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Phantom of the Opera — though I commit the sin of loving the movie soundtrack better than the stage play. I love the overproduced rock opera. Wish I could've caught Tommy live by The Who.
I will say Hamilton is really fucking good, too. I've seen it four times live and innumerable times on Disney+. It's probably the one I most enjoy watching. The music, the comedy, the freaking technical artistry of how they move around on stage so dynamically. If you shot it as a movie, it wouldn't be nearly as good.
I'm not nearly as enamored of Wicked as many. The songs really aren't that memorable or singable except for a couple. Popular is catchy as fuck though. My wife has taken me to see it twice and... it's way too long for not having any good music. It's well written but if you don't have music you'd play an album of when you're not watching it, don't make a musical.
Jersey Boys was fun, but I don't remember it really having much to say. I only saw it once long ago so I mostly just remember enjoying the music.
Les Mis was the opposite — like Wicked, it's a hell of a story, but I don't enjoy it at all.
I'm very meh about Annie. Was way over advertised when I was a kid and as a result I can't fucking stand Tomorrow.
I haven't seen Rocky Horror, Moulin Rouge or Evita on stage but I really enjoyed the movies. I hated the Cats movie.
I don't think that's all the musicals I've seen, but that's all I can remember.