QOTD 2/5

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What are your favorite musicals? Which are your least favorite? Any that you want to see but haven't yet?

Favorites:

Wicked

The Lion King

Evil Dead: The Musical

Little Shop of Horrors

Aladdin

The Producers

Tommy (want to see this brought back to Broadway so I can see it live)

Rocky Horror Picture Show (want to see this brought back to Broadway so I can see it live)

Fiddler on the Roof

Avenue Q

Phantom of the Opera

Least Favorites:

Chicago (almost left the theater halfway through)

Les Mis (so bored I almost fell asleep during the first act, then spent the entire second act watching the booth to the side where the guy was doing all of the special effects noises)

West Side Story (literally nothing about this that I liked)

Shrek (so, so, so disappointed with this one)

Want to See:

Frozen - I heard this one is being prepped for Broadway

[RedDDD]

ones I like:
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Rent
Grease
Evita
The king and I

Really dislike a lot of them but Cats I really dislike

[gallumbits]

UO: I don't like musicals! ! I find them awkward.

I guess if they count then those Disney movies are my favorite. But I don't like them for the musical parts. But I assume every 90s kid loves Aladdin, little mermaid, and Lion King?

[legitsince86]

I've only seen Wicked, Book of Mormon live.
I've seen Legally Blonde when they aired it.

Other than the musicals I've seen are the movie versions (Rocky Horror, West side)

[annarose]

i was a drama nerd in high school (Thespian lol)

Liked: Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, Jersey Boys, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, The Leader of the Pack

I acutally didn't overly care for Rent when I saw it a few years ago (UO)

I would LOVE to see Frozen in the years to come

[wowcheezits]

I really want to see Wicked. The ticket prices are also "wicked" as in wicked expensive!

Other than that, my favorite musicals are:
Labyrinth
Little Shop of Horrors - There's usually some production doing this live with the actual audience participation around Halloween time. I want to make an effort to see it this year.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Annie
Phantom of the Opera

[joi922]

The stage version or the movie version? I have different feelings based on that distinction.

Like:
Chicago (stage)
Rent (stage)
The Music Man
Jersey Boys
Phantom of the Opera
Little Shop of Horrors
The Lion King
Book of Mormon


Hate:
Chicago (film)
Rent (film)
Les Mis
Cats
West Side Story - but feel the need to clarify. As a dancer, the choreography is AMAZING. I just don't like the story at all and dislike most of the songs.
Show Boat

[mommabakes]

I have two absolute favourites
The King and I
The Phantom of the Opera
I also would love to see Wicked.

[Unknown]

I Love Musicals!!

Favorites(all stage):
Lion King
Tommy
Cats
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Wicked
Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat

Least Favorites (All Stage):
Starlight Express
Show Boat

[sugarkissed]

Feb 5, 2015 11:52:18 GMT -5 gallumbits said:

UO: I don't like musicals! ! I find them awkward.

I guess if they count then those Disney movies are my favorite. But I don't like them for the musical parts. But I assume every 90s kid loves Aladdin, little mermaid, and Lion King?

I agree with you, I've never really been into musicals. Disney movies on the other hand, are awesome.  

[redfraggle]

Oh boy...
I love Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! I sing from it to my kids a lot. And I love Showboat. I like musicals in general, so I like more than just these.

I did not care for the Sondheim one about the pontelist painter, but I can't remember what it is called. Bernadette Peters was in it. It's weird. I also didn't care for Cats, which I also think is weird.

I'm not sure what musical I want to see.

[redfraggle]

Feb 5, 2015 12:06:50 GMT -5 legitsince86 said:

I've only seen Wicked, Book of Mormon live.
I've seen Legally Blonde when they aired it.

Other than the musicals I've seen are the movie versions (Rocky Horror, West side)

legitsince86, you actually saw the Legally Blonde musical? They used to play the soundtrack at our movie theater, and I wanted to rip my ears off. Was it bad?

[fiveohfive]

Does Spamalot count? I loved it!

Otherwise I'm not one for musicals

[legitsince86]

redfraggle Yeah mtv aired it years ago. I think youtube still has it. I liked it just because I liked the movie. Those songs do get trapped in your head.

[princessvespa1]

Wow. I need to get out more. I have loved all the musicals I have seen:

Phantom
Lion King
Mama Mia
Wicked

I would see any. So I don't really have a "want to see" list.

Edit to remove iphone wink smiley bc it comes out weird.

[zoly1103]

I love a lot of what people have mentioned. My favorites are probably:

Wicked
Phantom
Cats
King and I

I don't care for Rent and Les Mis, but I've only seen the movie versions so I might feel differently if I saw them in the theatre. Some things just don't translate to the big screen.

[littlefoot]

My mom always took my sisters and I to see musicals.
I've been to Annie, The Lion King, Grease, Beauty and the Beast, Rent, and they also dragged me to see Dora Live.

[ajaan113]

I love musical theatre!

Loves...likes...
The Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Monty Python
25th Putnam county spelling bee
Legally Blonde
Wicked
Chicago
Rent

I pretty much liked all of the musicals I saw.

I want see The Book of Mormon and Jesery Boys