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Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?
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Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?#50
Posted: 9/6/23 at 7:33pm
West Side Story
Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?#51
Posted: 9/6/23 at 10:00pm
Hard to get more entertaining than Here lies love.
Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?#52
Posted: 9/7/23 at 12:16pm
ggersten said: "West Side Story"
That's my choice, too, but it's more about a social disease.
Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?#53
Posted: 9/7/23 at 12:37pm
bdn223 said: "Easily Hairspray...its one of the most joyful musicals of all time, and yet is able to tackle the topics of racism, segregation, body image, and lgbt equality with such great depth.
*When you say entertaining, I assume you mean a people pleaser & not the best social issue musical, as there is a difference*"
How does it tackle LGBT equality? The character of Edna, while played by a man, is not a trans character (or even a drag queen). She's very much a biological woman. She's performed by a man as an homage to the source film.
Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?#54
Posted: 9/7/23 at 1:09pm
Jagged Little Pill, Dear Evan Hansen, or Next to Normal
Broadway's Most Entertaining Show About a Serious Social Issue?#55
Posted: 9/7/23 at 4:21pm
To me, Cabaret and Ragtime are in a league of their own.
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