Fun Upbeat Musical
Fun Upbeat Musical
mmFan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/03
#1Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:56pmI've been out of touch with broadway musicals this past while, but my husband and I may be coming to NY. We enjoy fun upbeat modern musicals. Any recommendations?
#2re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:57pmLegally Blonde or Xanadu
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#2re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:57pmHairspray
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#3re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 12:59pm
for solely fun and upbeat then xanadu and Legally Blonde are perfect
If you're looking for a bit more depth, I would HIGHLY reccomend in the heights. It's a great, warming story, but the latin beats will have you dancing in your seat.
Hairspray is a great option too.
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
#4re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 1:00pmXanadu or In the HEights (fun with a little more substance to it).
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#9re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:50pmTo echo the sentiment: Xan-a-du!
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#10re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:51pm
Ditto..
Hairspray would top my list, followed by Mamma Mia and Xanadu....
#11re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 3:52pm
Hairspray, Legally Blonde, or Xanadu.
Have fun!!! =)
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#12re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:15pm
Spring Awakening.
Just kidding, Hairspray!
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#13re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:24pm
HAIRSPRAY, XANADU, and MAMMIA MIA!
IN THE HEIGHTS is not a "fun upbeat musical", folks...
#14re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:31pm
If you read what the people suggestimg ot wrpte you would see that we are saying that its not solely that and we're aware that's not exactly what the OP meant, and addressed that.
I mean it is fun, and most of its upbeat. Really, how can you say that the title song, no me diga, and carnival del barrio, for example are not?
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
thatgirl712
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/08
#15re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:33pmI also would suggest Legally Blonde or Xanadu.
If I heard the bells and the banjos ring
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#16re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:34pmthe SCORE is upbeat and sometimes fun... but as a whole, I don't think the show is a fun upbeat musical. it's more of a bad soap opera on Telemundo
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#17re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:38pm
Definitely Hairspray or Xanadu.
Hairspray is LEAGUES better than Xanadu though.
#18re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:39pmwell they are totally totally different shows. Depends what your sense of humor is and what you're in the mood for.
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#19re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 4:39pm
Not at all. They're just different.
See both HAIRSPRAY and XANADU, if you can.
skip LEGALLY BLONDE and MAMMA MIA! unless you want to see some terrible ****.
mmFan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/03
#20re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 9:13pm
Thank you all for the replies.
Mamma Mia is actually one of my all time favourites..that's what I mean by a fun upbeat show..doesn't matter to me that the story isn't fantatsic...it's just that you walk out with a smile on your face singing the music.
I've actually seen Hairspray when it came to Toronto.
If we come to NY, I definitely will look into your suggestions of Xanadu, Legally Blonde, In the Heights.
Thanks!
zooxanthellae
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
#22re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 9:33pmGO SEE CRY BABY! Best Show ever i've seen it 9 times!
#23re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:17pmMamma Mia
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#24re: Fun Upbeat Musical
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:20pmLegally and Hairspray
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
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