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NEXT MUSICAL REACTION! (Patreon)

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2023-03-09 05:48:19
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2023-05

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Ok, I need a suggestion! going to watch one tomorrow and I'm torn between a few!
Drop your favorite musical in the comments :)

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Anonymous

Jesus Christ Superstar is a great rock musical.

Tanya perez

Living in the NYC area I've seen many plays and Rent, Wicked and The Book of Mormon were 3 of my favs! Honestly, just too many to choose from.😁

Kylee

So, if you’re in the mood for starkid/starkid like productions, I would definitely go with Twisted or Spies are Forever (which is by Tin Can Bros, but has a lot of starkid cast in it). For just general musicals, I would say legally blonde the musical, Six the musical, Les Miserables (the movie), or Phantom of the Opera (Royal Albert Hall, I love this version).

Anonymous

Phantom of the Opera is geeat

Adam Pacio
>>103717257

JC Superstar is an AMAZING rock opera. Especially if you get a truly talented vocalist who can handle the rock screech register as well as the classical ballad timbre to play Christ. I'm not a Christian. And yes, the subject matter is entirely the Passion of Christ, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1970's opera is a fucking MASTERPIECE of 70s musicals. And it is still as relevant now as ever. And again... I am NOT a Christian. And I endorse viewing this musical. You don't have to be a catholic to enjoy a good Requiem, y'know? Same principle here.

Adam Pacio

I'm over 50 here and grew up a Broadway Gay kid, studied classical music and singing back in the 80s, etc. And I am going to suggest a musical which ever quite attained superstardom fame, but which is a late 80's opera written by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA, and the musical is called "CHESS". Chess was first staged in the UK and then crossed the pond to Broadway at the same time that Phantom of the Opera did. As a result, Phantom sucked all the oxygen from the room and Chess never got the acclaim it deserves. But it DID become one of the most persistent cult favorites with a fandom all its own. It glorifies the Cold War and the split between the USA and the USSR, and the propaganda battles that were waged in civilian pursuits... like the World Chess Championship. It tells the story of the Russian and American champions in a series of bouts to win the Grandmaster title, and both sides are surrounded by administrators and managers and a whole posse meant to ensure that the US/USSR wins at all costs, while those in the direct orbits of the Chess Masters deal a tangled web of relationships and intrigue and the sacrifices that the ambitious often are forced to make in their quest to become the World's Best at their game. Chess had an English version originally but when it crossed the pond the producers didn't think the Americans would be sympathetic to the Russian hero, so they rewrote the plot and presented a different version of the play. Fans loved BOTH versions and began to create mix tapes (it was the 80s and early 90s) which merged and fused the two stories, and each new production of Chess would go one way or the other or come up with a new version until finally, Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote a definitive combined plot final version about 20 years after the play first premiered. That Combined Version was staged, and is available usually on YouTube as "Chess in Concert" with Idina Menzel playing the female lead and Josh Groban playing the male lead. The musical was unique because its score had been created by the 70s pop songwriter from ABBA and carried much of their style, but Tim Rice was the longtime lyricist for Andrew Lloyd Webber and he managed to spin utter effin' BARS into the sometimes-odd fusion of melodies that resulted. It is mostly sung-through, and there are some absolutely gut-wrenching songs. When you watch it eventually, as you absolutely must as you go down this musical road because Chess is so odd and unique and speaks directly to propaganda of the cold war and the social machine of control through the media... you will understand that it is actually following the structure of an opera. Right down to the maxim "It ain't over till the sad lady sings." (Idina Menzel is by no means plus sized and I don't size shame). Really. Enjoy.

Adam Pacio

Some further suggestions (without as much writeup, promise! LOL): * Reefer Madness, featuring a star-studded cast, with Alan Cummings as the narrator, cameo by Neve Campbell, and Kristen Chenoweth. It used the actual 1930s Reefer propaganda of the era to once more tell a campy musical about the evils of Weed, which actually turns out to be the evils of Propaganda. Delightfully silly, some real bops. * Pippin. Somewhere around there is a copy of the Archival records filmed for the Library of Congress of the original broadway cast starring Ben Vereen as the Leading Player. This is Bob Fossee choreography in a campy romp about coming of age and the temptations of spectacle vs. the authentic. * A Chorus Line. Movie version is fine, it was one of the longest running musicals on Broadway before Phantom came along. (LOL). The musical about audutioning for a musical, the music is a snapshot in time, the whole thing is an absolute giant in the late 20th century history of musicals, and besides... if you don't watch it at least once you'll never truly "get" the running joke in "Land of the Lost". (You haven't lived until you've heard a T-rex singing "God I hope I get it.") * Into the Woods. This Stephen Sondheim musical just released its original cast archival copy on YouTube. It takes all of our beloved fairy tales from Grimm and puts them in a Cuisinart, with "Into the Woods" being the 'multiverse of fairy tales' jumping from story to story and weaving them together in a brand new fable pursued by a cursed Baker and his Wife because they want to have a child. The first act is the traditional fairytales all woven together and is suitable for small children. The play usually allows those families to leave during intermission, because Act II picks up the day AFTER 'Ever After' and deals with some very mature consequences to everything from Act I. If you have daughters, guaranteed you'll watch with them after the reaction vid is done. Maybe even both acts if they're old enough. That should hold you for a while. C'mon back for more suggestions later, my dude. This old Bway Gay has a number of them, including some off the beaten path less popular ones. (Like "Anyone Can Whistle", but you aren't really ready for the heavier Sondheim stuff yet. Start with these first. LOL)

Adam Pacio

Oh! even better before any of the above: Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog The world's first online-only Musical featuring Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris! It's shorter than the others but still a kick ass modern musical.

Chael (edited)

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2023-05-12 23:43:55 Phantom of the Opera Fiddler on the Roof Some Like it Hot Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Seven Brides for Seven Brother My Fair Lady The King & I Westside Story (the original w Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno) Oklahoma! Are some of my faves I think everyone should see once
2023-03-16 01:35:45 Phantom of the Opera Fiddler on the Roof Some Like it Hot Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Seven Brides for Seven Brother My Fair Lady The King & I Westside Story (the original w Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno) Oklahoma! Are some of my faves I think everyone should see once

Phantom of the Opera Fiddler on the Roof Some Like it Hot Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Seven Brides for Seven Brother My Fair Lady The King & I Westside Story (the original w Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno) Oklahoma! Are some of my faves I think everyone should see once