Love
Sweeney Todd*
Songs for a New World* (more like an off-broadway caberet show, but whatever)
Les Miserables
Ragtime*
The Producers* (Saw it with the original cast in a pre-broadway run in Chicago.
However, this is a musical I can only truly enjoy when seeing a live performance of - listening to the album is just not the same. Nathan Lane was absolutely hysterical in it!)
Like
Phantom of the Opera*
Rent (I really like this show a lot, but I'm forced to agree it's a bit overrated)
Chess(+The Russian)
Fiddler on the Roof (I'm fairly indifferent to this one...it's on the edge between like and tolerate)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*(+Joseph) (I probably would have liked it less had I not seen Donnie Osmond in it and played Joseph when I was in it
)
Miss Saigon*
Last Five Years (as mentioned, this is actually off-broadway)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(+J. Pierrepont Finch)
Evita(+General and lover of Evita)
She Loves Me(+Georg)
Secret Garden(+Archibald)
Jekyll and Hyde
Tolerate
Bye Bye Birdie(+Conrad Birdie)
West Side Story (WAY overrated...the orchestration is great though)
Chicago
Damn Yankees*
Beauty and the Beast*
Aida
Lion King
Side Show
Hate
Oklahoma!(+Chorus member)
Anything Goes(+Billy Crocker)
Grease
Godspell(+Jesus) (although, I like one or two songs from it, and not the popular ones)
Once Upon A Mattress(+The Minstrel)
Carousel
Camelot
Kiss Me Kate
South Pacific
*Seen a professional or near-professional production of
+Performed in
Generally speaking, the more light-hearted a musical is, the more I tend to dislike it. Hence, my favorite musicals are shows like Sweeney Todd, Les Mis, Ragtime, etc. My movie tastes follow the same suit as I rarely watch comedies but often watch heavy dramas.
Yes, I know this was a lot more information than was asked for, but I made the list just as much for myself as well as a response to the thread. Nice walk down memory lane, which ono helped with
