Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/04
Ok, for those of you who have been a part of Broadwayworld for longer than I have, you have probably seen this post a million times, and I apologize...but please, if you must say something like "not THIS post again!" then do us all a favor and just don't click on it in the first place! Hey, what a thought:)!
Anyway, what are your ten favorite (best) musicals? (they can be the ten greatest in your opinion or just your own guilty pleasures!)
Mine:
10. Oklahoma!
9.75 Chicago
9.5 Little Shop of Horrors
9. West Side Story
8. The Phantom of the Opera
7. Avenue Q
6. Wicked
5. Assassins
4. Fiddler on the Roof
3. The Lion King
2. Rent!!
1. Les Miserables!~!
(wow, that was hard)
1) Urinetown (forever and always!)
2) Scarlet Pimpernel
3) Miss Saigon
4) Oklahoma
5) The Fantasticks
6) Boy From Oz
7) Last Five Years
Nine
9) Wicked
10) Carousel
The fact that I had to look at my CD collection towards the end of this list tells me something----its really hard to pick only 10 favorites. The top 5 are pretty much set in stone though.
EDIT
I totally forgot about Into the Woods and of course the Sound of Music; which I'm pretty sure started it all for me!
Updated On: 8/28/04 at 03:37 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/04
lol your 8 ) became Cool Smiley...
I agree though, ten is hard...maybe five would have been better. Then again, I couldn't even get it down to ten!
10)Pacific Overtures
9)Cabaret Assassins/Passion (tie)
7)The Ashman/Menken Disney Movie Musicals
6)A Little Night Music
5)Company
4)Gypsy
3)Into the Woods
2)Follies
1)Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
10.Wicked
9. Les Miz
8. The Last five Years
7. Hairspray
6. Tick,Tick Boom
5. Hedwig
4. Avenue Q
3. Once on this Island
2. Bare
1. Rent
Featured Actor Joined: 5/28/03
1. Roméo et Juliette - de la Haine à l'Amour
2. The Phantom of the Opera
3. CATS
4. Autant en Emporte le Vent
5. RENT
6. WICKED
7. Mamma Mia!
8. Cindy, Cendrillon 2002
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. Jesus Christ Superstar
Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet
Here is my definite top five (because the rest of the top ten keeps changing for me). I can't rank them, they're all wonderful.
- Les Miserables
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Avenue Q
- Hairspray
- Sunday in the Park with George
First four in order, the rest not:
Aida
Rent
Cabaret
Oklahoma!
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Taboo
Man of La Mancha
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Tick, Tick... BOOM!
The Music Man
The Sound of Music
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
1)Les Miserables
2)Hairspray
3)AIDA
4)RENT
5)POTO
6)Thoroughly Modern Millie
7)Wicked Mamma Mia
9)Man of La Mancha
10)Oklahoma
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Guys and Dolls
3. Wicked
4. How To Succeed In Business...
5. It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
6. Funny Girl
7. The Nightmare Before Christmas
8. Once On this Island
9. A Chorus Line
10. The Wiz
Swing Joined: 8/27/04
The Phantom of the Opera.
Cats.
Starlight Express.
Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Evita.
Jesus Christ, Superstar.
Song and Dance.
Les Miserables.
Miss Saigon.
Wicked.
WhosOnFirst---I always sing "You Made Me Think You Were in Love" from Song and Dance for auditions...and no one ever knows where its from!
west side story
dreamgirls
a chorus line
cabaret
hair
rent
little shop of horrors
avenue q
chicago
grease
Updated On: 8/28/04 at 04:12 PM
1. Thoroughly Modern Millie
The rest are in no particular order because the change all the time!
-Tick, tick...Boom!
-Annie Get Your Gun
-Showboat
-Aida
-Jesus Christ Superstar
-Rent
-Kiss Me, Kate
-Taboo
-The Sound of Music
And if I include things that I haven't seen, just basing it on the cast recordings Parade and The Last 5 Years would be on there as well!
Chorus Member Joined: 8/24/04
1) Les Miz
2) Wicked
3) Sound of Music
4) West Side Story
5) Chicago
6) Into The Woods
7) Rent Fiddler
9) Ave Q.
10) Beauty and The Beast
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
My Fair Lady
Kiss Me Kate
A Chorus Line
Dreamgirls
The Sound of Music
The King and I
The Wizard of Oz
Chicago
Fiddler on the Roof
Les Miserables
Top Favorite:
1.Gypsy
2. Ragtime
3. Into the Woods
4. Annie Get Your Gun
5. Caroline or Change
6. Thoroughly Modern Millie
7. Wonderful Town
8. 42nd Street
9. Kiss Me Kate
10. Fiddler on the Roof
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
In no particular order:
Sweeney Todd
Les Miz
The Last Five Years
Songs for a New World
The Wild Party (Both....Ok I know that's cheating but I don't care)
Cabaret
Avenue Q
West Side Story
Chicago
Jekyll & Hyde
RENT
AIDA
POTO
H2$
Pippin
Cabaret
Les Mis
Miss Siagon
Guys and Dolls
Little Shop
1. Wicked
2. Gypsy
3. Hairspray
4. The Producers
5. A Chorus Line
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. RENT
8. Little Shop
9. TBFO
10. Mamma Mia!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
This is really hard, but...
1) Wicked
2) Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3) Gypsy
4) Thoroughly Modern Mille
5) Les Miserables
6) Scarlet Pimpernel
7) Beauty and the Beast
Chicago
9) Cabaret
10) Jekyll & Hyde
8 1/2. Nine
thats the only one that is in a set position on the list the other change with time
Starlight Express
Seussical
Wicked
Fiddler on the Roof
Phantom of the Opera
Avenue Q
A Chorus Line
The Producers
Rent
Les Miserables
1. Gyspy
2. Sunday in the Park with George
3. Into the Woods
4. Avenue Q
5. Rent
6. Violet
7. Big River
8. Sweeney Todd
9. Hello, Dolly!
10. Little Shop of Horrors
**11. The King and I
12. Peter Pan**
Based on shows I've actually SEEN (live or video)..
edit: VIOLET!!! holy f.... !
Updated On: 8/28/04 at 05:06 PM
hard to do...so i shall in no order (favorites) -
Parade
Floyd Collins
Violet
Dreamgirls
Hair
Assassins
Company
Sunday in the Park with George
Pacific Overtures
Carousel
runners' up: :)
Sweeney Todd
Porgy & Bess (just gotta count it)
The Last 5 Years
Falsettos
Big River
1. Rent (still haven't *seen* it, but love the music)
2. Avenue Q
3. Les Miz
4. Wicked
5. Producers
6. TMM
7. Hairspray
8. Little Shop
9. Seussical
10.Chorus Line
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