You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- which would you choose?

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You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- which would you choose?

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:31pm

OK, so this may be a stupid topic, but might be fun. Take the arbitrary grouping of musicals by first letter. If you could only listen to or see one set of musicals for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

I think I'd go with S -- SITPWG, Sweeney Todd, Spring Awakening, Starlight Express, South Pacific. I could see people voting for a number of other letters, though.

#2

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- which would you choose?

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:35pm

I really can't believe that I'm playing...but whatever.

I'd go with S as well, but for the sake of the discussion, I'll say
R.

Rent, Ragtime, Rocky Horror, Romance, Romance, Runaways

#3

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:42pm

I'd be pretty content with A

Avenue Q
Anything Goes
Annie
Aida
Annie Get Your Gun


EDIT-

Didn't think I was cheap but I'm still content with A minus A Catered Affair and A Chorus Line. Kay?

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#4

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:46pm

Counting "A" is kind of cheap. In that case I'd just go with T, get all the The's and just deal with the fact that Tarzan is in there.

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 12:46 PM

#5

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:50pm

I was thinking about this as well. "The" definitely doesn't count, but I'm undecided about "A" because it usually has a meaningful place in the title--they had a reason to use "A" instead of "The."

As well, I was thinking numbers would count with the letter they would be spelled with (42nd St is F, 25th Annual Spelling Bee is T).

I really can't believe that I'm playing...but whatever.

Yeah, I know, but at least it's not another discussion about Idina, Rent closing, Patti, Tony nominations, Legally Blonde rush, or how much Cry Baby and Glory Days suck. :)

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 12:50 PM

#6

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:51pm

I'll take P: Pal Joey, Pippin, Passion, Producers, Phantom, Parade, Pirate Queen, Passing strange, Pacific Overtures and Peter Pan.

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re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:52pm

X. XANADU. That's all I need!

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#8

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:57pm

S for Sure: For these shows

Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Secret Garden, The
Seesaw
Seussical
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
1776
Show Boat
Side By Side By Sondheim
Side Show -
Singin' In The Rain
Smokey Joe's Café
Snoopy
Songs For a New World
Sound of Music, The
South Pacific
Spitfire Grill
Spring Awakening
Starting Here Starting Now
Sunday In The Park With George
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Charity
Swing

#9

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:10pm

Yeah, S is pretty much hands down my choice.

3 Sondheim's, a pop-rock show, a show with conjoined twins and
70, Girls, 70! I'm in.

#10

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:28pm

Like Patronus, I'd go with S but for the sake of discussion, I'd be happy with F too. I chose it for Follies but also get
Fiddler
Funny Girl
Forum
The Frogs
The Full Monty
The Fantasticks
Falsettos/Falsettoland
Finian's Rainbow
Flower Drum Song

#11

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:31pm

S!!!!!!

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#12

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:33pm

Wait, wait. Counting A is cheap but counting T is not? How does that work. Haha.

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#13

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:35pm

Cabaret
Company
Chicago
Caroline, or Change
Chess
Carrie
Candide

S and F are also quite excellent as well!

#14

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:44pm

Don't forget that F includes Floyd Collins. I'd go with that letter just for that title alone.

#15

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:34pm

I like C and S and P
but I think Ill go with


"L"
Light in the Piazza
Last Five Years
Lone Star Love
Little Women
Little Night Music
Little Mermaid
La Cage aux Folles
Li'l Abner
Little Mary Sunshine
Lion King
Little Me
Les Miserables
Little Shop of Horrors
Love LIfe

#16

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:35pm

G for Gypsy and Grey Gardens

and then S, definitely.

#17

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:05pm

Definately G for Grey Gardens and Gypsy. It luckily enough also comes with Grease and Glory Days.

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re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:12pm

Hands-down, "S"

#19

re: You could only listen to/see musicals that start with one letter -- whi

Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:15pm

I'd go with S so I could tack "Stephen Sondheim's..." to every one of his shows. Is that cheating? :-P

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