Do you enjoy seeing plays and/or musicals?

[Giggly]

Yes, but only musicals or comedies.

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

I'm not a huge fan. It's very expensive and it would never be my preferred way to spend an evening. For the same money, if I want to go see a live performance, I'd much rather go see a rock show. That said, I've seen Les Miserables and Wicked and enjoyed them both very much.

 

[dani_elle]

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.

 

[BlackCat]

No.

 

[OrangeAppled]

I like the old musicals, but the new ones seem to be overly chaotic and campy. I almost liked it better when they took themselves a bit seriously....

Plays are a little more dull for me. I don't think I've ever seen any truly good live-acting. You're too far away to see actors' faces half the time, and the stage and everything around you adds to the constant feeling that it isn't real.

 

[Morpeko]

I enjoy musicals and wish I've seen more in my life. I don't enjoy plays that much. Telling the story through emotive song and sometimes dance is the main reason I seek out musicals, so watching non-musical plays takes out a lot of the enjoyment for me.

The only "official" production I've seen was Miss Saigon. Claude-Michel Schönberg is one of my favorite composers, and I need to see Les Misérables before I die. I've seen local productions of Newsies, Singin' in the Rain, and White Christmas.

 

[Saturnal Snowqueen]

I've never seen a musical in person, but I do love the Heathers musical and movie as well as Hamilton, 21 Chump Street, the Mean Girls musical, Shrek and Newsies. I would be very happy if I saw one of these in person-fangirling, the vocals, the raw emotions. Outside of school I haven't been familiarized with plays, though one time I did see the Nutcracker ballet which was really charming and I loved sitting in the giant theater, got nearly front row seats even. I was in drama club back in my school days, and I actually loved acting, trying to pull out the right amount of emotion/flair and just nail the character.

 

[Madboot]

Tis not my cup of tea.

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

Yes

 

[GoggleGirl17]

I would see one every month if I could. It's actually on my list of things I would do if I were rich.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Yes, although musicals where the music isn't good are tedious. Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera rock, though.

I saw a really good play a few years ago (called Photograph 51) about Rosalind Franklin (didn't paint a very flattering portrait of Watson,but then he didn't paint a very flattering portrait of her). I can't remember it was called, but one thing that I remember was the use of the spiral staircases in the background of the set.