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Just out of curiosity, what are Accy Webbers favourite musicals? Stage or screen or both.

One of my favourite screen musicals is Oliver, I must have seen it dozens of times.

I can't choose the stage ones, as I am torn between Blood Brothers (hilariously funny, but also very sad) and Miss Saigon (wonderful special effects for stage) Les Miserables had me laughing and crying at the same time.

Are there any stage shows that you have seen that you would highly recommend?:music8:

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if you get the chance & don't mind strong language, go & see "Jerry Springer - The Opera"

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i liked both cats & grease, wept at miss siagon as did my friends, those are just my personal favorites.

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Anyone here ever seen "Return to the Forbidden Planet"?

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anyone ever seen the taunting coward. ooh there you are. he he.

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I thought the ballet would be more your style, Mac.

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Well, for back door beater, anyway

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Cats is a good one, never seen Grease on stage, just film. Phantom of the Opera is good, and Boogie Nights was brilliant (dancing in the aisles at that one) Possibly going to see saturday night fever with the girls from work in a month or two.

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Saturday Night Fever? Yuk!

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Phantom of the Opera is cool though.

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I so Evita,in London 1979 i think it was, did'nt think much of it. On film it has to be Moulin Rouge staring Ewan McGregor and Nichol Kidman.

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What about Chicago?

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I fell asleep in that one...

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My all time fave is Oliver.
Read the book loads, seen the film loads.
I have seen the musical version on screen but never seen a stage version.

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Still...I'm not really a great fan of musicals

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Although not at all religiously minded I do like Jesus Christ Supercar[as my brother used to say]also like Rocky Horror! :)

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I remember seeing Rocky Horror when I was about 7 on New Years Eve one year and me and all my mates were laughing enourmously when they said "transexual" and things. We are all very strange.

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And what has changed exactly?? :D :D

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Missed my chance to see Rocky Horror on stage a few years ago as I was ill. Had a costume ready, fishnets and all. My mates had a brilliant time at that one. The stage version of the Lion King and Chitty chitty bang bang are supposed to be good. Would love to see those.:music8:

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It wasn't a stage production but I really liked the Bernstein/ Ti Kanawa/ Domingo? CD of West Side Story. A great story with a great score - funky, mixing Bernstein's love of then contemporary Jazz with more established operatic devices. The video of "the making of West Side Story" (the version I mentioned) is very interesting - a scene showing Bernstein losing his rag with Domingo because of some musical issue is compelling viewing. Seeing these masters of their art working together with such professional comaraderie (spelling?) is very inspiring! My grandmother was part of Blackburn Amateur Dramatics society so I was brought up on helping serve tea to the performers during performance of Gilbert & Sullivan Operas - Pirates of Penzance was a favourite at the time.

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My favourite musical on screen was Calamity Jane with Doris Day & Howard Keel.

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just seen lion king 2 weeks back it was really good

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Calamity Jane or Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

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Am catching up on things I missed - so just found this one. Loved Return to the Forbidden Planet. saw Rocky Horror in Weybridge of all places, six of us in French maid's outfits with fishnet stockings and stilettos - the sight of Nicholas Parsons in fishnet stockings will stay with me for a long time!

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Ceejache mentions West Side Story. Great film, but the best version of the music that I ever heard was by Oscar Peterson.

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My favoutie screen musical is Brigadoon. I know it's ancient, but so what.

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Little Shop of Horrors superb, the link tells it better:-

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/

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:drink:its got to be the buddy holly story,it was fantastic to see all the audience up on there feet,young and old dancing in the aisles.

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I was seven when I first saw Brigadoon. I must admit I have enjoyed it since and it's not bad at all. But I must agree with Staggeringman The Buddy Holly film must be up there among the top 10 or 15......

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West Side Story has to be the best musical ever for both music and dancing

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Only ever seen two stage musicals Evita along time ago and Joseph, thought Joseph was superb but ended up with a sore back through having to sit in one seat so long.

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''Phantom of the Opera'' has to be my favourite. All of us were reduced to tears by the time we came out and were trying not to look as if we were having a good old sniffle.

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I was reduced to tears at Phantom too. Saw it in 1990 at the Prince of Wales in London. Hope you have a great time at Blood Brothers Rockrabbit, it's hilarious in parts and very sad in other parts.
Anyone seen Starlight Express? It's coming to Manchester for a few weeks starting November and I would like to know if it's worth seeing...:)

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Anyone heard the Andre Previn, Shelley Manne version of My Fair Lady??

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stage it has to b erm... cats probably

screen - oooooooooooh now ur talking...

rankin high up has to b west side story... simply magical. singing in the rain is good too

i wasnt too fond of chicago... or evita...

another classic i enjoy is annie :D

but tell anyone i know that and i'm gonna break ur kneecaps...

i have a reputation to uphold...

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Don't really like musicals, can't see why every song is sung twice. Love theatre, Blood Brothers & The Woman in White are 2 of my favourites, also saw one done by Moorhead pupils when my son was there called 'Killed', About a young World War 1 soldier shot for 'desertion', it is a true story and was very moving and extremely well acted.