Musicals. The greatest show.

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  1. Hooky feller

    Hooky feller Well-Known Member

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    As a massive fan of musical theatre. If you’ve missed it. Watch it, on catch up if it takes your fancy.

    It reminded me of what I miss most during Covid. ( Barnsley fc aside) Fantastic performances. Special mention to Nicole sherzhinger. ( wow)

    I’m So looking forward to some of the new stuff and a few I’ve seen before. (Too many to mention)

    As an aside, what are folks favourites.
    Mine in no particular order. Apart from probably the first.
    Blood brothers ( not to be confused with Blues brothers)
    Once
    Jamie
    Kinky boots
    Les mis.
    Billy Elliot
    Sister act
    Wicked
    Jersey boys
    Miss Saigon
    Book of Mormon
    Etc
    Not a fan of many Lloyd Weber’s or the oldies pre 60s type. Oklahoma, Seven brides my fair lady.
    But each to their own.
     
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    Jersey Boys is absolutely fkin mint. Seen it four times now.
     
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    I think it would be impossible for me to create a top list without missing out so many that I just forgot about right now.

    There's very few musicals I dont like really but like you they tend to be the Lloyd Webber type which I've never been struck on.
     
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    Had best seats in the house for that one. I Joined a special theatre discounts site and got em at a balcony type price. ( best available risk)
     
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    Soft spot for Hairspray. If 'You Can't Stop The Beat' doesn't get you, you haven't got a pulse.
     
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    1. Billy Elliot. Obviously the subject matter is close to home but it was absolutely fantastic

    2. I saw Michael Ball at Chichester festival theatre in Sweeney Todd before it went to the west end. That was amazing

    3. for sheer enjoyment and laughter pythons spamalot
     
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    At the risk of being contrary:

    Music has been a passion my entire life

    I love ‘theatre’

    I can’t describe how much I hate ‘musical theatre’
     
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    Saw the lion king in London. Was a good un . But the condensed version in Disney Florida was absolutely mind blowing.
     
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    My absolute favourite is a Lloyd Webber - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. I must have seen it over 100 times easily. Second favourite - Chicago.
     
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    First time we saw it was in the West End with the first cast, I think. Five rows back in the stalls - present for the missus, cost me a second mortgage. Never bettered that one.

    Just remembered saw Book Of Mormon last year. It's never gonna make a programme like the one tonight, but thought that was absolutely brilliant. Funny as phuck.
     
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    You can love both. I regularly go to concerts n’all. Al types of genre from pop to heavy metal.
     
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    I didn't really get the fuss. Maybe it was because our timing was awful and we were caught in an absolute monsoon whilst queuing up for it so I was more distracted by how soaking I was.
     
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    I've never been to a west end show but I'd absolutely love to. That or Broadway I'd be happy with either.
     
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    Blood Brothers is brilliant also enjoyed Les Miserable, good programme tonight that for a change.
     
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    Bugger, I've just said I hate Lloyd Webber stuff and you go and mention Joseph which I absolutely love but I think that might just be because of my age and how popular THE song was when I was young.
     
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    Used to go loads when we lived in London - if you weren't too fussy about what you saw, you could queue up at that ticket booth in Leicester Square and get half-price tickets. Shows were great, but some of the theatres were in a right state. Not a patch on the Alhambra etc
     
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    We started going to see musicals in London for her 40th and have been every year since(except last year).
    Hands down best one for me was Les Miserable
     
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    Waited ages to see Blood Brothers; saw it when it came to Bradford and was disappointed, tbh..
     
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    I managed to see the plural version. It was ace.
     
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    I’ve done it twice, I reckon the length depends on the amount of folk in the park. The 1st time there were only 2 performances in the day so it lasted around an hr. 2nd time 3 or 4 ( not sure) performances in the day which condensed it to 35 mins, so it was a poor imitation of the first.
    Agree about the monsoons btw. I’ve Never experienced such changes of weather in a day. And lightning that I thought only occurred in old films.
     
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