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#26

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 6/15/17 at 3:24pm

Thanks to this thread, I went back to listen to If/Then and I agree there's ton of potential there. Would love to see a revival in the future.

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#27

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 6:06pm

GavestonPS said: "DADDY LONG LEGS hasn't been mentioned here. It's a two-character show, but one I listened to daily for six months after it was streamed for free on the internet."

Seconded wholeheartedly. It's an Off-Broadway show based on the short novel Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster. You don't need to read the story beforehand to understand it, though!

#28

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 6:07pm

Dear Evan Hansen

Once (I saw five years ago but was it more than five years ago that it began on Broadway?)

If/Then

Hedwig & The Angry Inch (I know that it's been around longer than five years, but it debuted on Broadway less than five years ago)

Fun Home

Hamilton

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

#29

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 6:28pm

Once
Bring It On
Matilda
Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Violet
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Fun Home
Something Rotten
The Visit
Hamilton
Bright Star
Great Comet
Bandstand
Daddy Long Legs (Off-Broadway)
Sense & Sensibility (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#30

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 6:43pm

In the last five years, the best scores have been, IMO, DEH, Hamilton and Bridges of Madison County.

CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.

#31

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 7:18pm

Dear Evan Hansen, Heathers, Dogfight, Waitress, Gentleman's Guide, Bridges of Madison County, Be More Chill, Big Fish

#32

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 7:23pm

Anastasia

Bandstand

Dear Evan Hansen

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Matilda

Something Rotten

Newsies

Heathers

Hamilton

Bring It On

Groundhog Day

Updated On: 9/10/17 at 07:23 PM

#33

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 7:28pm

Hamilton

Fun Home

The Great Comet

Dear Evan Hansen

Waitress

Kinky Boots

#34

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 11:23pm

The score for Heathers is atrociously bad.

I would say: Fun Home, Hamilton, Waitress, Bridges, Great Comet, and I would throw Something Rotten in there as the "fun" score.

#35

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 11:37pm

And I know that the show wasn't very successful but I thought Bright Star had an absolutely lovely score. I think of the major flops of the last five years Bright Star was the musical that had a score that deserved to be heard for way longer.

#36

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/10/17 at 11:42pm

Bandstand, Gentleman's Guide, She Loves Me, Hamilton, Edwin Drood, Daddy Long Legs, Bright Star.

#37

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/11/17 at 12:11am

HTDobson, matter of opinion. I an not a fan of a few you listed.

I would add Bright Star.

I also loved and was a bit obsessed with the score to "Nevermore...". I really liked the walk-in music a lot. Finally got a copy of the show amd walk-in music.

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#38

Best Scores From the Last Five Years?

Posted: 9/11/17 at 12:22am

I posted my favorites when this thread was first started, but since then, I've discovered "Venice," which I've absolutely fallen in love with. I know it got a lot of negative word of mouth at the Public, but I think the score is just phenomenal. It's my current musical theatre obsession. I've made it my goal to introduce it to all my musical theatre-loving friends, because I don't know anybody who has heard it.

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