For the record, Eden and I have the
Rent argument at least a couple times a month. ("Baby, they aren't all gay. They don't all have AIDS.")
Also for the record, Eden loves
Once More With Feeling. Just sayin'.
Okay, so as previously stated, I love musicals. Love them. I think the first one I saw live was
Anything Goes my freshman year of high school, but I'd seen plenty onscreen before that (
Annie, Grease, Oklahoma!, Little Shop of Horrors, and nearly every Disney movie.)
I was in
Leader of the Pack and
Return to the Forbidden Planet in high school, but I didn't really sing much back then, so I was just chorus for those (although I did get to play the lead in a drama class production of
Time and Time Again...but only like, 15 people saw that.)
My favorite musical? Hmmm... How about Top Five? In no particular order, I'll go with:
Into the Woods
Rent
Guys and Dolls
Chicago
Damn Yankees
Oddly enough, I kind of hate
West Side Story. I'm not exactly sure why...something about it just rubs me the wrong way.