Sylvia by a distance. Catch it while you still can at the Old Vic. Chicago and Les Mis next best for me so far. I only started to appreciate musicals in the last few years so haven't see too many.
Disappointed by Only Fools but then should have known what to expect.
Don’t laugh but the recent tour of The Osmonds musical was excellent. I got free tickets and loved it so much that I paid to go back the next day to see it again @ Churchill Theatre, BROMLEY. Other than that, past theatre favourites are:
1. Les Miserables (I just love ‘Stars’ - live it’s incredible. Check out Philip Quast’s version on YouTube) 2. Jersey Boys (seen it numerous times, uplifting, great music and story) 3. Close to you (Bert Bacharach songs - fab at the intimate Menier Chocolate Factory) 4. Miss Saigon (saw Lea Salonga in it back in the day before she became affected) 5. Jekyll & Hyde (especially love ‘This is the moment’) 6. Beautiful (so many great Carol King songs and an interesting story) 7. We Will Rock You (great atmosphere and production) 8. Sinatra: the man and his music (2015 show @ London Palladium) (cleverly produced in his, obvious, absence and some of the greatest songs of all time)
Movie favourites are: 1. Oliver (everything about that film is wonderful) 2. West Side Story 1961 (original film - the recent one didn’t compare IMHO) (Bernstein is a legend) 3. Grease (probably my most watched film of all time) 4. Mary Poppins (innocent escapism)
As for the worst:
1. Only Fools and Horses (cringeworthy and naff) 2. Lion King (Overhyped and over-rated for adult viewing. Kids probably love it though) 3. Wicked (forgettable apart from ‘For Good’ and the sublime Defying Gravity)
Our drama group has jut picked Sweet Charity for our next production. I’d never heard of it tbh. But I know ‘Big Spender’ as myself and my cousins used to sing this when we were kids in a very Morecombe and Wise way infront of all the adults 😳🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Book of Mormon may be not just the greatest musical, but the greatest thing of any genre ever
For more traditional musicals Les Mis is incredible as a stage show
Worst I've seen, at least recently, is Back to the Future. We were so close to walking out at the interval but I suspect we caught it just after a cast change and they hadn't settled as everyone else seems to have loved it
Have just watched a couple of musicals which I’d previously watched but had them copied on telly to watch again. One was Chicago, the other Purple Rain with Prince.
The finales in both are fantastic. Chicago had Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zelwegger - I’m not sure whether they were actually singing but what a spectacle.
Have just watched a couple of musicals which I’d previously watched but had them copied on telly to watch again. One was Chicago, the other Purple Rain with Prince.
The finales in both are fantastic. Chicago had Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zelwegger - I’m not sure whether they were actually singing but what a spectacle.
Both actresses sang all their songs in Chicago, as did Richard Gere!
We went to see Back to the Future on Saturday. I thought it was bloody brilliant, apart from some creative licence on removing the terrorists from the start of the original film!
We went to see Back to the Future on Saturday. I thought it was bloody brilliant, apart from some creative licence on removing the terrorists from the start of the original film!
We went to see Back to the Future on Saturday. I thought it was bloody brilliant, apart from some creative licence on removing the terrorists from the start of the original film!
Hold on - how do they explain it then?
radiation poisoning from the Plutonium. Slightly more child friendly I guess and slightly less racial terrorist profiling...
Don’t laugh but the recent tour of The Osmonds musical was excellent. I got free tickets and loved it so much that I paid to go back the next day to see it again @ Churchill Theatre, BROMLEY. Other than that, past theatre favourites are:
1. Les Miserables (I just love ‘Stars’ - live it’s incredible. Check out Philip Quast’s version on YouTube) 2. Jersey Boys (seen it numerous times, uplifting, great music and story) 3. Close to you (Bert Bacharach songs - fab at the intimate Menier Chocolate Factory) 4. Miss Saigon (saw Lea Salonga in it back in the day before she became affected) 5. Jekyll & Hyde (especially love ‘This is the moment’) 6. Beautiful (so many great Carol King songs and an interesting story) 7. We Will Rock You (great atmosphere and production) 8. Sinatra: the man and his music (2015 show @ London Palladium) (cleverly produced in his, obvious, absence and some of the greatest songs of all time)
Movie favourites are: 1. Oliver (everything about that film is wonderful) 2. West Side Story 1961 (original film - the recent one didn’t compare IMHO) (Bernstein is a legend) 3. Grease (probably my most watched film of all time) 4. Mary Poppins (innocent escapism)
As for the worst:
1. Only Fools and Horses (cringeworthy and naff) 2. Lion King (Overhyped and over-rated for adult viewing. Kids probably love it though) 3. Wicked (forgettable apart from ‘For Good’ and the sublime Defying Gravity)
I agree with your top two. 1) Les Miserables 2) Jersey Boys 3) Little Shop of Horrors 4) Miss Saigon 5) Oliver 6) West Side Story
1) Saturday Night Fever (don't know if classed as a musical but brilliant film and dancing sequences) 2) Phantom of the Opera 3) Les Mis 4) West Side Story (1961) 5) Jersey Boys
Also, Calamity Jane. Ahh Dorris... And that Scottish united midfielder, every time I hear his name I slap my thigh ala Calam and burst into 'Mctominay, Mctominay, Mctominay' 🎶🎶
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Chicago and Les Mis next best for me so far.
I only started to appreciate musicals in the last few years so haven't see too many.
Disappointed by Only Fools but then should have known what to expect.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Grease
West Side Story (new Spielberg adaptation)
Paint Your Wagon
1. Les Miserables (I just love ‘Stars’ - live it’s incredible. Check out Philip Quast’s version on YouTube)
2. Jersey Boys (seen it numerous times, uplifting, great music and story)
3. Close to you (Bert Bacharach songs - fab at the intimate Menier Chocolate Factory)
4. Miss Saigon (saw Lea Salonga in it back in the day before she became affected)
5. Jekyll & Hyde (especially love ‘This is the moment’)
6. Beautiful (so many great Carol King songs and an interesting story)
7. We Will Rock You (great atmosphere and production)
8. Sinatra: the man and his music (2015 show @ London Palladium) (cleverly produced in his, obvious, absence and some of the greatest songs of all time)
Movie favourites are:
1. Oliver (everything about that film is wonderful)
2. West Side Story 1961 (original film - the recent one didn’t compare IMHO) (Bernstein is a legend)
3. Grease (probably my most watched film of all time)
4. Mary Poppins (innocent escapism)
As for the worst:
1. Only Fools and Horses (cringeworthy and naff)
2. Lion King (Overhyped and over-rated for adult viewing. Kids probably love it though)
3. Wicked (forgettable apart from ‘For Good’ and the sublime Defying Gravity)
Combines the musical theatre that my wife likes and dark/on the edge comedy that I like really well.
Also liked Aladdin and didn't mind Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
I’d never heard of it tbh.
But I know ‘Big Spender’ as myself and my cousins used to sing this when we were kids in a very Morecombe and Wise way infront of all the adults 😳🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For more traditional musicals Les Mis is incredible as a stage show
Worst I've seen, at least recently, is Back to the Future. We were so close to walking out at the interval but I suspect we caught it just after a cast change and they hadn't settled as everyone else seems to have loved it
Oh What A Lovely War
The finales in both are fantastic. Chicago had Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zelwegger - I’m not sure whether they were actually singing but what a spectacle.
creative licence on removing the terrorists from the start of the original film!
A Star is Born(2018)
LaLaLand
We Will Rock you
The Harder They Come - saw this several times at the theatre. Brilliant songs and fantastic atmosphete.
1) Les Miserables
2) Jersey Boys
3) Little Shop of Horrors
4) Miss Saigon
5) Oliver
6) West Side Story
2) Phantom of the Opera
3) Les Mis
4) West Side Story (1961)
5) Jersey Boys
Ahh Dorris...
And that Scottish united midfielder, every time I hear his name I slap my thigh ala Calam and burst into 'Mctominay, Mctominay, Mctominay' 🎶🎶
Has anyone seen SpongeBob SquarePants the musical?
Up until last night I’d never even knew it existed.