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HAIR

Directed by Milos Forman / 1979 - Starring: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright - Songs: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni & James Rado

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


HALF A SIXPENCE

Directed by George Sidney / 1967 - Starring: Tommy Steele, Cyril Ritchard, Julia Foster and Penelope Horner - Songs: David Heneker

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

Directed by John Cameron Mitchell / 2001 - Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Andrea Martin

Rated by Jorge: * * *


HIT THE DECK

Directed by Roy Rowland / 1955 - Starring: Jane Powell, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn, Walter Pidgeon, Kay Armen - Songs: Vincent Youmans, Leo Robin, Clifford Grey & Irving Caesar


HELLO, DOLLY!

Directed by Gene Kelly / 1969 - Starring: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin, E. J. Peaker, Tommy Tune, David Hurst - Songs: Jerry Herman

Rated by Jorge: * * * * *


HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

Directed by David Swift / 1967 - Starring: Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Michele Lee, Rudy Valee, Anthony Teague, Maureen Arthur, Murray Matheson, Ruth Kobart, Kay Reynolds - Songs: Frank Loesser

Rated by Jorge: * * *


JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Directed by Norman Jewison / 1973 - Starring: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen - Songs: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

Rated by Jorge: * *


JUMBO aka BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO

Directed by Charles Walters / 1962 - Starring: Doris Day, Stephen Boyd (dubbed by James Joyce in the songs), Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye, Dean Jaggerand - Songs: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


THE KING AND I

Directed by Walter Lang / 1956 - Starring: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Alan Mowbray - Songs: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

Rated by Jorge: * * *


KISS ME KATE

Directed by George Sidney / 1953 - Starring: Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse - Songs: Cole Porter

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


KISMET

Directed by Vincente Minnelli / 1955 - Starring: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vid Damone, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot - Songs: Robert Wright & George Forrest (based on themes by Borodin)

Rated by Jorge: * *


LI'L ABNER

Directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank / 1959 - Starring: Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Billie Hayes, Howard St. John, Stubby Kaye, Stella Stevens, Julie Newmar - Songs: Gene de Paul & Johnny Mercer

Rated by Jorge: *


LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Directed by Franz Oz / 1986 - Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin - Songs: Alan Menken & Howard Ashman

Rated by Jorge: * * *


MAME

Directed by Gene Saks / 1974 - Starring: Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Jane Connell, Kirpy Furlong, Robert Preston, Bruce Davidson, Sab Shimono, Joyce Van Patten, Audrey Christie, Don Porter, Doria Cook - Songs: Jerry Herman

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


MAN OF LA MANCHA

Directed by Arthur Hiller / 1972 - Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Brian Blessed - Songs: Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion

Rated by Jorge: * * *


THE MUSIC MAN

Directed by Morton da Costa / 1962 - Starring: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold - Songs: Meredith Willson

Rated by Jorge: * * * * *


THE MUSIC MAN

Directed by Jeff Bleckner / 2003 - Starring: Matthew Broderick, Kristin Chenoweth, Victor Graber, Debra Monk - Songs: Meredith Willson

Rated by Jorge: * * *


MY FAIR LADY

Directed by George Cukor / 1964 - Starring: Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel - Songs: Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR

Directed by Richard Attenborough / 1969 - Starring: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Mills, John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York - Songs: various


OKLAHOMA!

Directed by Fred Zinnemann / 1955 - Starring: Gordon Macrae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson - Songs: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

Rated by Jorge: * *


OLIVER!

Directed by Carol Reed / 1968 - Starring: Ron Moody, Mark Lester, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild, Harry Secombe - Songs: Lionel Bart

Rated by Jorge: * * *


ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER

Directed by Vincente Minnelli / 1970 - Starring: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden, Jack Nicholson, Simon Oakland - Songs: Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner

Rated by Jorge: * *


ON THE TOWN

Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donnen / 1949 - Starring: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce, Tom Dugan, Florence Bates

Rated by Jorge: * * * * *


ONCE UPON A MATRESS

Directed by Kathleen Marshall / 2005 - Starring: Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Zooey Deschanel, Denis O'Hare, Matthew Morris, Michael Boatman, Tom Smothers, Edward Hibber - Songs by Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer


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