Christmas Musicals

[harris007]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:43pm

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY christmas from the shockingly chilly city of Gainesville,FL My question to my fellow boardmates is.... What musical do you love to listen to/watch around this time of year that but you in the xmas mood? For me it's She loves me and rent . What about all of you. And to watch call me wierd but it not xmas till we watch moulin Rouge LOL

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:48pm

cold in g-town? that IS shocking! i like to watch MEET ME IN ST LOUIS :)

[Jwei123]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:50pm

RENT all the way!

"Kiss me, it's beginning to snow"

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:51pm

RENT! "Christmas bells are ringing..." I always go around Christmas time.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:52pm

Oooo, count me in for RENT and Meet Me in St. Louis too!!

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 10:56pm

let's all go see RENT and then to to mynameinlights' place for MEET ME!

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:02pm

Thats NOT shocking! I was at Disney World a few years ago around this time, and the temp. was record breaking that day, it was the COLDEST it had ever been that day. IT WAS SO FREEKEN COLD!!! I can say that cus I live, sadly, in hell(Georgia)!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:19pm

Yes! Judy Garland and hot cocoa at my house!

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:21pm

we'll have ourselves a merry little christmas! (and then we'll go out and demolish our snow people ...)

Updated On: 12/10/04 at 11:21 PM

[Jwei123]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:22pm

yay! im in

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:24pm

yay, jay-way!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:25pm

And take long distance phone calls that aren't really that important after a nice ride on the trolley?

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:26pm

well, i bet there's no other girl in st. louis who had a young man call all the way from new york city just to inquire about her health!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 12/10/04 at 11:29pm

Maybe it's because Katie cut the corned beef wrong!!

By the way, have I told you you're my new best friend?

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 12:28am

me? little ol' me?

you don't think i'm going to the smartest party of the season with my own brother, do you?!

[mohonfdu]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 12:32am

A Christmas Carol the Musical. Of course!

[jboy1]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 5:41am

I just saw WHITE CHRISTMAS in San Francisco this past Tuesday...very Christmas-y. It was really good...all four of the leads (Brian d'Arcy James, Anastasia Barzee, Jeffrey Denman and Meredith Patterson) were great. Also worth a mention is Susan Mansur (who plays the Mary Wickes role)...she was hysterical.

Great production overall...I guess it won't be on Broadway. It's just going to play major cities at Christmastime. (I have two friends in the show so they told me.)

[jo]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 7:45am

I know the musical does not have a Christmas theme, but I like to listen to WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS from MAME once in a while during the holidays.

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 8:36am

While I don't really care for the score, I always listen to HERE'S LOVE around Christmastime. It's the 1963 Meredith Wilson musical based on "Mirale on 34th Street".

I also listen to IRMA LA DOUCE. There's a lovely song at the end called "Christmas Child".

Trivia fact: Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster on the TV show) was in the original cast of both shows.

Updated On: 12/11/04 at 08:36 AM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 9:19am

More Here's Love Trivia

There was a song in the show not on the cast album. It was called "The Plastic Alligator" & featured Fred Gwynne

A than unknown Michael Bennett was one of the dancers

It starred Craig (Peter Gunn) Stevens

I saw it & it was mindless entertainment. Wilson had one good score in him & that was Music Man. Every succeeding one was weaker

[Jon]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 9:56am

It's fun to listen to SHE LOVES ME, which gets Christmas-y in the second act.


The original - NOT the revival!

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 12:01pm

Amen, Jon! I could listen to Barbara Cook's singing all night! :)

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 12:46pm

babara cook! yay!!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 6:01pm

My Scrooge! recording.