BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!

[Moderator]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#1

Posted: 3/15/24 at 10:31am

Which musical is really the Best Musical of all time? Kick off tournament season with the ultimate March Madness Bracket: Best Musical Edition! Looking back on the last 64 years of Broadway's most acclaimed shows, BroadwayWorld invites YOU to join us and our readers in deciding which show deserves the title of The Ultimate Best Musical!

How To Participate

-Select your pick in each contest round below & submit the form.
-Come back for round each round to see if your selections made it.
-Didn't join the contest in the first round? No problem! Join in any round.

Schedule of Events

-Round 1: Starts Monday, March 15 and ends Wednesday, March 20, 2024
-Round 2: Starts Thursday, March 21 and ends Monday, March 25, 2024
-Round 3: Starts Tuesday, March 26 and ends Thursday, March 28, 2024
-Round 4: Starts Friday, March 29 and ends Tuesday, April 2, 2024
-Round 5: Starts Wednesday, April 3 and ends Friday, April 5, 2024
-Round 6 (Final): Starts Monday, April 8 and ends Friday, April 12, 2024

VOTE NOW

Updated On: 3/15/24 at 10:31 AM

[Zeppie2022]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#2

Posted: 3/15/24 at 6:30pm

I will probably do much better on my NCAA bracket than the BWW bracket - ha ha.

[VintageSnarker]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#3

Posted: 3/16/24 at 3:46am

I don't know about some of these matchups. It hurts to be losing Man of La Mancha, Evita, Nine, Fun Home, etc. this early. They could have lasted longer paired with different musicals.

[FANtomFollies]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#4

Posted: 3/16/24 at 9:13am

Pinning Les Mis against Phantom just hurts my heart! 

Also - there are many upsetting omissions. No Ragtime, Next to Normal, Caroline or Change, Wicked, etc?

Updated On: 3/16/24 at 09:13 AM

[jkcohen626]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#5

Posted: 3/16/24 at 3:04pm

FANtomFollies said: "Pinning Les Mis against Phantom just hurts my heart!

Also - there are many upsetting omissions. No Ragtime, Next to Normal, Caroline or Change, Wicked, etc?"

This only the last 64 Best Musical Tony winners and they're in order of years. That's how Phantom and Les Miz ended up next to each other. 

[FANtomFollies]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#6

Posted: 3/16/24 at 3:57pm

jkcohen626 said: "FANtomFollies said: "Pinning Les Mis against Phantom just hurts my heart!

Also - there are many upsetting omissions. No Ragtime, Next to Normal, Caroline or Change, Wicked, etc?"

This only the last 64 Best Musical Tony winners and they're in order of years. That's how Phantom and Les Miz ended up next to each other."

Ok that makes sense. Yikes I feel stupid 

[Sauja]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#7

Posted: 3/18/24 at 6:35pm

Cats being ahead of La Cage makes me want to throw my phone into a wall. Ha.

[Broadway Flash]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#8

Posted: 3/18/24 at 10:49pm

Kinda surprised more people like Hairspray than Avenue Q

[Ensemble1710922989]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#9

Posted: 3/20/24 at 9:24am

After reading the summary, you will find it to be an inspiring and intriguing read. Sad that I won't have the opportunity.

 

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Updated On: 4/4/24 at 09:24 AM

[dramamama611]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#10

Posted: 3/21/24 at 8:28am

It's the young 'uns that do t know it.- esp since there's no movie. 

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[dramamama611]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#11

Posted: 3/21/24 at 8:31am

Hmmmm... It's Thursday, when is the next round actually opening? 

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Dylan Smith4]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#12

Posted: 3/21/24 at 9:11am

dramamama611 said: "Hmmmm... It's Thursday, when is the next round actually opening?"

I think it starts tomorrow. Last week started on a Friday, so it would make sense for round 2 to open tomorrow.

The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince

[Moderator]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#13

Posted: 3/21/24 at 9:43am

Hey everyone! The round DOES open today, it just takes a minute for us to get the page setup for the next round in the morning. Some fun matchups in this round!

Round 2 of BroadwayWorld's Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket is now open! Make sure to vote before Monday, March 25th, at 11:59 PM ET to have your say on which is the ultimate Tony Award-winner for Best Musical of all time!

Check back daily for live stats to see how your favorite shows are ranking!

Vote Now & View Stats

[VintageSnarker]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#14

Posted: 3/23/24 at 1:55am

Do people like Company that much more than A Little Night Music? Or have not that many people voted yet?

[ggersten]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#15

Posted: 3/23/24 at 6:58pm

Poor City of Angels.  It really does need an A+ revival. 

[hork]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#16

Posted: 3/24/24 at 5:54pm

VintageSnarker said: "Do people like Company that much more than A Little Night Music? Or have not that many people voted yet?"

That surprised me, too. Not that Company is winning but that it's winning in such a landslide. I've actually never seen either one but I've listened to the cast recordings for both and I much prefer ALNM's score to Company's.

[Zeppie2022]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#17

Posted: 3/24/24 at 6:00pm

"Poor City of Angels. It really does need an A+ revival. "

I loved "City of Angels", but it did not stand a chance in that matchup - lol

[Moderator]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#18

Posted: 3/26/24 at 11:21am

Round 3 of BroadwayWorld's Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket is now open! Make sure to vote before Thursday, March 28, at 11:59 PM ET to have your say on which is the ultimate Tony Award-winner for Best Musical of all time!

Vote Now & View Stats

[Zeppie2022]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#19

Posted: 3/26/24 at 11:38am

Will be interesting to see who wins the "In the Heights" vs "Book of Mormon" vote.

[Sauja]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#20

Posted: 3/26/24 at 11:58am

The dead even 50-50 split currently between Sound of Music and Fiddler is an exciting race.

 

Elsewhere, everything I voted for is winning save for Book of Mormon, and I don’t mind too much because I also love In the Heights. 

[Listener]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#21

Posted: 3/27/24 at 12:09am

I was really surprised not to see Phantom when I joined in on Round Two. Was it seriously eliminated after round one??

You guys....come on now....!

[Someone in a Tree2]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#22

Posted: 3/27/24 at 2:59pm

I don't know what world I'm living in when The Sound of Music is beating Fiddler on the Roof soundly. Sigh--

I always expected that my fave HADESTOWN would go down to HAMILTON in any cage match so no surprise that the mob doesn't agree with me there.

Updated On: 3/27/24 at 02:59 PM

[LuckyDipster]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#23

Posted: 3/27/24 at 4:12pm

I do apologise, but I have never seen Fiddler On The Roof.  When I was a child I played my Sound Of Music album a million times.  I still love those songs.

*votes for TSOM*

It looks like my Carmen Ghia is going out in this round so that will be my major interest in this poll gone.

[kdogg36]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#24

Posted: 3/27/24 at 9:21pm

Listener said: "I was really surprised not to see Phantom when I joined inon Round Two. Was it seriously eliminated after round one?"

I believe it lost to Les Miserables in the first round.

[VintageSnarker]

BroadwayWorld Announces Ultimate Best Musical March Madness Bracket - Vote Now!#25

Posted: 3/28/24 at 12:43pm

Maybe they can do this again but with more musicals in some kind of ranked choice system so you end up with a more even bracket.