My (and Your) Favorite Musicals

by elijay
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March 27, 2009
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When I was a kid I loved musicals (The Sound of Music was my favorite movie for about 3 years-- which is a pretty long time in kiddie years), and now that I'm a so-called adult I have to say I'm not as big as a musical lover as I once was-- on average I see one musical every 2 or so years. But that doesn't stop me for getting a tad nostalgic when I hear Julie Andrews break out into song. So what are your favorite musicals?-- I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours...

Les Miserables

I can’t even describe how much I love this musical. I’ve seen it SO many times, but I neverrr get tired of it. When me, my sister, and my sister’s fiance get together we have the tendency to sing the entire musical since we’ve memorized all the songs. One time we didn’t realize her roommate was home sleeping until the next morning when she asked us wtf we were doing.

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Spring Awakening

I saw Spring Awakening when it came to LA and I went in having absolutely no idea what it was about— I was sort of expecting it to be like Rent, so I was pretty surprised when it was set in the 19th century and featured a rocking score by Duncan Sheik. Oh and not to the mention the fact that it featured teenagers going at it— very Gossip Girl. But I thought the music was pretty good and I sort of liked the weird juxtaposition between a rock & roll score and a play about 19th century German teenagers.

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Ahmanson Theatre

135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Where to see musicals if you’re in LA.

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My Fair Lady

I always liked this movie— loved the songs, loved Audrey Hepburn (even though she couldn’t sing, and the role rightly belonged to Julie Andrews), and loved the costumes. I saw the play in London several years ago (Jonathan Pryce played Professor Higgins and Martine McCutcheon— who plays Hugh Grant’s love interest in Love Actually— played Eliza) and I liked it almost as much as I liked the movie!

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: by mswen 03/30/2009 Reply

I was OBSESSED with Les Mis…both before and after actually seeing it in NYC.

: by aliciak 03/27/2009 Reply

I was lucky enough to see Thoroughly Modern Millie with Sutton Foster—fantastic!

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elijay

The SFV, Los Angeles

Likes: sweet pickles, English Bulldog puppies, jukeboxes, bicycles, and wheat beer. Dislikes: traffic jams, people who talk during yoga classes, murky swimming pools, excessively sweet frosting, and surly librarians.