Top Five Musicals "Poll"
Inspired by seeing the musical version of High Fidelity last night (world premiere at the Colonial, through October 22nd, before going to Broadway), which is full of Top Five lists, the inevitable discussion ensued
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Little Shop
The South Park Movie
Rocky Horror
Cats^H^H^H^H... maybe Godspell.
I like genre-busting. I like funny. Maybe deep down I don't like musical theatre, perhaps that's it.
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Pacific Overtures
A Little Night Music
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story, but only if it's done well
Then it gets hard: London Chess (never seen it performed, and the NY one is weak)? Avenue Q (will probably never see it again with strong puppeteers)? Rent (requires solid cast, the second time I saw it the cast was weaker and the performance suffered badly)? When Pigs Fly (original costumes, where art thou)?
I feel like there are a majority of musicals I'm glad to have seen once, but am in no hurry to see again. Then there are the ones I could have afforded to skip the first time around... Many of these are things I've seen more than once anyway, and the subsequent viewings mostly only confirmed my opinion. Most of Rogers & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber fall in this class, along with stuff like Les Miz and She Loves Me (sadly I pretty much think this is in the "could have just skipped and been perfectly happy").
Seeing the movie of "Chicago" a second time, without sound, was pretty amusing, though.
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