I love musicals!
My favourites out of both the movies and theatre performances I've watched are Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, Phantom of the Opera, Evita and Moulin Rouge.
The ones I've seen live are Les Miserables, the Phantom of the Opera and CATS. Would love to catch more in the future if they come over.
I just wish that there was more variety in where I come from. Would really enjoy living in some place with an active theatre scene to be honest. Went to London last year and was really, really, spoilt for choice.
Honestly, I think it takes a tremendous amount of skill, talent and coordination to pull off the singing, acting, dancing and synchronization of the whole thing. Seeing it live really is an experience, its not like in the movies where usually most of the actors get several takes to perfect the entire thing. Plus, its really difficult to sing most of the musival versions of the songs as usually the composer will lower the key in order to suit untrained singers. (that being said, I still love me some musical movies.)
Sigh. Reading all that made me realize what a musical geek I am.