FabSwingers.com forum: What's your favourite musical?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm currently having a pretty heady romance with Phantom Of The Opera, but other favourites include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Sound Of Music, Cats & Joseph.

But what's your favourite?

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By *ddit...Man
over a year ago

Land of the giants... ;-)

Chicago... that is all..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oliver

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

Showboat. Baby cheeses the music and lyrics are outstanding.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't particularly like musicals but I did enjoy the Jonny Depp version of 'Sweeny Todd'

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By *ola.Woman
over a year ago

Just where I need to be.

Blood brothers.

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By *LT22Man
over a year ago

Teddington

Carousel & West side story.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I've just discovered something rotten'on Spotify which sounds quite good.

YouTube 'God I hate Shakespeare'.... Best line in a musical 'don't be penis, the man is a genius'

Other than that I'm still hooked on the book of Mormon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That is a very difficult decision. As stage shows go, Saturday night fever was pretty amazing (Adam Garcia played the lead), but I love Miss Saigon and Les Mis, because of the songs.

I really don't think I can pick a favourite, I love them all.

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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probably tommy by the who, more coz my youngest son had problems talking (he needed an operation) but he loved that musical and tried to sing along.

quite like the prince musicals as well. like a lot of the movie musicals actually, grease, moulin rouge, tron (i reckon daft punk turned that into a musical, imo).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Completely impossible question to answer.

Sound of Music

Cats

Phantom

West Side Story

Little Shop of Horrors

Hairspray

Bugsy Malone

Chicago

Moulin Rouge

Wizard of Oz

Singing in the Rain

Mamma Mia

Breathe Heels, breathe, it's just forum frippery.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Chicago... that is all..

With Marti Pellow singing the lead it was fantastic..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Went through a phase of watching it once a week, if not more haha.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Mary Poppins production was tremendous.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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Chicago

Wicked

Les Mis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Mary Poppins production was tremendous."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Been Les Miserables after seeing it as a kid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oliver

Singing in the rain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Les mis

Blood brothers

Wicked

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Went through a phase of watching it once a week, if not more haha. "

Damnit. Forgot Joseph, which is annoying as I was in it as a kid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Phantom of the opera is a family favourite.

Off to see Our House the Musical later this year, probably the most energetic show I've seen.

Ginger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lion king was amazing live.

Starlight express

Chitty chitty bang bang

Oliver

Mary poppins

Shrek

Priscilla queen of the desert

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blood Brothers and Les Mis for me

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

SW1A1AA

Blood brothers

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Oh I forgot film ones as well.... I can't choose a favourite!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Les mis

Starlight express

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By *utie91Woman
over a year ago

Hitchin

There are soo many...

Wicked

Les mis

Half a sixpence

Hamilton

Rent

Chitty chitty bang bang

Mary poppins

The witches of eastwick

The lion king

I can't choose just one lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kinky Boots is very good, as are/were Beautiful, Jersey Boys, Million Dollar Quartet, Sunny Afternoon, American Idiot. Enjoyed Priscilla, Funny Girl, Dirty Rotten Soundrels, Spamalot, Hairspray. Showboat was good, We Will Rock You was tremendous,as was The Commitments. Maybe see Dreamgirls and something else this summer in that darnsarf London.

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By *rShinyKnickersMan
over a year ago

BARRY

Hands down "Little Shop of Horrors"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Evita

Moulin Rouge

Chicago

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By *ddit...Man
over a year ago

Land of the giants... ;-)

"Evita

Moulin Rouge

Chicago"

Ooooh I went to see Moulin rouge with secret cinema recently.. it was amazing..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Too many to choose from I love them all

But my top 10 are

Starlight express (my first ever one)

Hamilton

Phantom

Les mis

Miss Saigon

The book of mormon

Cats

Wicked

Sunny Afternoon

Evita

But the list is endless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fiddler on the Roof...Topol singing If I Was A Rich Man, fantastic and it's based around the Russian Revolution, pet subject!

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By *hips n FursMan
over a year ago

Huddersfield

Rocky Horror Picture Show

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not normally a fan of musicals but Moulin Rouge and Rocky Horror were class and genius respectively.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Easy....Calamity Jane

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By *organ and rob zombieCouple
over a year ago

bradford

Rocky horror show every time! We go see it whenever it tours and get front row seats

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By *awksBoyMan
over a year ago

Colchester

There are some very bizarre ones in my collection:

Carrie

Titanic

Jekyll & Hyde

Assassins.

Bonnie and Clyde.

All very odd topics or books to base a musical on!

I loved Book of Mormon and Matilda. Also saw Beautiful which was surprisingly funny (closing in the West End soon). Favourite is provably Evita - one woman from the past I'd love to have at my fantasy dinner party!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chicago

Grease

Wicked

Guys n dolls

Seven brides for seven brothers

On the town

The little shop of horrors

Oklahoma

Calamity Jane

West side story

Singing in the rain

Easter parade ..,

Jersey boys

Sunshine on leith

I could go on ..., I love musicals

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bat out of Hell the Musical

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

La La Land

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chicago

Moulin Rouge

Grease

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cats

Rocky horror picture show.

Sam X

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By *obwithkiltMan
over a year ago

Belton

Sooooo many..

Les mis is tops

Wicked & lion king are superb according to my daughters

I also love the rogers & hammerstein classics...and for a modern one a favourite is Dr Horrible's Singalong blog....by Joss Whedon and lead is Neil Patrick Harris

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By *airymagicWoman
over a year ago

goblin city

West side story

Love it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"West side story

Love it"

I prefer the original Gnomeo & Juliet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wicked

Repo the genetic opera

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

West side story. Or Grease.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Grease or 7 brides for 7 brothers x

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By *ilk_TrayMan
over a year ago

Hampshire

Grease

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By *ecretsRmineWoman
over a year ago

gatwickish (yes that means near Gatwick)

wicked

we will rock you

rock of ages

matilda only for the when i grow up song.

dirty dancing was awfull

film wise i like hairspray too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Miss Saigon - Lea Salonga's vocals are untouchable

Cats

Lord of the Rings

And, Matilda.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not seen many but I have seen Phantom and Les mis and love both.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Without a shadow of a doubt, The Sound of Music.

It evokes very special memories of a wonderful Grandmother who meant the world to me.

She pretty much brought me up as my own mother was 'unavailable'. It was her favourite musical/film and every Sunday we would sit down, eat cakes or sweets and watch it, singing the songs together.

We must have done that for months and months on end...every single weekend. I still know a lot of the songs by heart, and each time I hear one of them it makes me cry.

A long time ago, for one Mother's day, I paid for us to have a nice meal in a lovely restaurant (Italian, bet fave) and afterwards go to a local theatre to see a performance of the musical.

What an amazing day..... made even more so by her strength.

Her health was deteriorating rapidly by this point. A few weeks previously she had a total hip replacement (only just stopped using a crutch to walk) and she was in severe pain having just recovered from a dreadful bout of shingles, but she never once moaned.

I cant watch that film/musical to this day without bawling the entire way through.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Les Miserables. It was simply an incredible performance and totally converted my opinion of musicals.

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By *enny79TV/TS
over a year ago

chesterfield

Got to be cats ,Annie the original one , little shop of horrors for me

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By *ryst In IsoldeWoman
over a year ago

your imagination

Oh gosh.... So many!!! They're my guilty pleasure

Calamity Jane

Paint your Wagon

Carousel

Moulin Rouge

Les Mis

West Side Story

Evita

An American in Paris

Grease

Xanadu

Blazing Saddles

The Wizard of Oz

Singin in the Rain

High Society

Sound of Music

Blues Brothers

Breakfast at Tiffanys

Funny Face

I could go on and on...

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

No one has said grease 2 yet!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The rocky horror show was fantastic and I got to dress up lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Phantom, Starlight Express, Evita and Les Miserables

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr manda loves sound of music

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fiddler on the Roof...Topol singing If I Was A Rich Man, fantastic and it's based around the Russian Revolution, pet subject!

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Favourite Revolution!

Russian

French

American

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