So I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I wanted to start a thread about stage musicals. 

Anyone seen or love any particular musicals? I thought this'd be a great place to discuss musicals and even introduce each other to new stage musicals and such! YAY!

I have always wanted to see Cats.


I saw Fiddler on the roof on Broadway 10 years ago and it was amazing.


I have seen movie musicals and I love them, but I want to see more musicals.

I really want to see Wicked and the Lion King on stage.

The Lion King is the show I want to see the most at the moment! I was supposed to go in March with my ex before we broke up, it was gonna be my Christmas present, but I never received the tickets. I'll get to see it some day I'm sure! 

Sadly, I'm a musical theatre student and I've never seen a Broadway show.

the only musical I've actually seen live was Oklahoma other than that most of the musicals I've watched are movies or anime based but I do have a love for the prince of tennis musicals and the Hakuouki musicals I've been able to find and watch for the time being.

I've seen Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Book of Mormon.

I liked Wicked the best but the opening scene for Phantom was my favorite - when the music swells and the chandelier goes up - swoon-

I've seen the rocketts christmas spectacular, lion king and mama mia on stage. I've seen the phantom of the opera, sweeny todd and into the woods both in adapted-to-film version and filmed from the set (think the sailor moon musicals.)

I saw a number of musicals when I was younger, but honestly I'm a big fan of The Phantom of the Opera. It makes me feel nostalgic. I've seen it on stage five times, and I'd see it again. I'm particularly fond of productions where the Phantom's actor has a lower vocal range. *_*

I tend to prefer opera now that I'm the one paying for tickets. XD

I have seen a couple musicals on stage, not on Broadway. I particularly love Into the Woods, Legally Blonde the Musical, The Last Five Years, Ordinary Days, and any of the Disney Broadway shows. I love how Disney adapted their music from the movies and added songs for all of the characters. The princes all get songs in the musicals and they're usually pretty amazing!!

I love musicals! I've been to a good number because both my mother and grandmother love them, too.
I've seen The Phantom of the Opera a few times, as it had such a long run in Toronto, Showboat, Les Mis, The Lion King, Into the Woods, Crazy for You, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, Guys & Dolls, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Anne of Green Gables, Man of La Mancha,  and Sweeney Todd. There was one I remember seeing as a kid because it was colourful, but I have no idea what it was, haha.

The Phantom of the Opera and Jersey Boys are probably my favourites.

I'm dying to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show on stage, because it's my favourite musical. I'm hoping to go this Halloween, and dress up!

I got a Jersey Boys signed poster a years or so ago at a theatre function and I love it! I love the music for Jersey Boys and they made a movie as well. It's pretty awesome!

Me too! But I've always had a soft spot for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, haha. Ooh, I totally forgot there was a movie! I remember seeing the trailers, but I never saw it. I'll have to check it out!

When I went to school in the UK I saw my very first stage musical in London/West End and it was Wicked. It was one of the highlights of my life; I was thoroughly amazed. Such a great experience.

After that I went back again to see Phantom of the Opera.

I'd seen The Lion King before too while it was playing in Singapore. Beauty and the Beast is coming as the first ever Broadway musical to my place but the price is kind of ridiculous. xD

Wow! I've heard West End musicals are pretty awesome! I'd love to see Phantom of the Opera on stage because of the chandelier. I saw Wicked in Philadelphia and it was amazing! 

Ticket prices can be ridiculous at times, although Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite musicals, I'd rather be in it, than see it. My dream is to play Belle someday.

I grew up with musicals! At my mum's workplace, a colleague of her had a group that made their own little stage productions of know Musicals and back when I was 3, they asked me to play Little Eponine in Les Misérables. I've since then seen Elisabeth, Miss Saigon, and some of their own productions with that group and I've played in their version of Mozart (child role) and had a minor role in Beauty and the Beast too (narration).
Later, I was part of our school choir's plays. I had a singing role in Tanz der Vampire and Les Misérables.
As for official productions, I've seen Starlight Express, The Lion King (2x) and Tarzan (2x). 

I'd love to see more musicals, especially professional adaptions, but it is so expensive that I can not afford to see that many. When I was 10 or 11, I even dreamed of becoming a musical actress myself ^^

I've seen Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Newsies, Les Miserables, and Cats. The first three were touring companies and the last two I saw twice, once on Broadway and once with a touring company. When I was in college, I got credits for going to see shows at Barter Theatre (Virginia's State Theatre) There I know for sure that I've seen Gigi, Phantom (not the same show as Phantom of the Opera, but from the same source material) and Man of La Mancha. I saw mostly straight plays, though. And then had to write papers critiquing them. I've seen a few community theatre productions- Annie, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Beauty and the Beast I know for sure.  I've been in Oklahoma!, Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, and Once Upon a Mattress.

I've seen Beauty and the Beast, Lion King (3 times!), and Wicked. I have seen musicals at high school plays, but I don't count those. =P

I really want to see Phantom of the Opera. I own the movie. It was in my city last year, but the tickets were too pricey.

I've seen Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, Stomp, Rent (twice), Les Miserables, West Side Story, Hairspray, and Avenue Q (twice) productions on Broadway or off Broadway touring productions. 

At summer camp (no, seriously, the productions were freakin' amazing) I've seen Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, the Lion King, and Once on This Island. 

My favorite, by far, is Les Miserables. The storyline is pretty boring, but the singing is absolutely amazing. I have a very soft spot for The Lion King production by the summer camp I attended. 

I would love to see the Broadway adaptation of Newsies, but I'm afraid the change in lyrics would throw me off. Newsies is my all-time favorite movie musical. I have the whole thing memorized.

^Oh my goodness, Newsies is my favorite movie, too! I tried to get everyone I knew to watch it when I was a young. God knows, they probably knew the opening monologue, just because I wouldn't shut up. I finally got to see the touring company this year and, yes, it's weird, but it was sooooo good and absolutely worth it.

Also, I kind of love that Alan Menken thanked all the fans who kept Newsies alive when the show won best score at the Tonys.

Yeah! Newsies is fantastic!! A couple of my friends went to go see it right before it closed on Broadway!

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I have always wanted to see Cats.

I used to watch Cats every single night in middle school before going to bed. 

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I've seen Phantom of the Opera twice in Broadway along with Beauty and the Beast. Both very magical.

Jealous! My dream role is Belle on Broadway and I wish I had been able to see Susan Egan as Belle because, let's face it, she's flawless!

Beauty and the Beast is amazing. The additional songs work so well with the ones from the movie. Whenever I watch my DVD of BTB, I let Human Again play again. It's such a wonderful and fun song!

Yeah! I love all of the Disney musicals! Each of them has amazing new songs added to them and I absolutely love that all the princes get their own songs! Also Aida, the only Disney musical that wasn't a movie first, is amazing! If you haven't listened to it I suggest doing so! The music and original cast are amazing!

I've listened to some of it and really liked the songs. I heard it was fairly popular, but I never got to listen to the whole thing so far.

My favorite Disney musical is Tarzan. I like the musical even better than the movie. The changes gave it so much more energy and I love the songs!

I agree! Tarzan was amazing, it wasn't very popular, but they pioneered areal stunts in musical theatre which lead the way for shows like Spiderman Turn Off the Dark.

I've seen it twice so far and it's still running here and fairly popular. I hope I can see it again sometime. It's still not as popular as The Lion King, but I think it will last for a while.

Ah musicals! Yes please! I've seen... a few...  um let's see if I can remember them all.. lol

101 Dalmations
Beauty and the Beast
Cats
Chorus Line
Grease
Hairspray
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
Phantom of the Opera
RENT
Shrek the Musical
Sound of Music
Sweeney Todd
Wicked
Wizard of Oz
Xanadu

....and if high school productions I assisted with counts, then also Annie Get Your Gun and Into the Woods.

My favorite BY FAR is The Phantom of the Opera. I lost count of how many times I've seen it after I got past 12...  Wicked and Shrek are also a few of my favorites, I highly recommend!

Other than a birthday treat last year, it's actually been a while since I've been able to enjoy the theatre.  I'm too poor these days. ;_;   I'd really love to go see Mamma Mia!, Les Miserables and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.  Oh and An American in Paris is a thing?? Gosh so many shows to see!

Here's something fun for us!!  "Which Musical should you star in?"
http://www.buzzfeed.com/justinabarca/which-musical-should-you-star-in?sub=2940669_2331868#.tmPa6NeRy

Oh gosh.  lol
"You got: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
You are a rule breaker and a heart breaker. You wear your heart on your sleeve and don’t care what people think of you. Also, you have an unhealthy predilection for gummi bears."

101 Dalmatians was also a stage musical? Whoa, I didn't know that!

As for the Quiz, I got Oklahoma. xD

You may be a bit ol’ fashioned but that’s OK! Classics are classics for a reason, amirite? Your favorite times are when you’re a-dancin’ and a-courtin’, usually while drunk and on a horse.

Huh. I've never been drunk and rarely been on a horse xDDD

OMG I got Hedwig too!!! SO great! My dad bought me the LP at record store day I love NPH and this show is pretty awesome.

That quiz was fun--although I was amused that I got:

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
You value justice and retribution at all costs, consequences be damned. You can sometimes be melancholy, even when thinking of nice things like a trip to the beach or eating pie. However, your hair is always on point and never not killin’ it, so there’s that, I guess.

My answers were not vengeance-y at all. XD