Top 5 Musicals?- Page 2

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:53pm

1.  Caroline, or Change

2.  Cabaret

3.  Passing Strange

4.  Chorus Line

5.  Pippin / Fun Home (tie, because I can't decide between the 2)

then Hedwig, Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, Hamilton, and Chicago right behind 

Updated On: 10/18/16 at 03:53 PM

[Broadway212]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 5:42pm

5. Young Frankenstein

4. If/Then

3. Hamilton

2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

1. Rent

[BOM]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 5:46pm

1. Dear Evan Hansen 

2. Hamilton

3. Billy Elliot 

4. Book of Mormon 

5. American psycho. 

[Cesare2]

Posted: 10/18/16 at 7:15pm

1. My Fair Lady

2. Carousel

3, Guys and Dolls

4. Porgy and Bess

5. Gypsy

[bucky3]

Posted: 10/19/16 at 12:06am

 

Hamilton

Fun Home

Rent

Dear Evan Hansen

A Chorus Line

Also... Hairspray, Last Five Years, In the Heights

[pupscotch]

Posted: 10/19/16 at 7:09am

Dear Evan Hansen

Falsettos

Cabaret

Company

The Drowsy Chaperone

[phantom phan2]

Posted: 10/19/16 at 7:13am

1. The Phantom of the Opera / Love Never Dies [Australian version]

2. Les Miserables

3. Jesus Christ Superstar

4. Matilda the Musical

5. Hamilton 

[talinatter]

Posted: 10/19/16 at 7:23pm

5. Dogfight

4. Next to Normal

3. Hamilton

2. Rent

1. Dear Evan Hansen

Honorable mentions: Tick, Tick... Boom! In The Heights, Heathers, Once, Fun Home, Spring Awakening

Updated On: 10/19/16 at 07:23 PM

[BwayFan23768]

Posted: 10/20/16 at 12:12am

Sweeney Todd

My Fair Lady

The Threepenny Opera

Follies

Company

[casedilla2]

Posted: 10/20/16 at 1:14am

1. Hamilton

2. Spring Awakening

3. Once

4. Into the Woods

5. Les Miserables

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 10/20/16 at 4:59pm

My top Five

1) Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida-saw obc 5 times Heather Headley, wow. loved the cast and show

2) Wicked-Enjoy each time as much as the first-connecting to my inner dorothy

3) My Fair Lady-With a great cast, this show is almost impossible to beat (revival now please)

4) Book of Mormon-funniest musical of all time with the strongest opening four songs ever 

5) South Pacific-a perfect musical and my moms fault for playing this constantly when i was little. the revival with Kelli was euphoric

right behind in a cluster:

Les Miserables

How to Succeed

Cabaret

The King and I 

[Up In One]

Posted: 10/20/16 at 6:25pm

1) A Chorus Line

2) Hamilton

3) Follies

4) Sweeney Todd

5) Ragtime

Posted: 10/20/16 at 7:21pm

5) Hairspray
4) Les Miserables
3) Hamilton
2) Wicked
1) Kinky Boots

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 10/20/16 at 10:22pm

madbrian, based on my mood right now, I would agree with you. Tomorrow, my choices may be different, but your list will always be part of mine!

[thebookofwhizzer]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 8:58am

hamilton 

spring awakening

falsettos

book of mormon

dear Evan hansen

les miserables 

(can't choose five, sorry!)

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:10am

I know I started this thread, but my tastes have changed, so I'm updating my list.

5. Next to Normal

4. Falsettos

3. The Last Five Years

2. Dear Evan Hansen

1. Big Fish

[Lot666]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 9:48am

muscle23ftl said:

"-a chorus line

-west side story

-bombay dreams

-kiss of the spider woman

-merrily we roll along"

 Sunset Boulevard?

Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:19am

5. The Great Comet

4. Tommy

3. Hair

2. Rocky Horror Picture Show

1. Jesus Christ Superstar 

[IHeartNY2]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 10:47am

-Phantom
-Waitress
-American Psycho
-Book of Mormon
-Taboo 

[CallMeAl2]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 12:08pm

It depends. Are we talking about the material or a particular production? 

Great material touches an audience whether it's cast with Broadway professionals, TV actors, or capable amateurs. Here are great stories with top-notch script/scores:

1. Sweeney Todd
2. Gypsy
3. Chicago
4. Fiddler on the Roof
5. Into the Woods


On the other hand, if we are talking about productions here are some that hit me the hardest. These were all a unique combination of acting, directing, and design that were perfection in their time, but now just a memory. All productions were original Broadway casts.

1. A Chorus Line - The original cast was devastating. There was actual psychic pain on stage in the almost Hunger-Games-like setup. All wrapped in state-of-the-art choreography and theatrical conception. I went back and saw it twice in a month. Years later I saw the National tour and was very disappointed that the tension had drained from the proceedings and it had become just a lot of young talent stepping forward to do their big number.


2. Sweeney Todd -  It says a lot that I left Sweeney not thinking of murders, blood, and cannibalism, but rather justice, morality, and the highest level of music and lyric writing I had ever experienced in the theater. 


3. Dear Evan Hansen - Ben Platt had me from his opening monologue through each step as the stakes got higher and higher and you held your breath waiting for the house of cards to come crashing down.


4. Falsettos - I had seen a lot of musicals and a lot of love songs, but seeing Marvin in bed singing "What More Can I Say" to the sleeping Whizzer it hit me that I had never seen a man sing a tender love song to another man before. Moments like that kept me reaching for a Kleenex through the whole show. 


5. Company - My first Sondheim. Dean Jones as Bobby - no one else in that role has touched me as deeply as Jones. He needs and wants so much, but at the same time is so afraid to go after it. 

Updated On: 6/14/17 at 12:08 PM

[leighmiserables]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 12:20pm

The order fluctuates beyond number one, but:

1. Les Misérables (shocking, I know, given my username) 
2. The Great Comet 
3. Next to Normal 
4.  Tie between Assassins or Fun Home 
5. In the Heights 

My honorable mentions would be: Titanic, Man of La Mancha, Sunday in the Park with George, Sunset Boulevard, Hadestown, and Spamalot. 

Updated On: 6/14/17 at 12:20 PM

[JPeterman]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 12:35pm

I just did this exercise yesterday on my own while bored working lol, but I need seven ...

 

7.Grease

6.West Side Story

5.My Fair Lady

4.Guys and Dolls

3.Sound of Music

2.Hamilton

1.Les Miserables

 

Updated On: 6/14/17 at 12:35 PM

[10086Sundays]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 12:41pm

Cabaret

The Drowsy Chaperone

Billy Elliot

Hamilton

Groundhog Day - Currently

Book of Mormon - Previously

[deltatee]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 12:45pm

In no particular order (and they do fluctuate some):

The Great Comet
Matilda
Wicked
Billy Elliott 
If/Then

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:17pm

Very hard to select just five, but five which come readily to mind, in no particular order:

Dear World

Hello, Dolly!

My Fair Lady

Milk and Honey

Whoopee