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yeah, it made me want to see a good stage performance is there like a "tenth anniversary dream cast" performance to watch on the tubez or is it a real "you gotta be there" kinda thing
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smarxist posted:yeah, it made me want to see a good stage performance this is an edited down version but i had the vhs on repeat as a kid its good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(1998_film) those dream cast performances are cool but theyre a touch more modern than cats
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big fan of doing musicals semi-staged oratorio style. candide and MASS are good examples though neither is strictly a "musical"
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is avenue Q aids
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havent given it a listen in years. its definitely cringe though
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hm. dont think it aged well
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smarxist posted:is avenue Q aids i saw a touring production of it (in the same theatre i saw the live welcome to nightvale tour) and it was fine but it felt dated even back in 20?? and the wiki entry is making me shake my head kind of all ashamed
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i think epic edgy issue comedy musicals generally have that kind of problem. book of mormon is another example. its really hard to do shock without aging badly + theyre never as funny as they want to be
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Ohtori Akio posted:i think epic edgy issue comedy musicals generally have that kind of problem. book of mormon is another example. its really hard to do shock without aging badly + theyre never as funny as they want to be shout-out to The Fantasticks for attempting to do a "Rape" double entendre where they used it in the archaic meaning of abduction, but also kinda wink-wink havin a little rape some lovely music in that one
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webcams for christ posted:shout-out to The Fantasticks for attempting to do a "Rape" double entendre where they used it in the archaic meaning of abduction, but also kinda wink-wink havin a little rape ive been listening to a lot of jazz and showtune deluxe album type deals on spotify and ive hit at least two rape jokes out of nowhere in an interview or chitchat in a live set interlude. times have changed
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sometimes i'm in the car and the original cast recording for Hair comes up on random play and i gotta roll the windows up like i;'m office space
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let the sunshine in is on a couple of my gym playlists
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oh Hair has great music imho but there's a few tracks that require some you know some contextualizing and then next thing you're that meme of the skinny white girl yelling in the bored young man's ear about race relations in 1960s USA
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my sixth grade choir teacher musicalpilled me with sweeney todd and its been over ever since we took a class trip to NYC to see the big assed Phantom production and its still one of my fave memories
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Oct 22, 2023 11:53
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Al! posted:oh, u mean elphaba??? actually its elphabaphilia
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Ohtori Akio posted:hm. dont think it aged well this
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Ohtori Akio posted:it was a good movie to be on drugs for but it was a very very bad performance of the musical imo. id imagine its a lot better when its a stage performance by people who can actually sing and dance instead of celebrities and jennifer hudson
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for some reason i just falsely remembered Mike Myers being in that flick and realized i was conflating it with the cat in the hat and now i can't stop thinking about how funny it'd be if stupid Mike Myers cat in the hat was bumbling around in that movie like Mr Bean
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smarxist posted:my sixth grade choir teacher musicalpilled me with sweeney todd and its been over ever since apparently they really cut down the scale of phantom during the pandemic its very gay. idk if any worldwide production still has the big orchestra and sculptures
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Ohtori Akio posted:apparently they really cut down the scale of phantom during the pandemic its very gay. idk if any worldwide production still has the big orchestra and sculptures nah they just closed it. it will reopen as a smaller version. but there's not really a way with the CBAs to substantially reduce headcount while a show is running. the current West End version is more or less where the new one is headed
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Ohtori Akio posted:cats ftw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0ANf5qoMc
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webcams for christ posted:nah they just closed it. it will reopen as a smaller version. but there's not really a way with the CBAs to substantially reduce headcount while a show is running. the current West End version is more or less where the new one is headed thats right i had the timelines mixed up. bizarre statuary and excessive numbers of string players ftw though
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cats loving ruled, it was such an unfinished movie and was even missing computer effects in the final cut so some scenes just didn't make sense or looked like poo poo. plus the director and editor must have each had a series of head injuries because a few extra computer doodads weren't gonna save it. when i saw it on release the entire theater was just howling with laughter for most of it, honestly a 10/10 for being such a tremendous fuckup
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i matched with someone on tinder who has their job listed as "broadway producer." what's a good musical i should watch and say i like to impress this woman? thank you all in advance
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west side story is a classic and personal favorite. my fair lady is a little more conventional and also has a lovely movie. could also go older but i don't think that would boost the cred at all, newer stuff they might have strong opinions on
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Ohtori Akio posted:west side story is a classic and personal favorite. my fair lady is a little more conventional and also has a lovely movie. could also go older but i don't think that would boost the cred at all, newer stuff they might have strong opinions on My Fair Lady has some real bangers in it, but I can't look at it the same way after I learned how adamant Shaw was that Eliza and Prof Higgens should not end up together at the end of the play it's based on and his reasoning why. Eat This Glob posted:i matched with someone on tinder who has their job listed as "broadway producer." what's a good musical i should watch and say i like to impress this woman? thank you all in advance Just talk about how George Bernard Shaw hated the idea of Eliza and the Professor from getting together at the end of Pygmalion and how My Fair Lady does it anyway and you'll look all smart and feminist and poo poo.
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Eat This Glob posted:i matched with someone on tinder who has their job listed as "broadway producer." what's a good musical i should watch and say i like to impress this woman? thank you all in advance fool, tell her you've never seen a musical but would like to but also yeah west side story duh
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The Music Man would be a safe choice esp since you're lying
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Weembles posted:My Fair Lady has some real bangers in it, but I can't look at it the same way after I learned how adamant Shaw was that Eliza and Prof Higgens should not end up together at the end of the play it's based on and his reasoning why. i'm sympathetic to shaw's point of view here and the moral arc of an eliza who ditches him. i think the framing of her getting with higgins vs. getting with freddy is unfortunate though, because it flattens her character into "who is it more romantic to fall for". the eliza of my fair lady, a work way more romantic than the play, i think clearly has a gut check and decides she has to be with the one she feels most strongly for and i like it. sprechstimme ftmfw
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Cuttlefush posted:fool, tell her you've never seen a musical but would like yeah don’t lie dumbass. whoops forgot not to sign my post
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if you watch west side story and have a good time youre too retarded to have a relatiuonship with this person anyways.
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Pretzel Rod Serling posted:yeah don’t lie dumbass. whoops forgot not to sign my post point
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Ohtori Akio posted:i'm sympathetic to shaw's point of view here and the moral arc of an eliza who ditches him. i think the framing of her getting with higgins vs. getting with freddy is unfortunate though, because it flattens her character into "who is it more romantic to fall for". the eliza of my fair lady, a work way more romantic than the play, i think clearly has a gut check and decides she has to be with the one she feels most strongly for and i like it. Everybody agrees with you, which drove Shaw nuts. Starting from the *rehersals* of the very first production of Pygmalion, his producers and actors were taking him asside and saying "hey, GB, do you know what would make this story really pop?" He had to write a whole essay to append to the end of the published play to double down on his decision. The musical just made it impossible to resist. Ohtori Akio posted:sprechstimme ftmfw Singing is for nerds. That's what the orchestra's there for.
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george bernard shaw is loving canceled.
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Eat This Glob posted:i matched with someone on tinder who has their job listed as "broadway producer." what's a good musical i should watch and say i like to impress this woman? thank you all in advance use them to get tickets to merrily we roll along
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one of the romantic leads of fiddler on the roof is an unrepentant bolshevik, how to succeed in business without really trying basically tells you what you need to advance up the corporate ladder is to be a relentless sociopath, assassins says "listen bud...america deserved john wilkes booth and lee harvey oswald", cabaret documents the weimar complacency that let the nazis take power, i could go on
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lol that assassins will never be performed again
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