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"How Can Love Survive" from THE SOUND OF MUSIC and "Come Home" from ALLEGRO are my two favorites.   I believe that Rodgers continued to write beautiful melodies after Hammerstein passed.  Listen to "Elizabeth" from REX and "You Could Not Please Me More" from I REMEMBER MAMA and hear the evidence.

I loved George Rose's opening monologue that began "The Mystery of Edwin Drood".   His delivery made you feel that you were in for a very enjoyable evening of theatre.

These ten shows that I've enjoyed were critically unappreciated during their initial Broadway runs.  I listen to the cd's of many of these shows quite regularly.  (It's a shame that the last one was never recorded)

STARLIGHT EXPRESS, BALLROOM, STEEL PIER,

THE ADAMS FAMILY, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, GRIND

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE GOODBYE GIRL

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, COPPERFIELD

 I am listing my top ten here (Including Broadway only):

1.  A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder

2.  Curtains

3.  The Drowsy Chaperone

4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

5.  Wicked

6. The Producers

7.  The Light In The Piazza

8.  Something Rotten

9.  The Book of Mormon

10. Newsies