!!!!Musicals!!!!

I'm a big fan of musicals. I voted for West Side Story. The Producers is great as well.

Greatest and most solid musical ever written: My Fair Lady

bhikkhu wrote: From this list, "West Side Story." Not on the list, it's a tie between "Oklahoma" and "Guys and Dolls."

And I have a real liking for My Fair Lady

Not a great lover of musicals but I have a soft spot for the UK (1971 ?) recording of Godspell w/ Julie Covington

Passionist wrote: Cats, man, I just love cats, perfect singing and even better dancing. How can you not like such a show?

The only things I liked about that show were the costumes, and the set design.

Cats, man, I just love cats, perfect singing and even better dancing. How can you not like such a show?

If you think you'll never like opera, "Don Giovanni" or - even better - "Die Zauberflöte" by Mr Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will certainly operate a huge conversion!

I've only seen two of these choices live: "Phantom of the Opera" (sung in Japanese in Osaka), "Jesus Christ Superstar" (a local high-school production -- Vancouver).  I did enjoy going to see "Les Miserables", and wanted to see "Cats" done live.

Modrigue wrote: From the list, it's Rocky Horror Picture Show.  But Phantom of The Paradise is also very good.

I like both very much, and have home double-billed these on several occasions, but I think I like De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise" just a little more than "Rocky Horror...".

As far as movie musicals (rock operas) I've seen go, well, I enjoy Tommy.

One I'd love to see live is Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds.  One I don't want to see is the musical stage version of Lord of the Rings (loved the books as a kid, and could barely watch Jackson's film adaptation -- Bad Taste was so much better.  Don't think I could stomach Tolkien's work as a musical).

Tony R wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I hate all of them...   Me too.....second only to opera...

Seriously, have you listened to/ watched all of them?  "Orfeo 9" is a terrific Italian rock opera (haven't heard it many years).  But it's not going to be every one's cup of tea.  Actually, I happen to like much classic opera, as well as rock operas and musicals.  I happen to like Monteverdi's "Orfeo", but different strokes for different folks.  A pivotal moment for me embracing opera was hearing Delibes' "Lachme" in the movie "The Hunger" (for those who've seen it, okay, I was more interested in watching Sarandon and Deneuve in their own flower duet).  Actually. I've always enjoyed female operatic singing....

Still, like most types of music, there's stuff I like I like, and stuff I don't.

Maybe I'll go with Jesus Christ Superstar from this list.  On the other hand, RHPS is such a fun, campy romp.

West Side Story

I hate all of them...