BEST MUSICAL EVER- Page 4
BEST MUSICAL EVER
matt schneider
Broadway Star Joined: 7/3/06
#76re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 1:49amSweeney Todd, but I like avenue Q better, but I know it isn't better
The bushes of Tex were nervous recks because their son was dim, But look what happened to him~Dirrty Rotten Scoundrels~all about Ruprecht
They say the thoughtful musicals dead on broadway~forbiden broadway : SVU~The crime scene
Never say never, there's always one more person you can hit up~avenue Q.~the money song
Life sucks, get a pacifyer~my own saying
#77re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 2:47am
"Amour...I don't know why, but I loved it. And I've always liked Michael Legrand".
-Just because people on here don't say it's their favorite, it doesn't mean the show isn't good or anything, it's a fabulous show, no reason why you shouldn't know why it's your favorite.-
My favorites are Kiss of The Spider Woman, Rent and Bombay Dreams.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#78re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 2:48am
No Crap. You love what you love!
I loved Amour! Be proud!
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#79re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 3:22amin every way (score, lyrics, book, performances) Caroline, or Change.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#80re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 4:27am
Top 5 are Gypsy, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, Sweeney Todd and Show Boat, no doubt.
See Margo's post. Right on the money.
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#81re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 4:48am
LES MISERABLES 
Check my profile to see my list of favorite shows, but LES MIZ is my #1 hands down.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
coolphantom919
Broadway Star Joined: 6/6/06
#84re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:52amI would have to say Les Miz...but in a few months I may switch (back) to A Chorus Line after seeing the revivals.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#85re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 10:34amRagtime and Les Miserables, closely followed by Guys and Dolls (what I consider to be the perfect musical), Cabaret, and My Fair Lady.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#87re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 3:21pm
It's difficult for me to choose only one. so here are my top three in no particular order:
-Phantom of the Opera
-Les Miserables
-Sweeney Todd (revival)
Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky. With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high! Blood-red were the spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat, when they shot him down on the highway, down like a dog on the highway, and he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat...
(The Highwayman. Sung by: Loreena McKennitt)
Updated On: 8/9/06 at 03:21 PM
broadwaybound882
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/05
#88re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 3:25pmThe best musical is is the longest running musical on Broadway, The Phantom of the Opera.
#89re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 3:32pm
top 5 (in order)
Phantom - The BEST ever!
Wicked
The Drowsy Chaperone
Spamalot
Jersey Boys
#90re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 3:34pm
I've probably posted on this thread before, but I'm too lazy to look so I'll post again-
Chicago. There is not one clunker of a song. Not one. Excellent staging and a timeless, flawless story and book. Kander and Ebb's best work and Fosse's best work for the stage. (His best film work is the fictionalized story behind Chicago's rehearsal period.)
Eponine913
Chorus Member Joined: 8/8/06
#91re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:17pmLes Miserable, Miss Saigon,(the score is just so beautiful), and Sweeney Todd.
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#93re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:51pm
Les Miz
Eponine- its not Les Miserable it's Les Miserables
Dylan111
Swing Joined: 8/9/06
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#95re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:02pmOn stage, for me, it was MY FAIR LADY, overall. The best musical for score, is RAGTIME.
BroadwayLara
Swing Joined: 8/9/06
GodIHopeIGetIt
Stand-by Joined: 6/12/06
#98re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:27pm
Where the hell is the Sondheim love on this thread? Wicked, in Gods name, is not the best musical EVAR.
The best I've ever seen are probably Company, A Chorus Line, Sunday in the Park with George, The Light in the Piazza, Chicago, and Sweeney Todd.
Updated On: 8/9/06 at 09:27 PM
#99re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 10:09pm
I can't choose between Passion or Piazza. Rent comes in second.
Yes this is a Sondheim love thread because he has written the best musical's ever!
#100re: BEST MUSICAL EVER
Posted: 8/9/06 at 10:29pm
Although this is a resurrected thread, I did not comment on it the first time it was highly active. The title BEST MUSICAL has such a subjective connotation by nature, so my list is mostly a combination of personal favorites in addition to shows that I believe to be ideal to the artform.
SHOW BOAT
PORGY AND BESS
OKLAHOMA!
GUYS AND DOLLS
MY FAIR LADY
WEST SIDE STORY
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
CHICAGO
A CHORUS LINE
SWEENEY TODD
DREAMGIRLS
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
LES MISERABLES
RAGTIME
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear." ~ Freddie Mercury
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