 | The Phantom of the Opera (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $4.25 Phantom comes to Hollywood. Luscious sets, costumes, and performances. The music is rich, the vocals acceptable at their worst, breathtaking at their best. We get a seductive Phantom, a young, sweet-voiced Christine, a dashing Raoul, a fantastic duo of opera popular owners, Minnie Driver as the Senora, and a mysterious Madam Gyrie. Turn the lights out and turn up the volume for this one.
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 | Hairspray (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.35 Makes you feel good and get's your toes tapping. The production looks great and the characters are fun and bright. John Travolta as Tracy's mum took a little tolerance, but it's worth it. An explosion of loud colorful fun with a message.
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 | Once Upon a Mattress
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.05 Cheesy at times, but plenty of outrageous Broadway fun. Especially enjoyable are Zooey Deschanel and Matthew Morrison. Both their numbers are melodic, breezy and cute. The actress who plays Fred is perfect. Can't imagine this without her. Plenty of laughs, enjoyable music. Bright!
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 | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.99 Breathes new, tuneful life into the Cinderella story we love and the music Rodgers and Hammersteins blessed us with. The preformances and beautiful diversity of race are a joy to watch in this production. And Whitney Houston as the Godmother? Good idea. Good for families and fairytale fun.
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 | The Producers (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $0.75 Hilarious and at many times ribald, this is worth a watch and packs the joy of original broadway cast members performances mated with a catchy story and lines and tunes that keep you laughing.
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 | Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.68 The music is stupendous. Some of the best to hit the Broadway orchestra pits. The cast it superb. Those who look will find deep meaning hidden beneath the glamorous material. Bit of a sinful romp, but much be seen by dedicated musical lovers. The tunes will stick in your head forever.
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 | Annie (Special Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $4.57 Grew up with this one. The kids and songs are irresistable. The story timeless. Carol Burnett as the villianous Miss Hanigan is the only preformance of that part to cherish in infamous nastiness. Gets you singing, dancing, smiling, (and at times teary eyed with "Maybe".)
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 | High School Musical (Encore Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.18 If you can watch it without the cultural glasses we've been forced to put on by the screaming entourage of fanatic tween girls, it's actually pretty fun and worth a viewing. Cute and catchy.
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 | Jesus Christ Superstar
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.42 This "Gospel according to Judas", has no real resolve or message, but does ASK some questions we might want answered. The music, of course, is iconic. Andrew Lloyd Webber at his rock opera best. We get fantastic performances. Judas, Jesus, Pilate, Mary Magdelene, even Herod are all spectacular to watch. The sets, lighting, score and present-day feel fully support the entrancement of this show.
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 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $10.99 It's Andrew's first, and we love it in all it's corny splendor. Donny Osmond is shockingly amazing as Joseph. And man can he sing. The Narrator is unforgettable and helps make the whole thing work. Fun. At times profound.
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 | Newsies (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $9.93 I am waiting for this one to make it to Broadway. Songs are unforgettable, gorgeous and inspiring. A young Christian Bale sings, dances, and gives us a flawed hero to believe in. We hear the voice of the opressed singing down the doors of greed that bar the powerful through this film. Wonderful. See it.
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 | Into the Woods
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $13.97 You're not going to get to see many original casts on stage on your TV screen. This is fantastic! Hilarious, heart awakening, clever, tuneful and full of story, twists and characters, musical fans will love this.
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 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (London Stage Revival)
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $15.95 If you want to get closer to the stage and see a side of Hugh Jackman you may have never seen before, get this. It's blast, and this definitive musical by our beloved Rodgers and Hamersteins helped define all this singing, dancing and romancing that we put on stage. Fantastic.
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 | Cats - The Musical (Commemorative Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.95 Haven't seen this one yet, but I know the music and am fairly certain this should be on my list.
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