What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
#1What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 12:57pm
Is it CONTACT? is it JERSEY BOYS? Is it MEMPHIS?
I haven't seem them all, so I cannot fairly judge. What do you guys think?
2000: Contact
2001: The Producers
2002: Thoroughly Modern Millie
2003: Hairspray
2004: Avenue Q
2005: Spamalot
2006: Jersey Boys
2007: Spring Awakening
2008: In the Heights
2009: Billy Elliot
2010: Memphis
thoughts?
#2What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:00pmI'll say Memphis. Contact actually had some competition that year, and Contact is 10x better than Memphis.
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#2What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:02pmIn my opinion, it was Spamalot. That was my least favorite of the nominees that year. The Light in the Piazza should have won. My second choice would have ben Spelling Bee. I would have even been happy with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I know that I can't be the only one who didn't like Spamalot. While it had a few funny jokes, so many jokes were just forced or copied directly from the movie.
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#3What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:03pmI would say that MILLIE and MEMPHIS are tied.
#4What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:05pmI say Spamalot and agree that Piazza should have won.
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#5What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:05pm
I say Memphis. As said before, Contact had The Wild Party and The Dead, Jersey Boys had The Drowsy Chaperone and The Color Purple.
You can at least say those years there were really good shows.
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 01:05 PM
#6What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:08pm
From what I saw, Memphis just didn't impress me from their performance last night, but I don't know the entire show.
I also didn't like Spamalot at all. A lot of people mentioned how they were keeled over with laughter. I maybe chuckled a few times.
#7What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:08pm
From what I saw, Memphis just didn't impress me from their performance last night, but I don't know the entire show.
I also didn't like Spamalot at all. A lot of people mentioned how they were keeled over with laughter. I maybe chuckled a few times.
#8What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:09pm
2001: The Producers 3/10
2002: Thoroughly Modern Millie 8/10
2003: Hairspray 7/10
2004: Avenue Q 3/10
2005: Spamalot 0/10
2006: Jersey Boys 5/10
2007: Spring Awakening 8/10
2008: In the Heights 0/10
2009: Billy Elliot 6/10
2010: Memphis 7/10
from 0 to 10
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#9What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:09pmCONTACT and it's canned music track. MEMPHIS a close second with IN THE HEIGHTS just behind it.
#10What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:11pmI would say either Spamalot or Memphis. I haven't seen Jersey Boys so I can't comment on that.
#11What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:12pmMillie, followed by Contact.
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#12What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:13pm
1. Memphis-without question
2. Millie
3. Spamalot.
I actually really enjoyed Contact. A lot of people did. Of all the musicals in the past 10 years that have come under many people's heading of "Not a REAL musical," I thought that Contact was the best of the lot.
In terms of Spamalot, I don't think it's a bad show, it just wasn't the best musical that year. As others said, while it was certainly the biggest HIT that season, the other three nominees were better musicals. Although that was certainly a very good year for that category. Makes you realize just how awful this season's category was.
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#13What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:15pm
^^^^
I'm Team Spamalot but I definitely see your point wickedfan. Terrible season.
#14What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:17pmI haven't seen Memphis yet, but otherwise, my pick would be Spring Awakening.
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#15What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:19pm
2000:Contact No idea/10
2001: The Producers 6/10
2002: Thoroughly Modern Millie 8/10
2003: Hairspray 8/10
2004: Avenue Q 5/10
2005: Spamalot 0/10
2006: Jersey Boys 1/10
2007: Spring Awakening 7/10
2008: In the Heights 9/10
2009: Billy Elliot 10/10
2010: Memphis 9/10
Weakest are Jersey Boys, Spamalot, and Contact.
I completely disagree about Memphis and In the Heights. They have most things that make a good musical, and even though Memphis can be related to other musicals, such as Hairspray, it is still great. In the Heights is very original and creative, even though some will say it has something to do with West Side story.
#16What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:20pmI realized I posted 11 years, lol. But I think you guys get what I meant.
#17What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:23pm
Memphis, no doubt. I can't think of one thing I enjoyed or could recommend about that disastrous evening.
Spamalot at least entertained me and made me laugh.
Millie should have lost to Urinetown, no question, but it did have a couple of interesting moments.
In the Heights has a hideous book, but some of the score is pretty good (and the performances were excellent).
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 01:23 PM
#18What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:24pm
I would say Contact because:
a) it wasn't really a musical, it was a dance concert, and
b) it will have no future life at all.
#19What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:28pmI had completely forgotten Spamalot won best musical. And now I'm befuddled all over again.
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#20What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:33pmWell Eric Idle says he bought that Tony fair and square.
#21What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:43pm
From strongest to weakest:
1. Hairspray
2. Jersey Boys
3. Contact
4. Billy Elliot
5. The Producers
6. Avenue Q
7. Thoroughly Modern Millie
8. Spring Awakening
9. In the Heights
10. Spamalot
11. Memphis
#22What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:05pm
"Spamalot"
"Spring Awakening"
#23What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:17pmI didn't like Spamalot--wish they had stuck to Monty Python stuff. LOVED Scoundrels and Spelling Bee.
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#24What is the weakest Best Musical winner of the past 10 years?
Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:23pm
Strongest to weakest:
1. Avenue Q
2. Hairspray
3. The Producers
4. Billy Elliot
5. Thoroughly Modern Millie
6. Contact
7. Spring Awakening
8. In the Heights
9. Jersey Boys
10. Spamalot
11. Memphis
