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Hey, i've been wondering. Who of you has ever been going to a real musical like Aida, Les Miserables, Lion King, Avenue Q, Wicked, etc? What kind of musical do you like? And for those who've seen Wicked; what's it like? In 2006 it's coming to the UK and I wanted to go and see it.. But I wanna hear your opinions about it...
Oh I loved Wicked! I saw it 3 times and loved it every time. My girlfriends aunt is Idina Menzel and she plays the wicked witch of the west. Kristen Chenoweth was amazing in it as well. She is one of my 3 huge crushes in Hollywood/Broadway. The notes that Kristen and Idina hit are amazing. I have the soundtrack to it and it sounds just like it does in the theater. Taye Diggs was the one who played the wicked witch of the west's love intrest, and he is seeing Idina as well so the chemistry was there.
I highly recommend you to see it if you can. The show itself was about 2 1/2 hours long but it is so funny and entertaining.
Lynn I just love musicals! The last couple of years I've seen Aida, the lion king and mamma mia. I already bought tickets to go and see "Jesus Christ Superstar" in May . Just like you I haven't seen wicked yet, but everyone is so postive about it that I have to see it!. (though I have no idea when it's coming to our country). One of the things that are important to me, are the songs in the musical, they have to be touching combined with happiness or mysterie.
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I love seeing Broadway musicals. The only two I have seen recently were Chicago and Evita and they were great. Wicked is coming into our town in a few weeks and I was wanting to see it as well. But tickets are expensive and I can only afford one show a year. I saw Evita in November so I will have to wait until Wicked comes around again.
I have some friends who have seen Wicked and they were nothing but positive about the musical. Based upon what they have said I would recommend you see Wicked. I do not think you will be disappointed.
Marieke, Wicked is coming 2007/2008, just so you know Loved Aida too, seen it 6 times haha. I've been to elisabeth too, 6 times.. Mama mia twice. I didn't like Lion King that much.. I'm going to see Beauty and the beast somewhere this year and right now I'm saving up for Wicked!
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I've seen The Lion King and Sweeny Todd, which I have to say I didn't enjoy much, it didn't really heve any of those songs that stay in your head for months after you see the play. I really loved Lion King, and the coustumes were amazing!
Wicked is coming to our town in November or something and I am super excited for that! I love the soundtrack. In May I'm gonna go see "Les Miserables", which, in my opinion, is the greatest musical ever.
I live in New York, only around 30 minutes from the City, so I go to Broadway a few times a year! Some shows that I have seen include "Mama Mia" (one of my favorites...it was really good!), "Movin' Out" (very good Billy Joel songs, but I was disappointed that there was no dialogue), "The Lion King," "Grease," "Hairspray" (very good...I recommend it! It was hysterical!), "Fame" (also very good, although I only knew one song, Fame), "Little Shop Of Horrors" (probably one of my favorites ever...it was hysterical, there was interecation with the audience, and the growing plant was awesome! -- "FEED ME!")....
I recommend that anybody who is planning on visiting New York any time soon gets tickets to see a show on Broadway! It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most, and it is really great!
Ooooooh, I love musicals too. I'm surprised so many people have seen Aida-I don' tthink it's very populare, is it? Aida is one of my ffavorites. I get to see it again in 2007, my mom thinks that we are the only ones to have bought tickets so far in advance.
I also love the Phantom of the Opera and have memorized most of the songs-although my singing is terrible! I love the movie too, and the book.
I also like Evita, but I've only seen the movie. Is the play even still going anymore?
I also recently saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and I loved it, despite the musec being a little modern-sounding for me.
This post has been edited by Ginevra: Jun 2 2006, 11:45 PM
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I do not think Evita is showing in New York but it is still traveling around the US. I saw it in November so that is not too long ago. If you liked the movie you will love the musical. The guy playing Che was great. He was nothing like Antonio Banderas but it was still an incredible performance.
We got stuck with the understudy for Eva. That usually happens with matinees. Her first half performance was a little weak but I would have sworn she was a different actress in the second half.
I like all of Andrew Llyod Webbers plays and try to go to them as they come to town. His Joseph musical is coming this spring. I think I need to start saving now.
I've heard Joseph isn't that good.. Too bad your understudy was lousy.. Ginevra, I love Aida too:) Especially the understudy cast was great in Holland. What did you guys think about Lion King?
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I've seen Cabaret (anyone ever heard of it?) and I thought it was really good. It reminded me a lot of Moulin Rouge and had a bit of a meloncholy ending, but I really enjoyed it. It wasn't actually on broadway though, it was a tour thing. I've never actually seen a broadway musical (I like in Iowa) but if I could see one I would definitely wanna see Lion King
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Musicals? Hmmm...
I've never even heard of Wicked, i'm guessing it's about the wizard of oz or am i compeletly wrong?
I live in The NE of Scotland, so all the musicals tend to go to glasgow or edinburgh and avoid us. However we've just had an extention on our theatre so hopefully we should be getting the bigger ones soon, Phantom of the opera Les Mis.
However a couple of years ago I saw Cats. I had a friend who worked at the theatre so i managed to go for free!! *whoo!* And i was in the front row, with the seat next to me empty.
So i'm watching the show and the rum tum tugger is on singing, and well.... he had really tight tights on... where was i suposed to look! but i swear there must have been a sock down there. any way it's nearing the end of the show, and i'm staring at him thinking....sock or not.... and he waves...at me. I timidly wave back and he jumps off somewhere. Now i don't know if any ones seen Cats but at the end they all run amung the audience in their character. So the rum tum tigger jumps right off the stage and starts speaking to me sitting in the empty chair...
Highly emabarasing considering i'd been staring at his crotch all the way through the show.
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hehehehe! Helen, that's quite amusing! I can just see that happening to you.
Yeah, wicked is a prequel to Wizard of Oz (kind of shows the fall-out between the wicked witch, the good witch and the wizard.) It came to Cincinnati recently, but the tickets were INSANE to get, so we missed it.
My brother-in-law is actually one of the top-five collectors of musical theater around (as in tapes, videos, paraphenalia), and he's a critic for some on-line review. He gets to go to everything here for free. I get ticked since he never offers me tickets! Some family!
I've seen Les Mis, Phantom (3x), Jeckyl and Hyde, Ragtime on tour, and tons of other local performances. (I've even been in a few. I minored in Drama at college. Great fun there.)
Oh, Helen, did you ever determine if it WAS a sock? janet
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No i didn't! It still irks me to this day It must have been because it was ridiculous, and he was like 'Did you enjoy the show' so i just said, yeah, yeah it's good.... I was dying inside...
Ah... Wicked sounds good, I love Wizard of Oz so, yeah i think i migh have to go and watch that.
I love stage shows, i really wanna see Phantom on the stage, and i wanna see chicago too....
Broadway/West End Musicals, Avenue Q, Wicked, The Producers, etc.
Feb 1 2006, 07:00 PM
haha. I've been to elisabeth too, 6 times.. Mama mia twice. I didn't like Lion King that much.. I'm going to see Beauty and the beast somewhere this year and right now I'm saving up for Wicked! 
I love the movie too, and the book.
