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#101

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/11/05 at 9:03am

Musicman...

Considering that Tommy was originally wriiten as a rock opera, recorded twice (once by the Who, the second by an all-star cast and an operatic choir) before it was made into a movie, I do not consider it to be a movie turned musical, due to the fact that it stayed truer to the original than the actual movie (which had a whole bunch of extra Really bad songs)

"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.

#102

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/11/05 at 9:45am

Margo - I love your thoughts on Allegro. I think Weidman is a possibility, but I don't really see Meehan for this one. Kushner is an excellent choice given the material and I think Greenberg could also be a possibility, though he does not have a musical under his belt, he's great with structure and tone. After seeing Bounce and Prince's similar style in Candide and Parade, I just don't think he's a good choice for Allegro. John Caird and John Napier have proven to be a good team that can capture the essence of a show and create an atmosphere from it that will envelope the audience. Most recently, the underrated Jane Eyre was rather brilliantly staged combining cutting edge technology and minimalism to create the most effective memory piece I've seen. I think something along those lines would best represent R&H's visionary show. Of course, Nicholas Hytner and Bob Crowley hit the mark with Carousel (though not with Sweet Smell, but I think they did as well as they could given what they had to work with). As for orchestrations, Tunick is an absolute MUST and Gemignani is a given. I get chills just thinking about it.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

Updated On: 2/11/05 at 09:45 AM

#103

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/11/05 at 9:53am

HOW COULD YOU FORGET "JOSEPH..."???

How can they see with sequins in their eyes?

#104

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/11/05 at 10:12am

1900-1910: *Red Mill
Babes In Toyland
Naughty Marietta
1911-1919 Have A Heart
*Very Good Eddie
Oh, Boy!
Oh, Lady! Lady!
1920s Sally
*Music Box Revues
Sunny
ShowBoat
1930s *The Bandwagon
As Thousands Cheer
The Cat and The Fiddle
Anything Goes
On Your Toes
Babes In Arms
I Married An Angel
1940s *Pal Joey
Lady In The Dark
Oklahoma
Follow The Girls (what wartime could produce!!!!)
Carousel
Call Me Mister
Finian's Rainbow
Love Life
1950s King and I
*West Side Story
1960s *Fiddler On The Roof
1970s *Company
Follies

Miriam

Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!

Updated On: 2/11/05 at 10:12 AM

#105

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/11/05 at 4:13pm

1940s
Oklahoma

*1950's*
My Fair Lady

*1960's*
Gypsy (early 60s)
Cabaret (late 60s)

*1970's*
Sweeney Todd

*1980's*
Sunday in the Park with George
and Les Miserables

*1990's*
Rent

*2000's*
Urinetown
and Wicked

Overall: Gypsy

#106

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/11/05 at 6:06pm

You know I started thinking more about the definition of influential shows and more that qualify...I think La Cage Aux Folles has to be considered an influential one, as it was really the first successful show to focus on gay characters. Though other shows didn't really copy it, I would think it paved the way for many shows after it to feature gay characters as many, many do now. Just a thought.

"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli

#107

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/17/05 at 3:53pm

*1940's*
Oklahoma
*1950's*
West Side Story
*1960's*
Cabaret
*1970's*
Sweeney Todd
*1980's*
Cats
*1990's*
RENT
*2000's*
The Producers

(not my favorites)

#108

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/17/05 at 4:11pm

*1940's*

Finian’s Rainbow
Kiss Me, Kate
Brigadoon
Oklahoma
Carousel

*1950's*

South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
The King and I
My Fair Lady
The Music Man
West Side Story

*1960's*

The Sound of Music
Gypsy
Bye Bye, Birdie
Oliver
Hello, Dolly
Funny Girl
Fiddler on the Roof
Man of La Mancha
Cabaret
Hair

*1970's*

Company
Follies
A Little Night Music
A Chorus Line
Chicago
Pacific Overtures
Annie
Sweeney Todd
Jesus Christ Superstar
Pippin
The Wiz
On the Twentieth Century

*1980's*

Evita
42nd Street
Nine
Dreamgirls
Cats
Sunday in the Park with George
La Cage aux Folles
Big River
Les Miserables
The Phantom of the Opera
Into the Woods

*1990's*

City of Angels
Miss Saigon
Tommy
Passion
Parade
Ragtime
The Lion King
Smokey Joe’s Café
Rent
Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk
Titanic

*2000's*

Contact
The Producers
The Full Monty
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mamma Mia!
Urinetown
Hairspray
Movin’ Out
Avenue Q
Wicked

1940's: Oklahoma!
1950's: West Side Story
1960's: Hair
1970's: A Chorus Line
1980's: Les Miserables
1990's: Rent
2000's: Wicked

One show: Rent

#109

re: Show of the Decade

Posted: 2/17/05 at 6:31pm

Carousel
Guys & Dolls
Fiddler on the Roof
Jesus Christ Superstar
Phantom of the Opera
RENT!!!
Mamma Mia - only because it started the whole "jukebox" frenzy.

Although, what about Little Shop of Horros? I love that musical. What time period was that? 70s?

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