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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!

I love Les Mis but I HATED Russell Crowe as Javert in the movie, he has a lousy singing voice. He ruined the movie for me. Mel Gibson would have been a much better obsessed Javert, and he actually has a goos singing voice.

My favorite musicals: Les Miserables, Phantom, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, 1776, A Little Night Music, Oliver!, Man of La Mancha, Jesus Christ Superstar, I could go on and on LOL!

I don't claim to be any kind of thoroughly knowledgeable fan, but I do like them now and again: they seem to have been all the rage in the 1960s, before the 1970s and later befouled Hollywood's public offerings.

My heart goes all aflutter every time I watch Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady singing "I Could Have Danced All Night"...

And (see my screen name) naturally I was a big fan of Cats.

Have you a particular favorite?

(The Legendary Mrs. Whiskers agrees with me -- we both prefer dinner theatre/community theatre: probably a cost per show metric...)