Phantom Or Les Mis?
Phantom Or Les Mis?
MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#2re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 6:40pmOH LORDY
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#3re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 6:41pm
Webber did a version of Les Mis?
Musta missed that.
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#4re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 6:44pmTotally Les Miz...I saw PHANTOM when I was 8 and it scared the crap out of me!
You look absolutely terrific, honestly.
BkCollector
Broadway Star Joined: 2/6/08
#5re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 6:48pm
Coincidentally, I've been listening to various recordings of Phantom lately. After being mired in the depths of unreleased or soopah rare or obscure recordings for the last few years, I've decided to re-visit some of the more popular shows, and Phantom is one of them.
Phantom is really growing on me again, the production, the music, the whole thing is very good because it really creates a world. I enjoy listening to it in German and Japanese these days more than English, but I'm still finding that I get pulled in.
I'm trying to collect every cast album of it there is. and then I go on to Les Mis. Les mis has always felt "epic" but not nearly as organic as POTO
Just my 2 cents.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#6re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 6:53pmI prefer the version where a barricade and a chandelier fall on musicalmaster's posts.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#8re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 7:05pmPhantom....I think.
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MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#11re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 7:11pm
Apparently Webber's cat climbed onto the digital piano and erased all the music. Don't believe me? It's on playbill.com!
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108816.html
It a cats' revenge for creating the HORRIBLE show cats.
Hunter: Your teeth need whitening./ Heidi: You sound weird./ Jeff: You taste funny.
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.
Updated On: 3/5/08 at 07:11 PM
-Jeff Bowen's worst onstage line flub.
BkCollector
Broadway Star Joined: 2/6/08
#12re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 7:12pmI find that hard to believe, Im sure he uses Sibelius, or at least Finale.
#13re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 7:32pmWhat? A Lloyd Webber Les Mis? Can someone clarify this? Please, thank you.
amalou
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/07
#14re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 7:54pm
There is no ALW Les Mis.
I prefer Phantom to Les Mis but only but a little bit. I do love them both, but I think Phantom has a little more...something in it. I mean, Les Mis packs so much emotion and angst into one show to the point where it's overwhelming and you start to wonder why you should even care (at least that was how I felt watching the recent Bway version, I don't get that watching the TAC)
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#15re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 7:58pm
There is no ALW Les Mis.
Yeah, there is! musicalmaster said, he never lies.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#16re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 8:07pmIs it weird that I've never had any desire to see either of these shows? Not even a slight urge...
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#18re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 8:15pmPhantom
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winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#19re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 8:47pmFor me Les Miserables by a longshot.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#20re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 9:02pm
Les Mis by a long shot for me, too.
I simply cannot endure Phantom. On a weekend trip with my HS students, I am ditching them (they'll have other chaperones) to see Cry Baby while they watch Phantom (they chose it). Life it too short.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#21re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 9:03pm
Les Mis by a long shot for me, too.
I simply cannot endure Phantom. On a weekend trip with my HS students, I am ditching them (they'll have other chaperones) to see Cry Baby while they watch Phantom (they chose it). Life it too short.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#22re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 9:08pmthere is no ALW les mis i was referring to phantom because there are various versions of that
#23re: Phantom Or Les Mis?
Posted: 3/5/08 at 9:10pmLES MIZ
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luvcaroline
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