Hi Diana, I love musicals but certainly am not an expert. In spite of not liking Phantom, who was your favorite actor playing the Phantom? Who is your favorite Jean Valjean? Sierra Boggess is my favorite Christine.
I don’t like either of them, LOL! I saw one traveling Broadway troop of ‘Phantom’ in Chicago many years ago. Snore-fest! ;)
I’m not a Les Miserables fan, either.
I liked:
‘Wicked’
‘1776’ (I watch it every 4th of July weekend!)
‘Rent’
‘West Side Story’
‘Lion King’ (Really cool staging with the cast in the audience, a LOT!)
‘Jersey Boys’ (Seen numerous times!)
‘Joseph’ (Saw that locally with Donny Osmond *SQUEAL*)
‘Cats’ (Saw it in Chicago w/Betty Buckley - Superb!)
‘Chicago’ (of course!)
‘Oklahoma’ (Probably my favorite musical of all)
‘Carousel’
‘South Pacific’
‘Fiddler on the Roof’
‘My Fair Lady’
‘The Sound of Music’
‘The Producers’
I like the older musicals that I grew up with, obviously. But, for your sake I’ll TRY to see if I can sit through Les Mis again. Was the movie version any good? I could PROBABLY force myself to watch Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. ;)
And thanks for the reminder; I want to take Mom to see a musical sometime this season. She does costuming for a local theater group (40 years; She’s their Edith Head and Bob Mackie all rolled into one!) so it’s a nice break for her to just be sitting in the audience not worrying about any, ‘wardrobe malfunctions,’ LOL!