Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Broadway Shows of the Past 25 Years- Page 3

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 12:05am

No good Vibrations or Glory Days?>

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:49am

People underestimate comedies, especially musical comedies. Hairspray and The Producers are great shows. They're fun, entertaining, and a great comedy score.

And the whole "Where is [insert bad show]" joke is getting old.

[marathongirl10]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 10:40am

it is not a top 10 list...it is a top 50 list.

1. Angels in America (1993-94)
2. Rent (1996)
3. August: Osage County (2007)
4. Doubt (2004)
5. Jersey Boys (2005)
6. Fences (1987)
7. Glengarry Glen Ross (1984)
8. Avenue Q (2003)
9. The Heidi Chronicles (198
10. The Producers (2001)
11. The Coast of Utopia (2006-07)
12. The Phantom of the Opera (1987)
13. The Lion King (1997)
14. Frost/Nixon (2007)
15. Les Misérables (1987)
16. Wicked (2003)
17. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1987)
18. Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2001)
19. Six Degrees of Separation (1990)
20. Three Days of Rain (1997)
21. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (199
22. Into the Woods (1987)
23. M. Butterfly (198
24. Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (1995)
25. Falsettos (1992)
26. Dinner With Friends (1999)
27. La Cage aux Folles (1983)
28. Speed-the-Plow (198
29. The Piano Lesson (1990)
30. City of Angels (1989)
31. Three Tall Women (1994)
32. Prelude to a Kiss (1990)
33. Hairspray (2002)
34. Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983)
35. Stomp (1994)
36. The Substance of Fire (1991)
37. This Is Our Youth (1996)
38. Noises Off (1983)
39. Grey Gardens (2006)
40. Fires in the Mirror (1992)
41. Cirque du Soleil: O (199
42. subUrbia (1994)
43. Spring Awakening (2006)
44. Wit (199
45. Sunday in the Park With George (1984)
46. Rabbit Hole (2006)
47. Burn This (1987)
48. Fool for Love (1983)
49. Topdog/Underdog (2001)
50. Chess (198

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 10:46am

Even weirder: HEDWIG, THIS IS OUR YOUTH, SUBURBIA, and the 1997 THREE DAYS OF RAIN were all off-Broadway shows. Just what exactly was the criteria for this?


And August Wilson's best play is still JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE which is not listed.

[Pascal/Menzel/Bundy]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 10:50am

Fences!
Oh man, I adore that play. Brilliant.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 11:20am

They list Jersey Boys and The Producers over Les Miserables? Ridiculous.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:16pm

Seriously, guys... any list that forsakes the masterpiece that was IN MY LIFE is hardly credible.

(Hahaaa, geddit, cause it was so ba... Okay, you're right, it is played-out, I just couldn't let this thread go without an In My Life mention..)
Updated On: 6/20/08 at 01:16 PM

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:17pm

THREE DAYS OF RAIN???

Oh, wait, the 1997 version. Wasn't my darling Bradford Whitley in that?
Updated On: 6/20/08 at 01:17 PM

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:19pm

Is there a link?

[christhefish]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:20pm

Cirque de Soli O - Yeah Sure. and where is The Light In The Piazza, I will say that I am thrilled and suprised that Elaine Stritch: At Liberty made the list

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 1:56pm

DINNER WITH FRIENDS and WIT are Off-Broadway shows as well.
Honestly, who are these people? Because no one could convince me that they know what they are talking about when SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE is so far down and HAIRSPRAY, WICKED, and THE PRODUCERS are so far up.

[Jon]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 2:10pm

No RAGTIME???

[marathongirl10]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 2:17pm

it's not only broadway--just "stage".

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118891.html

[kyleorlando]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 2:21pm

Here's the EW link:
The New Classics: Stage

[trinaaron]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 2:24pm

Very surprised about Ragtime not being there, but I love seeing Chess at number 50, as well as Rent at #2.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/20/08 at 2:26pm

Oh. Well, still...not one surprise in that bunch. Would it have killed them to include Durang, Kondoleon, Larry Kramer, some more English playwrights, Mac Wellman?

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 12:05am

The fact that Caroline, or Change is not even in their Top 50 makes this list completely bogus. Heck, it's easily Top 5.

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 1:59am

I don't see why everyone is so surprised that the Producers made the top ten. Yeah, it's tired now, but think back to when it came out - one could definitely argue that it was ground breaking for the fact that it revived the old-fashioned musical comedy alone. Not to mention it's record number of Tonys.

All things considered, I think it's a pretty well-thought out list. I wouldn't have expected EW to make a list that is so heavy with plays and lesser known shows. Though Ragtime, Caroline, Piazza, and in my opinion, Parade, are all noteworthy omissions.

[SweeneySchism]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 10:43am

I'm surprised that Avenue Q got #8... and I'm delighted :)

About Wicked - I think it should be placed farther down the list... but I can see why it was placed there.

I don't agree with everyone's comments about the Light in the Piazza. I found it to be very dull and not entertaining at all (though the sets were great).

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 11:06am

"About Wicked - I think it should be placed farther down the list... but I can see why it was placed there."

I agree, but just as long as it is under Avenue Q I am fine. hehe

And I didn't even realize Cats was not on the list.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 5:00pm

Uh, last time I checked, when Hairspray first opened, Entertainment Weekly gave it a B- and called it one of the top five worst shows to open that year. Sooooooooooo...did they change their minds or something?

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 9:56pm

I would have liked to see Ragtime or Kiss of the Spider Woman on the list (espeically if it was instead of Jersey Boys), but I am glad that Falsettos is included and that Angels in America is #1.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/21/08 at 10:18pm

The most confounding inclusion on the list is Chess.

[Renthead#1]

Posted: 6/23/08 at 4:26am

I prefered "Zumanity" to "O", but am glad to see Hedwig and RENT on the list.

[antonijan]

Posted: 6/23/08 at 5:35pm

Jersey Boys should be no. 1