Legseleven Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 'Wicked' is also very witty and clever and several songs would survive entirely outside the context of the show itself. We have seen it twice and would go again like a shot ;-) Otherwise it's 'My Fair Lady' and 'West Side Story' (on stage, not the films) up there as my favourites. I also love 'The King and I' and the film of 'The Sound of Music', although I don't enjoy it onstage as much; clearly spoilt by the scenery, both Austrian and Christopher Plummer in naval uniform awaiting Julie Andrews at the altar. How on earth did she make it up the aisle without swooning away?!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I was very lucky to see Yul Brynner in The King and I at the London Palladium 1980ish. I think his Anna was Vrginia McKenna. Some years later I saw David Yip and Susan Hampshire at Sadler's Wells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Love Wicked & Les Mis! and am in a production of Miss Saigon early next year- probably my favourite musical because it's sooo powerful- I was getting emotional just reading the script! Id love to play Ellen, Now That Ive Seen Her is such a beautiful song to sing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 My dd and me are big musical theatre fans.We have learnt most the songs together from all different musicals. Fiz, my dd who is 9 also is dreaming of being in Les Mis.She sang castle on a cloud on stage in front of 500 people, I was so nervous for her but she loved it and it was beautiful. Last time I went to the Uk my friend for a surprise got us tickets to see hairspray,I would of never of thought of going to see that but it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Yes, my eldest sang that in front of a big crowd too. The girl who played young Cosette when we saw it forgot her her lyrics, poor child and you could hear a pin drop as the whole audience willed her not to break down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 My youngest dd has just been cast as Eponine in her school production so its Les Mis all the time in our house atm. Although she has been in major productions including west end I have never seen her more desperate for a role. She usually hates doing anything at school infront of her peers but its her last year so think she has finally decided to show them what she is capable of! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 My daughter is desperate to play this role in the West End, Spooky! I wonder if she ever will... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Here is my dd singing Castle on a cloud,it was a couple of years ago and she was only 7.Hope you enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitschqueen_1 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Tooooo cute! She sings beautifully, thanks for sharing. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Don't forget Miss Saigon amazing. I prefer the more up to date musicals now. I actually prefer musicals to ballet don't tell my daughter. I just love Les MIs, WIcked, We Will Rock You, Legally Blond, Spamalot and quite a few others. Sadly I'm not into the really old musicals I have seen them but they weren't for me. Tonight I went to see Lion King in Manchester and shock of horrors it wasn't for me or my husband. The singing was good. I just wish that they would bring Miss Saigon back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It's just as well we're not all the same Tulip! I thought Miss Saigon was the 2nd most boring musical I have ever seen, the most boring being that one tune wonder Aspects of Love. I'm not a huge lover of on-stage musicals but in recent years I have loved White Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm not a big fan of musicals. There are some which, IMO, only really have one or two "big numbers" eg The Wizard of Oz and Wicked. I do like Oliver, Mary Poppins, West Side Story (surely it's time for a big West End production), The Lion King, The Sound of Music, Joseph and Jesus Christ Superstar, all of which have a lot of good songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It's good that we are all different and sometimes it is interesting to hear another persons view as it can make you see something completely different to what you originaly thought if you know what I mean. But if we are all different how come it is still blooming difficult to get tickets for some of these shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Matilda looks great, some very nice songs and the kids are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 oh yes Tulip, i love Miss Saigon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 yes difficult to get tickets for the shows and then a staggering £12 per ticket processing fee!! Five of us going to see a show at the weekend and making the most of it because I doubt we can afford to go again for a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Our local receiving theatre (the Empire) is part of ATG. Someone I know expressed surprise that I didn't have an ATG card (£30 per annum). Looking at their venues and what was coming up I thought it would be worth giving it a trial for a year. Depending on your theatre going - one trip to one of their venues for 2 people could save its cost. One of the benefits is that some of the shows (not one night stands) have half price tickets on the first night. As it happens that is the only night I can see M Bourne's Swan Lake - saving £16.25. Then NB are on in Manchester at the end of the year. I have booked for 4 of us for the first night saving £80. And that is only on the tickets. The other main advantage is that you are not charged booking fees or postage and the card is valid for all their many venues, of which a number are in the West End. Quite a few shows have a £5 reduction on tickets and you can book up to 6 tickets per show. I am not normally a fan of ATG and you do have to work out if it is worth it but it may bring the cost of your theatre outings. Every little helps! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks for that Janet. This outing is a special birthday treat and we are travelling down to London but I know a couple of the theatres near us are part of ATG so I will have to look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Tomuchtalent, we saw Matilda last year and it was wonderful really... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance*is*life Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Just found this thread and have to put in my 10p's worth! I adored Miss Saigon and saw it four times! With songs like The Movie in My Mind, Why God Why and Last Night of the World, it's quite emotionally draining! I have also seen Blood Brothers four times! I actually didn't enjoy Les Mis the first time around! My husband splurged on box seats, but the seats themselves were dreadful - they'd lost all their padding and the first act seemed doubly long as a consequence! We were also too near a louspeaker and too much on one side. The second time we bought tickets more in the middle and I loved it, so I think that sometimes external influences can affect whether or not we enjoy something. I have over the years seen many musicals in the West End and am rarely disappointed, but there have been some that I could have done without - Rent for example - couldn't understand any of the words and found the theme depressing rather than moving. My niece lives in Manchester and on visits to her I have seen a few excellent shows that previewed there before the West end opening, including Ghost and Sister Act, which were both excellent. I adore musicals, both stage and film, from the "let's put on a show kids" Mickey Rooney type musical, through the great ones like West Side Story, Carousel, Oklahoma, King and I, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, etc etc and I sometimes thought I should have had a career in musicals rather than ballet! I actually auditioned for some when I was young, but my dancing was too "classical", so I stopped fighting the inevitable!!! Edited April 1, 2013 by Dance*is*life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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