Modern Musicals.

Another big Puccini fan here.

I haven't been to a musical for a while, but have enjoyed, everything from the Rocky Horror Show to West Side Story and Shakin' Stevens as Elvis. Oliver where Fagin played by Omid Djalil. All a while ago now. We also took the children up to London to see Saturday Night Fever one year instead of a pantomime around Christmas time. Also a stage version of The Commitments we loved the film so much. I remember seeing The Sound of Music on stage, but I think I was about 11 at the time, so that's going back a good few years. I can't remember the last time I saw a musical.

Starlight Express is wonderful.

Whereas I adore Puccini and am not a fan of musicals!

I like both, but agree those older ones were fabulous.
I'm lucky we don't live far from Chichester Festival Theatre, and we frequently go. The Big Summer productions in the last few years have been Oklahoma - Sound of Music - Oliver - Fiddler on the Roof to name a few - last year Top Hat this year My Fair Lady. We take our DD she loves them, they all end up going up to the West End.
Occasionally we head up to London but I have been disappointed with some of those. I never rated Wicked or Hamilton the last one I saw in London was Legally Blonde, that was okay but nothing memorable. But you do get some fabulous ones, "Hello Dolly" recently was breathtaking.
Seeing a new one next week with my young GD, "The BFG" looking forward to that.

I actually prefer opera. Mozart's Don Giovanni is my all time favourite but I can't stand anything by Puccini.

Forgotten Grease - loved it.

Allira

The last one I went to see, I think, was Miss Saigon.
I used to love going to see a musical and the films too; as teenagers my friends and I just lived (not a typo!) South Pacific.

When my DD and her friends loved Grease I realised things were changing 😁
But since then we've enjoyed other musicals such as Les Miserables, Chess, etc.

Hamilton, Wicked etc? They just don't appeal to me at all.

Nothing lives up to South Pacific!

I was taken to see Wicked last year as a birthday treat!!

It was torture! 😩😩

We saw Seven Drunken Nights, the songs of The Dubliners recently. We love Irish music. I'm from an Irish family. What a show that was. 🎻 🎵

The whole family went together to see the Lion King a couple of years ago. It was so weak and the songs unmemorable. We were all agreed.

I took my children to all the greats when they were young and they loved them.

I love musicals too, unfortunately don't get to see any here in France. My absolute favourite is Les Miserables.

Can’t stand most modern musicals or the whiny singing that goes on nowadays, it’s horrible.
Yes to Rogers & Hammerstein, Bernstein and similar, but if I want something that’s not going to make my ears bleed, my preference is Puccini.

It’s a pity Noel Coward and Ivor Novello are out of fashion and that’s how old fashioned I am, even though I like pop music!

I have enjoyed seeing some of the West End stage musicals on organised coach trips to them .
I did see "Motown the Musical" about autobiography of the founder Berry Gordy , 5 at the Shaftesbury and 1 on tour at Oxford .
My first ever musical was back in 68 I went to London when in the RAF and payed 10/- in the gods at the Shaftesbury for "Hair" with some of the cast going onto other things after .
Film wise West Side story I have both versions ,and whether you would class ABBA Voyager as a musical is ?

There’s to be a Trainspotting musical, apparently……

Nothing will ever be as good as West Side Story but I recently saw Six and thoroughly enjoyed it. And songs from the Greatest Show are quite 'singable'.

I do get where you are coming from though.

South Pacific, Oklahoma, The King and I, even Salad Days, they all bring back such memories of the Theatre Royal in Nottingham.
Such happy far off days😢

We went to see Buddy again a couple of weeks ago and everyone was singing and dancing in the aisles.

The last one I went to see, I think, was Miss Saigon.
I used to love going to see a musical and the films too; as teenagers my friends and I just lived (not a typo!) South Pacific.

When my DD and her friends loved Grease I realised things were changing 😁
But since then we've enjoyed other musicals such as Les Miserables, Chess, etc.

Hamilton, Wicked etc? They just don't appeal to me at all.

Nothing lives up to South Pacific!

I also loved musicals and like you merlotgran still have the LP’s of many of them, however the last musical I saw live was Blood Brothers in Manchester and although I enjoyed the evening I wasn’t tempted to buy the LP if indeed there was one.
My D who is 60 and my AGD just love any and every one they can get to see live.
They have 2/3 booked for later this year and will be checking for any new ones coming up.

The idea of a good musical is to go away feeling happy and singing the songs on the way home. Sorry you didn't enjoy it merlotgran.