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Best Musical of all time?
boytobroadway
Broadway Star Joined: 8/28/05
#25re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:38amLES MISERABLES!!!! Duh...jeez, no brainer.
#26re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:41amGYPSY is usually considered the Best Book Musical of All Time.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#27re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 2:32am
Dreamgirls
Now and forever
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Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#28re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 8:44am
Somebody needs to actually write a musical and name it "The Best Musical Of All Time" just so these arguments are moot. 
For me personally it is "Ragtime". Though I can definately see "Gypsy" and "Sweeney Tood" up there.
#29re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 9:37am
Gypsy
Oklahoma
West Side Story
A Chorus Line
awkward.
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Lamenting_Alto
Swing Joined: 8/6/05
#30re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 9:56am
Hmm...well i think you could say "the best musical of the 40's" or "the best musical of the 90's" but all over...so many different hits...
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Gypsy would probably be up there
Bye Bye Birdie too (even though its not quite as well loved or famous as others, i still think its brilliant)
Anything by Rogers and Hammerstien
and, oh, about a hundred others...
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#31re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:06pmWhat is The Chorus Line ? I'm only familiar with A Chorus Line
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#32re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:11pm
I promise I am not trying to be rude when I say that folks need to learn the extreme difference between attempting to assess best and worst--and personal faves. There is a huge difference between good and bad and like and dislike. Huge. Both may be opinions, but both may have different criteria.
For example, while I love A Chorus Line--it is not my favorite. But, I believe it to be the Best Musical of all time.
#33re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:15pm
Two words: Les Miserables
I think it would be cool to develop some sort of points system to truly determine what is the best, with categories like choreography, theme, musical score... etc so that it can actually be determined.
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#34re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:17pm
But then are we qualifying Musicals? Or productions of musicals?
To qualify Musicals, we can only look at what's on the page.
I<3Idina
Chorus Member Joined: 8/27/05
#35re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:18pm
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Updated On: 8/28/05 at 01:18 PM
#37re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:26pm
Wicked's great... but not best..
I'd say Fiddler, or West Side Story.
that's a really big mic...
#38re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:31pm
Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story are all up there.
And Wicked? Yeah, hon, sure. Whatever.
The book has plot holes you could drive a semi through.
#39re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:41pm
leik zomgz wicked! dur!!11!
*cough*
Actually, I'd have to say my choices are:
Into the Woods
Kiss Me Kate
West Side Story
Sweeney Todd
Les Miz
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kmbrlee8252
Chorus Member Joined: 1/9/05
#40re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:05pm
Les Miserables!
Though I do love Wicked, Rent, Evita and Jekyll & Hyde.
BoxFive
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/05
#42re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:14pmWest Side Story gets my vote.
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#43re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:15pm... They're playing our song. hands down the best.
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#45re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 5:43pmParade. Brilliant show!!! I cry listening to the CD.
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I<3Idina
Chorus Member Joined: 8/27/05
#46re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 6:55pm
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#47re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 6:59pm
I'll add another vote for Ragtime.
It really is a stellar show that doesn't get mentioned enough.
Seriously child, you need to edit that excessive Wicked post. It's one thing to be disruptive in your posts, it's another to stretch out the entire page.
#48re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 7:53pm
And the envelope, please...
It's a tie! Gypsy and Sweeney Todd!
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#49re: Best Musical of all time?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 8:00pm
So many people judge a show on who's in it rather than overall quality. Sometimes, the casting makes or breaks a show. Other times, it doesn't matter because the show is what counts. So, all casting aside, let's look at just the show itself.
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