If you had to pick one musical — Page 2

#26

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:55pm

Bob Fosse's DANCIN'.

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#27

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 2:59pm

CATS or the Blonde in the Thunderbird.

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#28

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 3:33pm

I agree with Aigoo and Luvtheemcee, but if I HAD to pick one, it would be either The Producers or Hairspray...

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#29

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 4:35pm

I'd get bored after a little while too, but if I had to pick one, I would say Rent or Les Mis.

#30

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:08pm

jczelyph - picking one means, you know, picking ONE!

Granting the premise that I'm being forced at gunpoint, I shall veer from the pack and choose Pippin. (today )

#31

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:20pm

If I HAD to pick ONE, I would pick

Miss Saigon
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Caroline, Or Change
Ragtime
Little Shop of Horrors
Hairspray
Tommy
Rent
Avenue Q
Evita
A Chorus Line
Hair
Taboo
Zanna Don't
Pippin

But only if I had to choose ONE

(ok, so my serious answer would be HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH)

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#32

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:22pm

RENT no contest.

#33

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:24pm

I agree with Emcee. But if I had to pick, probably RENT or Pippin.

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#34

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:33pm

No doubt about it: HELLO, DOLLY! Not a day goes by that I don't listen to one of my many recordings of the score. In fact, as I type this, the French recording is playing in the other room. I actually wore out one vinyl recording of it!

BTW: My fixation with the show dates back to January 16, 1964.

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#35

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:38pm

The French recording is best!

#36

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 6:57pm

My Fair Lady! The first musical I fell in love with!

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#37

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:24pm

No doubt in my head Hairspray. I can see high schools doing it just as well as proffesionals...There are parts for all racial and body types. The songs never get tiresome and there is such joy involved.

Akiva

#38

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:28pm

Les Miserables<3333

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#39

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:30pm

WICKED

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#40

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:33pm

oooooohhh

impossible to have one. i would easily get tired and shoot myself with the same stuff playing endlesly..

i would need diversity to variate my short attention span!!

based on 'entertainment values' , 'content' and 'laughs and tears'

Broadway= rent, taboo, west side story, cabaret

Off Broadway= Batboy, DeLaGuarda, Hedwig and my new favorite....Media Killed the Video Star

#41

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:35pm

Into the Woods with Sweeney Todd and Caroline or Change running a close second.

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#42

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 10:01pm

I honestly don't know. I don't just listen to one musical constantly all the time. Even my most beloved musical would start to become old after so many times of seeing it... this is why I like how there are new shows that come out every year in the Broadway business. A lot of my favorite old ones stay, but new ones come out that I enjoy and it's something fresh for me.

#43

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:40pm

While my 3 favorite musicals are NINE, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, and RENT, I would have to choose SWEENEY TODD. I think everytime you see it, you learn something new about it and see a new aspect of it. I would never tire of discovering new things about it.

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#44

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:44pm

On Broadway - RENT.
Off-Broadway - Altar Boyz.

Not a huge surprise if you've read my other posts.

#45

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:52pm

GYPSY

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Hard to pick just ONE. Some cast albums I just never tire of: OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL, MY FAIR LADY, COMPANY, SWEEYET TODD, SUNDAY, INTO THE WOODS etc. But to sit through a show agian and again "to the exclusion of all others" would be tough!

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#46

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:54pm

I agree with you about Sweeney, the characters are so rich that every time I watch the show, which im so surprised my dvd still works after being played for like one year straight. I was talking to george about ti and he said he loves it because there's always something new to explore and develop. he claims its the best theatre. i agree.

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#47

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/16/05 at 1:08am

The Wiz

#48

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/16/05 at 3:18am

Parade - A Jason Robert Brown show that doesn't rely solely on the piano. Don't get me wrong, L5Y and Songs For A New World are masterful, but if its going to be only one show, I know I'd need a variety of musical styles. Plus, to me at least, its far more emotional than L5Y and Songs.

#49

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/16/05 at 3:26am

Mine would have to be Starmania. We were "created" the same year, 1978. I just love that music.

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#50

re: If you had to pick one musical

Posted: 7/16/05 at 5:19am

"Ragtime"

Though I worry, not about boredom, but from depression. The musical leaves me moapy after just listening to the CD, I think I will be slitting my wrists after several weeks.

So maybe I will have to choose a 'happy' musical then. I dunno. Maybe "Seussical"?