Broadway Shows (or Reasonable Facsimiles)
<div class="IPBDescription">Tell us the best 1 you've seen and where</div> <i>Phantom of the Opera</i> by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Times Union Center for the Performing Arts in Jacksonville, Fl.
The chandolier itself was reason enough to see this classic. My wife at the time coerced me into reading the book, so the play slightly disappointed me in that respect, but it and the music were spectatular.
<b>Runner Up:</b> Fiddler on the Roof at the Alhambra Dinner Theater, a long long time ago.
The chandolier itself was reason enough to see this classic. My wife at the time coerced me into reading the book, so the play slightly disappointed me in that respect, but it and the music were spectatular.
<b>Runner Up:</b> Fiddler on the Roof at the Alhambra Dinner Theater, a long long time ago.
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But I haven't seen too many broadway shows. Musicals, I've seen a few, shows that were on broadway, not so much.
Was going to try and work out Spamalot tickets when it opened in Chicago, but it fell through <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
"Get the chalk, get the chalk!"
Musicals are like operas ... sometimes it just takes a while to cultivate a taste for them (I have yet to for opera, although I enjoy the likes of Sara Brightman and Andre Bocelli immensely).
Certainly we have more culturally enriched in the NS community?!?!? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
He's Sweeny Todd!
The demon barber of Fleet Street!
best one?
that is hard.
As KFS Said, Les Miss is great (and probably my favorite)
Other things that I loved:
Cats (the show ran so long for a friken reason, it ricks!)
Chicago
Stomp (off BWay, but what ever)
Thwack (again, off BWay) Mime... with sound.
The Compleate Works of Shakespeare Abridged (off Bway, great for shakesperians and nonshakesperians alike) (angain off BWay)
And lot of great productions of Shakespeare (off Bway, duh <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
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heavily discounted tickets for showes that day, just go down to time sq in the after noon, wait online, get the tickets, Go eat dinner, and go to your show.
West Side Story came a close second.
Both were running for quite a while at the Norwich Theatre.
Mum reckons that Starlight Express was good.
*Bows*
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Woah no way. You <i>liked</i> those?
Cats has no plot or point. My theatre professor rants all day about how it was invented to lure in tourists and foreigners looking for the "New York Experience" rather than a good musical.
And Starlight Express was just... Lord I don't <i>even</i> know what Andrew Lloyd Weber was thinking. Take your train people on rollerskates elsewhere.
His good musicals ended with Evita I think.
<i>Philadelphia's Academy of Music is both a celebrated historical landmark and a current focus of cultural life in the city. Opened in 1857, the Academy is the oldest grand opera house in the United States still used for its original purpose. </i>
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Absolutely stunning.
Now, many performances are being shown in the new Kimmel Center. The Kimmel Center is just a minutes walk from the Academy. This new venue takes everything we know about Acoustics and combines it with today's technology. The result is you can experience the 'perfect' environment for every piece of music.
How do they achieve it? The Kimmel's walls and ceiling are all electronically controlled. For every piece the entire building can be automatically changed to represent the ideal acoustical arrangement. I have even seen them readjust the walls during a live performance between pieces. An audiophiles dream.
I'd really like to see Hitler On Ice though. Its a broadway musical/ice thingy put on by Mel Brooks. Though I dunno if he's doing it anymore, that was a few years back...
Hah me and some mates have had many a good time with a marker pen and some Fiddler on the Roof posters.
Um, I guess the next facsimile I will see is Sondheim's <i>A Little Night Music</i>. At my high school. Because I'm in it.
God, you luck bastage.
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Man, I forgot you are a Drama Kid. That explains your other... habits. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->