I love to watch musicals, . My favorites are Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.What are your favorite/favorites?

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[Ziggysmom]

1. A Christmas Story. I love little Ralphie!

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2. Thank you Ziggysmom for sharing.

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[rampartd]

3. expect a lot of mary poppins this year

dick van dyke turns 100

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5. I loved that movie. and congratulations to Dick Van Dyke.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. chitty chitty bang bang.

yes mary poppins and sound of music legacy.: wizard of oz legacy.

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6. Thank you very much . Bear.

[MIButterfly]

7. West Side Story (the original) and My Fair Lady.

I also like the songs from Hair.

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9. Thank you very much MIButterfly. I enjoyed all three musicals

[hlthe2b]

8. Especially in current times: Les Miserables

There is something about their courage and righteousness behind the barricades that is appropriate to the time...

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10. I totally agree with you , hlthe2B Thank you for sharing Les Miserables.

[Golden Raisin]

11. Singin' in the Rain

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12. Yes , Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. Wonderful. Thank you Golden Raisin.

[PatSeg]

44. Oh absolutely!

My children loved it when they were young and now my grandchildren do as well. Never gets old.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. I like "How to Succeed in Business...".

Robert Morse and Michele Lee are great, and it just has such a mid-60s vibe to it.

"Guys and Dolls" is one I'll always watch if I run into it flipping channels. The songs and story overcome its weak points (Brando's singing).

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19. Thank you very much LudwigPastoriou. Great choices.

[FalloutShelter]

54. I've got the horse right here.

Love G&D

[KitFox]

14. Oh yes! I love musicals, too! Have seen many over the years, but these are the ones I have watched

many times: South Pacific, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, White Christmas, Paint Your Wagon. Have you ever gone to a movie theater showing where the words to the songs come on the screen and the audience can sing along? My daughters and I have gone to some of those. It is really fun! Life’s too short not to just break out into song once in awhile!😁❤️

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20. Thank you very much KitFox for your selections. I have been to two where you can sing along --The Rocky Horror Show and

The Sound of Music. Loved the experience.

[Coventina]

15. An American in Paris with Gene Kelly

The ballet scene is just


ETA: It's one of my go-to movies to cheer up.
For animated movies: Beauty and the Beast is a great musical as well.

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21. Thank you very much, Coventina. I love anything with Gene Kelly in it. He is from the Pittsburgh area. HS musicals are

up to being award the Gene Kelly Award for Musicals. It is very prestigious around here. Love, Beauty and the Beast.

[OldBaldy1701E]

16. Sweeney Todd and The Pirates of Penzance!

I also love 'Showboat'!

(I have done two of them, but never got the chance to do Sweeney Todd. A big regret in my life. Well, one of them.)

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22. Thank you very for sharing your musicals, OldBaldy1701E . I didn't know you were an actor/singer?

[OldBaldy1701E]

32. Actor/Singer/Musician/Director/Writer/Editor/Designer/pretty much any other aspect of entertainment production.

None of it seems to be something anyone is interested in, but there it is.

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39. Thank you OldBaldy1701E, Wow, you are multitalented.

[MuseRider]

94. I have missed seeing you talk

about this!

All That Jazz??????

How wonderful. I played my whole life until I had to stop for health reasons.
I don't go to much at all anymore because it makes me cry, lol a big old blubber baby.
I do love to see my sons play.

[OldBaldy1701E]

97. Same.

Whenever I see some of these 'big name' types performing I just feel like a big hardened turd.

I also have the same thought. 'That should have been me.' Of course, now I cannot do it. I have all but lost my singing voice and, thanks to my fucked up body, I cannot really play much anymore either. Most of this came about because of my desire to never attempt anything as a performer again. That happened because I had finally given up any hope of ever having the life I wanted to have. Or even the life I should have had, or even a life with one accomplishment that pertains to what I wanted out of it.

It eats me alive every time. It was all I wanted.

I should have known that my curse would not let me succeed at anything.

[Emile]

17. Rock musical "Tommy". The Who & Tina Turner

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18. Thank you very much, Emile, I remember seeing that when it first came out

[sakabatou]

23. Les Miserables (10th anniversary edition)

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24. Thank you very much, sakabatou.for sharing. Wonderful musical

[justaprogressive]

25. I don't usually but there are

one or two that I really like.

My favorites: Both these leading ladies CARRY these musicals!

My Fair Lady

The King & I

Then the very best for last: Brigadoon!

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40. Thank you justaprogressive. Three iconic picks. Love them all. Thank you for sharing, my friend.

[Sun-Moon]

26. Mamma Mia, Lion King would be my favorites

Live theater is the best!

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31. I agree, Sun-Moon. I saw the Lion Kjing musical in a live theater and loved it.

[lisa58]

27. Oliver...

Guys & Dolls
My Fair Lady

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41. Thank you very much, lisa58. Wonderful musicals. There are so many I like.Thank you for sharing your favorites.

[roscoeroscoe]

28. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

If you haven't watched this, it's insane and glorious. Must see!

Don't miss 'Operation Get Behind the Darkies" or Satan's solo...

[Dorothy V]

29. Mostly, I don't care for musicals, but there are two glaring exceptions, Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof. In Cabaret,

not only do the musical numbers fit right into the action, but it has Joel Gray as the Emcee! And in Fiddler on the Roof, not only does it have lovable Tevye (I have Five daughters!), but the dance scene where they are celebrating Lazar's engagement is the finest example of choreography I have ever seen.

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. I was lucky enough to see Joel Grey live on stage in Cabaret

It was incredible.

[Dorothy V]

38. You were lucky! Joel Grey was the GOAT! Even on the small screen!

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42. Thank you very much , Dorothy V for sharing your favorites. TRADITION! Love the dancing scene too and Cabaret another

excellent choice.

[KT2000]

30. Come From Away

about the Canadian town that took in thousands of people after 9/11. I wish everyone would see it.

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33. Thank you very much for sharing that with us , KT2000. I remember when that happened. But I didn't about know about a

play being made.

[KT2000]

37. It is available on streaming sites

Apple and Prime should have it. It is so uplifting.

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43. Thank you KT2000, I have Prime. I will do a search. Thank you for that information, my friend.

[darkstar]

34. I can enjoy lots of the titles already mentioned,

i.e., Sound of Music and West Side Story. But one I’ve only discovered in last ten years or so (and watched a handful of times since then) is Sunday In The Park With George. Sondheim. Based on Seurat and his work where he set up in a park and painted.

Plus, check out the two principals in the version I know best (sorry about the weird looking video):

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45. Thank you very much for sharing with us. darkstar. Beautiful. Thank you my friend.

[Mad_Dem_X]

35. West Side Story and Cabaret are probably my faves.

Although I've really liked most of the musicals I've seen.

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46. Same here Mad_Dem_X , I also have my two favorites but I love all musicals.

[applegrove]

47. "Hair".

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48. Thank you very much. It is a great musical with great songs

[Borogove]

49. Oklahoma, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, and The Wizard of Oz.

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50. Yes to all four. Borogove. Thank you very much for sharing.

[BOSSHOG]

51. This is a slight stretch but FOOTLOOSE

It moooves me. Still. Today.

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53. Thank you very much, BOSSHOG. I enjoyed that too.

[FalloutShelter]

52. Mine are Little Shop of Horrors

And Phantom of the Opera

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62. Thank you very much for sharing with us, FalloutShelter. Two great ones.

[dgauss]

55. Jesus Christ Superstar.

Favorite versions are the 1973 film version with Ted Neeley as JC and the recent TV version with John Legend as JC. The latter was a live broadcast which was pretty amazing, whole cast included. The only problem is that those songs get stuck in my head for months.

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59. Thank you very much for sharing with us, dgauss, I have seen the 1973 version but missed the TV version with John Legend

The album was a Christmas gift while a teenager from my wonderful aunt. She had not children and brought me up to musicals at a very young age. I remember us dancing to Mary Martin's version of the Play ---The Sound of Music and other Broadway musicals.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

56. CAMELOT!

I love love love the Broadway album with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton... but I SAW Rirchard Harris play King Arthur in an Heinz Hall production in 1987. ABSOLUTELY wonderful! I still have the program.

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63. Thank you very much, some_of_us_are_sane. . I had the Broadway album with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton. Loved

listening to it.

[Submariner]

57. Cat Ballou

the movie features two traveling minstrels, played by the real-life singers Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye, who appear throughout the film as a "musical Greek chorus". They sing the film's theme song, "The Ballad of Cat Ballou," and other tunes, narrating and commenting on the events of the story in a semi-musical format.

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69. Thank you very much , Submariner. I will have to watch it.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

58. This is a toughie! But if you go by how many times I've listened to the soundtrack, it's Godspell.

And I grew up listening to classic Broadway and movie musical soundtracks and still listen to them.

But none as much as Godspell, both the original off-Broadway version and the movie version w/Victor Garber.

One of the biggest thrills of my life was meeting Victor Garber in person (when he was appearing in They're Playing Our Song in DC many years ago).

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70. Thank you very much 50 Shades of Blue. I played the soundtrack for my students. It never reached the popularity of Jesus

Christ Superstar. but I really enjoyed it.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

89. I love JC SS too! The original soundtrack, not the movie one.

I've seen that movie a gazillion times too though.

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90. Agree. Thank you 50 Shades of Blue.

[electric_blue68]

60. Ah, I hadn't thought of Godspell. I'd say that's my favorite especially the movie version...

Which is also like a love letter to my city NYC. ❤️

Also have enjoyed West Side Story, Camelot, Mary Poppins, Sounds of Music.
And I did see The Who play Tommy at The Filmore East in 1969. W00000t!

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71. Thank you very much , electric_blue68 for your selections. They are all great musicals.

[sdfernando]

61. I like so many

But on at or near the top are:

West Side Story (the original)
Guys and Dolls
Kiss Me Kate
Victor Victoria


But there are so many more!

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72. Wow, such a wonderful selection ! thank you very much sdfernando for sharing with us. Terrific.

[moniss]

64. Here's a few

George, Gracie and Fred in "Damsel in Distress" 1937

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Gracie and Eleanor Powell in "Honolulu" from 1939

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Marilyn, Mitzi and Donald O'Connor in "There's No Business Like Show Business" from 1954

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Judy Garland in "The Harvey Girls" from 1946

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73. Terrific! Thannk you very much, moniss for sharing with us. I have always loved Judy's voice.

[WheelWalker]

65. Brigadoon and Carousel

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74. Two great selections. Thank you very much WheelWalker. I love Gene Kelly.

[Morbius]

66. I can't believe no one mentioned this one.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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There's a light over at the Frankenstein place.

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75. Thank you very much Morbius. I went to a showing where the audience was dressed up, sang along and threw various props

At the screen. It was an experience.

[Shambala]

67. Has anyone mentioned

The Phantom of the Opera
West Side Story
Or Fiddler on the Roof.
My top three with honorable mention for The Fantanstcks, Brigadoon, and South Pacific

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80. I think they have been mentioned , but that is okay. Thank you Shambala. Some musicals are so great that they desire to

be mentioned more then once

[no_hypocrisy]

68. The Music Man

Both with Barbara Cook and Shirley Jones.

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81. Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. The Music Man is great fun.

[doc03]

76. Paint Your Wagon

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82. Thank you very much , doc03. for sharing with us. Love the movie and soundtrack.

[OLDMDDEM]

77. Phantom of the Opera, Mama Mia and Chicago

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83. Excellent choices, OLDMDDEM. thank you very much for sharing with us.

[The Roux Comes First]

78. It's a Long List, Having Enjoyed a Childhood with Two Music-infatuated Parents. But, at Some Pain, I Will Distill It

My Fair Lady and South Pacific have to be up there. And, while it never got a lot of play at family gatherings, I must add Hair!

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85. Wonderful, The Roux Comes First. Love your choices. thank you for sharing with us.

[yellowdogintexas]

79. a few of mine:

Into The Woods
Victor, Victoria
Singin' In The Rain
The Mikado (technically an operaetta but more like a musica comedy)

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86. Thank you yellowdogintexas for your terrific selections. and sharing them with us.

[Mark.b2]

84. I have to go with 'Oklahoma."

I can watch it and then find myself humming its tunes for days after.

I’ve recently realized in watching it recently, a couple of the songs are quite bawdy for the time. “I’m Just a Girl that Cain’t Say ‘No’’ and ‘Kansas City’ come to mind.

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87. Thank you Mark, b2. I love the title song. and agree with the bawdy songs. Thank you for sharing.

[pdxflyboy]

88. Mary Poppins and South Pacific.

n/t

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91. Thank you very much pdxflyboy. for your selections.

[MuseRider]

92. I LOVED playing in so many of them that I cannot pick.

I thought I could come up with one but nope...I tried and got rid of them all. It is fun seeing what everyone thinks of them.

Maybe Fiddler because the wind parts were so so much fun. I miss those gigs.

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93. Thank you very much MuseRider. Yes, there are so many.

[LogDog75]

95. A couple of my favorite musicals

The Music Man
Streets of Fire (okay, really a music-themed movie)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Bing Crosby movie)
Yellow Submarine

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96. Thank you very much LogDog75 for sharing your wonderful selections with us.