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Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:31pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=41018

Ooops.. sorry folks...went to edit my own entry and failed...

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Posted by Member: Craig

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Posted by Member: morosco

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Message: Oh lord. The Full Monty? What year did they officially lower the bar?
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Posted by Member: StickToPriest

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Message: And The Full Monty is the ONE show from the 2000's?

Porque?

And where are Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods?
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Posted by Member: magruder

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Message: It's a pretty fishy list. Much as I enjoy Bells Are Ringing or Kismet, I'm not certain that they'd belong on a "greatest of all time" list when they were even considered a little creaky in their time. And they list is awfully parsimonious toward musicals of the 90s and 2000s.
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Posted by Member: jacobtsf

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Message: Where is Rent?
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Posted by Member: Mister Matt

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Message: Not sure about this list. Where is:

Rent
Into the Woods
Urinetown
Mama Mia (though not great, it has proven to be a mega-hit and highly influential)
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Posted by Member: BlueWizard

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Message: Yah, this list is bogus. Even a casual musical theatre fan could come up with a better one, much less someone who did "research".
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Posted by Member: NightLaughs

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Message: Wow, that list is severely flawed... I was going to check out the book. Maybe not so much anymore...

This is 2004 and the only show they can come up with in the 00's is the Full Monty? Exuse me? HUH?

Not to mention it's missing a slew before that. Bleh.
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Posted by Member: Craig

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Message: Well wether or not I agree with the list is not as intriguing (to me) as to read WHY they chose those selections. I'm looking forward to the release..
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Posted by Member: robbiej

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Message: Well...I guess we should wait to see their explanations. I'm assuming there will be explanations.
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Posted by Member: NightLaughs

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Message: Hmm good point.
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Posted by Member: morosco

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Message: Craig does have a point. The BroadwayWorld.com article says "the 101 most influential, popular, and enduring shows". So they are not necessarily the "greatest".
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

Updated On: 8/19/04 at 02:31 PM

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:53pm

JCS isn't on that? Grrrrr.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 3:06pm

No GREASE ???? Wasn't it one of the longest running musicals on Broadway until A Chorus Line????

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 3:08pm

not only isnt JCS on that list but what happened to NINE?

as a matter of fact just going down that list its kind of sad how the number of musicals listed dwindle down starting with the '70s...... the '90s only list 2 (!)

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 7:49pm

It looks like they were celebrating the first 50 years of Broadway....the recent past is rather neglected on the list...

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 7:51pm

What DID they put on the list?

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 8:51pm

Influential, popular and enduring pretty much defines greatness to me. Which is why there are puh-lenty titles that don't belong on the list.

Updated On: 8/19/04 at 08:51 PM

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 8:57pm

Lil' Abners on there...but not RENT...um yeah...that's credible..

Akiva

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 9:05pm

I know I am beating a dead horse here, but JCS. I mean it was the first staged Rock Opera. And it is one of the best musicals EVER. PERIOD!!!!!!

And RENT, my beloved RENT. It brought back actual musicals instead of revues. I mean that season, RENT was the only original work. And it started the whole contemporary musical movement in full force.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

Updated On: 8/19/04 at 09:05 PM

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 9:06pm

THE FULL MONTY? I think we can ignore this list.

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:43pm

I don't know if these people know what they are doing. At first, I thought they did, since they had PETER PAN on it.

But then I saw FULL MONTY and now I don't know what to think.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 11:25pm

What kind of a nut would rate ZORBA, GRAND HOTEL, and THE FULL MONTY above CANDIDE, CAMELOT, and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE?
And LI'L ABNER was more significant and influential than INTO THE WOODS or RENT? This is a parody, right?

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