Topic of the Day:
The first three that came to mind AND I've seen these live and in person: Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight!," Frank Gorshin in "Say Goodnight Gracie" and Frank Ferrante in "Groucho: A Life in Revue." All three were fantastic!
I searched Google and came across lists of biographical movies and musicals and I've seen and like these (in alphabetical order):
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Amadeus
Annie Get Your Gun
Assassins
Barnum
The Boy from Oz
Bugsy Malone
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cannibal! The Musical
Catch Me If You Can (I liked both the movie and the musical)
Erin Brockovich
Evita (the stage musical)
Funny Girl
Gypsy
Hans Christian Andersen
Heart Like a Wheel (parts of this were filmed here in Olympia!)
I Love You, Phillip Morris
Jesus Christ Superstar
Julie & Julia
The King and I
The King's Speech
Midnight Express
Moneyball
Reds
The Return of Martin Guerre
Schindler's List
Side Show
The Sound of Music
Stavisky (love the score)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Sunday in the Park with George
The Three Faces of Eve
Till the Clouds Roll By (it was on TCM recently)
And finally...Val Kilmer
IS Moses!
