Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

#1

Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:36pm

If you could only pick 3 to have, which 3 would it be?
My choices would be....
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sweeny Todd
(and to some of you, this may not count) Camp

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#2

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:38pm

My Fair Lady
Sweeny Todd
Oliver (I just can't get over how cute that kid is.)

I'm probably forgetting something here...you might hear from me again.

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#3

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:39pm

cabaret
hair
little shop
rocky horror

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"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

#4

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:40pm

-Hey, Mr Producer!
-Fosse
-Les miserables 10th anniversary

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#5

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:40pm

the music man with kristin chenoweth
chicago
and phantom when it comes out on dvd!!!

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#6

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:40pm

My Fair Lady
Into the Woods
Les Miserables 10th Anniversary

#7

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:41pm

How is the sound and picture quality of the Les Mis Tenth Aniversary DVD? I might give that a watch.

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"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being." --Phylicia Rashad

#8

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:42pm

Into the Woods
Les Mis 10th anni
Fosse

I love Camp though, but it isn't in my top 3

#9

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:43pm

I have the 10th Anniversary Concert on tape and the sound and picture are fine. I was watching it all last week. Hehe. Love the cast.

Agree with My Fair Lady's choices. But throw in Sweeney Todd.

#10

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:43pm

"How is the sound and picture quality of the Les Mis Tenth Aniversary DVD? I might give that a watch."

Its really good, but I want to warn you that it's just singing

The cast is really good, but I don't like the little girl who plays young cosette she has.. doesn't really get into character

#11

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:45pm

"but I don't like the little girl who plays young cosette she has.. doesn't really get into character"

It's not just her teeth that are distracting you?

hehe

#12

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:51pm

of course it's just singing!

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"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being." --Phylicia Rashad

#13

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:53pm

3) West Side Story (special edition anniversary DVD)
2) The Sound of Music
1) Broadway: the American Musical DVD (the book and 5 CD set should be purchased with the DVD as well...they are all WONDERFUL to say the least!)

#14

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:00pm

1) Sweeney Todd
2) Sunday in the Park with George
3) Into the Woods

Honourable Mentions: Passion, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, Company: Original Cast Album, Follies in Concert, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd in Concert, Broadway: The Golden Age, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, Fosse, Cabaret

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Updated On: 1/2/05 at 03:00 PM

#15

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:03pm

I'm going with Priest's selection.

#16

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:06pm

"the music man with kristin chenoweth" is an essential DVD? The biggest piece of crap musical remake in years? Oy!

1. Sweeney Todd (Hearn/Landsbury)
2. Sunday In The Park With George
3. West Side Story

For non musical productions I would also add to this list Broadway: The Golden Age and Broadway: the American Musical.

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#17

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:10pm

I totally agree PAB. As much as I LOVE, LOVE Cheno, the remake was awful. Matthew spoke almost everything which he was supposed to sing and I was surprised since he did such a great singing job in The Producers. Cheno was good but so overly cheesy. This remake was painful to sit through to say the least.

#18

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:12pm

The entire fault of that remake of The Music Man lies with the casting director who deserves to never work again.

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

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#19

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:29pm

1. The Sound of Music
2. Into the Woods
3. Oliver!

Other top DVDs: Sunday in the Park with George, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Carousel, Cabaret.

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#20

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:37pm

1) Pippin
2) Into the Woods
3) Fosse

#21

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 3:40pm

1)Funny Girl
2)Passion
3)The Sound Of Music

Honorable mentiones: The King And I, Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Star Is Born, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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#22

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:25pm

I can't believe that no one has mentioned Hedwig and the Angry Inch yet. That would be at the very top of my list.

My other two? Hair and The Sound of Music.

#23

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 7:36pm

i can't believe iu forgot hedwg and west side story! Wait now my list is way more than three!

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"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

#24

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 8:06pm

i think most on the board are having trouble narrowing it down to 3 (it is hard), but i'll stick to these three since that's what you asked for:

1. WEST SIDE STORY (Special Edition 2-Disc Set)
2. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Widescreen 2-Disc Set)
3. This one was up for grabs (in my book), but I chose:
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (2-Disc Special Edition) - one of the best original movie musicals ever made.

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 08:06 PM

#25

re: Top 3 Essential Musical dvds

Posted: 1/2/05 at 8:15pm

Les Mis
Cats
chicago