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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 3, 2021 17:59:20 GMT
Which do you think is their best work?
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 3, 2021 18:10:24 GMT
Where is La Revolution Francaise?
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Post by The Matthew on May 3, 2021 18:10:55 GMT
Martin Guerre (London version). Les Miserables was OK but I found it dragged a bit and had altogether too many moany characters.
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Post by cjamess on May 3, 2021 18:21:44 GMT
Quite underrated but The Pirate Queen has a few lovely ballads  |
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Post by danb on May 3, 2021 18:27:37 GMT
‘Martin Guerre’ for me. So many beautiful melodies and the orchestrations were sublime.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 3, 2021 18:31:15 GMT
This is going to be between Saigon and Les Miserables.
Marguerite should be in the survey also.
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Post by inthenose on May 4, 2021 19:15:26 GMT
The music in Marguerite was by Michel Legrand.
For me, it's Les Mis followed by Miss Saigon.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 4, 2021 19:33:51 GMT
I haven't seen them all let alone heard anything from Pirate Queen. But Les Miz is the best I've seen.
Saigon could be stronger if the lyrics weren't so cringe
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Post by stagebyte on May 4, 2021 20:44:14 GMT
So little love for Martin Guerre
So many gorgeous orchestrations and songs. The lighting was beautiful too as I remember.
The original cast version was fab and then for some reason they never stopped tinkering with it?
I wonder whether it’ll ever come back. I’d love to see it again.
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Post by ceebee on May 4, 2021 21:10:59 GMT
Martin Guerre, every day of the week. By a mile. Their finest work.
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Post by musicalmarge on May 4, 2021 22:19:16 GMT
‘Martin Guerre’ for me. So many beautiful melodies and the orchestrations were sublime. But the story was CRAZY! And some lyrics Over there, with the hair, I don’t care, ITS MARTIN GUERRE! Lol |
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Post by The Matthew on May 5, 2021 6:04:50 GMT
‘Martin Guerre’ for me. So many beautiful melodies and the orchestrations were sublime. But the story was CRAZY! And some lyrics Over there, with the hair, I don’t care, ITS MARTIN GUERRE! Lol The original story was good. But then for some reason B&S thought that audiences wouldn't understand the idea of conflict between Catholics and Protestants (Really? That's like half of European history) and replaced it for the tour with some weird nonsense about how God was angry and punishing half of France because Bertrande wasn't getting any. And then they set everything on fire to pre-empt the audience.
London production: best they've ever done. Tour: not so much.
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Post by danb on May 5, 2021 6:14:07 GMT
But the story was CRAZY! And some lyrics Over there, with the hair, I don’t care, ITS MARTIN GUERRE! Lol The original story was good. But then for some reason B&S thought that audiences wouldn't understand the idea of conflict between Catholics and Protestants (Really? That's like half of European history) and replaced it for the tour with some weird nonsense about how God was angry and punishing half of France because Bertrande wasn't getting any. And then they set everything on fire to pre-empt the audience.
London production: best they've ever done. Tour: not so much.
Don’t get me started on the tour...they spent so much time getting it right for the West End, won the best new musical Olivier then scrapped most of it just keeping the tunes. Sure that set wasn’t ‘tourable’ but gah! |
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Post by viserys on May 5, 2021 6:16:47 GMT
Les Miserables.
The rest is sexist rubbish populated by whiny girlies who need a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan and can't do anything without a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
Not that Les Mis is better, but at least they can blame Victor Hugo for those whiny girlies.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 5, 2021 6:26:42 GMT
So little love for Martin Guerre So many gorgeous orchestrations and songs. The lighting was beautiful too as I remember. The original cast version was fab and then for some reason they never stopped tinkering with it? I wonder whether it’ll ever come back. I’d love to see it again. There were heavy hints that CM was going to workshop it in 2020 in readiness for a run at a regional theatre. I think we were speculating about The Curve or The Crucible? |
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