1. Les Misérables
2. The Phantom of the Opera
3. Miss Saigon
4. Ragtime
5. The Color Purple
Updated On: 6/5/08 at 05:09 PM
stop making threads...please
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
It's as though he never left... because he didn't. GO AWAY
So, what are the steps to get him banned?
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
I agree with all of those except for The Color Purple.
Caroline, Or Change has to be on a top 5 best book list
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
Do "Les Miz" "Phantom" and "Miss Saigon" have a book? Aren't they sung through?
Book doesn't refer solely to the spoken words between songs, it's also the overall narrative and structure of the show. As a book writer, I could say "and we'll have a song where the lead guy does this, then we'll send him offstage and bring on the comedy villain, and this will tell the story in the most concise and entertaining way" and just leave my lyricist to work out the finer details. ^_^
Don't know about greatest books, but the worst book I have ever - and will ever, if there is a god - is 'Gone With The Wind'. MAN it stinks! XP
if you wanted to be technical, MTF3's list is basically made up of Through-Songs. NOT "Musicals"
Through-Songs are shows (some consider them contemporary operas) with no structured book or speaken word. Dialouge is sung through reoccuring motifs and classical reciatatives.
Blaxx... we tried to get this child banned. it didn't work.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
I would still consider them musicals tho. The only one that feels like an opera to me is Phantom.
1. SWEENEY TODD
2. EVITA
3. CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
4. AVENUE Q
5. PACIFIC OVERTURES
EDIT: Oh sorry, I thought it said "favorite musicals." Oh well.
Best show of all time.
LUPWNED!
I know MTF3 is annoying, but...isn't this thread pretty legit?
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
Lmao at Sweeney Todd. Talk about a horrible show.
In no particular order other than alphabetical...
Carousel
Gypsy
Oklahoma
Ragtime
West Side Story
in alphabetical order, since I can't rank them...
Gypsy
Fiddler on the Roof
Passion
Sunday in the Park With George
Sweeney Todd
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
Kiss Me Kate
A Funny Thing... Forum
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
Ah, TooDarnHot, what you don't know about musicals could fill a library.
I'd say the best "book" for a musical was Gypsy. Maybe Ragtime would be on there. King and I is pretty damn good too. It's a good question- as a wise man once said the book of a musical is like the flour in a cake; It doesn't make the cake taste good, but try baking without it.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
In order....
West Side Story
The Light in the Piazza
My Fair Lady
Little Shop of Horrors
Spring Awakening (yeah, I said it. Shoot me.)
1. Sweeney Todd
2. Gypsy
3. South Pacific
4. Follies
5. The King and I
The Wedding Singer. I kid, I kid.
No Order:
Phantom of the Opera
Ragtime
Sunday in the Park with George
Les Miserables
Carousel
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
I actually love The Wedding Singer. Not sure why it gets slammed so much.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
Fiddler on the Roof
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
The Producers
Sweeney Todd
Lmao that someone who calls Sweeney Todd "a horrible show" is a Wedding Singer fan.
1776
My Fair Lady
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
Guys and Dolls
Videos