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Love musicals. I just recently watched The Greatest Showman and it's really good!! My favorite song is This is Me which is great if you feel invisible or little or different.
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I love musicals. My friends in college got more into them, and I went to see The Book of Mormon with them. I also like to listen to them when I am writing or cleaning.
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The first musical I witnessed was "The Greatest Showman" and I was a little pissed by how much they were singing. No offense. They all were good but I realized that I'm not into musicals that much.
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I don't really enjoy musicals in film format but for live productions I really love them. A few I would recommend are: The Lion King, Wicked, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Phantom of the Opera.
The Sound of Music is good in both formats.
My favorite film musical is Kiss Me Kate!
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I love musicals. it is my dream to one day see a live one in Broadway or West Wend.
I'd love to watch Wicked and Les Miserables or Miss Saigon.
As for movie musicals i am also into it. I can't remember how many times i have watched musicals like hairspray, lovestruck, les miserables and others.
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I really enjoy musicals, both live and as movies.
My favorite musical I saw on Broadway was Spamalot! Amazing show based on Monty pythons and the holy grail.
The most exciting musical I saw was Hairspray, we happened to get seats on the base level and the actors walked and danced by us through the isles. We also met a girl who had played Tracy at the restaurant we decided to have lunch at.
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The musical that got me hooked was A Fiddler on the Roof. Watched it so many times, but I've never gotten tired of it.
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My all time favorite musical is Phantom of the Opera. I can't wait to see Love Never Dies.
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I recently watched Into the Woods (a movie-musical) and loves it. I watched it several times over the span of a couple weeks. I enjoy musicals such as Cats and Les Miserables.
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Amarycox wrote: 27 Feb 2018, 06:43 Every person should get to experience at least one musical in their lifetime! For my first musical, my mother and I saw “Wicked” in New York! Awesome show!
Wicked was amazing!! The music just freezes you in place while the story makes you want to join the cause and also sing your heart out!
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I absolutely love Wicked and Phantom of the Opera. I wish they would make wicked into a movie with the original cast because that would be beyond epic. I love the movie for phantom too. The music for these are just breathtaking.
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I really enjoy Sweeny Todd and Mamma Mia. Completely on opposite ends of the spectrum, I know, but those are two that I really enjoy.
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I love the old Rogers and Hammersteins, I find modern musicals rarely pass the old grey whistle test. I don’t think there’s been anything really good since Evita, except for Mama Mia.
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DustinPBrown wrote: 16 Feb 2018, 04:24 I like musicals when they're more artistic. Think Moulin Rouge or Sweeny Todd. I'm not a fan of musicals where the music is more pop-influenced.
I love both of those! Sondheim is my favorite lyricist—ever see Into the Woods? So so good.
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SABRADLEY wrote: 26 Mar 2018, 17:55 I recently watched Into the Woods (a movie-musical) and loves it. I watched it several times over the span of a couple weeks. I enjoy musicals such as Cats and Les Miserables.
Into the Woods and Les Miz are my favorites! I'm going to my fifth showing of LM this summer. So excited!
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