Plays or Musicals- Page 2

[MusicalDirector109]

re: Plays or Musicals#25

Posted: 7/24/04 at 8:57am

I have to agree with Testing, I love it all but, I prefer plays in the afternoons; musicals at night.

[broadwayguy2]

re: Plays or Musicals#26

Posted: 7/24/04 at 11:46am

I love both. I guess if I HAD to pick, i would go with musicals... I LOVE to sing and dance

[Mamie]

re: Plays or Musicals#27

Posted: 7/24/04 at 11:50am

Plays - definitely. I just wish there were more of them. (I spend a lot of time Off-Broadway.)

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[Mike3]

re: Plays or Musicals#28

Posted: 7/24/04 at 4:25pm

My last trip to Broadway I saw three GREAT plays - Frozen, I Am My Own Wife, and Jumpers. I love musicals, but more and more I find myself deeply moved by plays. That can happen with muicals too (for example, in Caroline, or Change, Assassins), but it seems to be happening for me more with plays (Metamorphoses, True West, The Invention of Love, The Real Thing, The Goat, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey, Our Lady of 121st Street....). I come to the theatre to be moved. Updated On: 7/24/04 at 04:25 PM

[jo]

re: Plays or Musicals#29

Posted: 7/24/04 at 5:40pm

A great play which is well-acted appeals to the mind ...and a great musical which is well-presented appeals to the heart. I find watching a very good play very absorbing and sometimes even draining, while I tend to rejoice more while watching a good musical.

I think this is the secret of LES MISERABLES - it possesses the strengths of a great play and the emotional impact of a great musical.

Had I more opportunity, I would like to see more plays on Broadway. But when one is limited to maybe around 4-5 shows to see each year when I am able to visit Broadway or the West End, I am afraid I will go for more musicals than plays. Updated On: 7/24/04 at 05:40 PM

[Thoroughly Modern Cara]

re: Plays or Musicals#30

Posted: 7/24/04 at 5:42pm

The majority of my theate viewing experiences have been made of of musicals. I have only recently started seeing plays and though and though I enjoy them as well I think I will have to choose musicals because it's what I'm most familiar with.

[Phantom2]

re: Plays or Musicals#31

Posted: 7/24/04 at 5:54pm

Musicals because they make you wanna get up and shake your bon-bon baby!

"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer

"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher

[G]

re: Plays or Musicals#32

Posted: 7/24/04 at 7:34pm

Depends where I see them. The Brits suck at doing musicals, but English productions of straight plays are generally better.