What's your Top Three favorite Musicals?

[jwsqrdplus2]

Movies:

The Sound of Music
Grease
Mary Poppins

Live:

Chicago
Cats
Riverdance (not technically a musical, but...)

Although I will be seeing both Rent and The Lion King on stage in the next 6 months, so room for change!

 

[cteddiesgirl]

Oooohhhh! A a muscials lover (I own almost 600 musicals), That is too hard to decide!

Singin in the Rain is my fave.
Along with any other musicals with Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Jane Powell, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Esther Williams, Eleanor Powell, Virginia O'Brien, June Allyson, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Burns & Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Elvis, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, Ray Bolger, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Deanna Durbin, etc.

 

[Kitty 34]

Oooohhhh! A a muscials lover (I own almost 600 musicals), That is too hard to decide!

Singin in the Rain is my fave.
Along with any other musicals with Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Jane Powell, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Esther Williams, Eleanor Powell, Virginia O'Brien, June Allyson, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Burns & Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Dorothy Lamour, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Elvis, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, Ray Bolger, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Deanna Durbin, etc.

Wow!!

 

[TinkerTracy]

1)Rent
2)My Fair Lady
3)The Lion King

 

[Syrreal]

1. Les Mis
2. Jeckyll and Hyde
3. Wild Party

 

[TinkerTracy]

I've never seen Hairspray. Is it good? I, also have never seen Rent or Les Miserbles.

Go.Watch.Rent.Right.Now

It is seriously my favorite movie ever
I am listening to the soundtrack now
I've seen the movei 42 times
and I am going to see it on Broadway soon

 

[Cor44432]

1.) Les Miserables
2.) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (must be with Donnie Osmond though)
3.) Mamma Mia
3.) Beauty and the Beast

 

[DMickey28]

My all time fav is Miss Saigon.

I like Grease and The Lion King as well.

 

[Kitty 34]

Go.Watch.Rent.Right.Now

It is seriously my favorite movie ever
I am listening to the soundtrack now
I've seen the movei 42 times
and I am going to see it on Broadway soon

Wow!! It must be pretty good!

 

[Planogirl]

Fiddler on the Roof
The King and I
Jekyl and Hyde
Grease

Too many I know but I love all of them!

I've never seen Rent either and I really need to check it out.

 

[mantysk8coach]

Fun thread!

Hmm...tough to pick three. I'm going to have to break this down into several categories here:

Top 3 musicals I have actually seen live on stage:
1. Mamma Mia
2. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
3. Phantom of the Opera

Top 3 that I have NOT seen (live) that I LOVE the soundtrack to:
1. Les Miserables
2. Rent
3. Disney's Beauty and the Beast (I LOVE the song "Home")

Top 3 that I have had the most fun performing in (in Community Theater/school, not Broadway unfortunately!):
1. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2. The Pajama Game
3. (tie) How to Suceed in Business Without Really Trying
3. (tie) The Secret Garden

Our community theater is doing Beauty and the Beast this fall, and I am so pumped about auditioning for it! Auditions are in about a month, I can't wait!

 

[scanne]

mantysk8coach,

OK - 1. I'm jealous that you're commuity theatre is doing BATB and you'll get to audition! Break a leg!

And 2. I'm SO jealous that you have met the Nelson boys! OMG! I love them! They still are soooooooooo adorable!!!


OK - back to the thread!

My top 3 favorite musicals are:

1. West Side Story
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. The Music Man tied with Les Miserables

 

[Tracey1974]

Phantom of the Opera
42nd Street
Oklahoma

Honorable mention goes to Bye Bye Birdie and Grease! I'm off to see the Lion King in Philly next month so we will see how that goes!

 

[Claudia1]

Phantom of the Opera, Mama Mia, and Joseph...... in no particular order.

Great thread!