musicals only you seem to like

#1

musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:46am

Going in the opposite direction of the "musicals only you seem to dislike thread," which shows do you love that no one else really likes?

For me, it's Pippin. My whole family and all my theater friends hate Pippin, but I absolutely adore the show. I've seen it twice, and fell in love with the original cast recording.

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#2

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:54am

Not on this board, but in my "real life" I don't get a lot of agreement for my love of Jesus Christ SuperStar, and I think it's because my friends are snobs when it comes to AW.

#3

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 11:55am

Seussical
The Boy From Oz. I saw it with my dad and a good friend of mine. They both loved Hugh, but thought the show was only okay, but I liked the show.

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#4

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:23pm

I don't get a lot of agreement for my love of Jesus Christ SuperStar, and I think it's because my friends are snobs when it comes to AW.
yeah i get a lot of that snobbery too
ive just learned to love all types of musicals. yay for your love of jcs

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"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness. Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings. Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end. But end it does. Another part of you vanishes. That's show business."-Anonymous

#5

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:28pm

RENT.

#6

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:29pm

good vibrations

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#7

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:43pm

Oklahoma! Or as one of my theatre teachers used to call it, "Okla-Blow-Me."

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#8

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:43pm

I could have sworn there was another thread just like this a week or two ago... but I can't find it, so i'll go again!

Phantom (Yeston/Kopit)

#9

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:47pm

Well I know I'm not completely alone, even many Sondheim fans don't like Passion.

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#10

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:49pm

The Boy From Oz.

#11

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:50pm

Mmmm Passion. One of my favorite scores ever.

#12

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 1:57pm

Sunset Blvd.
Jane Eyre
Baby

#13

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 2:05pm

Seussical
Passion
Hello Again
In Trousers
and, unfortunately, because I ushered it 13 times in Chicago, Mama Mia! (such a guilty pleasure)

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#14

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 2:24pm

My Life With Albertine

#15

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 2:25pm

LEGS DIAMOND

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#16

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 2:27pm

Passion.
Jesus Christ Superstar (which one of the few ALW musicals I like).

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#17

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 3:43pm

courtneyanne.. I loved The Boy From Oz!

and rentboy86 I love RENT!!

Little Women didnt' seem to be pretty popular

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#18

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 3:52pm

I love so many!

Les Miserables
Rent
Wicked (Don't kill me)
Little Women
BKLYN
Spamalot
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Updated On: 7/5/05 at 03:52 PM

#19

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 3:54pm

Oh oh oh: add Little Women to my list! I'm not one for "cute" shows, but I saw it twice and loved it!

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Updated On: 7/5/05 at 03:54 PM

#20

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 4:00pm

How can anyone not love Oklahoma?

Anyways, only one of my friends likes The Full Monty with me... I tried to convert some of my other friends but alas... it was useless.

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#21

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 4:07pm

dietcherryemma--I loved Phantom by Yeston/Kopit--it ran for a year in Minnesota. Whenever I mention it, hardly anyone has heard of it.

Other:
Sunset Blvd.

Updated On: 7/5/05 at 04:07 PM

#22

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 4:14pm

CATS
No one else likes it but me

#23

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 4:18pm

I'm the only person i know who likes musicals. It's a lonely exsistance.

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#24

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 4:19pm

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
SEESAW
PLAIN AND FANCY
PIPE DREAM
WISH YOU WERE HERE
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

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Updated On: 7/5/05 at 04:19 PM

#25

re: musicals only you seem to like

Posted: 7/5/05 at 9:28pm

"I could have sworn there was another thread just like this a week or two ago... but I can't find it, so i'll go again!"

Yeah, I searched and couldn't find one- so i started this
*hides from all the jerks on this board*

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"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness. Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings. Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end. But end it does. Another part of you vanishes. That's show business."-Anonymous