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rockfenris2005 07:33 am UTC 04/14/16 |
| In reply to: | re: Broadway Fans? - rockfenris2005 06:54 am UTC 04/14/16 |
Also, I hear some people say that "West Side Story" is the best musical. I watched it and definitely was impressed by it, but just didn't really feel that strongly about it. If I had to name one, though "My fair lady" is definitely up there along with "Gypsy", I would probably go with "Sweeney Todd". That musical just leaves me in awe. There's nothing I don't love about it, from the storyline to the music to how it's all put together. Just go and listen to "God, that's good" from the OBC. I don't know how you'll feel about that, but I was sitting here one day listening to that and was just stunned. All this musical business going on, just wow. And I've always loved how the big dramatic moment with "Epiphany", with Sweeney just completely freaking out, would have this immediate contrast with the comical scene that followed, and yet it was all forwarding the plot. Also, the theme "And I'll never see Johanna...", especially in the last scene in the bakehouse, after he figures out what happens with his wife, is so haunting. I can't express how much I love that little piece of music. It's up there with "If I loved you" as well. > > I got interested in musical theatre THROUGH Jim Steinman > because I got "The Very Best of Meat Loaf" as a Christmas > present when I was 12 years old. And when I was looking > through the lyrics, it said "Home by now/No matter what" > Andrew Lloyd Webber/Jim Steinman. Knew that name! I even > recognized him from the news once but I don't know what > they were talking to him about. And that was the > beginning. > > Then when I first used the internet, "naturally" I typed > Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman, and came to this site, "Dream > Pollution", where I found out about "Whistle down the > wind", which was actually where those songs were from, and > all the rest. The rest is history, so they say. > > I got interested in Andrew Lloyd Webber in a big way. I > heard the original double album "Jesus Christ Superstar" > on the original vinyl, with the big star on the front > cover, and Ian Gillan as Jesus, and wow. It was all such a > revelation. But I'd seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" > right around that time as well because of the Meat Loaf > connection and I wanted to check it out, and just always > remember thinking. Wow this movie is odd! > > And I love "Fiddler on the Roof". I had never actually > really known what the full thing was like until I watched > the movie a few years ago now (Norman Jewison again I > think, who did "Jesus Christ Superstar" the film, another > one I love, with the great Ted Neeley, who of course sang > "Come in the night" with Meat Loaf and the Neverland > Express later on) and just thought wow. "Sunrise, sunset", > "Anatevka" stick with me most in my mind now. > > Rodgers and Hammerstein of course are brilliant and all. I > just feel a bit "disappointed" with "The Sound of Music" > compared to the other ones because it lacks something. I > think the critics at the time actually talked about this > maybe. But I just got things from "Carousel", "South > Pacific", "The King and I", even "Oklahoma!" that I didn't > get from "The Sound of Music", and I think "If I loved > you" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written > in the history of the world. Meat said at his "Last at > Bat" concert that he'd searched for a love song that was > better than "For crying out loud", and while I can see > what he's getting at, I think this one's definitely up > there. Even just the melody would rip my heart out. And > "You'll never walk alone" is now linked so vividly in my > mind with the ending of "Heavenly Creatures" the Peter > Jackson movie based on the Parker Hulme murder in New > Zealand in 1954. (I still think, FWIW, Jim could have done > a cool adaptation of Peter's other movie from the 90s "The > frighteners" with Michael J. Fox.) > > THEN we - my friend and I - got our rock musical produced > a couple years ago, which was one of the most amazing > experiences of my life. > > > We all know Jim is theatrical and has had some success > > (and some disappointments) on the Broadway stage. And I > > also see some references to Broadway shows peppered > > throughout this board, which got me wondering. > > > > How many of us are fans of Broadway, and of those who are, > > what are you favorite shows? More modern stuff, or > > classics? I lean heavily toward the classics. > > > > Personally, I think My Fair Lady is the best and most > > complete show ever, with no song not clever, appropriate > > and/or memorable. > > > > Others on my list: Wicked (only modern show on my list), > > Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma (as R&H must > > be represented), and my guilty pleasure, Damn Yankees. | |
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