tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4370898462176629818..comments2024-03-29T01:47:48.560-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Here in Camelot! #BroadwayJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77161497522507503532014-12-09T15:28:16.549-05:002014-12-09T15:28:16.549-05:00Just reconnected with a friend from college and he...Just reconnected with a friend from college and her first post on my Facebook page was "do you still burst into songs from musicals at the least provocation?" And all my other Facebook friends proceeded to recite songs and occasions... <br /><br />So many of the ones you've mentioned here are precious to me. I was thinking yesterday that it's a shame no one is reviving City of Angels -- there's a show for writers! <br />"We used to sit in bed and read each draft out loud<br />We'd play each part and talk the story through<br />Remember all we said and how we laughed out loud<br />Now take a closer look at you<br />I oughta throw the book at you"<br /><br />and the writer and his protagonist singing "You're nothing without me" to one another...!Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605406591025175181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7656178059663303152014-12-09T07:40:20.734-05:002014-12-09T07:40:20.734-05:00West Side Story, Brigadoon, Phantom.. When a colle...West Side Story, Brigadoon, Phantom.. When a college senior, the person on our floor who owned West Side Story (record!) played it loudly most days. To hear it today brings back those happy memories.<br /><br /> Liz T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5057934126668847482014-12-09T02:26:14.483-05:002014-12-09T02:26:14.483-05:00Among those I can't believe I forgot was Beaut...Among those I can't believe I forgot was Beauty and the Beast. I love Disney and that movie, and the Broadway production is fantastic. Seen the touring company three times (first with the original cast) and local productions twice.<br /><br />I should also mention that I was in Fiddler on the Roof. Just one of the townspeople. Okay, okay, First Man if you must know. (You know, the first male to speak who doesn't have a name.) I love it, too.<br /><br />I also enjoy Godspell. Different, but the songs are fun.<br /><br />I just watched Peter Pan Live! over the weekend, and the review will be up on my blog on Wednesday. I was not impressed. There are only two good songs in the entire thing, and Hook was dreadful. (Yet one friend said he was the only part worth watching.) I just can't get past the songs. I'm not a fan of Mary Martin period, so I never liked her version of it either. At this point, I just think that's a musical I don't like, period.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15563338817823674742014-12-08T22:54:27.151-05:002014-12-08T22:54:27.151-05:00WICKED! I cannot believe I forgot. Defying Gravity...WICKED! I cannot believe I forgot. Defying Gravity is my anthem. xooHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22032721679594068532014-12-08T22:20:10.930-05:002014-12-08T22:20:10.930-05:00I read through these responses and all I can say i...I read through these responses and all I can say is "yes, yes, yes" to all that are mentioned. Karen, Moulin Rouge is the modern one that my son and I both love. We realized that his girlfriend hadn't seen it, and we practically fell over ourselves getting it on for her to watch. Now, of course, she loves it, too.<br /><br />Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50973391036531279272014-12-08T21:31:56.253-05:002014-12-08T21:31:56.253-05:00The only Broadway show I've seen is Wicked, al...The only Broadway show I've seen is Wicked, although I saw Cliff Richard in Heathcliff (the musical) several times in London. Also saw Starlight Express over there. JudyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36201378119939319912014-12-08T18:04:30.099-05:002014-12-08T18:04:30.099-05:00"42nd Street" is one of my favorites. I..."42nd Street" is one of my favorites. I saw the original cast and Jerry Orbach singing "Lullaby of Broadway" was a definite show-stopper! And of course anything by Rodgers and Hammerstein gets me humming. <br />Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18122551270521804702014-12-08T17:47:55.831-05:002014-12-08T17:47:55.831-05:00Oh don't make me choose. As I read down all t...Oh don't make me choose. As I read down all the comments, I kept saying, Oh yes, that one. And that one! No, that one!<br /><br />I love them ALL!<br /><br />And yes, thanks for asking, Susan. That Peter Pan production was DIRE! How in the world could any director it might be a good idea to have everyone, especially Captain Hook, sleepwalk through their parts.<br /><br />However, it sent me off to Youtube and I found it! The 1960 Mary Martin telecast is there! I watched "I'm flying" with a big grin on my face, and am settling down to watch the thing some evening very soon. Think lovely thoughts....Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80072379795739833012014-12-08T17:27:53.652-05:002014-12-08T17:27:53.652-05:00My undergraduate degree is in theatre (stage manag...My undergraduate degree is in theatre (stage manager) and I've done my share of musicals. My favorite of all time no questions asked is Jesus Christ Superstar. PK the Bookeemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478996122841311684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61447544791693064412014-12-08T16:28:50.838-05:002014-12-08T16:28:50.838-05:00Oh gosh, I forgot about Oliver! Love love love tha...Oh gosh, I forgot about Oliver! Love love love that one...<br /><br />And Funny Girl--oh my. I sing "Secondhand Rose" all the time, as I'm on my 2nd hub and have a "used" dog and cat:)Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38325248675910134212014-12-08T16:12:32.605-05:002014-12-08T16:12:32.605-05:00It would be like picking a favorite child . . . ca...It would be like picking a favorite child . . . can't choose, so many that I love (except Evita . . . couldn't like it, gave it three tries to be sure). South Pacific, Pajama Game, Wicked, Oklahoma . . . right now, Peter Pan tunes are popping into my head, alternating with The Hallelujah Chorus -- I accepted the offer to allow audience members to join the chorus onstage, and so glad I did. Singing with a group is glorious! (and they promised to drown out any mistakes we might make) . . . and a wonderful woman let me share her music and pointed to every word at the right time ;-) More singing, more love!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27238596169596100712014-12-08T15:41:52.065-05:002014-12-08T15:41:52.065-05:00Oh all of them! I have been a musical- holic for w...Oh all of them! I have been a musical- holic for way too many yesrs to count. Favorites--maybe A Chorus Line which gives me goosebumps and tears every time I watch the movie and An American in Paris because was there ever anyone quite like Gene Kelly? I saw my very first musical on Broadway just last year..Anything Goes, and loved it. The others I have seen in various theaters and variations over many years. Most recently we went to see My Fair Lady, the small cast version, in our local little theater, with my granddaughters. It was a great production. Afterwards the girls said "Grammy, do you know every word of those songs?" Sure do!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277311125401791562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13604876323048884142014-12-08T15:31:57.118-05:002014-12-08T15:31:57.118-05:00https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1572272279580...https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1572272279580315&set=vb.1318800798260799&type=2&theater<br /><br />My four daughters and I have had an ongoing conversation all their lives about our love and devotion to musical theater! <br /><br />I saw "Camelot" in NY with my parents for my 16th birthday -- saw "Funny Girl" when a high school classmate was in the chorus -- saw "Man of La Mancha" right after college graduation, the day I walked by RFK's casket in St. Patrick's Cathedral.<br /><br />Personal memories and public events -- a life time. I saw "Peter Pan" as a child on the lawn at Vassar College one summer night and the movie of "The King and I" was my 10 year old birthday present.<br /><br />My children grew up to the records -- they knew all the words to every play, including hair. All four did musicals as they were growing up -- Elizabeth flew as a 7th grader (Michael in "Peter Pan")! They were in "Oliver" and "Bye Bye Birdie" and so many many others.<br /><br />Love love love this discussion!Denise Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790883493798517829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73737877557457366892014-12-08T14:44:32.582-05:002014-12-08T14:44:32.582-05:00Susan,
the Kiddo may change his mind 20 years from...Susan,<br />the Kiddo may change his mind 20 years from now..<br /><br />Rhys,<br />I loved the Sound of Music too.<br /><br />Until recently,<br />the Nutcracker ballet was music for me. Ballet was like music to me. In the last 10 years, I started to appreciate musicals. For me, musicals are new.<br /><br />Diana in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42361610123372097472014-12-08T14:43:31.785-05:002014-12-08T14:43:31.785-05:00Rhys: The vessel with the pestle has the brew that...Rhys: The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21974617000597064942014-12-08T14:42:32.983-05:002014-12-08T14:42:32.983-05:00Mary Martin is Peter Pan. And Cyril Ritchard is Ho...Mary Martin is Peter Pan. And Cyril Ritchard is Hook and Mr. Darling.<br /><br />And may I just say--Peter is cocky, feisty, funny, smart-alecky and and and...which in this presentation ,he was not. At all. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17039258265135902682014-12-08T14:41:03.241-05:002014-12-08T14:41:03.241-05:00My producer just said to me--what are you SINGING?...My producer just said to me--what are you SINGING??<br /><br />And I realized it was "Marat we're POOR, and the POOR stay POOR!"<br /><br /> And now I am laughing.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20259604712756234182014-12-08T14:33:42.373-05:002014-12-08T14:33:42.373-05:00This is SO MUCH FUN to read! I am loving all of th...This is SO MUCH FUN to read! I am loving all of these. Hallie, I can sing the entire Marat/Sade from Judy Collins--it lasts about ten minutes and I know it by heart. Do NOT get me stated. "Pooor old Marat--they'll hunt you down. The bloodhouunds are sniffing all over the town..Just yesterday your printing press was SMASHED, now they're after your HOME address..."<br /><br />I played the sound track for CHORUS LINE over and over for weeks, and Evita, too.<br /><br />xoxoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85005312987504431902014-12-08T14:15:20.819-05:002014-12-08T14:15:20.819-05:00"He Had It Coming" from "Chicago,&q..."He Had It Coming" from "Chicago," a musical MADE for Jungle Reds! I saw it first run on Broadway with Jerry Orbach as the attorney. Ellen Kozaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44254972389672966162014-12-08T13:56:01.573-05:002014-12-08T13:56:01.573-05:00Oh, gosh, Funny Girl! When I was a senior in high ...Oh, gosh, Funny Girl! When I was a senior in high school some of our class took a school trip to Chicago, and we saw Funny Girl the night after its world premiere in that city. Loved all the music, but I was really a big Barbra Streisand fan, even then. <br /><br />I can't imagine Carousel with Frank Sinatra, either. He wasn't that good of an actor, and Gordon MacRae was incredible in the movie. <br /><br />Loved all the Oscars and Hammerstein musicals, they always had such good music, with lyrics that made sense in the context of each show. <br /><br />Another good one was Moulin Rouge, which still surprises me. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74407945727158733952014-12-08T13:48:03.836-05:002014-12-08T13:48:03.836-05:00How can anyone resist commenting on this topic? I...How can anyone resist commenting on this topic? I, too, love, love, love them all. So many great musicals have already been mentioned I'm just going to throw out two that I didn't see yet. Wicked and Nunsense. <br /><br />Thanks for this uplifting walk down musical memory lane!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292993485984273172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16629357530516902482014-12-08T13:43:56.894-05:002014-12-08T13:43:56.894-05:00Good question, Ang... I think he could have sung t...Good question, Ang... I think he could have sung the role but not acted it. It requires a physical presence, a "large" imposing sexy guy or maybe I'm just not the type to go for Sinatra...in that way. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54931072055241786702014-12-08T13:42:54.874-05:002014-12-08T13:42:54.874-05:00Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Evita
Spamalot
I l...Best Little Whorehouse in Texas<br />Evita<br />Spamalot<br />I love musicals! Mostly. I used to see all the movie versions and saw some live in theater in the round as a kid. On a Clear Day You can see Forever with Van Johnson. Irma La Douce with Juliet Prowse. Went to see South Pacific at a theater while my boyfriend-later-husband was in Vietnam. The young couples' story ending just destroyed me. Would like to see Les Miz but that is such a powerful story I'm afraid I'd cry my eyes out!Pat Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46452107144899855772014-12-08T13:39:31.857-05:002014-12-08T13:39:31.857-05:00My first Broadway musical was The Music Man, which...My first Broadway musical was The Music Man, which I saw during the summer when I was 11 years old. I was supposed to go to Girl Scout Camp but towards the end of the school year I had whooping cough, and the family doctor advised my parents not to send me to camp. So my parents used the camp money to allow me to accompany my mom, and some of my aunts to NYC for the theater and dinner. I still get a special thrill whenever I hear any of the music from that play! We had the album at home and I memorized the words to all the songs!<br /><br />I can probably say that I've enjoyed every musical I've ever seen, whether it was on Broadway or elsewhere. Some favorites are The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Mama Mia, Phantom of the Opera. No matter how many times I have seen The King and I, I have ended up weeping by the end! The last time I saw it was at my niece's high school around twelve years ago. Although she wasn't in it, she wanted to support friends who were. A couple of minutes into it, I completely forgot that the actors were high school students; it was a fantastic production. I've been told that some of the kids went on to acting careers. Too bad I don't remember any names!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19219495726348230202014-12-08T13:33:43.917-05:002014-12-08T13:33:43.917-05:00I'm so in tune (hah!) with all of you, with ev...I'm so in tune (hah!) with all of you, with every show you've mentioned. But my all-time favorite is the little-known (I think) "Lost in the Stars," adapted from Alan Paton's book, "Cry, the Beloved Country." We saw the fabulous Todd Duncan star here in L. A. My mom and I had front-row seats, and were awash in tears at the closing number. The orchestra conductor turned to us and said, "Enjoyed the show, did you?" I still sing "There's a Little Gray House" loudly in the shower.Lenitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520477144099646671noreply@blogger.com