Buzzfeed's 43 Best Musicals since 2000- Page 2

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 10:30pm

A list without Wicked on it is tops for me.

[darquegk]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 10:36pm

A8, what did you think of Peter and the Starcatcher?

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 10:39pm

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I'll bet. That makes me even happier I didn't read it.

I'm sure it was a mirror image of your take on things, though."

I agreed with about half. Why did you reply to the thread if you didn't read what the thread was commenting on?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 10:42pm

"Why it’s essential: Giant tests the limits of how long a musical can be, clocking in at an impressive three hours and 45 minutes. Originally presented in three acts, Giant may simply be too much for some, but the show’s length aptly reflects the expansiveness of the plot and of the Texas setting. It’s called Giant for a reason."

Huh? It's good because it's long?

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/22/14 at 10:52pm

Well they do say it's "impressive" and I think not just due to its length (but I mean, how many times have we all heard that before and been let down *wink* *wink*) I was happy to see it on the list, regardless.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 8:44am

A list of the Best of Anything that ranks that tedious batch of dysfunctional family tropes NEXT TO NORMAL as #1, ranks the cliche-ridden PASSING STRANGE above THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, and actually includes that vile atrocity MEMPHIS is quite simply not worth the cyberspace it occupies.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 9:55am

The list seems more like "All the Shows Written Since 2000 I Can Remember, Presented in an Arbitrary Order."

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 9:59am

"Hairspray, Spamalot, a few others I can't think of offhand... I could make a list of the 43 worst much more easily, but frankly, I wish I could forget them altogether."

I croaked when I read you put Spamalot as one of the best musicals since 2000. I enjoyed the show when I saw it but... one of the best since 2000? Oy.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:08am

Lol, I had the same thought Kad.

It's like they just googled "musicals from 2000-2014" and listed anything that wasn't a total flop.

And to be honest some of the shows that did flop are far better than many on this list.

I would have included the following:

February House
Evil Dead
See Rock City and Other Destinations
The Kid
Nobody Loves You
Dogfight
Women on the Verge

Updated On: 5/23/14 at 10:08 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:14am

I'm not sure why there's so much "buzz" about this list on the boards and facebook. It's not like a group of theater professionals came together to create it.

It's no different than any of us starting a similar list.

Updated On: 5/23/14 at 10:14 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:15am

Probably because BuzzFeed has a much larger readership.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:17am

But BuzzFeed isn't even a theater site, so I'm not sure why people are putting so much stock into this list.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:19am

I haven't seen it discussed anywhere but here, but I agree that if people are considering this some sort of definitive list then they are misguided.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:21am

Exactly. I've seen performers from some of these shows posting about it on Facebook. e.g.: "We are #5, we are #1 so exciting."

[Kad]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:26am

I've seen it on Facebook - I agree with Taz that it's getting play because it's on a high-profile, non-theatre site. Granted, a site that makes junk food look substantial, but still.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 10:38am

I just can't take any list of "Best" musicals that has Curtains on it. Maybe a list of the best of Kander and Ebb's not-best musicals.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 12:25pm

Legally Blonde? Really?

I mean I like it, but it's definitely not a "best musical since 2000."

Also...

Aida is significant for the way it blurs the lines between musical and opera.

Huh? I love the musical version of Aida, but it's not really operatic.

Updated On: 5/23/14 at 12:25 PM

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 12:31pm

Well this list was clearly made by one person, and there is no way that a group of people would decide on choices so eclectic like these. I wonder why SPAMALOT was not included on the list, nor were MATILDA or THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. I am glad that THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, HERE LIES LOVE, NATASHA, PIERRE, and especially THE WILD PARTY made the list.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 1:57pm

MATILDA and LION KING were where...? I enjoyed IF/THEN immensely, but how did that get in and not these 2?

[Tag]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 1:59pm

^Because Lion King was pre-2000?

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:06pm

^Oh, duh :P Thanks for reminding me, haha

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:08pm

Maybe MATILDA was omitted from the list because it wasn't for the Most Mediocre Musicals Since 2000.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:12pm

They should have swapped Curtains for Bonnie and Clyde.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:40pm

I honestly don't think the two people who compiled this list even saw most of the shows.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:47pm

I don't know who that woman is in the picture of Tick Tick Boom. She sure wasn't in the show!