Favorite Musical...

[Peeved T-40]

 

[Diminishedfilth]

Phantom of the Paradise

 

[Watchootognbout]

Only one.
Riverdance.
Which started my Celtic music phase.

 

[HardNHeavy]

Cool thread, was never really a musical guy till i met my wife....All of these listed are so very good, without being redundant i will add "Crybaby" movie version with Johnny Depp



and "Chicago" with Renee Zellweger..

 

[jmlee]

I think it’s important to make a distinction between a musical (a story told through spoken dialogue and songs) and an opera (a story that is sung). Pieces such a “Tommy” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” are examples of rock operas.

My favorite musical is “Little Shop of Horrors.” As for rock operas it would be “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Alas that definition doesn’t hold. Many classical operas have spoken dialog (e.g. Singspiel as a sub-genre, The Magic Flute, Fidelio, Peter Grimes) while many musicals are entirely sung (e.g. Seussical which I played a couple of years ago—as well as Cats and Les Miserables). The distinction is perhaps most that the words of songs are generally very important to the story in a stage musical while in opera it’s really all about the music. In this sense, Tommy and Quadrophenia were always musicals.

 

[GrapeBass]

West Side Story, because when you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way…

 

[thmsjordan]

I already put Sweeney out there but one of my personal favs is Avenue Q. I had the pleasure of performing this one a few times. It is certainly a laugh a minute and puts us humans on the spot a little at the same time. Good stuff.

 

[Timmy Liam]

Tommy!

 

[ElectroVibe]

All time funniest....

TWO MEN. SNL. 1980

Bill Murray. Bea Arthur.
Written by Paul Schaffer, Harry Shearer.

 

[Skip Chucker]

ut in 2018 I saw the last ever performance of Alan Cumming as the master of ceremonies in Cabaret on Broadway, which was the best overall performance of anything I've ever seen period. Cummings Cabaret gave it degrees of reality never imagined in the 70s. Joes Grey was embarrassed to be so "vile" Cumming made it into the Full Puck Celebrating the End of the World. And it was, he dies on the electric fence trying to escape. This is how it started in 93 in London Mz Jane Harrocks as Sally Boles

Alan Cumming and Sam Mendes completely reimagined who the EmCee was. I got to see Alan Cumming play the EmCee both times he did it- during his first run and then later. I have to be honest on his first run there was a raw energy that he brought that made it great, but his second run was so much better.

If you ever get the chance to see his one man Macbeth do not turn it down. It's worth every penny you'll spend on tickets.

 

[Wood and Wire]

Very true, that movie practically is a musical (unlike the tone-deaf Nicholas Cage remake).

 

[bassliner50]

 

[Wood and Wire]

I hate musicals. Just my opinion. I only enjoy them when I can sit right over the pit and watch the musicians. Never understood the concept. I am sure that there is just something wrong with me, and I am sure many of you will be happy to point that out.

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[DirtDog]

Would Pink Floyd's The Wall be called a musical? I think it is.

I can’t wrap my head around what the dancing would be for that.

 

[DirtDog]

Mamma Mia. That’s the only musical I’ve seen and that’s only because my daughter performed in a production of that.

 

[alack]

Alas that definition doesn’t hold. Many classical operas have spoken dialog (e.g. Singspiel as a sub-genre, The Magic Flute, Fidelio, Peter Grimes) while many musicals are entirely sung (e.g. Seussical which I played a couple of years ago—as well as Cats and Les Miserables). The distinction is perhaps most that the words of songs are generally very important to the story in a stage musical while in opera it’s really all about the music. In this sense, Tommy and Quadrophenia were always musicals.

I guess my rigid definitions come from my role as an elementary music teacher. Differentiating between the two forms is easier for kids to understand when using the definitions I used above. That said I think The Who called Tommy a rock opera.

 

[DJ Bebop]

I can’t wrap my head around what the dancing would be for that.

 

[DirtDog]

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“Hello my name is Su-san”. Best Phil Hartman bit ever….

 

[BtaylorTheRogue]

Oh boy. I'm ready to not get taken seriously.

My favorite musical is the animated television show Central Park, from Josh Gad and the folks behind Bob's Burgers. It's got an awesome cast including Daveed Digge, Leslie Odom Jr, Titus Burgess, Stanley Tucci....

 

[dave hope]

The bass playing on the Jesus Christ Superstar album, featured some great 70s funk by Alan Spenner. The Music Man is a killer musical.