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Shows you would recommend

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kittylester Wed 25-Oct-17 07:52:21

On the 'Good Morning' thread Mick often gives us reviews of shows he has seen - especially musicals.

I thought it might be good to have a thread for recommendations.

So, what have you seen that was good....or bad?

suzied Fri 27-Oct-17 08:10:17

Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein is hilarious. Not for the easily offended.

123kitty Fri 27-Oct-17 21:19:31

Not sure if this helps- live theatre shown at the local cinema is amazing. NT shows Shakespeare, ROH has ballets & operas.

Mania Wed 01-Nov-17 14:18:16

Another musicals' fan here smile I watched many of them and it's the same in case of my favourites but the first one which came into my mind for recommendations is "Les Miserables". It's a very good Broadway show, its plot is based on the famous Victor Hugo's novel and in my opinion it's one of the best in case of literature too. I watched it live and it gave me such strong emotions, I cried during some episodes...
Also I can recommend you "Rent", "The Phantom of The Opera" (there's a very beautiful romantic story), "Hairspray" and "8 Women". If you like historic genre, I can add "Hamilton" here too, an interesting and original show, even I in my age liked it smile It's on stage by the way till the end of this year and the next one link and I can say that in this case no recordings can be compared with the live show smile

Riverwalk Fri 03-Nov-17 07:22:09

I saw Young Frankenstein last night - highly recommend it if you're in need of a good laugh.

Great production, singing & dancing but be warned it's shamelessly silly and bawdy! grin

Newquay Fri 03-Nov-17 08:47:45

Took my dear sister to see Sunny Afternoon for her birthday last year in our local theatre. They did afternoon tea beforehand too (matinee). We both thoroughly enjoyed it. That'll Be The Day is a fantastic show too. Songs through the decades. All very talented singers and musicians.

Maggiemaybe Fri 03-Nov-17 09:31:33

So many recommendations, and we've seen and enjoyed many of them. One woman's meat at is another woman's poison though, so recommendations aren't a lot of use. We went to see Wicked, Warhorse and One Man Two Guvnors after rave reviews and "you must see"s from friends and hated them all. My favourites have been Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Les Mis, Sweeney Todd and Sunny Afternoon, for what it's worth (not a lot!). I'll definitely be looking out for the Bob Dylan one now though - we're big fans and hadn't heard of it.

Charleygirl Fri 03-Nov-17 12:42:47

I have seen Chicago twice and would go many more times I loved it so much.

Maggiemaybe Fri 03-Nov-17 23:16:11

Girl from the North Country sounds just up my street. I feel a little trip down to that there London might be in order. smile