Notre Dame de Paris! 
(dare to be different!)
Followed by Man of La Mancha, Les Miserables, Chess, A Chorus Line…
“… dance 10, looks 3…”
E.
“Semper Ubi Sub Ubi.” =-)
Rent and Blood Brothers are my top two. Many others are on the list.
All That Jazz!
Bye, Bye, Life…
“If I pinch my nose with my fingers, close my mouth tight,
and blow real hard, I can make my ears bleed. It’s
not as cool as Superman’s X-ray vision, but it’s my own
special talent.”
My top 5 (altho I’ll probably change my mind by this afternoon):
- Guys and Dolls (I’ve got the horse right here…)
- Fiddler on the Roof
- All That Jazz (thanks, Nicky!)
- South Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (yes, it most certainly is a musical!)
- The Music Man (You gotta know the territory!)
HAIR! That is my favorite musical. It had awesome music (Age of Aquarius, Hair, Sodomy, The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine in, etc) and had a good storyline eventhough it had a depressing ending.
HUGS!
Sqrl
I don’t have a favourite. I have many favourites.
Guys and Dolls
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the Roof
South Pacific
Man of La Mancha
Camelot
And of course, everything by Gilbert and Sullivan. Yeah, they’re operettas. Love 'em all.
My own favorite is Singin’ in the Rain. Of non-movie musicals, I’ve always had a soft spot for Oklahoma.
But my late father argued that the best American musical was The Music Man because its use of patter, dialog songs and fractured English (“you watch your phraseology!”) made it the first musical that actually had an ear for conversational speech.
A little pedantic perhaps, but a viewpoint worth considering.
I understand all the words, they just don’t make sense together like that.
#1 of all time - “Chess,” original London version.
After that, in no particular order…
“Jekyll & Hyde”
“Les Miserables”
“Tomfoolery” (the songs of Tom Lehrer)
“Baby”
“Rent”
“Assasins”
“Into the Woods”
“Sweeney Todd”
There are, of course, others, but those are off the top of me 'ead.
Esprix, who is an unabashed Broadway queen
I can’t believe I had to go through 23 posts to find Oklahoma! Wally, yer a man after me own heart, ye are.
In the category of "Stage Musicals"
Into the Woods (LOVE this one!)
Cats
Chorus Line
Phantom of the Opera
Madame Butterfly
**In the category of “Musical Films”
Pal Joey
Fiddler on the Roof
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
Man of La Mancha
Jesus Christ Superstar
My Fair Lady
Sound of Music
Bye Bye Birdie (what can I say? I was Rosie)
Mame (eh…I was Mame)
Oklahoma! (…er…I was Aunt Eller)
In the category of "Not Quite a Musical"
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
StoryTyler, Cyb-Killer
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
Little Shop of Horrors
Camelot
Fiddler on the Roof
Phantom of the Opera
Music Man
Esprix— I love Chess, too. People think I’m nuts when I compare it to Gilbert & Sullivan.
But still, it’s no Florodora. Or Very Good Eddie, Oh, Kay!, or Miss Innocence, or Mr. Bluebeard . . . Guess I’m just an old-fashioned girl.
Les Miserables
Pippin
Oh course, I’m only familiar with maybe a dozen musicals, tops, but I still love Pippin.
Runners-up: Cabaret, West Side Story and Damn Yankees.
…but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
Many of my favourites have been mentioned, so I’ll put in a plug for
Catherine Deneuve is wonderful, the songs are great, and the story very moving, with one of the most poignant endings in a musical I’ve ever seen.
Time to earn my sig. line:
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The rest:
Beauty And The Beast (Disney animated version)
South Park, Bigger Longer, Uncut
The Last Unicorn
Grease
South Pacific
Sound Of Music
Little shop Of Horrors
Little Mermaid
The Inquisition part of History Of The World, Part One
You say “cheesy” like that’s a BAD thing.
I have many favorites as well, but the top ones right now are:
Man of La Mancha (got to see the Raul Julia version in DC. Ooooo…)
Phantom of the Opera
Jesus Christ Superstar
Guys and Dolls
Les Miserables
Godspell
And I too like a lot of the Disney musical movies…especially Aladdin.
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“Only two things that’ll soothe my soul - cold beer and remote control.”
I’m partial to Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I have to watch it at least once per year.
VB
Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well.
Damn! How could I forget Little Shop of Horrors??? Fantastic musical. Suddenly Seymour(sp?) comes into my head at least once a week.
Les Miserables is definately my favorite. I saw it on Broadway and completely fell in love.
I also really like mosty Disney productions,The Sound of Music and The Wizard of OZ.
Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
Seal: What part of RHPS is your sig from? I’m having a brain fart here.