Moana and Hairspray: Know the Score

Time for the holiday roundup! How did the offerings from Disney and NBC fare this year?

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[leahmfincher]

"And all around precious cinnamon roll" is the most perfect description of LMM I've ever heard!

[inkbery]

Mr. "I've Won Every Composer Award Except the Oscar and I'm Looking To Complete the Set" PERFECT

[susanalopez]

while we're on it I was surprised by dove cameron's performance, Her voice is pretty good without all that disney channel autotune, and she seemed to be havingb tons of fun playing the bitchy mean girl, her and kirsten really do make a great duo

[LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Yeah, the Moana soundtrack was pretty damn epic. An overused word I know, but man is I am Moana easily one of the most epic Disney songs in recent memory.

[DayDayWithMcK]

As strange as it seems ... "Timeless to Me" brings tears to my eyes. There is nothing sweeter than a couple who is still deeply in love after many years together (for better or worse). THAT is a love song for you!

[RobBob]

Gotta admit, I cried with "I Am Moana". Pretty much the theme of the movie about destiny and the length of a journey are very well represented there.

PD: Is Trolls going to get a Musical Hell review?

[jacobbelow]

"Shiny", for me personally, was Moana's resident "Les Poissons".

[grodriguez]

I totally agree with what you said about "I know Where I've Been"! As it is a reflection anthem that resonates with many of due to most recent events!

[lonellfletcher]

The score to Moana is underrated. So beautiful!!!!

[Wickedfan]

I really really love the soundtrack for and the actual Moana!! My favorite song from it is definitely "How Far I'll Go". Lin Manuel Miranda is a genius with the songs in it! Fun fact about Mark Mancina, He also worked on the music arrangements for The Lion King and Tarzan, which is my favorite Disney movie, so when I saw his name in the credits for Moana, it brought back so much nostalgia of constantly listening to the cassette tape for Tarzan.

[anyakathryn]

I loved Moana so much! Best Disney film in a while.

[ZoraTheberge]

I would love to see Rent Live! I know we have the live on Broadway version (because they knew the movie sucked and leaving us with just that is unfair to Rentheads and Jonathan Larson) But imagine that massive street set turned into Alphabet City. I mean, the majority of the show happens over the course of one (very long) night, and it would be interesting to see how fluid they can be with a set because a lot of the show is them on the street

[jimmywallace]

It's so obvious hairspray was the best Live one. We need a chorus line for the next Live one. Why bye bye birdie that's so dumb

[ourtravelingzoo]

I prefer Queen Latifa over Hudson but Hudson has a great voice. I don’t think these types of productions needs comparison. They stand for themselves

[rosebyanyname]

2:23 - and he's voiced by Jemaine Clement, from Flight of the Concords.

[MrCarter]

I foresee a dishing out of punishments for the T.V. version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" sometime in the near future.

Spoiler: If you want someone to experience what Rocky Horror truly is, take them to a midnight showing.  Don't subject them to the "P.C." FOX television version.

[evansuperstar]

You should review The Wizard of Oz. I'd love to hear your opinion on the "hanging munchkin"

[JediLadyMisty]

I like 'Do you Love Me?' from Fiddler on the Roof. An older couple that had an arranged marriage and hadn't met until their wedding day realizing that perhaps their willingness to stay together and their experiences together is love.

[martinhodges]

It was very brave of NBC to cast the Cryptkeeper as Edna.

[jhhone]

You'll HATE "Rocky Horror" much! I thought Chenoweth was miscast as Mrs. VonTussel! There were so many mistakes during the live broadcast such as in the Fierstein/Short duet there were video monitors in sight. I think many problems were due to the fact the cast never got a full run through of the show before the broadcast! BTW: "Bye Bye Birdie" has not happen!