No one sang at all and it was a young highly female audience. Was dead silent except for a few laughs and gasps. They did clap at the end though.
I liked them both. I wasnt really Barbie’s target audience but I thought is was clever juxtaposition of gender roles. Opp to me was good if you realized it wasn’t about the bomb but about Oppie.
I find this fascinating. There has to be something to the difference in our personality. I actually like musicals. But I hated wicked and abhorred Hamilton. And clearly you and I have so much in common otherwise…lol.
Prior to watching Hamilton, I listened to the music and read the lyrics several times so I would understand what was going on since I find it hard to understand rap music.
Phantom, Annie, Little Shop of Horrors, Grease, Star is Born, west side story, greatest showman, and it’s hard not to enjoy Beauty and the Beast.
“Phantom” on Broadway totally changed my tune. Went begrudgingly, LOVED it. Saw Lion King, Les Mis, others, uniformly loved them. On one trip, I saw the “Jenna Jamison Theater” while walking the town. I said “Oh, Jenna Jamison has her own spot?” and the GF said “Who is Jenna Jamison?” Uh-oh….
Phantom of the Opera, my wife and I saw it in Toronto and Gene Simmons was singing the Phantom. Hamilton is probably my favorite Jersey Boys was so so I loved Book of Mormon, saw it twice, never laughed so hard in a musical.
Wicked was good. Well cast, and nobody sung in the theater. Saw Wicked live a few years ago, and play is better. But for a movie adaption, they did a great job. Lion King is a fun live show to see. But Aladdin, in my opinion, was even better.
Dated a good who adored the classic musicals. I saw them all’s The only ones I’ve seen since ( 49 years later) I took my wife to see Phantom of the Opera in New York, We saw wicked in Tampa, and watched Hamilton and Greatest Showman on TV I don’t like musicals in general but those four were ok. When we built the house I had a wall planned for a large tv and built in surround. It’s not a movie theatre… it’s my living room. Greatly prefer to see movies at home. As for gladiator… I’m sad. The first was and an epic movie and cinema masterpiece. I feel the second will look like Michael Bay directed it
The first Gladiator was epic and just very quotable. The score alone was like a character. This one is getting good reviews. I agree though, it’s going to be a tough compare.
Cool. I’ll have to check out B and B. Little shop is a classic. I actually had my sci fi biology film course watch it last semester. I was surprised to find that they loved it. Have you tried Come From Away? It’s a film of a live stage play, so it superficially resembles Hamilton, but it’s a very different and sweet story. My wife and I really liked it.
Beauty and Beast is one of the best Disney musical movies. Songs are catchy, but warning…I watch these films with my family. It’s just a great movie to watch with the fam.
I feel like the story was done some favors by the movie vs the play which improved it. Mostly because they added some context and development to the most important parts. Here’s why the ‘Wicked’ movie is better than the stage musical I can admit that I was wrong. I didn’t think the “Wicked” movie could yank my heart into my throat with the force of the stage musical. And I thought the two-part split betrayed a lack of faith in moviegoers’ imaginations. Theater audiences have been sitting through both acts with a mere concessions break where Hollywood is serving up a whole year. But the most intoxicating element of “Wicked” — the affection between the good and green witches of Oz — has already been magnified tenfold by the first installment, which is essentially “Mean Girls” meets “Harry Potter” with an abrupt swerve into political espionage that will be better served by the sequel (more on that later). Glinda and Elphaba’s bond, and its lessons in kindness, understanding and forgiveness, is the glittering heart of “Wicked: Part I,” which also deepens engagement with other themes the show only has time to gesture toward: overcoming prejudice, decrying injustice and developing a moral compass over the objections of the adults in the room. Though it has taken over 20 years for the movie(s) to get made, the morals of the story feel even more resonant.
