What West End / London show's have you enjoyed?

kittykat100

I have seen

Phantom - loved
Evita - loved
Avenue Q - Fab! (not for kids lol)
Grease - OK
Chicago - Great
We will Rock you - Entertaining and a great singalong!
Blood Brothers - Cried from about song 4 to the end!
Fame - OK
My ultimate favourite so far is Miss Saigon - wish it would come back!
Still desperate to see Les Mis
Going to see Wicked next month.
Kittyx

SamW

Wow - what a thread!!
am off to Mamma Mia tonight so will report back tomorrow :-)
Have seen:
We Will Rock You - lots! It's amazing and leaves you feeling brilliant.
Avenue Q - hilarious!
Jersery Boys - great!
Joseph
Phantom of the Opera
Have also seen Starlight Express and Cats but not in London
I love the theatre - I'm so excited about going tonight! It's just so expensive (but then again knowing that I don't think I've ever paid full price for a ticket!)

Sam x

donz23

what about Oliver? Has anyone seen that and would recommend it? Thinking of going in Jan

Stageshoot

We Will Rock You - Loads of Times (Great Show Always leave feeling Good)

Mamma Mia - Loads of Times (Again always leave feeling great)

Wicked - A Few Times, Good Show Great Music, even better if you get the front row (sold for £20 on the day of show)

Phantom (London and Vegas) - London is Much Better, Vegas is too short lots cut out.

Sister Act - OK probably will not see again

Time - (Thats showing my age closed in about 1986)

Not a Musical But Just seen Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Brill cast and superb show

Booked for First Night of Love Never Dies (Phantom II) in Feb, not sure what will be seeing before that as its normally a last min thing when friends turn up.

hellibelli

Over the years seen
Phantom - excellent
Les Mis - brill , cried all the way through!
Miss Saigon - fab
Time - ok
recently Calendar Girls - ok, but not wonderful
Sister Act - fab
My daughter saw Jersey Boys and Blood Brothers and was blown away by both.
Enjoy whatever you see x

leemina

I took kids to see wicked 18mnths ago, boys were 7 & 9 and both loved it. Its a great show, songs are great and has a really good story. I've been to see it twice now and hoping to see again next year. I've also seen Dirty dancing, blood brothers and Oliver, but Wicked's my favourite so far. I'm desperate to see Billy Elliott and am hoping to see this and Wicked next march.

jackieblack

Cats - brilliant, (gutted it closed before had a chance to take my daughter)
Miss Saigon - fantastic
Lion King - my favourite, could watch it again and again
Wicked - good, enjoyed it alot - Defying Gravity is amazing!
We Will Rock You - really good fun - paper-thin plot, but the music makes up for it and, lets face it, the music is what you go for.

Really want to see:
Avenue Q
War Horse (not a musical, I know)

ETA saw Hairspray yesterday - brilliant!

hethmar

Ive seen Blood Brothers twice and Im booked in with OH for March in the West End to see it again (2 tickets for the price of one). Think its probably one of the best musicals Ive ever seen. OH hasnt seen it and I know its one he will enjoy (there arent many he would )

Blues Bros was very good
Rocky Horror
Stomp (after half an hour I was getting twitchy though)
Buddy was good

madosani

codo wrote: »

I'm thinking of taking the kids to Wicked (cheap tickets on lastminute.com). Has anyone seen this show or what would you recommend for kids.

Thanks

this is a good show. But.... it depends on the ages of the kids, it is a fantasy style show and I thought it was quite long. My daughter enjoyed it (15) but I do not think my son 12 would. lots of songs that where catchy but not well known and dancing etc. I did not know the story and got a bit lost during the show!!

AliSingle

I love seeing Musicals in the West End, but can't afford to go too often. My Mum works for an upper classed supermarket and they can claim back half price on the tickets which helps with the price.
Last week we saw Oliver! with Omid Djalili (sorry if the spelling is wrong) but with the understudy for Nancy and I really enjoyed it, although being 5 rows from the front, was completely choked with the stage smoke they used almost constantly.
I have also seen Hairspray with Michael Ball and Nigel Planner - was FANTASTIC! I loved it and it was very funny.
I saw Avenue Q in September with a friend for my birthday but was a bit disappointed - I was told it was a laugh a minute musical but the laughs were a bit few and far between for a comedy.
I loved We Will Rock You with the original cast, and have seen it 3 times since with different casts, but none have wowed me like the first time I saw it.
I hated Chicago - was very flat when I saw it and didn't get into it at all. This was about 5 yrs ago.
Billy Elliot, in my opinion, is better on dvd than the musical on stage.
Wicked is FANTASTIC! I love it and am planning to see it again next year.
I would love to see Lion King and Sister Act as well.... am waiting for Mum to get the tickets through work!