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I wasn’t really into musicals until my daughter became hooked. Now I realise I have seen quite a number.
Here is a ranking of the musicals I remember seeing, based upon my enjoyment of the performance on the day (best to worst)
Hades Town
Shrek (school production with my daughter as Fiona)
Ghost Quartet
Cabaret
Godspell
Bonnie and Clyde
Shout (school production)
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Cats
Shrek (professional)
Moby Dick (school production)
Six
Chicago (school production)
Lion King
Jesus Christ Superstar
Heathers
Phantom of the Opera (in Korean)
Les Miserables
And I am sure there are many I have missed (Nabi?).
Most overrated: Les Miserables
Nice tunes, but I have seen it twice and still can’t remember what happened
Most disappointing: Heathers
Love the music, but the production and performance on the day was underwhelming
Earliest memory: Godspell
Dad took me to watch it when I was about 9 years old. A fantastic afternoon as we first watched York City play football and then went to the York Theatre Royal for the show.
Apr 18, 2024
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a very potter musical: despite starting theatre in 3rd grade i wasn't actually invested in theatre culture until I saw Hamilton, but this stupid parody satire musical defied all that and became one of my fav shows ever and it is still up there, if anything for nostalgia.
hamilton (duh): I was obsessed in 6th grade and it truly kicked off my love of musicals and inspired me to listen and get into more shows.
falsettos: I love the themes of found family in this as well as how eccentric and quirky the characters and music is. the revival is especially fun to analyze in terms of the production sets and such!!!!
hadestown: my big flex is that i got into this before it was on Broadway and bc of that I do think the off Broadway recording is lowkey better with a better orpheus but I digress, no matter what form/version you listen to it is a beautiful and powerful adaptation of the classic myth!
the guy who didn't like musicals: another starkid musical which got me back into my love of theatre, despite me no longer actually doing theatre.
also honorable mentions for banger soundtracks: frankenstein, in the heights, jekell and hyde, bare a pop opera (PUHLEASE WATCH THE SLIME TUTORIAL WITH JONAH PLATT ON YT IT SLAPS I PROMMY), Mozart das musical (it's German and I only listen to two songs from it but those two songs are bangers even tho I have no clue what's happening), epic concept musical (jorge rivera-herrans my king), and paris the musical (it is so 80s and tacky but is hiding a few bangers)
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Girl idk .. my attraction to the Theatre needs some reigniting every so often ,,, for my whimsy and spirit. Last minute saw a rlly mid musical last night but in any case, it made me wanna see a good one…!! will be hunting on Theatr (app) for cheap tix for
1. Cabaret
2. Oh Mary
3. Merrily we roll along
4. Lempicka
5. Mary Jane
6. Hadestown
7. book of mormon
And… I’m .. sorry(?) but.
8. h*milton
(I have been listening to it.) feels good to be honest.
May 3, 2024
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I know there is a certain stigma around the "theater kid" but I love a musical. They (mostly) are a lot of fun and sometimes they can really make you cry and feel something. For instance, as I'm writing this I'm watching one of my all-time favorites "Gypsy" specifically the one with Bette Midler. This film is the original Dance Moms, literally a show about a mom who pushed her kids into show business so hard that one of them ran away and the other became a stripper (Okay burlesque dancer but the show is set in the 1920s so like the same thing). Now I should specify when I say musical I don't mean you should put on any of these new shows that are just adaptations of films with badly written scores. Watch any musical written pre-2010 and post-1950s and I can guarantee It will be a fun time (unless you're one of those people who says the singing doesn't make sense cause in the real world nobody would sing, stop hating fun!) All I'm gonna finish with is they are so fun and campy (sometimes) and often have lots of interesting ideas and ways of presenting them (like the film adaptation of Cabaret? so good).
Sep 19, 2024
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Love it.
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And the only one I‘ve watched twice.
A perfectly formed series. Not too long. Fantastic acting, styling, cinematography. A simple but compelling storyline and a satisfying ending.
Will have to watch it again soon.
Apr 19, 2024
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My commute to work involves three trains but only takes 30 mins door to door. Each interchange involves just walking across the platform to catch the next train on a different line. I haven’t seen this set up in other cities - are there any?
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