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Buffy: Once More With Feeling
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Spamalot

I'll go ahead and guess josh's since he never posts here:
Wicked
Avenue Q

I was Audrey II in a local production of Little Shop of Horrors, so I have to confess to being a little partial to that one. It has a timeless humor to it that is really endearing. I don't necessarily go around singing the music from it, except for maybe "Somewhere That's Green". That one somehow manages to get in my head all the time.

Posted By: joel
Spamalot
Artist and Creator of HijiNKS Ensue

NOOO I forgot spamalot. I saw that at the local theatre, in balcony seating (I have a terrifying fear of heights), and had a blast.

Wicked.

The Pirates of Penzance. Watch it. Now. (Meth lab king version acceptable)

Call me old-fashioned, but I always loved Singin' In The Rain (both stage and movie versions). If you're talking about MOVIE musicals only, then Phantom of the Opera was pretty well done, and the classic Nightmare Before Christmas is great anytime from now to January. I hesitate to say "Newsies" because I've always thought of it as way too sissy for my tastes...but Batman is in it, so how sissy can it really be?

For STAGE musicals, Chicago has always been my favorite (I think I've seen it four times, and refuse to see the movie for fear of it ruining the memory for me). The King And I is great if there is a well-cast king, and basically everyone should see Phantom at least once before they die. I just saw Avenue Q a month or so ago, and it was definitely money well spent.

Little Shop is very different on stage and screen, but both versions are excellent in their own way.

(Meth lab king version acceptable)

I wish! Srsly, someone needs to sing that song or I'm going to suck on a balloon full of sodium hexafluoride and do it myself.

Posted By: SeanNightmare Before Christmas is great anytime from now to January.

Somehow I forgot Nightmare.

Posted By: SeanI hesitate to say "Newsies" because I've always thought of it as way too sissy for my tastes...but Batman is in it, so how sissy can it really be?

See, that was all part of Wayne Sr.'s plan. Un-gay the boy by having himself and his wife murdered in front of the kid, set him straight, actually straight. The Batman-crusading-against-crime thing is just a side bonus.

Kind of a sappy chick-flickish kind of musical, but I would definitely recommend The Last 5 Years. It's very memento-ish in the manner that it's done.

If you're curious what it's about, I can expand on the topic.

A couple of my favorites are Fiddler on the Roof and West Side Story. The movie versions of both of those are good. Les Mis is also awesome, but I have never seen the movie version. I have seen the Les Mis movie that is not a musical, that is pretty good.

How has no one mentioned Rocky Horror yet?

Posted By: Not MandatoryHow has no one mentioned Rocky Horror yet?Book: If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

I guess because it's a unanimous #1 for everyone. Kind of a pointless topic if we throw in Rocky Horror :P

Jeez, how could I forget Fiddler on the Roof? Yes, that gets a high recommendation. And true, Rocky Horror should go without saying - but thanks for saying it anyway. :)

Fiddler on the Roof
The Xena episode "The Bitter Suite"

Hedwig
Shock Treatment (Rocky Horror sequel that, given it's plot being ahead of its time in terms of telling the woes of reality television, is halfway decent)

Posted By: BillFiddler on the Roof
The Xena episode "The Bitter Suite""Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine and into your brain, and that's where you get shitty ideas from." - Unknown

Is that the one where the guy sings "AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME!!!!" *PUNCH IN THE FACE*

Hedgewig is great fun, so another vote for that.

The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T. An early 60s musical written & designed by Dr. Suess this movie is awesome alone for the 'dungeon for musicians that don't play the piano' scene alone.

Has anyone seen Reefer Madness: The Musical? Zombies, reefer, Kirstin Bell, singing clams, song & dance devil worship, night-club Jesus; this movie has something for everyone.

Well, personal favorite is Nightmare, but the fiance and I can both sing "The producers" by heart.


heil myself... heil to meeee....

Only a few on my list that haven't been mentioned yet:

Man of La Mancha (bonus points for the Quantum Leap episode)
RENT
Tommy (Rock opera, but it counts)

That is all.

Posted By: MrBlueSky
RENT

That is all.

I was wondering when Rent would get mentioned. The movie is ok, but if you know all the words to teh first act (like I do), watching the movie throws you off. I've also seen it on stage 4 or 5 times. I'll also second Les Mis and Spamalot.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a great musical that almost no one knows about... its musical about a company putting on a muscial about a murder mystery set in turn of the century London... confusing i know, but the best part is the audience gets to vote on the murderer. The end changes with every show. My college theater dept performed it my senior year, and i stage managed it.

Also, Tony and Tina's Wedding is fun, and dinner is included.

Hm.. no one has mentioned Team America: World Police and the South Park movie. I was singing those (when appropriate) for weeks.

Lease?

Posted By: ElectricMonkHas anyone seen Reefer Madness: The Musical? Zombies, reefer, Kirstin Bell, singing clams, song & dance devil worship, night-club Jesus; this movie has something for everyone.

Yes! Alan Cumming == love. A local theatre put that show on last summer, and that was awesome, too.

8 Crazy Nights wasn't bad. It was on Comedy Central today.

Shit, we've been trumped.

Posted By: Locke Cole117Shit, we've been trumped.

Game over man!

Watch me pull-out my "little brother of a total music nerd" card: Avenue Q pwns, saw Rent, Phantom Of The Opera and The Producers all on Broadway, have also been in a production of Bye Bye Birdie, Pirates Of Penzance, Les Miserables, and yeah. Definitely check those ones out, if you're really feeling pro-America, check out Oklahoma, or if you like yourself some Contemporary, check out Spring Awakening (made by the guy who's currently running the Green Day/American Idiot musical in Berkeley) And yeah, Into The Woods is a classic, if you're feeling Horror-ee and can put up with a reallllly badly mastered Original Cast Recording, definitely check out The Woman In White, it's a Horror musical based on a novel from the 1800's, very good vocal dynamics and generally pretty Andrew Lloyd Webber, with gun-shots and loud bangs galore. Oh, and We Will Rock You, and of course, The Sound Of Music, and The Lion King musicals were both incredible. *passes out*

Les Miserables is pretty good, I've seen it done in Baltimore before. I also like Sound of Music, but my guilty pleasure is Music Man. I was one of the quartet people in my schools version of this in High School.

Wow, I totally forgot about that musical, YES! My high school did a production of that when I was in grade 8, so I wasn't in it, but again, my sister was! :P

Don't know how I forgot about this, but Dr Horrible.