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Just out of curiosity, what are Accy Webbers favourite musicals? Stage or screen or both.

One of my favourite screen musicals is Oliver, I must have seen it dozens of times.

I can't choose the stage ones, as I am torn between Blood Brothers (hilariously funny, but also very sad) and Miss Saigon (wonderful special effects for stage) Les Miserables had me laughing and crying at the same time.

Are there any stage shows that you have seen that you would highly recommend?:music8:
 
i liked both cats & grease, wept at miss siagon as did my friends, those are just my personal favorites.
 
mez said:
i liked both cats & grease, wept at miss siagon as did my friends, those are just my personal favorites.
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Cats is a good one, never seen Grease on stage, just film. Phantom of the Opera is good, and Boogie Nights was brilliant (dancing in the aisles at that one) Possibly going to see saturday night fever with the girls from work in a month or two.
 
I so Evita,in London 1979 i think it was, did'nt think much of it. On film it has to be Moulin Rouge staring Ewan McGregor and Nichol Kidman.
 
My all time fave is Oliver.
Read the book loads, seen the film loads.
I have seen the musical version on screen but never seen a stage version.
 
Although not at all religiously minded I do like Jesus Christ Supercar[as my brother used to say]also like Rocky Horror! :)
 
I remember seeing Rocky Horror when I was about 7 on New Years Eve one year and me and all my mates were laughing enourmously when they said "transexual" and things. We are all very strange.
 
Missed my chance to see Rocky Horror on stage a few years ago as I was ill. Had a costume ready, fishnets and all. My mates had a brilliant time at that one. The stage version of the Lion King and Chitty chitty bang bang are supposed to be good. Would love to see those.:music8:
 
It wasn't a stage production but I really liked the Bernstein/ Ti Kanawa/ Domingo? CD of West Side Story. A great story with a great score - funky, mixing Bernstein's love of then contemporary Jazz with more established operatic devices. The video of "the making of West Side Story" (the version I mentioned) is very interesting - a scene showing Bernstein losing his rag with Domingo because of some musical issue is compelling viewing. Seeing these masters of their art working together with such professional comaraderie (spelling?) is very inspiring! My grandmother was part of Blackburn Amateur Dramatics society so I was brought up on helping serve tea to the performers during performance of Gilbert & Sullivan Operas - Pirates of Penzance was a favourite at the time.
 
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