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ODonna · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 52 Location: USA

So yesterday I had a bad day and was really crabby Mad

So I was in my car and put in my "Hello Dolly" movie soundtrack and it really cheered me up. Even got me singing along! I got to thinking sometimes there's just nothing like a good musical to make you feel more cheery. What musicals cheer you up?

Here's a list of a few of mine--
Hello Dolly
Mame
Anything Goes
Mary Poppins--this one always helps!!

OD Very Happy

Natasha · Little Miss Lovely Smile Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 790

I quite like these:

Meet Me In St Louis
American In Paris
Rocky Horror
Sweet Charity
Bugsy Malone
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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 2071 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Anything with Ginger Rogers!

Mindda · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 37

Did anyone here see The Hunting of the Snark? I loved it and still have / play my tape, but it was panned by the critics and was an enormous flop, closing very quickly Crying or Very sad

- which shows how much I know! Embarassed

idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

Actually, the mauling that the Snark received is widely viewed now as having been unfair. So in this case the audience may have been more right than the critics.

Remember that many good shows get panned initially. Les Miserables was given terrible reviews for example.

Iain

scorpio · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 148

I love GREASE Cool

I also have a soft spot for Sound of Music...saw it when I was a kid...ahhhh! Very Happy

I also love Phantom.. I saw it M Crawford and S Brightman when in London I couldn't get it out of my head for months....! Very Happy

Mindda · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 37

So - bring the Snark on again! (although we would have to do without Kenny Everett, unfortunately!) It had some great, catchy tunes, some of which still have me dancing around the house.... Very Happy

Heloise · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 191

I saw the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 10 times during it's first 16 months of it's run at the Palladium - nothing to do with the leading man, it was pure coincidence honestly it was - Wink

It's a fantastic feelgood show (i'm sure it still is although I haven't caught up with the tour) which never failed to cheer me up. Yes a bit sweet but great fun.Richard O'Brien was a fantastic Childcatcher. One little girl sitting in my row hid behind her coat everytime he appeared but by the end she was on her feet. Cheering at the top of her voice as he was hauled off, up through the Palladium roof. Laughing

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Chatelaine · Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Staffordshire

When I'm down and troubled the musical that never fails to cheer me up is 'Grease'. I remember going to see it at the flicks when I was a teenager and enjoyed it so much, I went at least another 10 times.

idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

Heloise · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 191

Ok it might have had something to do with the leading man at the time Smile

Chitty was not vocally difficult role for him but the dancing was a real challenge as he'd never done that before. The whole cast seemed to have a great chemistry between them. I used to just come out of the theatre happy, which can't be bad. And it had a flying car what more do you need LOL!! Smile

Fosco in Women in White was also a great role for Michael because it was playing completely against type.The only drawback was that god awful fatsuit which basically cooked those who wore it from the inside out.
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idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

Chitty was perfect as the character is genial, happy, eccentric and requires little emotional stretch. Fosco would also have been good for the same reasons (except perhaps that Fosco isn't SUPPOSED to be nice). The fat suit was totally unneccessary - Simon Callow I believe refused to wear it on the basis of being able to act the part.

I saw MB in Passion however and that was an excruciatingly dull performance. I imagine his Raoul to have been fantastic however!

Heloise · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 191

idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

Admit it Heloise - you were just there to see him with his kit off! (I was not however).

Heloise · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 191

I assume you mean in "Passion"

Why because I said I liked the show better than Phantom. It is 100 times better imo and as I recall the kit stayed on it the uk version anyway Exclamation

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idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

Yep - I did mean Passion. When I saw it, the kit came off with the exception of a flesh coloured thong. Most of the ladies in the audience were very appreciative (and probably some of the men too).

I also realise that I wrote Raoul when of course I meant Marius. ALthough his Raoul was probably quite good too. Maybe I saw Passion on an off night...

Heloise · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 191

I just really loved 'Passion', so I could be ever so slightly biased. When I saw the show (approx five months in) the nightshirt stayed on. I think I may have remembered if it hadn't Smile

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idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

I think I saw it whilst it was previewing, so that may also be a crucial difference. At 5 months in, it would have been far more settled.

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iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1707 Location: Northumberland

Was well cheered up yesterday on a dreary, misty, cold evening by going to see Tynemouth Gilbert and Sullivan Society's production of the Mikado at Whitley Bay Playhouse. Excellent singing and acting, choreography to die for and a spectacle of colour in the costume, stage and lighting departments. It's on till the end of the week so, if you're in the locality and fancy a dash of G and S, don't miss.

Ian.

idcowden · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 66

I just went to see Spamalot for my birthday - definitely a show to cheer up anyone! Hannah Waddingham is fantastic as the lady of the Lake. Was meant to be seeing Lord of the Rings but they cancelled the show (and didn't bother telling us - I read it in the Metro on the morning of the day we were seeing the show!) due to an injured Ranger.