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Gene dances to 'You, Wonderful You' by Harry Warren, Saul Chaplin and Jack Brooks in the above video.
 
I didn't catch on to Broadway Musicals until I was around 30. It wasn't a popular form of entertainment where I grew up and I always associated it with my Parents' generation. I didn't get it
much. I was one of the only people I knew who thought Jesus Christ Superstar was awful and that was about the only Musical people my age were familiar with.

It wasn't until I saw Les Miserables in Boston that I started to get it. I felt the pure emotion coming out of the cast in a way you don't really get from other forms of entertainment. I
wept at some of the big numbers, but couldn't help it. Everybody was crying. It shocked me what a heart punch the whole thing was. I wanted to see more.

I'm not a purist or real knowledgeable about the history of the genre, as Beagle clearly is, but I've now seen more than a few of the more popular ones out there. Going to see a really
good Broadway show live is one of the finest/classiest nights out you can have and I look forward to the day when we can do that again without all the fears and worries of the last year or so. We have a friend who works on Broadway and she needs to go back to work as do all off them.

My top five so far would be:

1. Les Miserables
2. West Side Story
3. The Music Man
4. Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
5. Chicago

I really want to see The Book of Mormon someday and the sooner the better. Good thread!
 
Hawg73 said:
I didn't catch on to Broadway Musicals until I was around 30. It wasn't a popular form of entertainment where I grew up and I always associated it with my Parents' generation. I didn't get it
much. I was one of the only people I knew who thought Jesus Christ Superstar was awful and that was about the only Musical people my age were familiar with.

It wasn't until I saw Les Miserables in Boston that I started to get it. I felt the pure emotion coming out of the cast in a way you don't really get from other forms of entertainment. I
wept at some of the big numbers, but couldn't help it. Everybody was crying. It shocked me what a heart punch the whole thing was. I wanted to see more.

I'm not a purist or real knowledgeable about the history of the genre, as Beagle clearly is, but I've now seen more than a few of the more popular ones out there. Going to see a really
good Broadway show live is one of the finest/classiest nights out you can have and I look forward to the day when we can do that again without all the fears and worries of the last year or so. We have a friend who works on Broadway and she needs to go back to work as do all off them.

My top five so far would be:

1. Les Miserables
2. West Side Story
3. The Music Man
4. Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
5. Chicago

I really want to see The Book of Mormon someday and the sooner the better. Good thread!
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Nothing like live performances, no matter how small the venue. There is real power blasting at the audience from the stage. Some people can't suspend belief in a theater, and the magic therein eludes them, sadly.

Whenever I visit NYC, I can feel the electricity rising from the sidewalks, knowing all the greats have been there at one time or another. Just sitting in a balcony seat in Carnegie Hall when empty is thrilling beyond words.

Thanks, Hawgie, and thanks to all of you who are clearly enjoying this thread as much as I am.
 
Being Alive...is not being alone. NPH's epiphany in Company.
 
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