musicals

[low_delta]

We went to a play tonight. Man of La Mancha. I'm not a big fan of musicals. Much less the Broadway productions. "To dream the impossible dream..."

We subscribe to The Rep, which means we get five plays a year, whether we like them or not. The first one of the year is always a music. I haven't disliked them all. Well, I wouldn't say I disliked this one either, but I wouldn't have missed it if I'd stayed home. That's okay, it's interesting to see the production and everything.

The one musical they've done that I liked was The Color Purple. It was an interesting play that had songs. In most musicals, the story is second to the songs.

Other musicals I like... Rocky Horror. OK, not sure that counts - it's just odd. Blues Brothers. That doesn't exactly count as a musical, does it? My favorite is Little Shop of Horrors. I love that movie!

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

I am so unlike you in that I love musicals. Man of La Mancha is special to me, maybe because it harks back in a very loose way to El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. I also love non-musicals and just carried away by stage productions in general, I guess.
:)

[philrancid.livejournal.com]

I agree with the Free Kee when it comes to musicals in general--the closest you can usually get me is rock operas and Tenacious D's The Pick of Destiny. LOL most of the time the songs in a Disney movie will make me claw at my face.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, the rock opera movies. OK, Tommy is pushing it. I liked The Wall. But then that was less of a rock opera and more of a movie with lots of music and little dialog.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

We're all different and that's what makes it interesting in this world.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I visited a friend in Toronto and one year she took me to Beauty and the Beast. The next year we saw a production of Love Letters with Robert Wagner and Jill St. John - close enough that we could see the pancake on their faces. I loved them both. She didn't like Love Letters. I think Kevin will enjoy the play of Little Shop more than the movie...

[philrancid.livejournal.com]

The don Quixote song is catchy, though.

To Dream the Impossible Dream...

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Oh god!

Actually, though, I've heard it so few times it doesn't stick. It does, however remain a sort of cultural reference. I kinda laughed when they started it.