Musical Theater Fans?

[DisneyManOne]

Well, ever since @JokersWild and @MANEATINGWREATH did some digging and found Visions Fantastic once again, I've been looking through some memories of days gone by. And despite the fact that it's an Imagineering forum, MEW posted a thread for all of us musical theater geeks.

So, I decided that it would be fun to bring this thread back. As @MANEATINGWREATH put it, this is "a thread dedicated to all you musical theater fans out there where we can openly discuss theater in general, roles and show we've been in and or participating in, and all other manner of theatrical information."

~EDIT (as of October 9th, 2015)~

I'll start off by listing all of the shows I've performed in...

Annie (Ensemble)
Peter Pan (Mr. Smee)
Seussical (Jojo)
Godspell (Ensemble)
The Little Mermaid (Flounder)
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (Candy Man)
Hello, Dolly! (Rudolph)
Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere)
Once Upon a Mattress (Minstrel)
The Addams Family (Lurch)
White Christmas (Ralph Sheldrake)
Carousel (David Bascombe)

And as for shows I've seen (either local or professional)...

Annie (National Tour)
Godspell (National Tour)
The Addams Family (Regional Production)
The Producers (National Tour) (in November)

 

[Zweiland]

This isn't really relevant to Imagineering. Maybe you should post it in the Chit Chat section of the forum?

 

[RMichael21]

This isn't really relevant to Imagineering. Maybe you should post it in the Chit Chat section of the forum?

Completely agree. @The Mom, could you maybe move this to Chit Chat? Sorry for the bother.

But, as a fellow musical theater actor, this sounds like a fun thread.

Shows I've Seen (Broadway, Tour, Local)

The Little Mermaid (Broadway)
Mary Poppins (Broadway)
The Lion King (Tour)
Wicked (Broadway)
Matilda (Broadway)
Aladdin (Broadway)
Aladdin (Local)
Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Broadway)
Legally Blonde (Local)
Godspell (Local)
White Christmas (Tour)
Mamma Mia! (Broadway)
Annie (Tour)
The Book of Mormon (Broadway)
Something Rotten! (Broadway)

 

[MANEATINGWREATH]

Oh jeez, a bunch.

The Laramie Project
Oklahoma!
Shakespeare in Hollywood
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Miser
Anything Goes
Les Miserables
The Sound of Music
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Wiz
Legally Blonde - The Musical
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Fiddler on the Roof
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Shrek the Musical (x 2)
Little Shop of Horrors

I've seen...

Peter Pan
The Lion King
Wicked (x 2)
Avenue Q
Young Frankenstein
Les Miserables
Shrek the Musical
The Producers
The Book of Mormon (x 3)
Matilda
Once
Kinky Boots
We Will Rock You

 

[The Mom]

I've seen a few musicals over the years. A couple of my favorites were Promises, Promises with the late Jerry Orbach (in 1969) and both Phantom and Les Miserables with Colm Wilkinson. (In Toronto - we lived there for a year, and go back every few years)

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I've never actually been in a musical. My middle school did Mulan, but I was in WDW when the shows were during that time. And then in high school, they did two shows when I was there, but quite honestly, I had no time to do them. And my college is too small to do many musicals. When I was in chorus, we did a Les Mis medley, which was fun.

I've seen:
Beauty and the Beast (x2)
Lion King (x2)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mary Poppins

Would love to see more. I'm young, so I've got some time yet.

 

[OSUgirl77]

Fun thread!

I've only been in a few:
Annie
Bye Bye Birdie
Wizard of Oz
Music Man

I've seen several. I'm sure I'll forget some of them:
Les Miserables
Phantom
Miss Saigon
Wicked
Cats
The Wiz
Book of Mormon
Peter Pan
South Pacific
Beauty and the Beast
Lion King
Aida
Grease
The Sound of Music
Tommy
The King and I
Little Shop of Horrors

 

[OSUgirl77]

I've seen a few musicals over the years. A couple of my favorites were Promises, Promises with the late Jerry Orbach (in 1969) and both Phantom and Les Miserables with Colm Wilkinson. (In Toronto - we lived there for a year, and go back every few years)

I was able to see Colm play Phantom is Toronto as well. He was fantastic, I wish I had been able to see him play Jean Valjean, too.

 

[tcool]

I haven't been in a musical at all, but I have seen Into the Woods which I loved, and I recently bought tickets to see Wicked.

 

[englanddg]

Cast

Man of La Mancha (the Governor, twice)
Fiddler on the Roof (once as ensemble / Bottle Dancer, once as Motel)
Kismet (Pearl Merchant)
Music Man (Oliver Hix)

I've been in more plays...but those are the only musicals.

Crew
Man of La Mancha (stage manager, script editor, scene designers assistant)
Fiddler on the Roof (stage manager)
Kismet (makeup artist)
Music Man (makeup artist)
1940s Radio Music Hour (sound and lighting, gaffer)
Charlottes Web (assistant director)
Into the Woods (Lighting designer, gaffer)
Cats (gaffer)
Phantom of the Opera (gaffer)
How to Succeed in Business Without really Trying (stage manager)

Seen
Man of La Mancha (high school and local production)
Into the Woods (local production and touring)
Wicked (touring)
Phantom of the Opera (NYC and touring)
Cats (London, NYC and touring)
Pippin (touring)
Oliver (regional tour)
Annie (local production)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (NYC, but I don't remember much about it...I was young and my cousin was in it)
Starlight Express (touring)
Charlottes Web (regional production)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (NYC and touring)
Beauty and the Beast (NYC)
Lion King (NYC)
Les Miserables (NYC and touring)
Music Man (Regional Production and Touring)
Fiddler on the Roof (high school, local production, regional production)
1940s Radio Music Hour (Regional production)
Kismet (Regional Production)
Rent (NYC)
Little Shop of Horrors (touring dinner theater)
West Side Story (touring dinner theater)


I'm sure I've forgotten a few...

 

[MinnieM123]

I saw the N.Y. City production of Cats (years ago--fantastic costumes, makeup, actors, voices, and great sets)

Also, I've seen Fosse (N.Y City again)

Lastly, I've seen Spamalot (yup, N.Y. City yet again)!! I think that qualifies as a musical; it was a comedy, but they had some musical numbers in it.

 

[Lee]

Interesting thread.

Some of my favorites I've seen (Broadway, London and touring)

Cats
Starlight Express
Les Mis
Miss Saigon
Phantom (w/Crawford and Brightman)
Love Never Dies (Phantom Sequel)
Big River
Rocky Horror (w/Joan Jett and Dick Cavat)
Spamalot
The Producers
Wicked (original cast)

Honorable Mention:
Not a musical, but Speed the Plow with Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver and Madonna was perhaps my favorite theatre experience ever. Ralph Finnes doing a 45min monologue in Faith Healer wasn't bad either...

 

[rsoxguy]

I played the part of a guard in Rumpelstiltskin while in the 5th grade, but look at me boasting...

 

[BuddyThomas]

Just to blend Disney into this thread, Disney's newest musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame just began performances at Paper Mill Play Playhouse, prior to what many think is an anticipated Broadway run. Here is a clip:

 

[princesstiana]

Love this!!

I'm a huge theater fan! I have performed in:

The Nutcracker
Beauty and the Beast
Into the Woods
Fiddler on the Roof
12 Angry Jurors
The Music Man
Grease

I have only seen Wicked live, but looking forward to more visits to the theater!! My personal favorite is Rent.

 

[BuddyThomas]

And NBC's live musical for 2015 will be..........THE WIZ!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/wiz-set-as-nbcs-next-785343

 

[WildcatDen]

We used to be season membership holders for the Broadway Series in Cincinnati at the Aronoff. We have seen a great deal of shows over 5 plus years. Have not been to New York yet but plan on it.

My daughter, also a member on this forum, has been in a good number of plays in High School but I will let her reply to that if she wishes.

My big claim to fame was Papa Bell in the Damon Road 5th grade Holiday Musical. . .

 

[Evil Genius]

Great thread! Glad I found it!

Anyone who knows me personally would know that I make my living as a professional stage actor. I've been doing it since I was nine and I can't think of another profession I'd ever love.

As to my resume...lol...it's not one I'd put entirely here as it would not be anything folks on the boards would want to read. However here some of my favorite shows/roles;

As an actor:
How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (J Pierpont Finch)
Lucky Stiff-twice (Harry Witherspoon)
Promises, Promises (Chuck Baxter)
The Forienger (Charlie)
Forever Plaid-three times (Sparky)
Next to Normal (Dan Goodman)
The Rocky Horror Show-twice (Riff Raff)
The Producers (Leo Bloom)
Rent (Mark)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog (Dr. Horrible)
Shrek the Musical! (Pinocchio)
The Odd Couple (Felix Unger)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Panch)
Evita (Magaldi)
Bonnie and Clyde (Buck Barrow)
The Fantastics! (Matt)

As a director:
The Producers
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike
Urinetown
Rent

 

[BuddyThomas]

Here is some interesting theatre news - Jake Gyllenhall is set to star in Little Shop of Horrors this summer. The entire run is practically sold out already. There may be a few stray tickets left here and there. See link below for the full story:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jake-gyllenhaal-star-little-shop-788705

 

[BuddyThomas]

The King and I opens on Broadway tonight. The New York Times and other publications have already given it rave reviews. Here are some scenes from the show: