I have so many favorites : into the woods, sweeny todd, little shop of horrors, les miz, hairspray, aida, guys n dolls, jersey boys... i love musicals, old and new, and im hoping to learn of some good ones that i havent seen... so list them and tell me a bit about them... bbw - im partial to sondheim, so if you have aany reccomendations...
2007-03-22 18:28:06 · 10 answers · asked by shanabanana922 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
it actually doesnt have to be three, just put AT LEASt three... it could be 20 if you wanted too...
2007-03-22 18:28:51 · update #1
I'm just going through my recently played list...
Last 5 Years- My favorite, amazing story, if you enjoy Sondheim you'll probably enjoy JRB, he also did...
Songs For A New World- Another amazing musical piece
Ragtime- One of my ALL TIME FAVORITES!!!!! LOVE IT!
Mary Poppins - Tap dancing on the ceiling? HELL YEAH!
Hot Mikado- Not to be confused with just the mikado, this one is jazzed up and soooo much fun to do!!!!
Spamalot- Absolutely hilarious it's monty python so what else would it be?
Spring Awakening- CAPTIVATING AND STOLE ME!
Dreamgirls- Effie has ALWAYS been amazing!
Sweeney Todd- AMAZINGLY DONE
Hairspray- I wanna be Tracey.
City of Angels- Love the era, costumes, and songs
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- WICKED FUNNY!
Avenue Q- Quite raunchy, but people with puppets... perfect.
A Chorus Line- GOD I HOPE I GET IT! - even with just being a singer or actor you can relate...
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying- Fun, and poppy songs
The Wild Party (Lippa)- Dirty, lot's of whores, but BEAUTIFUL music
Grey Gardens- Brings Grown Men to tears...
Fame- Kinda looked down upon in the m.t. professional world, but love it none the less...
See What I Wanna See- 2nd Part of The Wild Party
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee- Has youc rying from the laughs
The Drowsy Chaperone-- LOVE Show Off
Rocky Horror Show- How is this NOT the def. of fun!
Light in the Piazza- Beautifully written, amazing talent.
Thoroughly Modern Millie- Tap numbers, and high belting!
Footloose- SOOO much energy sooo much fun doing!
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown!- Little kids!
Wicked- Meh, it's great the first time!
Aida- Never gets old!
Batboy- Awkward... but good
Bye, Bye Birdie- CLASSIC!
Children of Eden- Just cuz' Ain't it Good
King and I- Oldie but a goodie!
Cabaret- Wilkomen!
Candide- Love the high notes!
Chess- Tragic but amazing songs.
Grease- But i only liked the 95' cast...
Hair- Sex, Drugs, and Rock and... Military... I like it!
Les Miserables- Nothing else needs to be said...
Annie Get Your Gun- Anything you can do i can do better!
Little Women- Sad, i cry every time during Some Things Are Meant To Be
Rent- Powerful with the right cast...
Little Shop Of Horrors- PLANT!!!!!
Sound of Music- Climb Every Mountain...
Marie Christine- Alright...
Scarlet Primpenel- Intense
Barnum- It taught me to Spend Spend Spend!
Boyfriend- It was alright...
Seussical!- Just think!
Singin' In The Rain- A Classic, But if done correctly with ACTUAL rain on stage, it's PERFECT!
Full Monty- Naked men on stage =)!
Surprise the musical!- Surprising!
Class Act- It's a musical about musicals, but it's funny!
Ain't Misbehavin'- SOOO good!!!!
Assassins- Did you ever want your chance to shoot?
Beauty and The Beast - The disney magic happens
Once On This Island- One Small GIrl makes the show!
Chicago- We both reached for the gun!
Godspell- Not such a giant fan of, but it's alright!
Jesus Christ Superstar- love the pit!
Evita- Not such a big fan of, but my friend i'm talking to via i-m told me i need to include it...
Into the Woods- I wish...
The Producers- First show I saw on broadway!
Year with Frog and Toad- Great Show for kiddies!
Urinetown- we all have the right to pee!
West Side Story- Whose not a fan of gang fights?
Company- My college is doing this right now... it's pretty damn good...
Man of LaMancha- meh, it's alright, but it's more classical
Guys and Dolls- My friends Adelaide, used to hate it before her!
High Fidelity- Got to see it for free thanks to stage source, and it was the best show i've ever seen...
The Apple Tree- Funny songs!
Peter Pan- Great show for kids!
Parade- Also Jason Robert Brown, another beauty!
Baby- FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY songs!!!!
Miss Saigon- SOOO damn powerful!!!!
Passion- it ignites it within you
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum- PRICELESS
Merrily We Roll Along- Sad, but Sondheim
Damn Yankees- Whatever Lola wants...
Dear Edwina- STRONG!
Fiddler On the roof- Classic
Pippin- Theres nothing to say but Woah...
Honk!- SOOOO fun!
Tick Tick Boom- Come to your senses!
SOOOOO MANY MORE!!!!!
I just got sick of typing...
and sorry the explanations got really repeditive...
but you can always go to mtishows.com/default_home.asp for more info on most of the shows above, and any others you want to learn about!!!!
Have fun!
2007-03-22 19:48:03 · answer #1 · answered by iwasfedexdin1988 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wow, yeah, 3 is difficult. I have ones that I don't necessarily like to listen to but have done the roles and found them very difficult.
Evita would be a big example in that category.....other than that..
West Side Story, Assassins, Sweeney Todd (one of the greatest), Into the Woods, Grand Hotel, High Society, The King and I, My Fair Lady (awesome show and very difficult), Pippin (I love Ben Vereen's performance), 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Kopit and Yeston's Phantom, Jesus Christ Superstar, Damn Yankees, La Cage Aux Faux, The Will Rogers Follies, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Les Mis (only the original cast), State Fair, The Music Man, Cabaret, Oklahoma, The Secret Garden, Tommy, Ragtime, 5 Guys named Moe, Carousel, 1776, A Little Night Music, Man of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls....I could just keep going......Thank for asking. Best to you.
2007-03-23 02:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by Yogini 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Romeo et Juliette : de la Haine a l'amour - It's a foreign musical about Romeo and Juliet with brilliant music, performers, costumes, and lighting!
Cats - Well, the title explains itself, but it's fantastic what these people do!
Rent - 8 friends trying to survive in East Village of NYC. It's got great songs, and it has it's happy and sad moments.
Wicked - The story prior to the Wizard of Oz. It also has the most creative and wonderful songs.
Bare A Pop Opera - It tells the story of two Catholic school boys who are gay and in love and are trying to conceal it. it's very sad, but has beautiful music. It's all available on YouTube.
Rocky Horror Picture Show - A couple's car break down and end up at a house where strange things begin to happen. It's very funny, and full of action and entertainment!
Phantom of the Opera - Pretty much a big love trianle between a chorus girl, her childhood friend, and the Phantom under the Paris Opera House. It's very eerie and mysterious, but it's recently been announced that they're coming out with a sequel (for more info, go to www.reallyuseful.com)
Les Miserables - The story is mostly about ex convict Jean Valjean and his journey through helping people around him. Very sad, but again has excellent music
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Tells the Bible story of Joseph. It's a very colorful, dazzling musical, with a great variety of different musical songs.
Aspects of Love - Just one huge love story, but it has wonderful music. It was taken off the stage for quite some time, but they're just now bringing it back! (www.reallyuseful.com)
Billy Elliot - I love the movie more, but Elton John created the musical around a year or two ago. It's about a boy who has a desire to dance, but his father makes it seem unacceptable.
2007-03-23 14:11:45 · answer #3 · answered by emilie hope 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Les Miz
2) Jeykll and Hyde
3) Rent
4) Pippen
5) The Pajama Game
6) Sound of Music
7) Phantom of the Opera
8) Into The Woods
9) South Pacific
10) Brigadoon
11) Jesus Christ Superstar
Those are probably my top ones, not in any particular order.
They are fairly common ones, but if any you don't know are up there, I'd encourage you to look them up. I've seen Les Miz, The Producers, Jekyll & Hyde, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Movin' Out, and the Grinch all on Broadway and am hoping to see phantom, rent, and wicked soon.
2007-03-23 10:56:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-Les Mis
O MY!!! Can't even talk about it! It is SOOO Amazing!
-Wicked
AHHHH! My Ultime favorite Musical. INCREDIBLE music! Wonderful plot.
-Into The Woods
So cute!!!
-Seussical
Love the set, costumes, and fun music.
-Hairspray
Soooo Amazing!
-The Lion King
The puppetry and sets are AMAZING!
-Bye Bye Birdie
Played in almost EVERY highschool.
-Footloose
AHHHH! SO GREAT!!! FUNNY!
-The Wizard of Oz
A classic! Somewhere over the rainbow....
-Chicago
Gotta Love those ladies!
-Jersey Boys
Sooo GREAT!
-Mary Poppins
Very Amusig with great costumes!
-DreamGirls
Won an Oscar!!!
-A Chorus Line
Another Classic!
-Grease
Your the one that I want...!
-Rent
50025000600 Min.!
2007-03-23 10:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by BroadwayStar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the previous poster got all the good ones, but my personal all-time favs are: Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Sound of Music. I've been to live performances for all of them.
2007-03-23 05:41:11 · answer #6 · answered by want2no 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...Rent for sure!!!!
Little Shop Of Horrors,
Grease,
The Music Man,
Annie,
Joseph & The Technicolor Dream Coat,
Annie Get Your Gun,
and HSM I guess.
2007-03-23 08:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-Rent
-Les Mis
-West Side Story, although the pit orchestra music for this one is hard to play...
-Beauty and the Beast, I loved that one when I was little
-Into the Woods
-Phantom of the Opera
2007-03-22 19:06:47 · answer #8 · answered by consumingfire783 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fantasticks may be my favorite ever. I also love My Fair Lady and the Sound of Music.
2007-03-23 10:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by Katie R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't beat "Oklahoma" . Also "Oliver" and 'West Side Story". For rock musicals, I like "Hair", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and "Tommy".
2007-03-22 19:32:00 · answer #10 · answered by True Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋