whats your favourite musical and play?

thedrowner

i *love* the storyline of blood brothers, but i prefer music from les mis, and evita, and JCSS.

i quite like the importance of being earnest, its funny, and easy to follow.

Thanx 4 The Fish

I could say without a word of a lie that I know every word of every song in Les Mis, that would be my favourite, followed closely by Phantom.

Have seen quite a few plays and still the best for me was Macbeth at the Riverside in my Leaving Cert Year.

Jak

Musical .. Les Mis

Play ... recently I saw 'Alone it Stands' and thought it was absolutely fantastic. I'd still kill for a chance to see a mamet play like "glengarry glenross" though. The film was excellent but I would love to see it on stage.

JAK.

Bard

Musical: My Fair Lady

Play: ...

that's a difficult one...

Although it's impossible to pick an outright favourite, I would probably go for Shakespeare's Othello if pushed. It's still a sort-of ambition of mine to play the character of Iago in a production of Othello... (and play it well!).

He's a trully brilliant bastard!

thedrowner

when i was in 5th year in school, i was in this play that sandford park did called 'goodies and baddies' where the most tense scenes from shakespearean plays were put together, seperated by humourous moder day shakepeare jokes.twas interesting

(except for one scene i was rehearsing where the guy had to tell me he loved me, and then he FARTED!!!! Never have i felt so unloved!!!!! Nor could i keep a straight face when he said that line ever again!!!!)

logic1

Miss Saigon... brilliant and not just for the semi-naked asian chicks. "The Point" should really get more comfortable seats though.

.logic.

thedrowner

i was quite dissapointed with miss saigon. the guys who wrote it are the same people who wrote les mis? I didnt find the music all that great, and the ending just seemed to abrupt for my liking (i didnt actually reslise it was over until people started trying to push past me gawking at the stage ) its probably cos it was built up so much for me, by all my musical loving friends/relatives.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Different guys did the Lyrics but the music in both was by Claude-Michel Schonberg

thedrowner

i find the music is good, but its not AMAZING, paricularly when listening to it on cd
i've also sung some of them in public (usually bring him home, which is odd for a girl but hey) and i have to say i much prefer lloyd webber's music, its more sad sounding, and i love that! he he. i mean the evita stuff is great, and even when ur singing in a choir, the lloyd webber music as opposed to les mis (ive only ever done that, havent done any from miss saigon) is moe impressive sounding.

in miss saigon, the woman who sang 'the movie in my mind', i expected her to have a biger part in the show, i remember watching her and thought she was going to have some dramatic re appearance at the end of the show, but it never happened.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Gavroche had a song in Les Mis but didn't really play that huge a part.

Have you guys ever sang "Little fall of Rain", I have never heard it sang by a choir but I 'd imagine that it would be spectacular, one of the saddest musical numbers I have heard, can imagine a solo singing v softly the line "a breath away from where you are, I've come home from so far", brings a tear to the eye every time, without fail...

Bring him home is quite an easy song for either a male or female to sing because of how high it is pitched, words would obviously need some small altering...

thedrowner

gavroche.....(feck...cant remember which one that is)(dammit i used to know everything about this show)
its the little guy isnt it? but you can kind of see his character throughout the show, and then he gets killed, os u get to see what happened him

what i thought was strange, was not that she was this small part who hada whole song to herself, but that she just dissapeared! she was possibly one of the girls working for the guy in the casino's (or whatever it was) but u didnt really get much more insight into it than that

also, ive never sang a little fall of rain with a choir, just with guys, ive only ever done choral songs from les mis. there's actually no need to change the words if youre a girl singing bring him home, luckily enough.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Good point, I have performed On my own and have had to change it, did't sing through the words to myself for BHH, would've realised that there was no reference to the sex of the singer

rapture_queen

so many that i love.........

JCSS
West Side Story
Grease
Les Mis
Phantom
Oklahoma etc(all the other r&H musicals)
Pride and Prej
I know ive forgotten loads!

hey i also did a lot of these shows except the major ones but we did extracts.

thedrowner

i HATE oklahoma
its the most annoying, stupid songed over played show ever
(and my musical society are doing it this year)
thankfully, i cant do it due to the other show

rapture_queen

Im not so fond of the actual song Oklahoma but i do like the thing as a whole

it a bit of good fun-i dont think u could really compare it to musicals like les mis etc but it is a bit of good fun!!!!!

Thanx 4 The Fish

Oh come on, Oklahoma isn't the same type of musical as Le Mis or any of the rest. Give it a break, there are some good songs in it, "Oh what a beautiful morning", "Cowmen and farmers" is always a good laugh especially the dancing in it, we had to all dance forward and back in a line, this dance soon got named the Graphic equalizer for reasons that I am sure are obvious

While it isn't a Le Mis and is far from Phantom, it does have the feel good factor of Guys and Dolls and South Pacific.

"Ya know we belong to the land"

thedrowner

ok differences of opinions, but for me, oklahoma is a show everyone does, an obvious crowd puller, and thats why everyone does it (ok...i accept that there are people out there who DO actually like it and that im just making an unvalid statement). on average societys do it about twice during ten years, so the number of societies putting it on in any given year is......a pain in the arse. and i just think the music is AWFUL. there are plenty of good little feel good musicals which much nicer music, such as the pyjama game. and there are so much more shows out there that could be done that compare with les mis such as the hired man but its not well known, so societies can't really afford to put on shows like this every year, coz they might not get the crowds. so there;s kind of a vicious cycle going on there.

myles1987

hi i was gavroche in les mis in d point,1999. dunno why i told yas?yas just seem really into it:D

memphis

Musical - It'd be between Le Mis, and the Phanthom

Drama/Play - I have seen quite a few so it'd be hard for me to pick ouyt a definate favourite, but a few that spring to mind are "All the way Back", "Anyone could rob a Bank", "The Field", "The Canaries", and "Shadow of a Gunman"

Glitter

Hmmm... not a big ALW fan at all.

Muscials:

Classic:
Chicago
Little Shop of Horrors
Cabaret
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Guys & Dolls

New:
Wicked
Hairspray
The Producers

And I really want to hear the OBCR for Spelling Bee.
Avenue Q can go an' sh1te.

Play:
Anything by Wilde, but especially Salome and Earnest.

Aspiration

Les Mis, Blood Brothers (Rebecca Storm is a fantastic singer), Miss Saigon, and A Chorus Line.

440Hz

Les Mis as well for me I think!!

musicality

There is much music that is better than ALW's.The blockbusters that are making all the money and giving all the employment are most definitely Saigon/The Producers/Les Miserables etc etc.

Jeykll and Hyde..City of Angels..Chess..great stuff indeed,and music.Check out musicals.net.You will get a list there.

But the daddy of all shows..West Side Story..the biggest challenge in every aspect.

marshmallow

Les Mis will always be #1 for me. Then Phantom.

Also;
Chess
Westsdie Story
Jesus Christ Superstar

madbabe(",)

I like cats! Is that a musical? Wel its class anyway!

shutupandlisten

For me It would have to be... We Will Rock You (based on all of queens works AND writen by brian may and mike dixon- I think) And Suessical. There both Newies.. brilliant!!

Valentia

I don't really like musicals. Most of the stuff mentioned would put me to sleep.

Les Mis is good, Fiddler on the Roof, The Hired Man and Cabaret are the type of stuff I'd go for. Oklahoma reminds me of Daniel O'Donnell. Silly fluff but loved by millions.

Favoirite plays:
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme,
The Crucible,
Da,
The Field
One Flew Over the Cucoo's Nest
The Cherry Orchard
Philadelphia Here I Come
Dancing at Lughnasa
The Faith Healer
The Steward of Christendom

to name but a few.