Best Musical of all time?

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:09pm

I think The Chorus Line.

[Orpheum]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:10pm

Why Gyspy, of course!

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:12pm

Sweeney Todd. But it's my second favourite.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:20pm

no such thing. you cannot compare apples to oranges to plums to peaches etc...

each musical is different.

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:45pm

Well than don't answer

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:46pm

I'll answer this:

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "THE BEST MUSICAL OF ALL TIME".

[Orpheum]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 7:59pm

Spoilsports.

[Steve2]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 8:00pm

"The King and I" is absolute perfection.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 8:44pm

I, too, don't believe in a "best musical", but i'll put in some contenders:
My Fair Lady
Kiss Me Kate
Gypsy

[Elphie]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 8:47pm

I see the question more as musicals that had such an amazing effect on their audiences.

There are plenty of answers, but I'll nominate Hair.

[renthead08]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:06pm

Rent

[renthead08]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:06pm

Rent

[MyDreamsRecurring]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:23pm

I agree that they are pretty incomparible but I think Into the Woods is the best.

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:25pm

There isn't just one "Best Musical of all Time," but whenever someone asks me this question, I always answer with West Side Story (which is my personal favorite)

[I<3Idina]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:38pm

WiCkEd duhhhh its like SoOoOo awesome. and perfect. and idinaz my heeero
Updated On: 8/27/05 at 10:38 PM

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:41pm

Cabaret
Into the Woods

And I love The Light in the Piazza (it's my second favorite), but I know it has plot holes and it's not one of the best.

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:43pm

Everyone knows it's- Ragtime!

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:45pm

Les Miserables.

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:56pm

The Phantom of the Opera

[Singin' In The Rain]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:09pm

Sweeney Todd is always classic
but falsettos which i finally listened too is really growing on me, i think it is the best and sondheim fits the next 5 best

1. Falsettos/In Trousers
2. Sweeney Todd
3. A Little Night Music
4. Into the Woods
5. Cabaret

those r my tops right now but they ALWAYS change...daily or hourly

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:14pm

Hmmmm.... I do love Les Mis but I haven't seen it (I'm seeing it on tour this year)

Rent is my favorite that I've seen.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:26pm

West Side Story

[cturtle]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:31pm

MY FAIR LADY

[Fosse76]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:33pm

That depends on your definition. My personal favorite is Miss Saigon. But I also Like Wicked and Avenue Q and Cabaret and Ragtime and... the list is endless.

[jam_man]

Posted: 8/27/05 at 11:52pm

My personal top 10:

1. Sweeney Todd - the peak of the musical theatre (watching Hearn-Lansbury DVD right now!).

2. Gypsy - In the sense of how great and famous it is, it's the Sweeney Todd of the Golden Age, though I wouldn't refer to it as a "Golden Age musical."

3. Fiddler on the Roof - If you were to write a book about writing a musical, the vast majority of your examples would likely be from Fiddler; and it's argubly the last great "Golden Age musical."

4. Cabaret - The first show of the "Experimental Era."

5. West Side Story - It and Gypsy were precursers(sp?) to the "Experimental Era."

6. A Chorus Line - The most famous show from the "Experimental Era."

7. My Fair Lady - The most famous "Golden Age musical," and it's quite possibly the best show of that mold.

8. A Little Night Music - The most sophisticated musical ever, in my opinion. If you truly apprectiate this show, then you are officially a "theatre snob" (as am I).

9. Follies - Wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL score. Bottom line.

10. Company - It asserted Sondheim and Hal Prince as THE leading force of change in 1970s American musical theatre.

Of course, those are just my picks, take them as you will.

Updated On: 8/27/05 at 11:52 PM