The Great Musical Experiment

I grew up watching musicals, like, lots of musicals. I can hum the music that Eliza and the Prince danced to in My Fair Lady. I can sing every song from The King and I. When I was younger, me and my mom would decide which musical we would watch that night, not whether or not we would watch one. Because of this, it was rather surprising to me that Zach, a music major non-the-less, was severely lacking a musical film education. (side note, a song from Chicago just came on my coworker's computer) We've decided to remedy that....

I've been wanting to go as Velma Kelly for Halloween for years



We're going to go chronologically and watch all of the important musical films from the last 90 years or so. I'm really, really excited! Zach is pretty excited too, I think. I think he trusts me to pick good ones, and not make him just watch Carousel. Which brings me to the next point....there are some that we've decided to leave out due to me seeing them and hating them. I know that's not exactly fair, but I really don't want to have to watch Cats. So without further ado, here is the list:

Anything Goes	1936
Some like it Hot	1939
The Wizard of Oz	1939
Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942
Meet me in St Louis	1944
Annie Get Your Gun	1950
Singin' in the Rain	1952
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953
Kiss Me, Kate	1953
Brigadoon	1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954
Guys and Dolls	1955
Oklahoma!	1955
The King and I	1956
Damn Yankees	1958
South Pacific	1958
West Side Story	1961
The Music Man	1962
Bye Bye Birdie	1963
My Fair Lady	1964
The Sound of Music	1965
Camelot	1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie	1967
Hello, Dolly!	1969
Sweet Charity	1969
Fiddler on the Roof	1971
Cabaret	1972
Jesus Christ Superstar	1973
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975
Grease	1978
All That Jazz	1979
Victor Victoria	1982
A Chorus Line	1985
Little Shop of Horrors	1986
Cannibal! The Musical	1996
Evita	1996
Les Miserable	1998
Moulin Rouge!	2001
Chicago	2002
The Phantom of the Opera	2004
Rent	2005
Walk the Line	2005
Dreamgirls	2006
Mamma Mia!	2008

Then, as the piece de resistance, we're going to go see Wicked live! It seems like a good way to end the project - ending with one that's new and currently touring. Please let me know if there's something good I left out! There are a lot of these that I haven't seen myself, so I'm really looking forward to it. I've never actually seen Singin' in the Rain, if you can believe it!

I want to be Julie Andrews