Favorite Rock Musicals???
Favorite Rock Musicals???
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Favorite Rock Musicals???#0
Posted: 8/11/03 at 11:42pmWhat's your favorite???? I love Tick Tick Boom, Rent, and THE FIX...
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 7:31amI'm thinking back to my youth --- the first rock musicals I saw were "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "Jesus Chirst Superstar" (saw both in San Francisco). They hold a dear place in my heart.
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 8:21amI love Tommy and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but Rent is my favorite rock musical hands down. I never knew "Joseph" qualified as a rock musical. That music doesnt sound like rock to me.
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 8:25amHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH---hands down!
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 9:36amHedwig, Rocky Horror Show, Tommy. Those are my three favorites. And I don't think Joseph can be considered a rock musical.
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:09am
Erik,
Those are my 3 favorites also. Let's not discuss howmany times I saw them...LOL!
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:25am
My favorites are also Joseph and Jesus Christ Superstar. Although Joseph may not be a "rock" musical in the strict sense of the word, since it seems to have music from almost every genre -- pop, country, carribean, 
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:38am
It has music from every genre EXCEPT rock. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 11:50amRocky Horror. :)
~Stewart Gilligan Griffin
Joined: 12/31/69
Favorite Rock Musicals???#9
Posted: 8/12/03 at 11:59am
1. Tick Tick Boom
2. Hedwig
3. Tommy
4. Jesus Christ Superstar
5. RENT
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 1:19pmRent all the way.
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Favorite Rock Musicals???#13
Posted: 8/12/03 at 1:24pm
I totally forgot about CHESS. It is one of my favortie shows. I have a couple versions of this show. (Broadway, Hungarian, London)
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: Favorite Rock Musicals???#14
Posted: 8/12/03 at 1:28pmSo glad no-one has mentioned We Will Rock You. When it hits America it will really sort the theatre-fans from the people-who-like-going-to-see-anything.
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Favorite Rock Musicals???#15
Posted: 8/12/03 at 1:31pm...would shows like "Our House" and "Closer Then Heaven" count as rock? Cause I rather liked the music to "Closer Then Heaven" (Could be that I am a Pet Shop Boys Fan) Updated On: 8/12/03 at 01:31 PM
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 1:48pmI also share the love for Rent and Tommy. =)
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 5:06pm
Eric, wouldn't the song sung by the Pharoh qualify as a rock song?
Another to add to my list -- Godspell
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re: Favorite Rock Musicals???#18
Posted: 8/12/03 at 5:11pmThe one and only genuine original - Hair. Let the sunshine in!
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 5:56pm
It depends on teh definition of 'Rock musical' you use.
Rent.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Rocky Horror Show
GREASE! (if you consider it a rock musical. And te original version -- not the watered down version we get now! Although, I do prefer the sped up tempos and orchestrations of the revival)
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 6:09pmHoly Crap! I'm in Godspell right now and I forgot to mention it. That is my favorite rock musical ever. The music is unbelievable. It's SO much fun. That's my favorite hands down.
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Posted: 8/12/03 at 6:34pm
We Will Rock You WAS wonderful. I saw it twice when I was living in London this summer, the last time was my last night in London and it was a great way to end my time there. Hannah Jane Fox (Scaramouche) and Kerry Ellis (Meat) totally blew me away. It didn't seem like the West End celebrates their actors like Broadway does....but I'll open a new post about that.
I also loved Tommy and Rent. WWRY and Tommy are my top rock shows, although I think Tommy had a better book...just my opinion, though.
re: Favorite Rock Musicals???#24
Posted: 8/12/03 at 6:41pm
Chess. That's not to say that I've ever been 100% satisfied with a production or version of Chess, but I think it's far and away the best of its genre. I'm something of an internet guru on the subject, and I'm actually production dramaturg for an upcoming production (or three, depending). It's "my show," so to speak. I hate the new Swedish production, though, based mostly on story and mistreatment of the characters. And on cutting half the musical themes from the show.
Rent. I've seen it five times on Broadway. Of course I love it. It's the alternate to Chess as "my show."
Jesus Christ Superstar. Just the one I see the most potential in of the remaining rock shows.
I also really like tick, tick...BOOM! and Tommy. And I've been addicted at times to cast albums of Godspell and Rocky Horror (Fynsworth Alley and Broadway Revival, respectively).
-Wayne
Yeah, I'm a rock musical guy.
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