SD on 13/12/2016 at 18:58
Quote Posted by demagogue
What is good I forgot to mention: Chicago.
I've only seen the movie version. Are the main characters all supposed to be so hateful? Is the audience really supposed to cheer for murderesses?
Thirith on 13/12/2016 at 19:13
Quote Posted by henke
Listened to this today. Pretty great! :D
... as a result of which I went to YouTube and listened to most of
Dr Horrible, followed by select hits from
Buffy's "Once More With Feeling" - which has left me with a major hankering for a
Buffy rewatch, bad episodes, sixth season and all.
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Also listened to the Booth song from Assassins(it's the only Assassins track on Spotify). That one's good too!
Glad you liked the song! The show is very much driven by its characters and ideas, and when I first saw it there was a scene that pretty much left me speechless - and that was in a good but by no means professional student performance. Well worth seeing, if you ever get the chance.
SubJeff on 13/12/2016 at 21:57
Jesus Christ Superstar is great. The music is great on it's own. Saw a live show in Regents Park this summer. Great stuff, but the film is tops too. I've also seen Phantom of the Opera and Les Mis, both good, and Mama Mia, less good. I dig Grease but I'm not sure I'd see a show - the characters in the film are too iconic.
demagogue on 14/12/2016 at 03:38
Quote Posted by SD
Is the audience really supposed to cheer for murderesses?
And all that jazz! *jazz hands*
Nah, I just really like the music.
Queue on 15/12/2016 at 07:30
The only two live-stage musicals I really like are The Phantom and Les Mis, and I've managed to go see both four times each, and I own the films of each. I guess I'm more of a film musical kinda guy; of which there are plenty that I love from the golden era of Hollywood musicals up to films like Moulin Rouge, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Phantom of the Paradise, Across the Universe, and Cannibal The Musical (bless you Matt and Trey).
And, of course, Tommy:
[video=youtube;wxfPIe2qqxw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfPIe2qqxw[/video]
Thirith on 15/12/2016 at 11:58
Quote Posted by demagogue
And all that jazz! *jazz hands*
Talking of which: Bob Fosse's
All that Jazz is a brilliant film. I avoided it for a long time because I associated Bob Fosse with embarrassing people prancing about in late '70s/early '80s leotards, but the film is funny, sardonic, poignant and just plain fantastic. ((
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3304-fosse-time) Matt Zoller Seitz did a fantastic video essay about
All that Jazz which is well worth watching. Spoilers, obviously, but I saw the video essay first and it didn't ruin my enjoyment of the film at all. It motivated me to finally go and see the movie.)
Sulphur on 18/12/2016 at 21:17
And here I thought this thread was inspired by henke having seen La La Land. You haven't seen it, henke? Well, go see it! It's lovely, bursting with joy and superb performances, with a whole bunch of nods to the classics from Astaire to Kelly; lots of love to jazz in there as well. It's all just wonderfully heartfelt and vividly produced, and the story is as much in the body language of the leads as it is in the moments they break into song or echo a refrain on a piano. I'm happy to have seen it on a lark: my time was most definitely not wasted. I'd easily recommend it to folks who're hankering for something along the lines of the old greats.
froghawk on 19/12/2016 at 00:24
Anyone know if avant-garde musicals are a thing? I mean in terms of the music, not the presentation.
demagogue on 19/12/2016 at 00:31
If it's really out music, they'll probably call it avant garde or experimental opera.
N'Al on 19/12/2016 at 06:52
The Threepenny Opera?