)
godspell too was great.

i was lucky because my parents used to take us to artpark in lewiston ny to see shows all the time in the summer.

i like pippin too. and pirates of penzance and annie

[ahhdurr]

Is thiis just movies or stage musicals as well?

Les Miserables and West Side Story are probably my all around favorites. The style, the attitude, lyrics, everything is amazing.


Oklahoma!
Sweeney Todd
Cabaret
Funny Girl

I clicked on this thread only b/c I saw my second stage musical this past weekend (my first was Mamma mia - meh). My wife and I went into Philly for Les Miserables for our 2nd anniversary. I wasn't looking forward to it but it turned out to be a really great show. Coincidentally I've been listening to a 'book on tape' about The Enlightenment so it was cool to see how the writers wove in a lot of the questioning of god and (more obviously) political dissent from the period.

[Thebazile78]

I clicked on this thread only b/c I saw my second stage musical this past weekend (my first was Mamma mia - meh). My wife and I went into Philly for Les Miserables for our 2nd anniversary. I wasn't looking forward to it but it turned out to be a really great show. Coincidentally I've been listening to a 'book on tape' about The Enlightenment so it was cool to see how the writers wove in a lot of the questioning of god and (more obviously) political dissent from the period.

Why does everybody think that Les Miserables takes place during the 18th century?

It takes place during the 1830's. Don't believe me? Check your Playbill.

The students (Marius et al) who start the rebellion after General LeMarque dies were certainly invoking the ideals of the Revolution of 1789 and the "Age of Enlightenment", but ... a more concurrent musical would have been The Scarlet Pimpernel, not Les Miserables.

(Sorry. It's been a pet peeve of mine since high school.)

That aside, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg are some of the better lyricist/librettist teams in the current era. They write catchy, enjoyable lyrics and melodies ... and they have GREAT source material. (The novel was almost immediately translated when it was originally published in the late 1800's. In fact, someone here once mentioned that the Confederate soldiers felt such an empathy with the characters that they would carry copies of the book with them during the Civil War, which may or may not be true, but it's a nifty story either way.)

[DarkHippie]

So ... you enjoyed Hans Christian Andersen? (Bits of those songs are still stuck in my head from catching part of it AGES ago on channel 11 back when it was "WPIX-11" and not the WB or whatever the heck it is now!)


.

Yes, and I'm not gay (although there are rumors that he had a long running affair with Lawrence Olivier)

My favorite is The Court Jester. I still quote the 'vessel with the pestle' bit.

[Thebazile78]

i got to see jesus christ superstar a few times when i was a kid and thought it was really cool. (so much better than 3 hour mass on good friday in the catholic church)
godspell too was great.

i was lucky because my parents used to take us to artpark in lewiston ny to see shows all the time in the summer.

i like pippin too. and pirates of penzance and annie

I saw Jesus Christ Superstar at the Warner Theater in DC starring Irene Cara as Mary Magdalene and Ted Neely as Jesus ... I thought that it was fantastic. (I was 15.)

I've not yet seen Godspell.

My aunt (godmother) took me to see the film version of Annie when it came out, but I'd been in love with the music since I can remember ... my parents went to see it on Broadway when my mother was expecting and they had the cast album on vinyl.


[BTW - you know very well that there's no Mass on Good Friday. Ever. Penance/Confession services, maybe a "living stations" Passion-Play if your parish is so inclined, but there's no Mass.

There's no Eucharist between the end of Mass on Holy Thursday until the second part of the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. (You must have meant Easter Vigil Mass. Which can be 3 hours long, sure, again it's depending on your parish and how many RCIA's they have.)]

[AngelAmy]

Les Miserables still gives me goose bumps every time I listen to it. I was lucky enough to see it on Broadway with John Owen Jones as Jean Valjean. Simply amazing. I would watch it every day if I could. (I am so lucky my brother was Jean Valjean in it in High School or I probably would have never seen it)

West Side Story

Guys and Dolls

I also love Singing in the Rain

And I have to admit that I am now obsessed with the new(er) Hairspray movie...I havent seen it on Broadway but the movie was an adaptation and had a lot of the songs in it so I am sure I'd enjoy it on Broadway as well.

[AngelAmy]

I really want to see Wicked and Spamalot.

[Thebazile78]

Les Miserables still gives me goose bumps every time I listen to it. I was lucky enough to see it on Broadway with John Owen Jones as Jean Valjean. Simply amazing. I would watch it every day if I could. (I am so lucky my brother was Jean Valjean in it in High School or I probably would have never seen it)

West Side Story

Guys and Dolls

I also love Singing in the Rain

And I have to admit that I am now obsessed with the new(er) Hairspray movie...I havent seen it on Broadway but the movie was an adaptation and had a lot of the songs in it so I am sure I'd enjoy it on Broadway as well.

I thought that Nikki Blonsky originated the Traci Turnbladt role on B'way, incidentally, but I'd have to check Playbill. (I enjoyed the "musical remake" as well ... and missed the Ricki Lake & John Waters cameos; I am PISSED! So, of course this means I need to buy it.)

I recently saw Singing in the Rain and it's a lot of fun ... Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Cyd Charisse (honest!) ... hokey, sure, but lots of fun. Gene Kelly was a heck of a choreographer ... you can still see his moves to this day in a lot of musicals. (My apologies to Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse and Twyla Tharp, but without Gene Kelly, I don't think we'd have made it to you all.)

As for West Side Story, I'm really excited about the upcoming Arthur Laurents-directed bilingual "revival" ... I wonder if Daphne Rubin-Vega is too old to play Anita. (I think she'd be wonderful, by the way.)

[Thebazile78]

I really want to see Wicked and Spamalot.

Spamalot is hilarious.

I saw it while Clay Aiken was Sir Robin this past April.

(He didn't suck.)

I now have to sacrifice more of my hard-earned money to the Monty Python merchandising machine and buy the soundtrack.

[DarkHippie]

Spamalot is hilarious.

I saw it while Clay Aiken was Sir Robin this past April.

(He didn't suck.)

I now have to sacrifice more of my hard-earned money to the Monty Python merchandising machine and buy the soundtrack.

Clay Aiken was born for the Theatre

[Thebazile78]

Clay Aiken was born for the Theatre

After seeing him on stage, with the gaydar pinging like crazy even with all the teeny-boppers in the audience screaming their lungs out, I have a real problem with anyone who doesn't know he's gay.

Bitch can sing, though, which is more than a lot of the foul American Idol nasties can do.

[AngelAmy]

I thought that Nikki Blonsky originated the Traci Turnbladt role on B'way, incidentally, but I'd have to check Playbill. (I enjoyed the "musical remake" as well ... and missed the Ricki Lake & John Waters cameos; I am PISSED! So, of course this means I need to buy it.)

I recently saw Singing in the Rain and it's a lot of fun ... Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Cyd Charisse (honest!) ... hokey, sure, but lots of fun. Gene Kelly was a heck of a choreographer ... you can still see his moves to this day in a lot of musicals. (My apologies to Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse and Twyla Tharp, but without Gene Kelly, I don't think we'd have made it to you all.)

As for West Side Story, I'm really excited about the upcoming Arthur Laurents-directed bilingual "revival" ... I wonder if Daphne Rubin-Vega is too old to play Anita. (I think she'd be wonderful, by the way.)

i read that nikki auditioned for it on broadway but they turned her down because she was too young...she saw it for her 15th birthday and fell in love with the role.

i didnt see ricki in the movie but john waters was the flasher in the beginning

[Thebazile78]

i read that nikki auditioned for it on broadway but they turned her down because she was too young...she saw it for her 15th birthday and fell in love with the role.

i didnt see ricki in the movie but john waters was the flasher in the beginning

I'll have to look for Waters. He's crazy.

And you definitely have to be on the lookout for Ricki ... she's not as heavy as she used to be, so it's hard to spot her.

I just checked the cast list and you're probably right. Not that it matters much ... she's adorable.

[AngelAmy]

I'll have to look for Waters. He's crazy.

And you definitely have to be on the lookout for Ricki ... she's not as heavy as she used to be, so it's hard to spot her.

I just checked the cast list and you're probably right. Not that it matters much ... she's adorable.

now that i think about it.....she may be one of the talent agents...

[Thebazile78]

now that i think about it.....she may be one of the talent agents...

Yeah, but she's still "blink-and-you'll-miss-her" ...

[Friday]

now that i think about it.....she may be one of the talent agents...

she is one of the agents in the Miss Hairspray montage.
she is in two or three very noticeable shots.

or maybe they are only noticeable because i have watched that damn flick about 9 times.

what can i say, i am a sucker for cheese.

[AngelAmy]

she is one of the agents in the Miss Hairspray montage.
she is in two or three very noticeable shots.

or maybe they are only noticeable because i have watched that damn flick about 9 times.

what can i say, i am a sucker for cheese.

yup i just watched the scene to make sure and thats def her....i was gonna try a screen cap but it wont let me on divix

[ahhdurr]

Why does everybody think that Les Miserables takes place during the 18th century?

It takes place during the 1830's. Don't believe me? Check your Playbill.

The students (Marius et al) who start the rebellion after General LeMarque dies were certainly invoking the ideals of the Revolution of 1789 and the "Age of Enlightenment", but ... a more concurrent musical would have been The Scarlet Pimpernel, not Les Miserables.

(Sorry. It's been a pet peeve of mine since high school.)

That aside, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg are some of the better lyricist/librettist teams in the current era. They write catchy, enjoyable lyrics and melodies ... and they have GREAT source material. (The novel was almost immediately translated when it was originally published in the late 1800's. In fact, someone here once mentioned that the Confederate soldiers felt such an empathy with the characters that they would carry copies of the book with them during the Civil War, which may or may not be true, but it's a nifty story either way.)

oooooh ... well, like I said - I enjoyed it but it was mostly - blah blah blah hey this is interesting ... blah blah... oh big barricade and guns going off (must be the Revolution)... etc etc... I did enjoy it though overall.

Then I peiced together the whole thing and assumed it all took place from the beginning of 18th cent to the French Revolution. You can see how easy it is to assume it was during the Enlightenment but I'm glad you mentioned this - didn't want to drop into a discussion of that when it mattered.

[AngelAmy]

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[EliSnow]

Favorites:

Stage: Les Miserables
Movie: The King and I
TV: Once More With Feeling

When I lived in NYC, I got to see a fair number of shows. Loved Les Miz, Kiss Me Kate, and Lion King the best. I loved Les Miz and Kiss Me Kate so much that I immediately bought the soundtracks, and still listen to them all the time.

I saw Kiss Me Kate, the Producers and Wicked with the original cast. Producers was great. I thought Wicked was good because the two female leads and Joel Grey were great -- I'm not sure how good the show was with the replacements.

Similarly, The Boy From Oz was great only because of Jackman's unbelievable talent. He would often break the fourth wall and talk to the audience and stay in character. Even to the point of flirting with a solider who was home from Iraq. There is no way that show could carry on without him.

I also saw Miss Saigon, Cats, Rent, and Avenue A and enjoyed those.

I didn't like Jekyll and Hyde (I think that was the name) and hated Hairspray.

[Thebazile78]

Favorites:

Stage: Les Miserables
Movie: The King and I
TV: Once More With Feeling

When I lived in NYC, I got to see a fair number of shows. Loved Les Miz, Kiss Me Kate, and Lion King the best. I loved Les Miz and Kiss Me Kate so much that I immediately bought the soundtracks, and still listen to them all the time.

I saw Kiss Me Kate, the Producers and Wicked with the original cast. Producers was great. I thought Wicked was good because the two female leads and Joel Grey were great -- I'm not sure how good the show was with the replacements.

Similarly, The Boy From Oz was great only because of Jackman's unbelievable talent. He would often break the fourth wall and talk to the audience and stay in character. Even to the point of flirting with a solider who was home from Iraq. There is no way that show could carry on without him.

I also saw Miss Saigon, Cats, Rent, and Avenue A and enjoyed those.

I didn't like Jekyll and Hyde (I think that was the name) and hated Hairspray.

Yes, that was Jekyll and Hyde based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novella of infamy...and at one point it featured Sebastian Bach from one of those '80s hair bands ... was it Poison or Skid Row? (Damned if I know.)

Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth (the original Elphaba and Glinda) are powerhouses. And nobody can say anything against Joel Grey. (I love Joel Grey. He's the most amazing character in the history of the universe.)

I forgot that they'd revived Kiss Me Kate "recently" ... I love the film with Kathryn Grayson & Ann Miller. Of course, I was too broke to see the revival ... BOOO!

My father had been promising that he'd take me to see Cats since I was 4 or 5 ... and he never did. Then it closed. (And I have a "thing" for T.S. Eliot!)

I loved Rent on stage. My friends and I listened to the soundtrack ad nauseum every summer from high school through college. The Nederlander Theatre is great.

Did you see Miss Saigon with Lea Salonga in the cast??? (I love Lea Salonga. She's awesome.)

[AKA]

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Singing In The Rain (1952)
West Side Story (1961)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
The Rocky Horror Picutre Show (1975)
Grease (1978)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Producers (2005)
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)


No big shock (for me) that the ones I liked the most are kids movies, or ones from my youth, with a couple "subversive" ones tossed in for good measure.

[EliSnow]

Yes, that was Jekyll and Hyde based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novella of infamy...and at one point it featured Sebastian Bach from one of those '80s hair bands ... was it Poison or Skid Row? (Damned if I know.)

Skid Row. But I'll remember him forever as Gil from Gilmore Girls.

Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth (the original Elphaba and Glinda) are powerhouses. And nobody can say anything against Joel Grey. (I love Joel Grey. He's the most amazing character in the history of the universe.)

I forgot that they'd revived Kiss Me Kate "recently" ... I love the film with Kathryn Grayson & Ann Miller. Of course, I was too broke to see the revival ... BOOO!

I just remembered that it wasn't the original cast, I saw. It was the one after the orignals left. With a number of the musicals I saw (Wicked, Kiss Me Kate, Producers, Avenue Q) the only reason I could afford was because either tickets came from my old law firm, as a recruiting thing, or my wife's wealthy relatives. Great show, but I think the reall seller is Cole Porter's music.

My father had been promising that he'd take me to see Cats since I was 4 or 5 ... and he never did. Then it closed. (And I have a "thing" for T.S. Eliot!)

I saw Cats with my family when they visited to celebrate my law school graduation (10 years ago now, unbelievably). It was made memorable by the Cats going into the audience (which they do every show) and one female Cat coming right up in front of me, and just looking me in the eye for about a minute. I refused to lose a stare contest, so I did the same. She seemed very attractive, but it's hard to tell in the outfit. Great body though.

I loved Rent on stage. My friends and I listened to the soundtrack ad nauseum every summer from high school through college. The Nederlander Theatre is great.

I saw Rent when Joey Fatone was in it. I liked it and of course the 925600 minutes song stuck in my head, too much (was the title of it "Seasons of Love."

Did you see Miss Saigon with Lea Salonga in the cast??? (I love Lea Salonga. She's awesome.)


I don't think so. I saw it sometime in 96-97, although I can't be certain. I don't remember much from it, other than the production was very lavish.

[Thebazile78]

Skid Row. But I'll remember him forever as Gil from Gilmore Girls.

I had no idea that he was on Gilmore Girls at any point in the series. I just may have to NetFlix the DVD's ... or steal them from Jopes.

I just remembered that it wasn't the original cast, I saw. It was the one after the orignals left. With a number of the musicals I saw (Wicked, Kiss Me Kate, Producers, Avenue Q) the only reason I could afford was because either tickets came from my old law firm, as a recruiting thing, or my wife's wealthy relatives. Great show, but I think the reall seller is Cole Porter's music.

Oh, the only reason I saw Avenue Q was because I went with the office. (Our "grand team meeting" when the team I formerly worked on was a three-day affair, split between our conference headquarters in NYC and our regular office in Newark. That was our "treat" slash big event ... they took us to dinner uptown and then we got to see a show downtown.)

I had tickets to Beauty and the Beast when Kristy Carlson Romano was Belle because Matt was working for a radio station and they gave staff dibs on choice prizes. (That was my sister's high school graduation present, BTW. We enjoyed it immensely.)

Also due to that job, I got to see The Producers before it closed and Phantom of the Opera which wasn't as bad as I'd feared it would be, despite Andrew Lloyd Webber's lack of an original thought since then!

Friends chipped in to give me tickets to Chicago for my 25th birthday; I saw it again when John O'Hurley was Billy Flynn ... it was another birthday present, part of my annual "spring break" with my best friend, Sara. (We've since seen The Pirate Queen and Spamalot together ... we're keeping our eyes open for offbeat shows to see next year, which is going to be our last year as "just us" because in 2010, her daughter will be old enough for us to drag along.)

I saw the revival of The King and I as another birthday gift (my 19th) ... which was a surprisingly great show. I wasn't particularly familiar with the film before I saw the show...which featured Faith Prince and Lou Diamond Phillips. They were awesome.

Before that, I'd never seen a Broadway show, although I did see a show off-Broadway. One of my high school English classes went to see Arcadia with Robert Sean Leonard (now the oncologist on House) and Blair Brown.

I saw Cats with my family when they visited to celebrate my law school graduation (10 years ago now, unbelievably). It was made memorable by the Cats going into the audience (which they do every show) and one female Cat coming right up in front of me, and just looking me in the eye for about a minute. I refused to lose a stare contest, so I did the same. She seemed very attractive, but it's hard to tell in the outfit. Great body though.

Anybody who can wear a unitard and spirit gum has got to have a great body!!!

I saw Rent when Joey Fatone was in it. I liked it and of course the 925600 minutes song stuck in my head, too much (was the title of it "Seasons of Love."

Yes, the title is "Seasons of Love." It's one of the best songs from the show. On the B'way soundtrack, there's a rendition that Stevie Wonder did with the cast. I haven't listened to it in years, though.

I don't think so. I saw it sometime in 96-97, although I can't be certain. I don't remember much from it, other than the production was very lavish.

Yeah, anything that lands a helicopter onstage is pretty lavish in my book!

[EliSnow]

I had no idea that he was on Gilmore Girls at any point in the series. I just may have to NetFlix the DVD's ... or steal them from Jopes.

You've never seen Gilmore Girls? I don't know what to say, and even question whether Joe's your brother.

[Thebazile78]

You've never seen Gilmore Girls? I don't know what to say, and even question whether Joe's your brother.

I never said I'd never seen it, I just don't watch it religiously.

Also, anything that was on TV on Monday or Thursday nights between 1992 and 2000, I kind of missed due to chorus rehearsals.

And between 1996 and 2000, I simply didn't watch TV. Living in a dorm will do that.

(If you'd ever seen us together, you would have no doubt about our relationship. We have the same facial expressions and body language. And when we both wear our glasses, the resemblance is uncanny.)

[EliSnow]

I never said I'd never seen it, I just don't watch it religiously.

Also, anything that was on TV on Monday or Thursday nights between 1992 and 2000, I kind of missed due to chorus rehearsals.

And between 1996 and 2000, I simply didn't watch TV. Living in a dorm will do that.

(If you'd ever seen us together, you would have no doubt about our relationship. We have the same facial expressions and body language. And when we both wear our glasses, the resemblance is uncanny.)


I've seen pictures of you both, and saw the resemblence.

My wife and I only watched Gilmore Girls on DVD, after seeing watching the pilot ep with my 18 year old sister. I'm a big fan and Lauren Graham will have a permanent spot on my top five list (along with Claudia Black and Salma Hayek).