CelestialBody
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R Nitelight
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Favorite Musical: Guys and Dolls.
Favorite Song: Too Many Mornings (Follies)
Favorite Song: Too Many Mornings (Follies)
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I Would like to see Jesus Chrsit SuperStar, The CD's I have sound pretty cool.
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GREASE is the word !!!
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On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone, I walk with him 'til morning. In the darkness, the pavement shines like silver, and all I see is him and me forever and forever. And I know, it's only in my mind. That I'm talking to myself and not to him, and although I know that he is blind, still I say there's a way for us. I love him, but everday I'm learning, all my life I've only been pretending, without me, his world will go on turning, a world that's full of happiness that I have never known. I love him, I love him, but only on my own.
Les Miserable. I've seen it twice in person, once in NY and once in London. London was better, but that can get expensive just to see a good musical.
Les Miserable. I've seen it twice in person, once in NY and once in London. London was better, but that can get expensive just to see a good musical.
Silverlily
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Luck, if you've ever been a lady to begin with...
luck be a lady tonight!
I've got to agree with Mr. Nitelight, Guys and Dolls is my favorite.
I also like Cats (duh). I have a terrific memory of belting out Macavity with my oldest daughter.
luck be a lady tonight!
I've got to agree with Mr. Nitelight, Guys and Dolls is my favorite.
I also like Cats (duh). I have a terrific memory of belting out Macavity with my oldest daughter.
Best all around musicial,,, Fiddler on the Roof,,,
Song that has stuck with me, BUT not from Fiddler,,, Someone to Watch over Me,,, Parts of which seem to randomly pop into my mind
Paint your Wagon was good also, as was Kats, and the first West Side Story
Song that has stuck with me, BUT not from Fiddler,,, Someone to Watch over Me,,, Parts of which seem to randomly pop into my mind
Paint your Wagon was good also, as was Kats, and the first West Side Story
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I’ve seen and performed in Fiddler on the Roof—can’t hear the opening strains without doing the dance—
I want to do Godspell in the worst way, but I can’t decide if I want to direct it, or be in it…
But my current fav is Jesus Christ Superstar… I have seen JCS quite recently—absolutely blew me away—I loved it!
“One thing I’ll say for him—Jesus is cool.”
Caiaphas, Act I, Jesus Christ Superstar
I want to do Godspell in the worst way, but I can’t decide if I want to direct it, or be in it…
But my current fav is Jesus Christ Superstar… I have seen JCS quite recently—absolutely blew me away—I loved it!
“One thing I’ll say for him—Jesus is cool.”
Caiaphas, Act I, Jesus Christ Superstar
Dixon Carter Lee
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I like "Superstar", but I'll never forget what a reviewer once wrote regarding Tim Rice, that he doesn't actually write lyrics so much as he sets bits of information to music.
I have too many favorites. Almost anything by Sonheim ("I Remember Sky...."), Kander & Ebb ("It's a quiet thing..."), Meredith Wilson ("Lydia Rose, I'm home again, Rose..."), Lerner and Lowe, Rogers and Hart, Rogers and Hammerstein, Berlin, Kelmar and Ruby, Porter, Gershwin, etc. etc., etc. ad infinitum.
Techincally "My Fair Lady" and "Gypsy" are the most perfect American Musicals. (Though I've always loved Woody Allen's 60's stand-up bit about how they've just spent a year removing all the music and lyrics from "My Fair Lady", turning it back into "Pygmallion").
"Godspell" is kick-ass to perform or direct.
I suppose I don't need to convince anyone how great Gilbert and Sullivan were. "With Cat-Like Tread" sung at the top of your lungs -- brilliantly ironic and self-aware stylization. And "The Mikado"..! What music..
But I can enjoy even bad musicals. I enjoy the hell out of the splashy British mega-musicals, even if the music is tinny, the narrative is vacant, and the staging more Vegas than Broadway. "Chess", "Les Miz", "Cats" all have their great, great moments (okay, maybe not "Cats"), but as whole works the style way overcomes the substance. Still, "I Know Him So Well" and others are great cabaret numbers.
"Barnum" is not at all great, but very fun.
Probably the worst musical I've ever seen on Broadway was "Late Night Comic". It ran for two months. (I saw it twice, if you can beleive it, because I got free tickets). It was the only major musical I ever saw that received a two-line review in a major NY paper. The Daily News said something to this effect: "The only thing more cruel than forcing an audience to watch is this show is letting it run and forcing the actors to continue doing it." That was the second line. I think the first line was something like "It sucks."
I have too many favorites. Almost anything by Sonheim ("I Remember Sky...."), Kander & Ebb ("It's a quiet thing..."), Meredith Wilson ("Lydia Rose, I'm home again, Rose..."), Lerner and Lowe, Rogers and Hart, Rogers and Hammerstein, Berlin, Kelmar and Ruby, Porter, Gershwin, etc. etc., etc. ad infinitum.
Techincally "My Fair Lady" and "Gypsy" are the most perfect American Musicals. (Though I've always loved Woody Allen's 60's stand-up bit about how they've just spent a year removing all the music and lyrics from "My Fair Lady", turning it back into "Pygmallion").
"Godspell" is kick-ass to perform or direct.
I suppose I don't need to convince anyone how great Gilbert and Sullivan were. "With Cat-Like Tread" sung at the top of your lungs -- brilliantly ironic and self-aware stylization. And "The Mikado"..! What music..
But I can enjoy even bad musicals. I enjoy the hell out of the splashy British mega-musicals, even if the music is tinny, the narrative is vacant, and the staging more Vegas than Broadway. "Chess", "Les Miz", "Cats" all have their great, great moments (okay, maybe not "Cats"), but as whole works the style way overcomes the substance. Still, "I Know Him So Well" and others are great cabaret numbers.
"Barnum" is not at all great, but very fun.
Probably the worst musical I've ever seen on Broadway was "Late Night Comic". It ran for two months. (I saw it twice, if you can beleive it, because I got free tickets). It was the only major musical I ever saw that received a two-line review in a major NY paper. The Daily News said something to this effect: "The only thing more cruel than forcing an audience to watch is this show is letting it run and forcing the actors to continue doing it." That was the second line. I think the first line was something like "It sucks."
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