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Time for another 'what is your favorite musical' thread, but this time it has a twist. You can only have ONE musical. Only one. Not two or three, not 'it's between'.. but only one. This thread's been done in the past and people just list endless shows - this time ONLY ONE! And think about it in terms of the big picture, don't just say Wicked because you saw it recently and 'loved it'. Think hard.
I'm going to go for BLOOD BROTHERS - it has comedy, tragedy, good songs, well written book and is always excellently cast.
Featured Actor Joined: 10/19/03
Hey I just saw Blood Brothers in the West End and I loved it! It's one of my favorites but not my absolute favorite.
That would have to go to Rent which has effected me in many ways and all in all made me a better person even.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Let me give this some thought, okay?
Hello Dolly. It is the quintessential musical.
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Taboo...the score and cast were amazing!
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For me it's "Nine". Great cast, great songs, it's funny, it's sad and most important my favourite actress Mary Stuart Masterson was in it. Saw it with Banderas and with Stamos.
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Passion.
No other show has shaken me to the core like that one has. And it's the closest anyone has come to perfection as far as dramatic integration between music and spoken word is concerned - in my opinion of course
this is easy. hairspray.
hmmm.. so so hard.
if it can only be one..
probably..
Into The Woods
Little Shop of Horrors. Not even just the new Broadway Cast production, but the show itself is my favorite.
without a doubt..."rent"
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If I have to pick just one...believe me, this is one of the hardest decisions in my life
SHE LOVES ME is just a marvelous intimate musical comedy. Bock and Harnick's score is enchanting, it's got an incredibly strong libretto by Joe Masteroff and I think it's a perfect example of the integrated book musical. The characters are wonderfully fleshed out and I find that I care about them (though I'm not sure everyone cares for Kodaly, they sure love him when he sings his farewell...) I can't tell you how many times I've gotten chills from listening to the final scene between Daniel Massey and Barbara Cook on the original cast recording. What a perfect little jewel of a musical. And can we discuss "Ice Cream"? My God, it really is one of the greatest theatre songs written for a woman. I know some people find it too quaint or too schmaltzy - but I really must disagree. I think it's just an absolute delight.
I need to go listen to it right now...
~Kevin
Updated On: 3/27/04 at 01:05 PM
Wow this is a very tough question. I will have to say...
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Just because I love the music to death and my dream role is Millie.
RENT overall was great, Wicked as well, but my dream role would be Pippin....i'd have to say Wicked as my favorite, i know im gonna get yelled at for this one....lol
alright, after lots of thought:
I always say that Aida is my favorite musical, just because I love it, which I do, and then proceed to list it as sort-of tied with Cabaret, Oklahoma! and Rent (in no particular order).
But, I'm going to have to say Cabaret (remember, this is after thinking *very* hard, and enduring some feelings of betrayal toward my other favorite musicals). I'm choosing Cabaret because I loved it, obviously, but for more reasons that than. It made me think more than any musical has in the past, and it got to me emotionally more than anything has in the past. Unlike a lot of musicals, there is also a lot to be learned from it.
Hands down Tick...Tick, BOOM!
I'm going to have to say Les Miz, with Hairspray, Producers, Rent, Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde, Sunday in the Park with George, Rocky Horror, Wicked, State Fair and Damn Yankees following it.
*Thinks for a second* RENT.
It has to be Thoroughly Modern Millie!!
luvtheemcee...I can't believe you're actually officially going with Cabaret!
Wicked_Elphie, I said I felt like I was betraying Aida.... but it's for a different reason. I know that makes no sense, but you know what I mean! And you also know that I'm slighlty non-committal, lol.
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hands down
LES MISERABLES
A beautiful and haunting tail of forgiveness and repentance. The score is soaring, the characters unforgettable, thanks to Victor Hugo's brilliant novel.
Forbidden Broadway is my favorite revue of all time.
But my favorite Broadway show would have to be Avenue Q.
Updated On: 8/16/05 at 03:13 PM
Wicked...hands down!
It was Crazy For You but right now it would be FOSSE, just because I saw it a few weeks ago in Vancouver (a professional touring company did it and is travelling through the states and Europe this spring) and I just couldnt believe how amazing it was. Plus I love Bob Fosse's choreo and the music.
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