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To whoever said Miller will be better remembered than Vereen... I actually don't have words. BUT to answer the question, I'm afraid that Pinkins and Ebersole's shows were not well known enough to survive especially with Wicked, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening (3 obscenely popular shows)winning awards those years. Maybe they will be remembered through sheer awesomeness of their performances but then again no one mentioned Brent Carver (Probably the greatest male performance in Broadway history) ...

Newsies, AWFUL! The only good thing about it was the dancing and the attractiveness of the cast. Talk about a bad book!

Showboat- HANDS DOWN, not only because it is the first of the "modern musical" but because it is bold, groundbreaking, and the book/score alone can be read/listened to like a book/symphony Cabaret- I think any show that can be interpreted so differently and create such diverse emotions with a single concept justifies itself as a masterpiece. Selected songs alone from Cabaret could be masterpieces, but what really solidifies it are the complexities of the characters. It's a musical whose story...

Absolutely agree, but I think the option show still be available for weirdos like me who like the revival version more. I mean most shows liscene both the revival and original versions, I don't see why they can't especially for 2 drastically different productions

I feel like the revival has a lot stronger of a libretto, and I know a lot of people don't like the amount of change from the original to the nws version, but the additional songs and the use of a book gives the show a lot more body. Not to mention you can actually know the characters in the revival. Nadia seemed to be the only character with any development or meat to it in the original. With a book, it's understandable why Jason and Peter love each other, instead of a vague mutual horniness.

I personally liked the revival more than the original. Don't get me wrong, the original is extremely dear to me, but I don't think anyone's going to argue that it is a fine piece of music theatre from a technical stand point? The reason people love Bare is because of its heart not its genius, and I think the revival kept the heart (though altered) and added a sense of stability to the plot. I love Sister Joan and her back story and I especially love the additional scenes between Peter and Jas...

Apparently they aren't going to license the revised script of bare I love the original but the revival's book (existed) was absolutely hilarious and I loved the new songs and the new characters.