What are your favorite musicals?

So there are my favorite musicals as cast albums and the ones I've loved in the theatre. Of the former, I'd vote for Sondheim's "Pacific Overtures," which is a complex work about America's discovery of Japan, told from the Japanese point of view. read more

While I am a huge fan of musicals and a theatre geek in general, Les Miserables is definitely my favorite. No other score gives me chills like that one, especially when you witness "Do You Hear the People Sing" performed live. read more

My favorite musical instruments are orchestral, cello, viola, harp, with a qualifier on piano; I cannot understand why, but most piano is hard for me to listen to. While I can enjoyably listen to piano played by Liberace and very few others, I prefer to listen to music in the context of an orchestra. read more