Candy
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Posted At: 05/11/2008 08:12:42
Like many others, I love musicals and have many favourites. But two I can watch over and over are Oliver and Fiddler on the Roof.
In another life, I have played the role of Nancy and also choreographed Fiddler, from which, the famous 'Bottle Dance' is my absolute favourite.
See what I mean ??
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Scorpion de Rooftrouser
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Posted At: 05/11/2008 11:55:40
1. West Side Story -- Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (whoo!)
2. My Fair Lady -- Lerner and Loewe
3. Follies -- Sondheim again...
In the first two, every number is a hit, and also every number moves the plot along...
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Dave the dobro
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Posted At: 05/11/2008 21:18:19
... every number moves the plot along...
As it should. Lyrics in their purest form. It really annoys me when spotty kid pop stars describe their nursery rhymes as lyrics.
My all time favrouite is Chicago. John Kander must have have a great time doing the score for it. A couple of the tracks would sit quite happily next to Ry Cooder's 'Jazz' album. And it's a great musical to watch.
Bob Fosse's other real success 'Cabaret' comes closish. Kander and Ebb again.
Agreed on West Side Story.
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ukquilter
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Posted At: 06/11/2008 16:11:20
Film or stage? I saw Cabaret on stage 40(!) years ago, and I think it was Juliet Prowse and Ricardo Montalban in the leads. That was shortly after seeing Fiddler on the Roof with Topol. Film - it would have to be West Side Story because I saw it at an impressionable age!  |
Beppy
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Posted At: 06/11/2008 16:21:38
Evita and Blood Brothers.
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Scorpion de Rooftrouser
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Posted At: 06/11/2008 16:55:08
Evita? That's Lloyd Webber, isn't it?
Oh dear...!
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amron
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Posted At: 06/11/2008 17:41:17
It has to be Oliver for me, I am not really into the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.
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Dave the dobro
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Posted At: 06/11/2008 21:52:22
Chicago.
When the Bob Fosse / John Kander / Fred Ebb team did Cabaret, they were only practising.
And lets not forget West Side Story.
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loob1948
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Posted At: 07/11/2008 05:31:13
Without any shadow of doubt it is
WEST SIDE STORY any version but particularly the original soundtrack
closely followed by
GYPSY
OKLAHOMA
FLOWER DRUM SONG
GUYS AND DOLLS
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Scorpion de Rooftrouser
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Posted At: 07/11/2008 14:23:17
Rather than the movie soundtrack, I prefer the Original Broadway Cast recording of West Side. The film people fiddled around with the score -- e.g., 'America' was no longer a number for the Shark girls, for some reason they included the boys as well. Why?
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ukquilter
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Posted At: 07/11/2008 19:51:49
Why? indeed. Movie people are always fixing things that ain't broke!
Forgot to say I enjoyed very much the recent production of Guys and Dolls in the West End, but I had a funny turn when Neil Morrissey came on, looking exactly like my father did when I was a small child and I have distinct memories of him wearing the identical suit! Oh, it was strange, especially as my father worked in Soho, almost next door to the theatre, and was just as shifty as the characters in the show.  |
Old2hat
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Posted At: 11/11/2008 16:10:52
I know I sat through more than two hours of "Paint your Wagon" and never saw one single wagon being painted. I felt really cheated, I've never watched musicals since.
Mind you, Lee Marvin's a lovely singer, as well as playing the guitar for that nice Cliff Richard.
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Valerie Jackson-Powell
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Posted At: 11/11/2008 16:17:19
Oliver - I saw the stage version in the 1960s and I also have enjoyed the film many times.
South Pacific - I love the music.
Phantom of the Opera - Only seen the film, but would love to see it at the theatre.
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Fairtime
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Posted At: 12/11/2008 17:07:46
I’m not a great fan of musicals but the one that I could see again & again is Les Misérables. Evita comes a pretty close second.
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Valerie Jackson-Powell
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Posted At: 12/11/2008 20:17:28
Can we count Mama Mia - the film?
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Silbee
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Posted At: 16/11/2008 19:53:19
A Chorus Line... I think everyone has a show that rises to a level of Holy Grail, and for me this was the one (singular sensation).
It's just finished a two year revival on Broadway which produced a decent new recording, although what Charlotte D'Amboise did to the Music and the Mirror was just plain wrong. She must have been a terrific dancer...
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Dave the dobro
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Posted At: 16/11/2008 20:53:52
Rather than the movie soundtrack, I prefer the Original Broadway Cast recording of West Side ...
I had a trawl round YouTube for a theatrical production clip, but couldn't find anything.
What I did find was a rehearsal clip, which I thought fascinating.
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andtiggertoo
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Posted At: 16/11/2008 22:34:16
Different films on different days for me but mostly...
Cabaret - which is my favourite film ever, musical or non-musical
West Side Story
Chicago
Sound of Music (sorry - I was at an impressionable age)
Carousel (the waltz from the overture was the only thing I'd sleep to when I was little)
The Jungle Book
And on stage - always 42nd Street for that amazing beginning when the curtain rises to reveal hundreds of tapdancing feet
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Silbee
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Posted At: 16/11/2008 23:01:59
Sorry peop's, I was a bit quick off the mark, if it's a film...
Calamity Jane...
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scouselin
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Posted At: 17/11/2008 23:59:34
It's got to be Mama Mia - absolutely brilliant. The film is fabulous too. I also love Blood Brothers and Carousel - all excellent.  |
