Comments on: Fun Friday—A Fourth of July Musical Tribute

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:06:38 +0000

As a friend of Caleb’s I must say that the Music Man is by far one of the best Musicals of all time. Having been in it myself I love every aspect of it. But I can not stand to have Matthew Broderick ruining every good musical with a remake. The producers was alright, but he needs to leave the Professor alone!!

By: rose mccauley

rose mccauley — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:07:57 +0000

I love musicals! My favorite is Fiddler on the Roof and a close second is The Sound of Music. Our daughter played one of the von Trapp children in the regional theatre version near us one summer so we sat thru many practices and performances of that one!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:23:30 +0000

My mom has a similar memory of seeing The Music Man live…the part where the band comes in just blew her away & that is a big reason it is one of her favorite shows to this day.

My senior year in high school the musical was Annie Get Your Gun. I saw it when it came to Nashville w/ Tom Wopat…but I think it was Marilu Henner that played Annie with that touring company. Anyway I totally went to see Tom Wopat…love his voice! However…I was so involved with that show I’m just a teensy bit over it now…I have a hard time watching the movie (with Betty Hutton & Howard Keel…I think) because it is SO familiar to me even ten years later…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:08:16 +0000

The GWTW musical that was recently staged in London was not the first GWTW musical. There was one on Broadway, and just like in London it didn’t fare very well. Lesley Ann Warren was Scarlett. I Googled the London production and found a couple of clips. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!!! Never should have been made.

I LOVE musicals!!! And I hate The Music Man. Sorry. Won’t watch Hello Dolly either because I despise Barbara Streisand.

I don’t think I could pick a favorite one though, there are so many that I like. 7 Brides, Sound of Music, King and I, White Christmas, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Holiday Inn, 3 Little Words, Meet Me In St. Louis, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Wicked. I haven’t seen Wicked but I love the music, the original cast was very good.

By: Marcie Gribbin

Marcie Gribbin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:31:28 +0000

Caleb- Understandable! There are parts of almost every musical that bore me to tears, but, being the musical lover that I am, I suffer through them! I can’t think of any musical that doesn’t have at least one part where the director fell asleep, or needed to fill in a few minutes. Even My Fair Lady- another favorite of mine – I loathe the “Put a Woman In Your Life” song (or whatatever it is called) it is sooo drawn out that it looses it’s effectiveness to me. I usually skip it (I could sing it by heart by now anyway).

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:30:13 +0000

I saw Annie Get Your Gun on the stage, as well, here in Nashville with Reba McIntyre playing Annie. Fun show!

But nothing will ever compare to the stage presentation of The Music Man we saw when I was in junior high at the theater at New Mexico State University. Aside from the fact that everyone on stage was wonderful, at the very end, unbeknownst to the audience, the NMSU marching band came in playing “Seventy-Six Trombones”—they lined the aisles of the theater and played while the cast took their bows. It was amazing.

By: Shellie Powell

Shellie Powell — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:21:55 +0000

I have never watched all of Music Man. I think I might try it after reading you posts. My favorite musical is Annie Get your Gun! I love the song Anything You Can Do I can Do better! I have seen it on stage and the movie a couple of times. I also liked Phantom of the Opera. I saw it on stage in London.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:01:07 +0000

This is the only (really famous) musical of that era that I don’t know every note of. I saw it once, I think, in music class. I’ll have to watch it.
But Seven Brides will always be the best. Fakey sets and non-dancing Benjamin and erroneous avalanche-causes and all.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:08:04 +0000

I might be thinking of something else, but I want to say Walter Matthau’s talk-”singing” drove me crazy in Hello Dolly.

Even Michael Caine sang more than that in the Muppet Christmas Carol.

By: Marcie Gribbin

Marcie Gribbin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:42:57 +0000

Oh, I love The Music Man! But, since I have a weird sense of humor, my favorite musical is Barbara S’s version of Hello Dolly (since it also features Walther Matthau and Michael Crawford – of Phantom fame). Oh, if you haven’t seen it, you have to!

And I am huge musical fan. I could watch a musical a day, everyday, if I had the chance (which I don’t).