• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    La La Land was a pretty good recent musical that won lots of awards. I’m not sure how popular it was. When I saw it in the theater, a lot of the audience seemed to be from an older generation

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    9 days ago

    There’s an indie production called “EPIC: The Musical” that is absolutely amazing and slowly gathering a cult following on the internet. It’s not a movie though, but a concept album. Fans have added simple drawn animation for each song. This is the most original thing I’ve seen in a while.

  • impynchimpy@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    A lot of people shit on it because of the director (the guy that made CATS), but the adaptation of Les Mis is very good. The choice to record the actors singing live gives it a unique, realistic quality.

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    8 days ago

    It’s admittedly been at least 15 years since I saw Dr. Zhivago, but I don’t remember there being singing…

  • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’m confused about this. Musicals didn’t stop. I feel like this was a ploy to get someone to write these down for you?

    Song Sung Blue Wicked (broadway show) Tik Tik Boom Hamilton The Greatest Showman La La Land Les Mis (broadway show) High School Musical Mama Mia (both of them) Sweeney Todd (broadway show) The Heights Chicago (broadway Dream Girls Across the Universe Moulin Rouge (now broadway) HairSpray (now broadway)

    This is not even including all the animated ones already mentioned. Unless you mean you just don’t like them, because then you have TV Options

    Glee Crazy Ex Girlfriend Schmigadoon Galavant

    Almost every tv show now has a musical episode somehow as well. Star Trek Strange new worlds comes to mind.

    Musicals have changed and evolved like every of form of visual medium. You also have to account for the general decline of movies. It’s the same reason there are far fewer comedies and they have moved to television. Sadly the block buster is what is keeping the movie industry alive atm.