Best Show on Broadway

[Stagerage2003]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:18pm

I am going to New York soon. I need some input on what shows to see. Give me your top three everyone. Number one being the one you would see first.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:20pm

1) Hairspray
2) Wicked
3) Rent

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:21pm

If you are really short you might enjoy FORBIDDEN BROADWAY.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:22pm

1) The Producers
2) Wicked
3) The Lion King

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:24pm

1) Wicked or Hairspray (these are tied and depends on which would be easier to get tickets to)

2) The Producers

3) Beauty and the Beast

Updated On: 7/21/04 at 12:24 PM

[Matt_G]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:27pm

1) CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
2) AVENUE Q
3) DRACULA (If it's open when you go. I loved this show in CA and I'm sure it's only gotten better)

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:39pm

1) Caroline, or Change
2) The Producers
3) Wonderful Town

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:43pm

1.) Wicked
2.) Phantom of the Opera
3.) Wonderful Town

[Corine2]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:52pm

1. (Really Short) Forbidden Broadway(Off Broadway)
2. Avenue Q
3. Hairspray
4. Caroline Or Change
5. Wonderful Town
I love all five!
Updated On: 7/21/04 at 12:52 PM

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:53pm

Oldies but goodies:

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. The Lion King
3. Rent

New shows:

1. Wicked
2. Movin' Out
3. Mamma Mia!

[jmnpublications]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:56pm

I know most people think of musicals when they think of Broadway, but may I cast two of my three votes for straight plays? For comedy you can't beat "Sly Fox." It has a great cast and is the only remaining non-musical comedy on the boards right now. For drama, it's a toss up between "I Am My Own Wife" and "Frozen." Both are very powerful and intense and have superb performances. My choice for musical would be "Wicked," since there is something for everyone in it. The themes are universal and timeless, and the book and score are very clever. It's a feast for both the eyes and ears. The sets and costumes are spectacular, and the orchestra is a good old-fashioned full pit that doesn't overpower but rather enhances the vocals.

Enjoy.

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:59pm

GO SEE EVERYTHING!!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 1:13pm

CAROLINE OR CHANGE, because the others will probably tour and Tonya Pinkins gives a legendary performance that should not be missed. It's this generation's FOLLIES....and out of all the musicals of the seventies, that's the one production I,personally, wish I had seen.

There's also off-broadway and straight plays, too.
SIGHT UNSEEN--although it's closing soon and I haven't seen this current production--is a brilliant piece of writing that will truly haunt you, I wouldn't miss it.

Speaking of legends, don't forget BARBARA COOK'S BROADWAY!

Updated On: 7/21/04 at 01:13 PM

[mallardo]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:52pm

Caroline or Change. And for a non-musical, I Am My Own Wife. They're both breathtakingly great.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:58pm

Wicked
Caroline or Change
Ave Q

[Delphine]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 3:01pm

1. Avenue Q
2. Caroline or Change
3. Rent

But I'm totally for Forbidden Broadway. Updated On: 7/21/04 at 03:01 PM

[LuvUrBatBoy]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 3:02pm

LOL Caroline or Change is this generations Follies?! Hardly. Yes Caroline is powerful, moving, etc....but it sure as hell isn't Sondheim.

I'd sooner equate it to Ragtime or a musical version of an August Wilson play like Joe Turner's Come and Gone.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 3:04pm

RENT and DRACULA (when it opens...)

[AnothaPartofMe]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 4:20pm

The Boy from Oz will leave you shakin' yo booty...

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 4:38pm

1. Phantom =-D (lol I know this isn't everyones fav show...)
2. Wicked
3. 42nd Street

[Alix7272]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 4:39pm

avenue q or rent definately!

[Broadwaygirl4life]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:02pm

MOVIN' OUT
and
AIDA!

[midtowngym]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:27pm

why will only short people enjoy Forbidden Broadway? Midget humor?

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:28pm

i think corine meant that the show isn't that long.

[Ruffian]

Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:38pm

THE FROGS