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Notorious · 10-13-2002, 03:12 AM

What's your list? Here's mine:

Grease
Grease 2
Annie
The Wizard of Oz
Buffy: Once More With Feeling
Singin' in the Rain
Gypsy

Georgia's on my Mind · 10-13-2002, 03:14 AM

Grease
Fiddler on the Roof
umm...that's it I think...

Montana Ponine · 10-13-2002, 10:05 AM

Les Miserables
Into the Woods
Cats
Annie Get Your Gun ( Almost forgot that one!

)

Plus all those other great Sondheim musicals... *sigh*

Janice · 10-13-2002, 10:17 AM

Phantom of the Opera. I've seen it 6 times.

Montana Ponine · 10-13-2002, 10:24 AM

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Originally posted by JanLady617
Phantom of the Opera. I've seen it 6 times.

It's my dream to see Les Mis and ITW 6 times. I'm halfway there with Les Mis...seen it three times....

Kay Scarpetta · 10-13-2002, 10:55 AM

My favorite 3 are Grease, The Wizard of Oz, and West Side Story

Beruche · 10-13-2002, 11:12 AM

Les Miserables
Cats

Titania · 10-13-2002, 11:39 AM

ahh i have so many...

Brigadoon
1776
Gigi
Les Mis
Phantom of the Opera
Showboat
On the Town (i love all those MGM ones with Frank Sinatra even tho the plots arent that great....gotta love frank..)
Its Always Fair Weather (dittos..)
An American in Paris
High Society

TJL · 10-13-2002, 11:51 AM

Lets see, I've worked on a number of shows when I did theater.
Of the ones I did, some of my favorites were

Jesus Christ Superstar
Evita
Little Shop Of Horrors
A Chorus Line
1776
Scrooge
Gypsy
A Funny Thing Happend On The Way To The Forum
Pirates Of Penzance
Me And My Girl

other shows I saw but never worked on were

Sweeny Todd
The Lion King

Titania · 10-13-2002, 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by TJL

1776

awesome!! it seems like so few people have seen 1776. i love that musical, but havent gotten to be in a production of it (rather short on the female roles) I hope ill get the chance to someday though.

may i ask what part you were in it?

-*Forever*- · 10-13-2002, 12:00 PM

Rocky Horror Picture Show (that counts

)
Chicago
Damn Yankees
Grease
Gypsy

TJL · 10-13-2002, 12:12 PM

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Originally posted by Titania

awesome!! it seems like so few people have seen 1776. i love that musical, but havent gotten to be in a production of it (rather short on the female roles) I hope ill get the chance to someday though.
may i ask what part you were in it?

I wasn't in the cast. As a matter of fact, that was my first show as a stage manager. I also built the set, which was a real pain. So much moulding and fancy trim! Plus, I never actually saw the show, The massive set we built extended out past the arch, so myself and the crew had to sit behind the set and watch everything on a monitor. Luckily, there aren't many set changes, so we got to stay put most of the time and just listen.
Since we couldn't get on to the set from the sides, we built special panels with hinges into the set so that the crew could come through the upstage walls!

Not to many community/regional theater groups do this show, which is a shame becasue it is very entertaining, not to mention a bit educational.

Bootsy Whoosh · 10-13-2002, 12:16 PM

My list is:

Les Miserables
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Cats
West Side Story

Dr. Lilith Sternin · 10-13-2002, 01:19 PM

WOW... okay, are we talking MOVIE musicals or stage musicals? There is, believe it or not, a HUGE difference. For instance, I love the movie of Grease but LOATHE the stage version. Well, perhaps I'll list my absolute favorite stage musicals, considering they're my first love. There's NOTHING like LIVE theatre.

Top Three:

Chicago
Side Show
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Honorable Mentions:

Ragtime
Into the Woods
Bat Boy
The Secret Garden

Fluff Shows I Admit to Adoring:

Beauty and the Beast
Hairspray
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Those are my top ten as of now. They always change slightly, according to my mood, but my top three almost always remain the same. I love SO many musicals that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to list them all. I really only have an aversion to Andrew Lloyd Webber, though I do enjoy SOME of his work (Joseph and Evita mainly. I enjoy Phantom if you catch me on a good day). I don't DISLIKE his work, I just think its totally overrated and repetitive. Sondheim is PURE genius and yadda-yadda-yadda... lots of you have heard it all before. As for all you Les Mis fans, I don't dislike it ALL, I enjoy Fantine and on a good day, Eponine, but I think it's completely overrated and looooooooong and drawn out and there's only so much I can take of it. LOL.

Dr. Lilith Sternin · 10-13-2002, 01:30 PM

TJL -- I just reread your post. I did The Pirates of Penzance... I played Mabel. If you knew how many Gilbert and Sullivan's I've done, you'd think I was a fanatic, but I'm really not. I just belonged to a theatre group that only did Gilbert and Sullivan. I've also done The Mikado, Iolanthe, The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore, Yeoman of the Guard, etc. Sad, really. LOL. I think Gianetta was my favorite part, because she's so cute, and of course, she's a lot like Yum-Yum. Mabel was definitely the most challenging, given I was only 16 when I played the part and that part was NOT written for a teenager.

Ah well... there's my little G&S shpeal.

10-13-2002, 03:12 AM	#1
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10-13-2002, 10:17 AM	#4
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10-13-2002, 10:55 AM	#6
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10-13-2002, 11:39 AM	#8
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10-13-2002, 11:51 AM	#9
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	Lets see, I've worked on a number of shows when I did theater. Of the ones I did, some of my favorites were Jesus Christ Superstar Evita Little Shop Of Horrors A Chorus Line 1776 Scrooge Gypsy A Funny Thing Happend On The Way To The Forum Pirates Of Penzance Me And My Girl other shows I saw but never worked on were Sweeny Todd The Lion King
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10-13-2002, 03:14 AM	#2
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10-13-2002, 11:12 AM	#7
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10-13-2002, 12:16 PM	#13
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10-13-2002, 01:19 PM	#14
Dr. Lilith Sternin Ice Cube in Heels Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 31, 2002 Posts: 523	WOW... okay, are we talking MOVIE musicals or stage musicals? There is, believe it or not, a HUGE difference. For instance, I love the movie of Grease but LOATHE the stage version. Well, perhaps I'll list my absolute favorite stage musicals, considering they're my first love. There's NOTHING like LIVE theatre. Top Three: Chicago Side Show Thoroughly Modern Millie Honorable Mentions: Ragtime Into the Woods Bat Boy The Secret Garden Fluff Shows I Admit to Adoring: Beauty and the Beast Hairspray You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Those are my top ten as of now. They always change slightly, according to my mood, but my top three almost always remain the same. I love SO many musicals that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to list them all. I really only have an aversion to Andrew Lloyd Webber, though I do enjoy SOME of his work (Joseph and Evita mainly. I enjoy Phantom if you catch me on a good day). I don't DISLIKE his work, I just think its totally overrated and repetitive. Sondheim is PURE genius and yadda-yadda-yadda... lots of you have heard it all before. As for all you Les Mis fans, I don't dislike it ALL, I enjoy Fantine and on a good day, Eponine, but I think it's completely overrated and looooooooong and drawn out and there's only so much I can take of it. LOL.
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10-13-2002, 01:30 PM	#15
Dr. Lilith Sternin Ice Cube in Heels Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 31, 2002 Posts: 523	TJL -- I just reread your post. I did The Pirates of Penzance... I played Mabel. If you knew how many Gilbert and Sullivan's I've done, you'd think I was a fanatic, but I'm really not. I just belonged to a theatre group that only did Gilbert and Sullivan. I've also done The Mikado, Iolanthe, The Gondoliers, HMS Pinafore, Yeoman of the Guard, etc. Sad, really. LOL. I think Gianetta was my favorite part, because she's so cute, and of course, she's a lot like Yum-Yum. Mabel was definitely the most challenging, given I was only 16 when I played the part and that part was NOT written for a teenager. Ah well... there's my little G&S shpeal.