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Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Millie42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/04
#50re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 2:08pmTMM.... and Assassins. They are so different, they cant be rated on the same scale.
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#51re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 2:08pmMy favorite overall is Miss Saigon...Chicago close second. Oh and ChiChi, I don't know what Bare is either. *hides in shame
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#52re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 2:11pmhm.....les mis and/or hairspray.
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bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
kitkatgirl54
Leading Actor Joined: 5/19/04
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#55re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 2:18pm
Geez, I can't do this!
Uhhh, I'm gonna have to say Phantom for one (dont shoot!). It was the first musical I ever saw professionally and, well, I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't seen it. I've been a phan for so many years (although, of course, it extends way beyond just the musical. The books, the phanphics, everything). So, yeah... Go Phantom.
Assassins def.
I've got way too many in my head right now.
Into the Woods
#56re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 2:52pm
I have three... RENT, Sweeney Todd, and Les Miserables. Not in that order though, I love them all the same!
I hate these questions! It's like picking a favorite child!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#57re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 2:58pmHmmm...either Lippa's The Wild Party or West Side Story.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#58re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 3:00pmI've never seen a show that captured the spirit if American Musical Theatre like STARLIGHT EXPRESS. Every song was brilliant and the book was just on another level it was so amazing. If I had one wish, I would wish I could go back in time and see the original cast again.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
BT
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#59re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 3:02pmMatt - you just made my day. I had a friend who worked in the theatre for the London production of Starlight Express. To this day she gets queasy around roller skates... She thinks her experience there for 6months may have caused her permanent brain damage.
I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?
#60re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 3:22pm
I'd have to say SWEENEY TODD is my favorite. CATS will always be special because I was six years old and it was my fist (and you never forget your first). But, TITANIC, JEKYLL & HYDE, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, ASSASSINS, RENT, SUNSET BOULEVARD, and SCARLET PIMPERNEL all get honorable mentions... 
And STARLIGHT EXPRESS is CATS on wheels, so sure I enjoy it, but it's always last on the list... and it's a VERY long list... lol.
Updated On: 8/18/04 at 03:22 PM
#61re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 3:26pmRENT, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, WILD PARTY (LIPPA), BARE SAMPLER CD, LES MISERABLES CONCERT VERSION, and so on and so forth
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#62re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 3:40pmnine, chicago, and how to succeed
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#63re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:01pm"Ragtime" or "Caroline or Change"
#64re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:05pmLes Miserables and Rent
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#65re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:13pm
In reference to Sweeney Todd:
"and has some pretty good music..."
Understatement of the century. Or at least the 25 years since it was written. Sweeney is Sondheim's operatic masterpiece. Anyone who is not familiar, please purchase either recordings or DVD's. It may not be for everyone, but it should be. 
#66re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:14pmThis is easy. Wicked included, my favorite musical is Into The Woods.
#67re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:17pmRagtime, Carousel, Hairspray
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#68re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:19pm
hmmmmmm... ive always turned back to les miz, because- at the end of the day (cue laugh track)- it was the show that made me love the theater, it wasn't my first (though i believe it was my second) but it holds a place in my heart that no other show will ever replace.
runners up: rent, caroline, into the woods, cabaret, aida
#69re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:31pm
I have to pick ONE???
Uhh....I pick The Producers.
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#70re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:36pmThis is hard. My favorite post-1985 musicals-Rent and Les Mis. My favorite pre-1985 musicals-My Fair Lady, Chicago, A Chorus Line
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#72re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 8:31pmI forgot Thoroughly Modern Millie and Assassins.
Barbra Streisand
Chorus Member Joined: 8/8/04
#73re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 9:52pm
"Funny Girl"...(as you know if you have read my other messages, I LOVE BARBRA STREISAND!)
I also love "Guys and Dolls"!
bbabe24
Featured Actor Joined: 7/16/04
#74re: Favorite Musical - (1 rule. It can't be WICKED)
Posted: 8/18/04 at 10:11pmI'm with Barbra Streisand and Derek2 -- Guts and Dolls wins hands down (especially the 1992 revival). Nathan Lane and Faith Prince, I mean come on!!
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