Top 5 Musicals?

After Eight
#50Top 5 Musicals?
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

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JudyDenmark
#51Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:25pm

In no particular order since it depends on the day...

Little Shop of Horrors
Once On This Island
Les Miserables
A Chorus Line
City of Angels

Honorable mentions: Ruthless, Pippin, Book of Mormon, and [title of show]. And Dear Evan Hansen, if I'm being honest. Really can't stop thinking about it.

Updated On: 6/14/17 at 01:25 PM

theater_tech
#52Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:29pm

This is a terrible question to ask! laugh

In no particular order:

1. The Light in the Piazza
2. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
3. Gypsy
4. The King and I
5. West Side Story

Honorable Mentions: Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, The Producers

 

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BuddyStarr
#53Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 1:44pm

Follies

Evita

Mystery of Edwin Drood (probably a top 5 as a performer)

Titanic

Dreamgirls

Honorable Mention:

Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown & Camelot

(I would also seek out any Sondheim production anywhere anytime)

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Valentina3
#54Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 3:28pm

It will (hopefully) change overtime but for now I'd say it is - 

Fun Home
Hello, Dolly!
Into The Woods
Follies
Hairspray


Hon'ble mentions - Evita, Hamilton, A Chorus Line, Company.

The strange thing is, apart from Hello, Dolly! & Hairspray, most (all?) of these shows are very easy to mess up so I have loved productions more than show themselves. Dolly and Hairspray have razor-sharp wit hiding behind the beauty that is musical theater comedy which results in a really forgiving material much like a banana bread recipe.


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MsEmilia
#55Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 3:39pm

1. Cabaret
2-5. (In No Particular Order):
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Follies 
Chicago

Honorable Mentions: Nine, Sunset Boulevard, Little Shop Of Horrors

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GeorgeandDot
#56Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:18pm

In no particular order:

South Pacific

Sweeney Todd

Cabaret

Into the Woods

Fun Home

Honorable Mentions: Sunday in the Park with George, Falsettos, Caroline, or Change, Ragtime, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, Gypsy, A Little Night Music, Passion

Ziva56
#57Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 8:41pm

1. Cabaret 

2. Assasins

3. Billy Ellliot

4. Cinderella (Nostalgic Pick)

5. Spring Awakening (Deaf West Revival in particular)/In the Heights

 

 

 

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asoftplacetoland
#58Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/18/17 at 5:55pm

1. Hamilton-brought me back to my theatre roots. 

2. Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812-a masterpiece. 

3. The Phantom of the Opera-first show I ever fell in love with. 

4. Waitress-never gets old. 

5. Sunday In The Park With George-LOVE. 

Honorable Mentions: Hairspray, Wicked, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, Matilda, Anything Goes, Rent, Dear Evan Hansen. 

Too hard. 

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Elfuhbuh
#59Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/19/17 at 1:57am

1. Phantom of the Opera

2. Tanz der Vampire (I'm forever upset over how they butchered their chance at a great Broadway production. Now we'll likely never get an actual English-language cast recording.)

3. Les Misérables

4. Elisabeth (Would love to see them try their hand at playing it on Broadway or in London, but I don't hold my breath.)

5. Next to Normal

 

Honorable mentions go to Wicked (mostly for nostalgic reasons nowadays), Jekyll & Hyde, CATS, Fun Home, Beauty and the Beast, and recently Great Comet. 


"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire

ebontoyan
#60Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/19/17 at 7:18am

1.  Hamilton

2.  Les Miz

3.  Groundhog Day

4.  Newsies

5.  American Psycho

Updated On: 6/19/17 at 07:18 AM

BroadwayLover4
#61Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/19/17 at 7:51am

"Carousel"

"Hellio, Dolly!"

"Sweeney Todd"

" Fiddler on the Roof"

"West Side Story"

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hak5
#62Top 5 Musicals?
Posted: 6/19/17 at 9:26am

1.  SWEENEY TODD the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2. PIPPIN

3. LA CAGE aux FOLLES

4. COME FROM AWAY

5. FUN HOME