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#26

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 5:37pm

YAGMCB is NOT a modern musical. It is decades old and just happened to be revived during the period we are discussing. Even then, I wouldn't include it among the top revivals of the period.

No one will be surprised to hear that I think The Light in the Piazza and Floyd Collins are among the best, but I agree with apdarcey that Ragtime is undoubtedly the best musical from that time period. Now, to list my top however-many, based on their original productions but heavily biased by their OCRs:

1. Ragtime
3. The Light in the Piazza
3. Caroline, or Change
4. Floyd Collins
5. Urinetown
6. Parade
7. The Wild Party
#27

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 5:40pm

Wow...there are so many...a few of these I haven't seen, just heard the OBCR. But I still think they are beautiful!

Light in the Piazza
Wicked
RENT
Producers
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Avenue Q
25th Annual...

Just to name a few. There are some really good musicals out there right now, in my opinion. If I had to choose my absolute favorite, it would be a tie between RENT and Wicked. Both, in my opinion, have beautiful music, great messages about acceptance and love, which is greatly needed in this world today.

Love,
Brandon
#29

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 7:14pm

rent, caroline or change, pizza, spelling bee, avenue q, last five years
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#30

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 7:40pm

Cabaret was only different in design and tone. The book and score were 90+% the same (with a couple of additions from the film and elsewhere).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#31

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 7:43pm

That I have actually seen, Rent and Ragtime.

That I have listened to:
Bat Boy the Musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Last Five Years
Urinetown
The Light in the Piazza
Wicked
#33

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 7:45pm

So the Cabaret revival was like the Chicago revival? I missed the Cabaret revival. I mean similar - because they both were different form their original production.

Chicago has a complete new design, and an even darker tone. The score is pretty much the same, and the book has some minor changes.

Updated On: 8/3/05 at 07:45 PM

#34

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 7:47pm

Billy Elliot, Urinetown, Rent, Titanic, Parade.

Don't understand the fuss about Ragtime. Perhaps it is too american for this boy. great score, but I hated the production.
#35

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 7:55pm

Thoroughly "Modern" Millie, get it?

OK, corny joke, but that's an easy choice for me.
Also:
Hairpray
The Producers
Avenue Q
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamalot
Mamma Mia
Urinetown
Lennon
#36

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:29pm

Rent
The Light in the Piazza
Wicked
Altar Boyz
Spelling Bee
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
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#37

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:48pm

The Light in the Piazza
Caroline, or Change
Urinetown
Parade
Ragtime
Spelling Bee
Spamalot
Rent
Titanic
The Full Monty
Hairspray
Avenue Q
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#38

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/3/05 at 10:10pm

Rent
Aida
TTB
Zanna, Don't!
L5Y
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#39

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:31pm

1. Ragtime
2. Ragtime
3. Ragtime
4. Ragtime
5. Ragtime

okay seriously...

1. Ragtime
2. Parade
3. Caroline, or Change
4. The Spitfire Grill
5. Aida
#40

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 3:51pm

I think Assassins was amazing. Of course, it was written back in '91, or something, but I would say that's pretty modern.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#42

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 4:00pm

Ragtime, Piazza, Passion, Urinetown, Millie, Spelling Bee, A Man of No Importance, Once on This Island, (I'm and A & F freak I know). I probably forgot some.
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee "It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
#43

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 5:42pm

Urinetown
Ragtime
Assassins

(Notice how RENT is not on my list?)
#44

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 6:24pm

So many mentions for Ragtime!
I saw it recently at the Paper Mill, and it was great!
Add to my list.
#47

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 7:18pm

RENT
Tick Tick Boom
Avenue Q
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamalot
Urinetown
Aida
Little Shop of Horrors
Spelling Bee
Assasins

and I wouldn't call it the best but I really liked Wicked so its a runner up. And probably a bunch more that I'll remember the second I post this.....:-P
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart. -Scrubs
#48

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 7:57pm

Ragtime, Rent and Les Miserables...Every time I saw these (no matter how many times) I cried my eyes out.
#49

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 8:16pm

the last five years!!!
this musical is a must listen too. i am so sad that i couldn't have seen it performed. that would be amazing.
it has dethroned the unbeatable RENT in my book, but it is definitely a second.
the rest arent on the same continent as the first two, but:
west side story
aida
wicked
hairspray (fun to watch, but music not that good)

ones i wanna see/hear:
light in the piazza
drs
parade
#50

re: Favorite 'modern' musicals?

Posted: 8/4/05 at 8:26pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Last 5 Years
Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Rent
Aida
Wicked

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