10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers- Page 2
10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Practically Perfect
Leading Actor Joined: 3/10/05
#25re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/23/06 at 5:58pm
Oklahoma
My Fair Lady
Gypsy
Cabaret
Cats
Les Mis
Phantom
Sunday In The Park With George
The Light In The Piazza
West Side Story
Mary P x
#26re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/23/06 at 6:08pmRenthead...i am very sorry, and not to be rude, but i strongly dissagree with you. They are HARDLY essential. Some are very good shows, but nothing striking. Just my opinion.
"The only way we live beyond our lives is to connect and carve ourselves into the souls of those we love." -Little Fish
#27re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/23/06 at 8:37pmThere are several threads out there that already deal with this and other similar types of rankings and listings. The search function is your best friend. Just type in "essential," "best," or "top" and you are bound to get hundreds of replies. 10 is a very difficult number due to the vast styles of the genre. A list of 20 or 25 would be more comprehensive and present a broader spectrum of musicals.
"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear." ~ Freddie Mercury
#28re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:09am
i think everyones list should include sweeney todd and the light in the piazza.
period.
"The Light in the Piazza....My Love"
#29re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:05am*Throws shoe @ Baritone*
I have NEVER met Cheyenne Jackson. I have never hung out with him in his dressing room, he did not tweet me, he never bought me a beverage, and he mostly certainly didn't tickle me. . .that is all.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#30re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:02pm
There are more than 10 Essentials, especially if you want to discuss shows that made a difference:
1. Oklahoma (cliche, but changed how shows were routinely done - not to mention the marriage of Rogers and Hammerstein)
2. Gypsy (perhaps the most perfect book/musical)
3. West Side Story (the perfect marriage of story, song and dance, and how to update a classic)
4. Cabaret (let's turn storytelling around and inside out)
5. Company (who needs a plot?)
6. Hair (story? who needs a story?)(first true Rock musical)(why didn't it have more of an impact on Broadway? Was it's impact more on US culture)
7. Sweeney Todd (Sondheim/Prince at their strongest)
9. A Chorus Line (who needs a plot? (I know there's an arc of the dancer's life, but it is essentially a frame and not a plot)
10. Aint Misbehavin (got to have a revue show)(how this any different than a jukebox musical like Mamma Mia)
11 Les Miz (compare this "light opera" to Porgy & Bess)
12. Cats (spectacle)
13. Rent (rock + how to update a classic story)
I don't think it's significant for its effect on Broadway, but Kiss Me Kate is so darn entertaining and wonderful and creative.
#31re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:07pm
Sweeney todd
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Ragtime
Tick tick Boom
Fiddler on the Roof
Caroline or Change
Sunday in the Park with George
Cabaret
Funny Girl
Les Mis
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
jesseeinstein
Broadway Star Joined: 11/9/03
#32re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:12pm
In no particular order- the 5 most important musicals:
West Side Story
Guys and Dolls
Sweeney Todd
Showboat
Oklahoma
#33re: 10 essential musicals for MT MAjors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:16pm
I think that Children of Eden and possibly Jesus Christ Superstar should be added to these lists. Now I sound like some religious zealot, which I'm not. But those shows are touching, tell great stories, and have DIFFICULT singing parts.
And I disagree with the comment that RENT is garbage. It's simply different. I agree that it's not a "classic" musical, per se. RENT is innovative (the music, not necessarily the storyline, as I'm sure many would bring up is ripped off of La Boheme) and has captured the hearts of many around the world over the past decade. So it's not quite fair to consider it garbage. At least without backing up your opinion.
#34re: 10 essential musicals for MT Majors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 2:21pm
In no order...
Les Miserables
The Last 5 Years
Sweeney Todd
Parade
Ragtime
West Side Story
Gypsy
Cabaret
The Light in the Piazza
Sunday in the Park with George
Kiss Me, Kate
That's 11, but anyway. Granted, some of these I don't like, but I still feel that they are essential.
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#35re: 10 essential musicals for MT Majors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 3:05pm
1. Les Miserables
2. West Side Story
3. My Fair Lady
4. Oklahoma
5. South Pacific
6. Sweeney Todd
7. Cabaret
8. The Phantom of the Opera
9. Fiddler on the roof
10. A chorus line
Flahooley
Leading Actor Joined: 11/17/05
#36re: 10 essential musicals for MT Majors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 3:32pmFINIAN'S RAINBOW has got to be on the list.
#37re: 10 essential musicals for MT Majors and MT lovers
Posted: 7/24/06 at 6:34pm
My picks in chronological order:
Show Boat
Oklahoma
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd
Dreamgirls
Rent
The Light in the Piazza
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