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Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 00:02:05 +0000

Big fan - all that doo-wop stuff mixed with horror and sci-fi? How could you not like it?

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-03-23 03:55:45 +0000

Excellent lyrics and typically a fun show to see.
Thumbs up.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 05:54:43 +0000

I'm a musical hater in general, sorry!

I like Guys & Dolls (the film version only - Frank Sinatra & Marlon Brando, yum) and Rocky Horror Picture Show (ditto - Richard O'Brien & Tim Curry, yum). Can't think of any others I can even tolerate.

But I love you, Mir!

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-03-23 12:07:25 +0000

My lifelong dream is to be cast as Nicely Nicely Johnson.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-03-23 14:57:40 +0000

Honestly, I don't have a lot of patience for theater in general, but I LOVE being in shows. All those pre-curtain jitters, and the excitement of never knowing if someone will drop a line...or if the audience will try to participate in the action on stage.

I did a lot of plays growing up, most of them American musicals translated into Hebrew, which is a very strange experience to perform when you're not sure what you're saying or singing. As a kid, my dream was to be on a stage, and my parents were very supportive. As I got older, though, I remembered why I didn't pursue it: I don't like to work that hard, or sit around that long, or get bossed around that much by people who are so over the top. Then again, I met some cool people.

Although I don't always like plays, I do like opera. Don Giovanni in Paris was unreal. They were speaking Italian onstage, and projecting the French translation above, and somehow I was able to figure out a lot of what was being said. Oh, and flames shot out of the center of the stage a the end. Best pyrotechnics I've ever seen.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-03-23 14:58:38 +0000

Forgot to mention that Esther Williams movies are another secret fave. The choreography gets me every time.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 15:13:21 +0000

Sweeney Todd
Into the Woods
(Sondheim in general)
(Rodgers and Hammerstein in general)
Oklahoma
Spamalot
Tommy
Quadrophenia
<a href="http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1781136">Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots</a>

Andrew Lloyd Webber can eat it as far as Im concerned, but there are a lot of good musicals out there.

Like Opera, Very difficult, but rewarding artform to pull off...

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 15:23:27 +0000

You like Sondheim? Really? Wow.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 15:29:36 +0000

Have you ever seen / heard Sweeney Todd?

Shit is ill, yo.

Cannibalism - check
(Pitch) Black Humor - check
scary dissonany scraping noisies - check
intricate score with lots to chew on - check

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 15:30:20 +0000

"scary dissonany scraping noisies"

Ahhhhhh... say no MORE, son. Now I get it.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 15:31:51 +0000

sposed to be dissonant - but I have lost editing privliges in this thread. ho hum.

The noisiness is an added benefit for me, but ST has a lot to offer all theater goers IMHO

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 15:35:09 +0000

I guess that's my problem - I'm not a theater-goer. I don't really like going to the theater. I don't like opera, ballet, plays (unless they're funny, like Tom Stoppard), musicals, etc.

I know, I'm soulless.

Posted by virtue on 2007-03-23 18:06:56 +0000

If it makes you feel any better, Pamsterdam, I'm soulless as well--I don't like Tom Stoppard and can even be ambivelant about live music.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-03-23 19:14:23 +0000

Oh, thank goodness! I do feel better now.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-03-23 20:14:31 +0000

(Musical) Playa Hater