I love The Music Man, Cats, and Les Mis. I kind of like Sound of Music. West Side Storey is pretty good.
I adore The Sound of Music – people never think it’s cool to admit it but I think it’s one of the very best musicals of all time with some fantastic songs in it and a very lovely story, even if it’s entirely bonkers. I love its campness! Nuns! Nazis! Children wearing curtains! What’s not to love? *g*. I think musicals SHOULD be allowed to go to those kinds of bonkers places.
Take Phantom of the Opera – OMG! Baroque gothicness of the most insane kind! And yet utterly gorgeous – I love seeing something that melodramatic played out. Melodrama is generally frowned upon by the modern penchant for “cool” – and that’s such a damn shame because melodrama, done well, is fantastic. Done badly it’s laughable, but I’d rather people went for it and failed than be stuck in a cool world where nobody made the effort for fear of looking silly *g*.
I should love Cats (owing to my adoration for all things feline) but somehow the musical never engaged me. I know why – I really love strong narratives and of course Cats is based around poems. It’s a thing of great beauty but it never quite taps into my psyche. I do LOVE Memories though. Wicked is another one of those – I know people who adore it but I never felt it. Perhaps because I never really feel the Wizard of Oz, although I can certainly enjoy it well enough.
Chess has some good songs but a weak plot – I love the anthem from Chess.
Has anyone seen Ghost or Shrek? They’re playing at the West End at the moment and I keep meaning to go and see them but I’m not sure what the word is about them – they’re both still on so they can’t be too bad! LOL!
I completely agree with you on Cats. Im a feline friend but it just doesnt appeal to me. Although I cant agree on Wicked. Even if the story isnt for everyone, the music is stand-alone spectacular! songs such asdefying Gravity, For Good or funny ones like Popular` are, in my humble opinion, fantastic!
WOw, this question is harder then I thought! I cant pick one. classics:fiddler, sound of music, Phantom (first show I saw live, in toronto) les mis…….. and the list goes on
In the more recent category, there is one that holds my heart (cof cof……..chessy….cof cof) RENT. I cant really explain it, it was love at first sight, or at least first listen to la vie boheme
As for Shrek, Ive only seen the Tony Performance and Chris Seever can perform on his knees llike no other ( pause to allow people time to remove heads from gutter 
but I dont know if the shows worth it
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