Funniest Musical of All Time?- Page 3

Posted: 8/30/16 at 8:44pm

Xanadu 

The Full Monty

Spamalot

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 9/3/16 at 2:53am

StephieElise said: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - undoubtedly my funniest moment in the theatre was having Geoffrey Rush dry hump my mother. 

I just noticed this post. Do tell, Stephie. This sounds fascinating.

Audrey

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 9/3/16 at 7:09am

Something Rotten!

Book of Mormon

And on a somewhat different note of shows that frequently make me laugh even while the overall predominant emotion is more moving/sad/touching:  Next to Normal, If/Then, Carousel

[The Other One]

Posted: 9/3/16 at 7:59am

I have truly never laughed harder than I did at the Phil Silvers revival of A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To The Forum.  

The Book of Mormon and Spamalot take second and third place.

Jeez, I waited a long time between laughs!

Updated On: 9/4/16 at 07:59 AM

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 9/3/16 at 6:07pm

Drowsy, Forum, Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine (hilarious).  Also, Godspell can be a laugh riot if you get a good director/cast dealing with the parables - the San Francisco cast in the early 70's was very funny.  I'm sure the original group in Toronto was too..  

[Hariku]

Posted: 9/3/16 at 6:39pm

I have to buck the trend here and say I found Something Rotten shockingly unfunny. Except for a few moments that seemed liked Borle had improvised at some point, there wasn't a lot of funny. I was shocked at how lame the "Musical" number was. THIS was getting mid show standing ovations??

I agree with those who found Avenue Q a bundle of laughs, and would add the Off Broadway production of Bat Boy to the list -- very funny performances, material and choreography. Oh, and the OB production of Disaster! at St. Luke's was non-stop hilarity....which only made the unfunny Broadway version all the more frustrating!
 

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 9/3/16 at 6:45pm

Ruthless! is pretty damn funny. 

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 11:09am

I'll pile on.

Spelling Bee

Avenue Q

Drowsy Chaperone

I might have found Spamlot funnier if Eric hadn't recycled so many 30 yr old jokes.   I just kept groaning and muttering "lazy"

Updated On: 9/4/16 at 11:09 AM