Best and Worst of the past Decade

[SeanInTheSpotlight]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 12:51pm

What do you think has been...
1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?

Please share!!!

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 1:20pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?

Personally my favorite new show was In The Heights.

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?

The last show of [title of show] and the last of Gypsy (LuPone) have been two of my best experiences.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?

Glory Days

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?

Wicked

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?

Unexpected how? Unexpected hit?

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 1:27pm

1. Best Musical of the Decade

Caroline, Or Change

2. Best Bway Memory of the Decade

First thing that came to mind--seeing Doubt (a show I worked on) win its Tonys

3. Biggest Flop of the Decade

I dunno

4. Biggest Hit of the Decade

FInancially? Wicked by far

5. Most unexpected show of the Decade

I'm going with Avenue Q--what a story that wonderful show has had

[lstbutifulgrl2]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 1:41pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
I'll agree with In the Heights

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Rent Closing show

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Glory Days

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
As much as it pains me to say it, Wicked

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Hmmm... I'm not sure what gets my vote, although I do agree that Avenue Q had quite the ride this decade.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 1:51pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
next to normal

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Seeing my good friend make her "Broadway debut" in a walk-on role (to benefit Broadway Cares) in her favorite musical

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Financially, it would probably be Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, no?

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked, without question

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Unexpected in what way? I agree it was unexpected that Avenue Q took off in the way it did.

I'm adding another one...

6. Most underrated show of the Decade?
The Color Purple.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 2:19pm

I would say that Xanadu was the most unexpected hit of the decade. (It was a hit, right?)

Or maybe ROA.

Those are shows that seem so lame and yet turned out to be a lot of fun.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 2:21pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Watching my best friend take his first curtain call in an enormous Broadway musical. I've never been so proud of anyone in my entire life.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Sadly, probably THE PIRATE QUEEN. I loved this show.

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
WICKED, hands down.

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
I'm going to say JERSEY BOYS. On paper, it sounded like a show that would have closed in 4 months.
Updated On: 12/31/09 at 02:21 PM

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 2:30pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Avenue Q

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Experiencing The Norman Conquests unfold over three nights and seeing the same people in the audience night after night

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
I'm interpreting "biggest" as "flop that made me LOL" so, Brighton Beach Memoirs

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Avenue Q

[Dantes]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 3:47pm

Best musical of the decade
Next To Normal

.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Not Broadway as such but Carrie getting a new workshop/reading

.Biggest flop of the Decade?
High Fidelity (it even made the news here in the UK)

Biggest hit of the decade
Wicked

Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Next to Normal

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 3:48pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Next to Normal

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Closing night of the '05 Sweeney Todd revival

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Avenue Q

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 4:03pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Wicked

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Me, personally...? Seeing Wicked for the first time.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Glory Days

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Next to Normal


I'm adding two:
6.Most Underrated?
13

7. Most Forgotten?
Bombay Dreams

[matineeidol2013]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 6:01pm

1.) best musical of the decade?
the light in the piazza. a risky show that found an audience for over a year, stunning production and perfect cast.

2.) best broadway memory of the decade?
corny, but i used to be a wicked freak (the fad is long gone) i saw the show for my birthday in 2005 and began to cry as the orchestra began playing.

3.) biggest flop?
everybody seems to be forgetting story of my life! (it did manage to run a weekend though, opposed to glory days one performance!)

4.) biggest hit?
have to agree with wicked, and not just for financial reasons. the show isnt a masterpiece by any means, but it has introduced a slew of new people to the magic of musical theatre.

5.) most unexpected show?
gotta say finians. did the show flop? yup, but a group of producers who believed in the material took a chance and brought a beautiful show to the great white way which garnered some of the best reviews of any show this decade. and we're getting a brand new cast recording of a superb score.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 8:32pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
--"Hairspray"
2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
--Hearing about Patti LuPone breaking the 4th wall during "Gypsy"
3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
--"The Neil Simon Plays", they're not musicals (does it count?)
4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
--"Wicked"
5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
--"Xanadu" or "Avenue Q"

These are based on some of the most recent... :]

[hairspraydude1962]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 9:16pm

1. Best Musical of the Decade is?
-- "Hairspray"
2. Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
-- Seeing my first Broadway show
3. Biggest flop of the Decade?
-- "Glory Days" or "Story of My Life"
4. Biggest hit of the Decade?
-- "Wicked"
5. Most unexpected show of the Decade?
-- "Xanadu"

[zunit1234]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 9:24pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
- Caroline, or Change (The cliché choice, but for good reason)
2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
- Seeing "The Drowsy Chaperone" and laughing till it hurt
3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
- ... Glory Days?
4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
- ... Wicked? Is this debatable? Financially, fer sure.
5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
- Avenue Q catching on the way it did was sort of unexpected.

[onedaymore]

Posted: 12/31/09 at 10:36pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Thoroughly Modern Millie or Light In the Piazza IMO

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
heh heh...when Bret Michaels was hit in the head at the Tonys XD

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
The Pirate Queen

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked definitely

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
How successful, financially, performance-wise, and production wise, the South Pacific revival was.

[Will O'Donnell]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 2:26pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Spring Awakening or The Drowsy Chaperone

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
The curtain call in Hair where everybody jumps up on stage and cries w/ their friends as they hug them.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
I have no clue

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked...and I guess Jersey Boys would be second.

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Spring Awakening or Next to Normal

[claude hooper2]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 2:36pm

1.Best show of the Decade?
I'd have to say Light in the Piazza. The score is breathtaking, and Kelli O'Harra was perfection as Clara.

2.Best theater memory?
seeing Angela in the first performance of a Little Night Music.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
I have to agree and say Pirate Queen, unfortunately.

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked,,,ugh. $2 million in one week..you can't argue with that.

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
[title of show]
Updated On: 1/1/10 at 02:36 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:59pm

What do you think has been...

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Grey Gardens

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
The final performance of Passing Strange and all the glorious insanity of it.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Pirate Queen?

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked?

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Passing Strange

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:30pm

What do you think has been...

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
next to normal...hands down

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Seeing HAIRSPRAY a few months before it closed, with my grandmother..who passed away a few months after...

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Original: 13 Revival: American Buffalo

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked...is there any other?

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Young Frankenstein...nobody expected this to meet the bar set by THE PRODUCERS... and though it fell short, it got an audience and had a modest run.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:30pm

What do you think has been...

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
next to normal...hands down

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Seeing HAIRSPRAY a few months before it closed, with my grandmother..who passed away a few months after...

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Original: 13 Revival: American Buffalo

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked...is there any other?

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Young Frankenstein...nobody expected this to meet the bar set by THE PRODUCERS... and though it fell short, it got an audience and had a modest run.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:30pm

What do you think has been...

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
next to normal...hands down

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Seeing HAIRSPRAY a few months before it closed, with my grandmother..who passed away a few months after...

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Original: 13 Revival: American Buffalo

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked...is there any other?

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Young Frankenstein...nobody expected this to meet the bar set by THE PRODUCERS... and though it fell short, it got an audience and had a modest run.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:30pm

What do you think has been...

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
next to normal...hands down

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Seeing HAIRSPRAY a few months before it closed, with my grandmother..who passed away a few months after...

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Original: 13 Revival: American Buffalo

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked...is there any other?

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
Young Frankenstein...nobody expected this to meet the bar set by THE PRODUCERS... and though it fell short, it got an audience and had a modest run.

[saveusmike]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:37pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
Personally, I loved 9 to 5. Loved

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
9 to 5 final performance. It was just a bunch of people who truly LOVED the show. and it showed by both the actors and theater goers

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
Brighton Beach Memoirs. 2 shows get canned. One closes in 3 weeks and another didnt even open. I felt horrible for everyone associated with it. So many lost jobs.

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Finacially? That goes without saying, Wicked.

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade
Avenue Q.
No body thought it would beat Wicked for the Tony. No body though it would last 6 years on Broadway. and NOBODY thought it would transfer off Broadway.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:43pm

1.Best Musical of the Decade is?
The Light in the Piazza

2.Best Broadway memory of the Decade is?
Seeing my first show on Broadway- The Music Man with Craig Bierko.

3.Biggest flop of the Decade?
I'd go with Taboo.

4.Biggest hit of the Decade?
Wicked.

5.Most unexpected show of the Decade?
I'm gonna go with Urinetown. Who would have ever thought?!