What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?- Page 2

[MaTakeALookAtMe]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#25

Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:02pm

Oklahoma!!!

[musicalmjk]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#26

Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:19pm

it was the first show i was in so it has that special place in my heart South Pacific. Which needs to be revived on Broadway eventually, i dont think it ever has been revived has it?

need to defrag my brain.

[Mary_Ethel]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#27

Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:28pm

SOUTH PACIFIC was revived by Lincoln Center in 1967 with:

Giorgio Tozzi (who dubbed Rozanno Brassi in film version)

Florence Henderson (mother from THE BRADY BUNCH!)

and

Juanita Hall (reprising her role as Bloody Mary)


Like all Lincoln Center Revivals, cast was recorded by RCA Victor but has been out of print for a LONG TIME.


I saw production and enjoyed it--but critics said it was a pale comparison to original Pinza/Martin production.


Show was also revived on West End (forget year) with Gemma Jones.


And of course, ABC made a three-hour telefilm recently with Glenn Close. (which I thought was paced WAY TOO SLOW.)

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

[Mister Matt]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#28

Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:33pm

I especially hate the ending of Carousel. When Billy hits his daughter (showing that he never really changed at all) and she asks Julie if it's possible for someone to hit you and you don't even feel it. And Julie replies with a resounding "Yes!" Yeah, great message there. It's as if Billy's behavior is somehow excused and even celebrated in the end simply because, well, his INTENTIONS were good, at least. Sorry, but I just don't buy it.

The one song in Carousel I absolutely can't listen to is the Clambake number. The graphic descriptions of them tearing apart the food and gorging just makes me nauseous. LOL

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

[Mary_Ethel]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#29

Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:42pm

Matt,

That is NOT how CAROUSEL ends. (That is how its source, LILIOM ends.)

Very wisely, R&H added additional scene where Billy gives confidence and self-esteem to daughter and Julie, all to the tune of "You'll Never Walk Alone."

Even Molnar, author of LILIOM, approved of the new ending and wept the first time he saw it.

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#30

Posted: 10/8/04 at 2:45pm

I love Carousel. It was the first R&H musical theatre production (as opposed to film) I saw as a child (community theatre production). The revival in '94 was amazing. To this day, the ending never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

I also liked the revival of "The King & I"

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[DickonDefysGravity]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#31

Posted: 10/8/04 at 3:58pm

I'm the first to say:
Cinderella

Just a fun musical and R&H best work!!!

And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

[musicalfandukie]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#32

Posted: 10/8/04 at 5:32pm

Sound of music

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#33

Posted: 10/8/04 at 5:34pm

The Sound of Music...I know, I know, but I used to watch this movie all the time when I was little, and would pretend I was Maria.

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[BroadwayDiva]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#34

Posted: 10/8/04 at 6:09pm

The Sound of Music. I used to watch it over and over and act out the scenes when I was younger.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

[Mary_Ethel]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#35

Posted: 10/8/04 at 6:17pm

Dickon etc. ,

CINDERELLA, hmmm?

Quite a UNIQUE choice and just in time for DVD Release!!!

"Well, things are happening EVERY DAY."

Did you know there was a West End version with Tommy Steele as King's confidante in 1958?

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

[BroadwayGirl107]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#36

Posted: 10/8/04 at 6:25pm

Definitely The Sound of Music.

[absolutely fabulous]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#37

Posted: 10/8/04 at 6:53pm

Sound of music, no question. Favorite movie since i've been about 4 so i'm tied to that one.

[millie_dillmount]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#38

Posted: 10/8/04 at 6:55pm

Oklahoma!

"We know we belong to the land.
And the land we belong to is grand."

"Oh what a beautiful morning.
Oh what a beautiful day.
I've got a beautiful feeling,
Everything's going my way."

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[Scarywarhol]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#39

Posted: 10/8/04 at 6:56pm

Sound Of Music

[Rentaholic2]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#40

Posted: 10/8/04 at 7:02pm

Definately Oklahoma!

I played 'Joe' in our regional production...we all remember him, don't we?

[Sant]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#41

Posted: 10/8/04 at 7:03pm

THE KING AND I.

Used to be Sound of Music, but then I noticed it had too many similarities with The King... which, of these two, was made first.

[Mary_Ethel]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#42

Posted: 10/8/04 at 7:05pm

Rentaholic,

Sure I know Joe... he was third cowhand from the left, correct? :)

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

[Rentaholic2]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#43

Posted: 10/8/04 at 7:07pm

Mary_Ethel, you must of been the fourth farmer's daughter from the right! I had my eye on you...

[Mary_Ethel]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#44

Posted: 10/8/04 at 7:16pm

Rentaholic,

It's not THAT implausible. Mary Martin was R&H's first choice for Laurey; but she decided to go with that immortal classic DANCING IN THE STREETS (which closed out of town.)

"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

[sndtrklvr]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#45

Posted: 10/8/04 at 11:20pm

On stage Oklahoma, on film The Sound of Music (although I like the film version of Oklahoma). And lately have been really enjoying Cinderella (5 year old daughter). I loooved the 60's version and am thilled that PBS will be showing the Julie Andrews version this fall.

So my dear you think you can get to Broadway. Well, let me tell you something. Broadway has no room for people like you. Not the Broadway I know. My Broadway takes people like you and eats them up and spits them out. My Broadway is the Broadway of Merman, and Martin, and Fontaine, and if you think you can build yourself up by knocking other people down... ...GOOD LUCK... Seinfeld

[broadway86]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#46

Posted: 10/8/04 at 11:29pm

'Carousel' is a gorgeous show, but my favorite is probably 'The Sound of Music'. It's the one I grew up on. 'The King & I' is right behind. Was never a huge 'South Pacific', and I think that 'Oklahoma' is boring as h*ll.

[timote316]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#47

Posted: 10/9/04 at 1:03am

My R&H exposure is somewhat limited (HS productions of Sound of Music and Cinderella, and a regional production of Carousel), but I'm not the biggest fans of their work. I mean, I respect them for their brilliance, but I just find their shows to be very slow moving. Maybe its just me...

Anyhoo, overall, I'd have to say I liked everything about Carousel the best. The story line was the most interesting, the songs were touching, the staging of the production was amazing, everything was great (except the pace lol). I really didnt think I liked the show while I was seeing it, but the finale blew me away. It was at that point when I realized it was a great work. Just a little on the boring side lol.

[marincrazy11]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#48

Posted: 10/9/04 at 11:40am

Carousel!!!!!!!!! Hands down!!!!!!! The first movie musical I saw when I was like 8 was Oklahoma and I fell in love with Shirley Jones so I went out and got Carousel and that was the end of everything for me!

I would have to say King and I is a somewhat close second, it has those amazing instrumental numbers (march of the royal children, shall we dance,aghhhhhhh) And then Oklahoma and South Pacific coming in a close third. I love them all really, but Carousel really stands out as my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Broadway Matt]

re: What is Your Favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical?#49

Posted: 10/9/04 at 11:45am

CAROUSEL by a landslide. I'm more of a Rodgers & Hart fan personally.

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