MAN! That Guy's Face Was MESSED UP!
 

Angie and I saw Phantom Of The Opera today. Angie has seen it 5 times I think, she has the music to it too and listens from time to time. This was the first time for me.

It was your typical love triangle ;) I will put it #2 on my favorite play list....right behind Jersey Boys.

Do you agree?

What's your favorite play?

I would have to say Jersey Boys and Les Miserables.

Loved both of them.

Both completely different, so many emotions.

"Jesus Christ Superstar" followed by "Lord of the Rings". Both were awesome :D

A Streetcar named Desire tied with Death of a Salesman. On the musical side, it's Oklahoma! (I would say My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, and Fiddler on the Roof but I've only seen the film versions).

I didn't know Lord of the Rings was ever staged. Interesting.

I'm sure Spamalot and Wicked are going to be on my favorite lists if I ever get to see them. :)

Ok... Phantom is my all time favorite

This is a link to Phantom music... have to get my fix often.. love it...its INSIDE my mind...
http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/...ayer/index.php

Chicago was phenomenal. I did see One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest put on by a company in Boise, and since my close friend was in it, I have to say that was one of the best. He played the guy who kills himself in the end.

I am dying to see phantom live. My hubby promised to take me when he comes home :):):)

I have seen Sweeney Todd (loved it) And Jekyll and Hyde (loved it more) Both were amazing and I would def. see them again. Both I have the cds for :):)

I have the cds for Miss Saigon and would loove to see that.

Originally Posted by Jonsgurl0531:
I have the cds for Miss Saigon and would loove to see that.

My son's drama group just did Miss Saigon. Tonight was their last night. We went opening night. It was very good. :) Of course I'd say my son was phenomenal. ;)

I saw Les Mis earlier in the year in a small theater 'in the round'.. it was very cool. Most of scenes are basic dark-cold scenes and they were made even more interesting in those dimensions... I love anything 'in the round'... I'm old fashioned I guess.
{Caroline is still singing phantom songs, and will be all night, alternates with MAMA MIA}

That is awesome Sunshine. How old is he if I may ask.. only asking because the cds I have they use about every kind of swear word I can think of LOL

Originally Posted by Jonsgurl0531:
That is awesome Sunshine. How old is he if I may ask.. only asking because the cds I have they use about every kind of swear word I can think of LOL

He's 20. He'll be 21 in April.

I saw Phantom 3 times when it was in Toronto, and it was amazing every time!

But my new favorite has to be Wicked.. it was just the traveling cast that came to my city, not Broadway or anything, but they were INCREDIBLE. All of it -- the music, effects, acting, even the sound quality. Superb.

Speaking of children at shows -- I've been to see Rent every time it's come here in the past few years (3 times I think?) and am always amazed at the number of kids. I felt uncomfortable enough watching it with my dad at moments ("Contact," anyone?), let alone with children nearby. Yikes. :lol:

I also love Phantom but my all time favourite is Sound of Music. Going to London next month and already have tickets for Wicked and Grease and might add Wizard of Oz or Hairspray if I can get discount tickets.

Kitty

Originally Posted by Sweetcaroline:
Ok... Phantom is my all time favorite

This is a link to Phantom music... have to get my fix often.. love it...its INSIDE my mind...
http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/...ayer/index.php

You are my favourite person right now! Lol I have seen this movie 5 times and I also was lucky enough to see a stage performance with Marios Fragkoulis as well (quite a famous young opera singer in Europe from Greece). Umm I liked Sound of Music and Mary Poppins as a child and Fiddler on the Roof was very good (only saw movies though as not something to be seen in Cyprus). My other love was Chicago! It was super good!

My favorite is Phantom..i've seen it 5 times...i didn't like the screenplay version of it however. Second is LeMiserables. Alothough i'm dying to see Wicked...heard its GREAT

I also love "Phantom," as does my sister-in-law. I've only seen it on stage twice, though. We both desperately want to go see it in Vegas where they built a special theater for it, including a very, very good chandalier. :devil: Apparently the chandalier scene is so realistic they have warnings posted about it outside letting people know that it's all just special effects.

I have a special place in my heart for "Beauty & the Beast." It's my favorite Disney animated flick, and one of the first stage shows I ever saw, so it's a sentimental favorite.

Also, I saw "The Producers" a few years ago and nearly peed myself laughing! I went into it not knowing anything about the story, and damn near soaked my panties because I was laughing so hard at one point. (The movie version didn't do it justice at all, by the way).

I can't stomach Phantom. I had an old flame that used the Phantom music to convince me to have sex with him (My name is Kristine) and then he dumped me. So now I equate everything Phantom with opportunistic men that just want to get laid.

In fact, he ruined it for me with all men that like musicals/shows. If fact, its on my list to give my daughter when she's old enough to date. #1, stay away from bar musicians, #2, stay away from men that 'claim' to love show tunes!!

Before I met him, though, I managed to see Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar and loved them both!! I wouldn't see a show now to save my life...they make me think of fake, overly-romantic men.

sunshine> don't expect Wicked to be anything like the WofO. Its a totally different take

Originally Posted by techwife:
..... men that just want to get laid.

:chin: "YOU talkin' to me?"

Originally Posted by EZMONEY:
:chin: "YOU talkin' to me?"

addendum: SINGLE men that want to get laid... ;)

Originally Posted by mayness:
I saw Phantom 3 times when it was in Toronto, and it was amazing every time!

Ditto. I saw Phantom on stage twice, and it was incredible. Even though the interval between was a couple of years, I loved every minute of it the second time just as I did the first time. The scene where he takes her on the boat on the underground lake was unbelievable .... the special effects were incredible and one truly believed the boat was moving on water .....

I was extremely happy to share the second performance with my mom, who came to visit me in Canada for the first time. It was also the first time she flew by plane, at the age of 70. She does not speak a word of English and this was the perfect performance to take her to since I could just tell her the story ahead of time or at intermissions and she could still follow. She loved it as well.

Otherwise, I saw Mamma Mia and although I loved the music the performance was only mediocre. I am really into classical opera (especially Verdi and Puccini) and I saw many stage renditions. I would love to go to the Met (if I win the lottery).

Wicked and The Lion King were both amazing!

Originally Posted by Pixiesue:
sunshine> don't expect Wicked to be anything like the WofO. Its a totally different take

Oh I know. I read up on it. I thought it'd be cool to see a twist on it as I sooo love The Wizard of Oz.

Originally Posted by SunshineCA:
Oh I know. I read up on it. I thought it'd be cool to see a twist on it as I sooo love The Wizard of Oz.

Also, I went to see it with some friends who had read the book Wicked, and they said it was very different from that as well. The musical had much less talk about the politics of Oz and such, two completely separate characters were combined into one, and the ending was happier. (I kinda want to read the book now to compare!)

*Raises hand*

Broadway JUNKIE here, hehe. Not only do I love musicals, but I love performing in them even more! Couldn't you tell by the name? Hehe. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons for which I most want to lose weight is because although I love performing, I feel like a lot of times, I get passed over for roles just because of my weight. I'm sick of lesser-talented skinny-minnies snatching up all of MY roles! Hehe (just kidding).

Anyways, as far as musicals go, I love all of them--the good and the awesomely bad. My favorite composer of all time would have to be Sondheim. He's a genius. ;) But I don't think I could ever choose my favorite musical... There are way too many!

I am so lacking in culture. The only plays I've seen recently were Urinetown (hilarious musical) and The House of Yes (which is also one of my favorite movies and has brilliantly written dialogue).

I think my favorite play I've ever seen was "David and Lisa"

^^I love Urinetown! My school is putting on that show during Winter quarter of next year. I am crossing my fingers and toes that I can get cast as Penelope Pennywise. ;)

Hehehe Angie got you into Phantom! My husband swore tooth and nail he'd NEVER go see it.

When it came to movie theatres, it took me FOREVER to convince him to go. He would whine and complain until we saw every other movie that HE wanted to see. So I dragged him there and told him - I had to see HIS movies now he was seeing mine.

As the movie started, he white knucked the chair and was totally engrossed in the movie. At the end he wouldn't shut up about it "lets get the sountrack.... I wanna see it again... wow what a good movie... when's the play coming to town..." LMAO!

Well needless to say, he was right in line when the Broadway came to Calgary. And bought us tickets for our birthdays :)

He's now a Phantom fan. Gonna have to bring him to Les Mis. and a few other Broadways heading our way.

I saw Phantom on Broadway when in high school. The effects were awesome. I didn't think you could DO that on a stage. My favorite play, however, is The Importance of Being Earnest, favorite musical is Fiddler on the Roof. And I am dying to see Wicked but it just kind of hasn't happened yet.

I've seen Les Misearable three times. It is my all time favorite. I also liked Spamalot and Jesus Christ Superstar. I'm hoping to go to Wicked this winter.

When I saw the title of this thread I thought it would be about Two Face in the new Batman movie!

Rent is always a classic, are is Les Mis and Miss Saigon.

I have seen a lot of much lesser known plays which I also enjoy, like "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" (need I say more?:D), "The Dead Guy" (which is about a dumb guy who goes on a reality show, wins a million dollars, gets to be filmed on how he gets to spend it, then has to get killed at the end of the week by a way the audience gets to pick), "Suddenly Last Summer" (Tennessee Williams play... also a very talented guy), and "College: The Musical" are all quite great.

Originally Posted by mayness:
Also, I went to see it with some friends who had read the book Wicked, and they said it was very different from that as well. The musical had much less talk about the politics of Oz and such, two completely separate characters were combined into one, and the ending was happier. (I kinda want to read the book now to compare!)

Sounds pretty kewl! Just waiting on the kid to decide when he'll have time to "hang out" with his dear old Mom. ;)

My faaaavorite musical is Phantom, of course.
Urinetown is HILARIOUS!!!
My favorite play, though, is Streetcar Named Desire. I love Tennessee Williams.

probably Rent. hahahaha. My husband hates it but I make him go see it every other time it comes around.

Annie and Fiddler on the Roof were both amazing!!!!