Doc Sarvis
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OK, I admit it, I like a good broadway musical. Some of it I hate (I personally don't care for MOST Rodgers and Hammerstein, for example - exception below), but when it's good it's really good. I see musicals as descendants of opera, and in some cases they are every bit as good as their operatic forefathers.
So, let's have a discussion of some of our faves. Here are mine:
1. Les Miserables - I dare you not to like it.
2. West Side Story - Lenny!
3. Sweeney Todd - incredible. Stravinsky-esque harmony, and a plot out of a horror movie. An opera in every sense. Sondheim's lasting masterpiece.
4. Chess - Great music (yes, I know, by the ABBA guys) that was ruined by a crappy production. A recent Danish cast album is great.
5. Jesus Christ Superstar - Some of the best rock music ever written.
6. Sound of Music - A so-so R&H musical, but a great movie (I bet even the death metal guys on this thread secretly like it).
Many more that I love, but I'll stop there to open up the discussion.
So, let's have a discussion of some of our faves. Here are mine:
1. Les Miserables - I dare you not to like it.
2. West Side Story - Lenny!
3. Sweeney Todd - incredible. Stravinsky-esque harmony, and a plot out of a horror movie. An opera in every sense. Sondheim's lasting masterpiece.
4. Chess - Great music (yes, I know, by the ABBA guys) that was ruined by a crappy production. A recent Danish cast album is great.
5. Jesus Christ Superstar - Some of the best rock music ever written.
6. Sound of Music - A so-so R&H musical, but a great movie (I bet even the death metal guys on this thread secretly like it).
Many more that I love, but I'll stop there to open up the discussion.