Your Favorite Love Story Musical

[sofiestar93]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:04pm

omg mine has to be AIDA

Others:
Man of La Mancha
West Side Story
Subways are for Sleeping (just wondering, has anybody heard of it?)

Does anyone have any that they just adore?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:14pm

Bat Boy

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:19pm

The Last Five Years.

[bundy5000]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:22pm

Spamalot. It ended with a gay wedding. :)

[mrslovett7]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:26pm

Phantom of the Opera and Light in the Piazza

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:29pm

For any musical to be one of my favorites, it has to have a lot more going on that a love story...
I do like Subways are For Sleeping, but not for the love story- more for Phyllis Newman's character and her songs, especially "Shoo-In".
I guess if it's musicals where the most significant throughline has to do with romantic love, my favorite would be Last 5 Years.

[kate2]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:30pm

AIDA

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:54pm

Beauty and the Beast for the sheer timeless romance. Probably moreso the film than the show, though. Just beautiful.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:59pm

Aspects of Love

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:12pm

Subways are for Sleeping is one of my favorite guilty pleasures recordings. The score by Jule Styne is top notch and by listening to it alone you would wonder why the show was a flop. The problem was in the book and in the plot --which were both weak. The audiences never bought into the weak main storyline (the Sydney Chaplin and Carol Lawrence characters), but adored the supporting comic storyline (the Orson Bean and Phyllis Newman characters) --which there wasn't enough of. Also the main storyline was a little too unbelievable --why would a successful journalist give up her career to live on the streets of NYC? There were also major chemistry problems between Chaplin and Lawrence, who didn't enjoy working together and evidently it came across in their performances. The show still ran for almost a year thanks mostly to the publicity caused by David Merrick's infamous newspaper stunt. Phyllis Newman also won a Tony for her performance beating out Barbra Streisand from I Can Get it For You Wholesale.

Updated On: 4/20/06 at 06:12 PM

[sofiestar93]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:14pm

Spamalot- lol

I really should have thought of Light in the Piazza.

Also, the Broadway version of Cinderella, Pal Joey, and Guys and Dolls (sorry, just love Frank Sinatra...yeah, I know he wasn't in cinderella!)

But I am still obsessed with Aida and it is my top pick!

[tz0o]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:39pm

Oh, so many.

The Phantom of the Opera
South Pacific (I've only listened to the music, unfortunately, though)
The Fantasticks

[neomystyk29]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:41pm

Too many

The Last 5 Years
West Side Story
Bye Bye Birdie (does it count?)
The Light In The Piazza
The Fantasticks

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:43pm

Last 5 Years is my favorite by far

[JemimaPearl]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:43pm

Phantom of the Opera and Aida

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:43pm

1-Passion
2-Sunday In The Park With George (there's a significant love story at the center of the show)
3-The King and I

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 9:31pm

Miss Saigon!

[Katurian2]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 9:35pm

The Last 5 Years

Hairspray

[zoomzoom]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 9:40pm

Miss Saigon and The Last 5 Years.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:03pm

West Side Story
The Beautiful Game


VIVA! THE EMERALD TEAM!
MOTHER MARY'S IRISH SONS.
VIVA! THE BOYS IN GREEN!
SHOUT FOR IRELAND'S YOUNGEST GUNS

GREEN IS THE COLOUR
SOCCER THE GAME.

SCORE!
A THOUSAND MORE FOR

THE BOYS IN GREEN.
THE EMERALD TEAM;

PLAYING FOR IRELAND, PLAYING FOR IRELAND!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:09pm

last 5 years. love it.

[wickedfreak]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:11pm

The Phantom of the Opera
The Last 5 Years
Beauty and the Beast
Aida

[Renthead#1]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:11pm

Rent

[ashley0139]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:15pm

Last 5 Years was my first thought. Also gotta love Aida.

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 10:23pm

Beauty and the Beast


Is there really any musical that is not a love story to some extent?