Inspiring Musicals
Inspiring Musicals
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#0Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:46am
Let's try musicals...
I'd say Les Miserables.
What the puck?!
#1re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:51am
Rent
Nine
Sunday in the Park with George
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#4re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:36am
wicked
rent
tommy
children of eden
les mis
miss saigon
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
#5re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:49am
I don't know if I could totally say inspiring but definitely touching and a little inspiring = Floyd Collins.
Also Once On This Island's message is inspiring.
Be the change you want in the world....
elphieisperky
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/05
#6re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 10:37am
Oh, Rent, by far. Wicked has a great message, as does Les Miz.
Edit: I'm not saying this to annoy people, but I think Seussical does too. The whole "a person's a person no matter how small" can get annoying, but it means so much in real life.
Updated On: 7/10/05 at 10:37 AM
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#7re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 10:46am
A Chorus Line
Ragtime
Sunday in the Park With George
Man of La Mancha
Peter Pan
Snoopy
Snaps
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/17/05
#8re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 10:52amI'll agree with Seussical, and RENT and Les Miserables without a doubt.
"Bangarang, Rufio!"
--Hook
#9re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 11:36am
Sunday in the Park with George
BARE
A New Brain
Falsettos
Wicked? Inspiring? *scratches head*
You're always sorry,
You're always grateful,
You hold her, thinking:
"I'm not alone."
You're still alone.
-"Sorry-Grateful" Company
-"Sorry-Grateful" Company
#10re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:21pm
Rent
Les Miserables
Man of La Mancha definitely
Pippin
"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living
piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character
and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and
incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness.
Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish
it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a
rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the
real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get
along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small
unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings.
Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end.
But end it does. Another part of you vanishes.
That's show business."-Anonymous
#11re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:28pm
Well, I agree Once on this Island DOES have a good message that it delivers.
I think Cinderella does too
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#12re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:30pm
Jesus Christ Superstar
Pippin
Man of La Mancha
La Cage Aux Folles
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
#13re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:33pm
Rent
Into the Woods
Miss Saigon
Seussical the Musical
The Who's Tommy
"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."
#14re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:39pm
I'm not saying this to annoy people, but I think Seussical does too. The whole "a person's a person no matter how small" can get annoying, but it means so much in real life.
Agreed.
Carrie - don't cross the telekenetic girl
ilovespamalot
Chorus Member Joined: 12/22/04
#15re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 2:54pm
Wicked and the Lion King inspired me. But, Spamalot and The Producers just made me feel good at the end.
#16re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 2:58pm
Number one is RENT above all.
Others:
Into The Woods
Les Mis
and
Seussical
#17re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:11pmI find LES MIZ and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE very inspiring.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
#18re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:15pm
Definately Sunday in the Park...
Ragtime is pretty inspiring too.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#19re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:26pm
In order:
GYPSY
RAGTIME
1776
42nd Street
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#20re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 4:56pmRENT hands down
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#21re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 4:59pmA Chorus Line and Hedwig, definetly. I'd put ttB in that category too.
#22re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 5:16pm
Hairspray, Wicked, Les Miz. Although I personally think Les Miz could make people depressed/suicidal more easily considering more than half the whole audience leaves sobbing at the end of it
"It breaks my heart to see a grown man dressed as a Taco." -David Sedaris
I love Les Miserables.
My new pic is me(on the left)at my last dance recital:(
I love Les Miserables.
My new pic is me(on the left)at my last dance recital:(
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 5:19pm
I feel inspired by the music in Aida.
And Children of Eden.
Boy, I love Children of Eden.
joeybiltmore1
Leading Actor Joined: 2/22/05
#24re: Inspiring Musicals
Posted: 7/10/05 at 5:55pm
Fiddler on the Roof
1776
Rent
and one I'm sure will gat me hate mail: Annie. It's just so darn happy and optimistic. (But only if it's done well, which is rarely unfortunately!)
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