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Chloe
02-03-2013, 09:23 PM
Do you have any favorite shows, songs, etc?

Captain Obvious
02-03-2013, 09:30 PM
Not Broadway, but I'm a huge Phantom of the Opera fan.

Saw it in Toronto twice and in Pittsburgh twice. The Pittsburgh shows were not as good as Toronto and I understand the Broadway version rivals Toronto.

My biggest regret - when we saw it for the first time (my wife and I) we immediately on exiting the theater bought 4 tickets and brought our kids back later that summer to see it. Paul Stanley was on bill to play the lead role in a few shows that summer but we couldn't swing seeing one of them. I wish now that I did.

Chloe
02-03-2013, 09:35 PM
I've never actually seen phantom, other than the movie. I'd like to see it one day though.

Chloe
02-03-2013, 09:36 PM
The last time I was in NYC we saw Once, which was absolutely amazing. I really want to go back and see Peter and the Starcatcher as well as Newsies.

Captain Obvious
02-03-2013, 09:39 PM
It's awesome.

Scared the shit out of my kids.

Chloe
02-03-2013, 09:44 PM
It's awesome.

Scared the shit out of my kids.

Well yeah I'm sure it did

Captain Obvious
02-03-2013, 09:46 PM
Well yeah I'm sure it did

It's very loud, visual. Lots of shit like gunfire, flames, loud music.

The best performance I've ever seen live. If you ever get a chance to go see it, go.

Chloe
02-03-2013, 09:50 PM
It's very loud, visual. Lots of shit like gunfire, flames, loud music.

The best performance I've ever seen live. If you ever get a chance to go see it, go.

Yeah I really want to. I also reeeeaallllyy want to see Wicked.

Captain Obvious
02-03-2013, 09:52 PM
Yeah I really want to. I also reeeeaallllyy want to see Wicked.

There are a number of off Broadway shows I really wanted to see but never got around to it.

I have though divulged in a lot of small theater productions. Took my then 7yr old to see a local production of Oz. It was pretty good.

Chloe
02-03-2013, 09:54 PM
http://youtu.be/6ehVXwFMQqs

This is all I could really find for Once, it was the Tony's last year. It's awesome though if you see it live.

Peter1469
02-03-2013, 10:06 PM
I saw Phantom of the Opera in NO and DC. I walked out of Cats. I loved Wicked.

Chloe
02-03-2013, 10:09 PM
I saw Phantom of the Opera in NO and DC. I walked out of Cats. I loved Wicked.

Yeah I've wanted to see Wicked all my life so far but just haven't been able to. I've almost seen it a couple of times but i guess karma wasn't on my side. One day though.

Captain Obvious
02-03-2013, 10:09 PM
I heard the DC version of Phantom is pretty good.

Peter1469
02-03-2013, 10:12 PM
I heard the DC version of Phantom is pretty good.

I liked the one in New Orleans better than the one in DC.

Peter1469
02-03-2013, 10:13 PM
Yeah I've wanted to see Wicked all my life so far but just haven't been able to. I've almost seen it a couple of times but i guess karma wasn't on my side. One day though.

It was super cool.

oceanloverOH
02-03-2013, 10:27 PM
I love the really old musicals from the 1950s......my all-time favorite is The King and I. I was fortunate enough to see Yul Brynner reprise the role in a Broadway revival show that he took on the road in the mid-1970s.....GAWD, he was good! He performed this role on stage 4,300 times, in addition to making the movie. Wotta man!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JHH6iwgIek

RollingWave
02-03-2013, 10:45 PM
I don't like Phantom of the Opear that much, the songs are good but the story is meh.

I saw the broadway version of Les Miserables which was great, another personal favorite is Fiddler on the Roof.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLLEBAQLZ3Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc

Carygrant
02-04-2013, 10:18 AM
another personal favorite is Fiddler on the Roof.

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