-Rent
-The Producers
-Phantom of the Opera
-West Side Story
Dreamgirls
Funny Girl
Reefer Madness
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/16/06
Singin' in the Rain, hands down
west side story. no contest.
it's my favorite movie regardless of the whole musical thing.
ugh LOVE.
i love all of the movie musicals from like the 40's-50's.
anything judy garland or gene kelly. wonderful. and fred astaire and bing crosby. that's entertainment for you.
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Singin in the Rain - an excellent Original movie musical.
A close second would be both Oliver and The Sound of Music - both of them are better than the stage shows they are based on.
As for anyone who said The Producers - see more movie musicals - it SUCKED.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/16/06
Sound of Music.
The Little Mermaid (does this count?).
My top 5, in order -
1. The Sound of Music
2. The Music Man
3. Mary Poppins
4. Bye Bye Birdie
5. Hello, Dolly!
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
Hair
West Side Story
My Fair Lady
Oliver!
The King and I
Hello, Dolly!
Chicago
A Hard Days Night
South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut
Gypsy (not the TV version)
In the so bad it's good Department:
"Can't Stop The Music"
And, a truly awful movie musical:
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" starring George Burns and the Bee Gees!
"Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame" are 2 of my all time favorite movie musicals.
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
As for anyone who said Little Shop...
Please go see a good stage production. That movie is too realistic. It missed out on the stage version crazy making-fun-of-60's-B-movies .. ness...
I have seen a few productions of Little Shop, and I found that I appreciated the stage version more than the flick. On that note, the film is still enjoyable to me; but eh, thats just my two cents for ya~ Happy Holidays too!
John Travolta was brilliant in Grease. I still think of him in that film and can not imagine him as Edna Turnblad. He was so brilliant as a hot, sexy teen. I can't imagine him as Edna.
I liked the Chicago movie but thought the male roles were horrid.
If only they used a good singer like Brent Barrett for the Lawyer role or Brian Stokes Mitchell or Marc Kudisch.
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