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Boy, I just don't like 7 for 7... I can't get through it. But I do enjoy a good production of Oklahoma! - and I can recommend one heartily; the Hugh Jackman version (we saw it through Great Performances on PBS) was full of nuance and complexity. And he was incredible - I knew he started in theater, but I had no idea just how terrific he was. I enjoy the movie well enough, too.
West Side occupies a big squishy area of my heart. It practically wears a bib that says Baby's First Sondheim. Lyrics, at least - and the awesome "Quintet," which, as Sondheim is wont to do, layers the musicality of several perspectives. He did it for "Rose's Turn," too. Which reminds me: I like Gypsy, with the sole exception of "Little Lamb." What a dumb song that is.
I love musicals. During my teenage years I listened to little else. But I was strongly into the modern ones. Sondheim, obviously, but also Michael John LaChiusa, Andrew Lippa, Jonathan Larson, Ahrens/Flaherty... I've recently been getting into them a bit more, so I think I'll have to pull my gigantic box of musical CDs out of storage.
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