Best "Feel Good" Musicals

[follies85]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:07am

Two that spring to mind are the OBCR of Mame and Sunday in the Park with George. Mame is so vital and thrilling from beginning to end and i often play it when i am feeling gloomy. Sunday in the Park with George, in general, is so redeeming in many different ways. What are your feel-good musicals?

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:26am

Wow, I would definitely not pick Sunday as a feel-good musical! Sure, the music is gorgeous, but it's so upsetting. You get closure in the end and it's beautiful and all of that, but goodness there's so much meddling and fighting and lack of connection... It's the opposite of feel-good to me.

~Steven

[lakezurich]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:32am

Probably going to get some flack for this first one.

- The Wedding Singer

- Xanadu

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:37am

Bye Bye Birdie

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:39am

I happen to love listening to The Wedding Singer. Fun recording. I also really enjoy The Full Monty.

~Steven

[Kad]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:41am

Hello, Dolly! Put On Your Sunday Clothes makes me so damn happy.

Hairspray

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:46am

I bet it would be Wall-E's pick too, Kad!

~Steven

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:51am

Well, from the ones I've seen, I'd say that HAIRSPRAY, XANADU and MAMMA MIA, definitely made me feel good and happy !!!

[follies85]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 3:10am

Responding to HeyMrMusic, i feel that way about SiTPWG because of the disconnection and pain in the first and beginning of the second acts proceeded by the ultimate healing of the entire "Move On" scene. it just resonates with me on so many different levels. "Beautiful" also makes one appreciate and realize the beauty of the things and people around as well as inside oneself. i guess it is more of a provocative feel-good musical for me, though i can see where you are coming from. it definitely runs the gamut of emotions!

[Jack King]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 3:16am

SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING. Love it. Makes me feel good.

And BLYTHE SPIRIT.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 3:33am

Fair enough, follies85. Any musical could potentially be a feel-good musical. I mean, if I were in a lousy mood and listened to the OBCR of Sweeney I'd probably feel better, especially if the volume were turned all the way up! :)

~Steven

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 3:56am

Hairspray. I love that it's a silly, feelgood musical that happens to have an important message.

[jessica0414]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 4:41am

The Wedding Singer, Xanadu, Hairspray, and Jersey Boys are my "go-to" OBCR's---if I'm feeling down they almost always cheer me up, and if I'm in a good mood they're fun for rocking out!

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 8:26am

mmmm yes indeed Hairspray <3

[kate2]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 8:26am

Xanadu!

(PS- jessica, I LOVE your avatar!!)

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 9:06am

mamma mia
hairspray
Wedding singer

and
your a Good man charlie brown

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 9:07am

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Seussical
The Wedding Singer

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 9:15am

Definitely Hairspray, and I would add The Drowsy Chaperone.

[bwaybri2]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 10:16am

Great American Trailer Park Musical - whether I felt good because of the musical or I felt good because I laughed my ass off - I'm not sure - but I still felt good -

Legally Blonde -

Xanadu -

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 10:24am

HELLO, DOLLY!
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
LEADER OF THE PACK

[degrassifan]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 10:36am

The Sound of Music, Hairspray, and Mamma Mia!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 11:20am

Oh sure, Sunday in the Park is a feel good musical in a slit-your-wrist kind of way. But to each their own. Absolutely brilliant, but definitely not one of my feel goods.

Curtains, on the other hand, never fails to make me smile no matter what kind of mood I'm in. Definitely a feel good musical.

[Amalia Balash]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 11:20am

I hadn't thought of Sunday as a feel-good musical, but then I let the last songs in Act 2 run through my head and they left me feeling uplifted and happy, so I guess it's one for me too.

Spamalot's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life curtain call has the same effect on me.

And She Loves Me always makes me happy, but especially at this time of year.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 12:35pm

"I bet it would be Wall-E's pick too, Kad! "


To be completely honest, it wasn't until I saw Wall-E that I came to appreciate the show a lot more.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 12/20/08 at 12:56pm

Haha, I always listen to "A Little Priest" when I'm in a bad mood. I wonder if that says something about me.