Best Show of The 90's- Page 2
Best Show of The 90's
#25re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 10:12am
1. FALSETTO'S
and runner's up
2. FALSETTO'S
3. FALSETTO'S
Updated On: 12/20/04 at 10:12 AM
#26re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 10:22am
"and erm I dunno I guess you could say Lion King because it's been doing so well and it was the first Disney musical on Bway"
Actually Beauty and the Beast is the first Disney musical on broadway.
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#27re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 10:31amFor all the same reasons as tlk, I'd say Beauty and the Beast. Plus it brought families together and allowed them to enjoy theatre.
#28re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 10:33am
oh it was?! woooow okay theen never mind
well then the same thing except use Beauty and the Beast instead of The Lion King
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#29re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 11:14am
I have different categories:
Star turning experience: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown- KC
New Musical Experience: Rent
Underappreciated Musical Experience: Big
Best Musical Experience: Cabaret
Best Play Experience: Angels in America Parts 1 & 2
Best Show of the entire decade: Angels in America Parts 1 & 2
I like to be specific when I name my choices for these things.
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#30re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 11:23amurgh how did I forget YAGMCB HOW!
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#31re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 11:56am
There's no way I can just pick one, so I'll name all the shows from the 90's that most influenced me as a performer and inspired me to keep acting:
MUSICALS
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
Sunset Boulevard
Passion
Ragtime
Beauty and the Beast
Steel Pier
The Life
Parade
Fosse
Titanic
Blood Brothers
Chicago revival
Carousel revival
Cabaret revival
Rent
PLAYS
Angels in America
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Buried Child
The Last Night of Balyhoo
A Doll's House revival
Closer
Side Man
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#32re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:45pm
Best New Musical of the 90's:Ragtime
Best Revival of a Musical: Cabaret or Showboat
Best Play: Angels in America (Both Parts, although I think 2 is superior to 1)
#33re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 1:16pmRent hands down! BUt yagmcb and cabaret were also amazing. I also loved the lion king but than again it was one of my favortite movies when i was little. As for plays, the vagina monelogues i found entertaining. However i didn't see many plays in the nineties.
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#34re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 1:21pm
Ragtime
Tommy
Once on This Island
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"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
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#35re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 2:16pm
Oh, yeah. Add THE WHO'S TOMMY to my list.
THE WHO'S TOMMY
SUNSET BOULEVARD
RENT
are the best shows from the 90s.
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#36re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 2:52pmBig should NOT be on this list. Neither should Steel Pier or Sunset Boulevard. Gross.
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#37re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 3:12pm
Three terrific musicals, probably the best of the 90's:
RENT
SIDE SHOW
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
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#39re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 4:41pmYeah, I would have to say that Passion, Parade, City of Angels, and Once On This Island are right up towards the top of my list as well, but Ragtime just really takes the cake.
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#40re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 4:55pm
Best musicals:
PASSION
SIDE SHOW
RAGTIME
CITY OF ANGELS
PLAYS:
ANGELS IN AMERICA
REVIVALS:
FOLLIES
COMPANY
CHICAGO
PUTTING IT TOGETHER also gets an honorable mention because it was just awesome how Sondheim put his songs together to make a review with a plot. What can I say? The man's a genius.
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Updated On: 12/20/04 at 04:55 PM
#41re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 4:58pmMy vote goes to rent wholeheartedley
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#42re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 5:15pm
Adding a section:
Off-Broadway:
The two best off-bway shows of the 90's are:
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
and
ZOMBIE PROM
ZOMBIE PROM is way underapprieciated, but it is pure fun when watching and listening to. C'mon everybody, you know it's awesome.
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#43re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 5:56pmRAGTIME is far and out the best musical of the 1990's. RENT would be a distant second. Best play = Angels in America.
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#44re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 6:05pmi have to agree with sondheimman132 about hedwig. Man does that show rock! but rent is still my favorite!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
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#45re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 6:13pmFor me (obviously, everyone has a different idea of what was the best), I would have to say that the best musical was easily RENT, though I think Lion King deserves an honorable mention(I LOVED that movie when I was little, and I thought the play was really, really well done... the only problem with the musical is that no one has a voice like Nathan Lane's, so no live Timon could ever possibly hope to satisfy me). I wouldn't put Sunset Boulevard on that list, though it is one of my favorite AWL shows. The best play is definately Angels in America... I think. I've never actually seen it, unforetunately. *is sad* I MUST SEE IT!
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#46re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 6:18pmBest Musical...well, there isn't just one, but there's Rent, Ragtime, Assassins (I can't believe you forgot about it), and Passion. Best Play - Angels In America. Duh!
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#47re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 6:20pm"Best" and "Big: The Musical" are words that I never want to see contained within the same sentence, ever again.
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#48re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 7:55pmKiss of the Spider Woman YES! I forgot about this one :)
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#49re: Best Show of The 90's
Posted: 12/20/04 at 8:44pmMiss Saigon without a doubt and RENT. Les Miserables was great too, but I liked Miss Saigon more. The Cabaret Revival was really good too!
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