Favorite Musicals?- Page 2

[mgmacts]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 7:32pm

Personally, one of my all-time favorites is The Sound of Music. I will say that I fell in love with the movie and Julie Andrews first, but after being in a local production of the stage version I love it even more.

Another favorite of mine is Phantom. I just love how the story is still relatable after all these years. :)

I do have many other favorites as well such as If/Then, Les Mis, The Little Mermaid and Love Never Dies!!

[Matt1]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 10:01pm

My top 5 are
1. Billy Elliot
2. Les Mis
3. Matilda
4. Miss Saigon
5. Ragtime.

[Lord Adalbert]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 10:54pm

wonderland glory days and wicked

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 11:07pm

Les Mis and Cabaret

[gfaustswa]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 11:14pm

Hands down my favorite musical is A CHORUS LINE!

Some others that I have really enjoyed (and yes some were flops) are

The Story Of My Life
Rocky
Bonnie and Clyde
Ghost
Pippin
The Boy From Oz

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 9/15/14 at 10:41am

My top ten and the order would change depending on the day.
Les Miserables
Ragtime
The Drowsy Chaperone
In The Heights
Rent
Bonnie & Clyde
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Shrek
West Side Story
The Wild Party (Lippa)

[Wickedlover56]

Posted: 9/15/14 at 2:55pm

Wicked
Into the Woods
Legally Blonde
Next to Normal
Once
West Side Story
Hairspray
Company
Little Shop of Horrors
Dreamgirls
Cabaret
Sweeney Todd

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 9/15/14 at 5:24pm

Agreeing with the "every Sondheim" sentiment, something about him really hits home for me, though I'm not too hot on either Saturday Night or Road Show, and Passion leaves me pretty cold. That run from Company to Assassins is just golden, though, and I hope they fix the book for Anyone Can Whistle at some point.

Others:
-Fiddler on the Roof (what a killer score)
-Cabaret
-Applause
-Carrie (especially the 80s soundboard, which is electrifying)
-The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
-Chicago
-The Music Man
-Evita (the only ALW I really enjoy from start to finish)
-Fun Home
-La Cage Aux Folles
-A Chorus Line
-Matilda
-Candide (especially the looney-tunes '74 version)
-The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
-1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (White House Cantata is way too stuffy for me)

God, I'm probably missing a few, but these ones have really stuck with me.

[DigificWriter]

Posted: 9/16/14 at 2:10am

Here's some Musicals that I like, but wouldn't call 'favorites' (some of these I've seen either on stage and/or film, and some I've just listened to the scores for):
The Lion King
The Music Man
The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (non-Broadway arrangement)
My Fair Lady
The Secret Garden
Annie
RENT (Movie arrangement)
The Producers (Movie arrangement)
Peter Pan (1954 version)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Rock of Ages (Movie arrangement)
Tarzan
Sweeney Todd (Movie arrangement)
The Phantom of the Opera (Movie arrangement)
Love Never Dies (OBC)
Mary Poppins (Melbourne arrangement)

[RENT_is_Wicked2]

Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:35am

Wicked
Rent
The Producers
BOM
Kinky Boots
La Cage Aux Folles
The Drowsy Chaperone
N2N
Cabaret
Follies
Evita
Sunday in the Park With George
A Chorus Line
American Idiot

[mamaleh]

Posted: 9/16/14 at 10:18am

FOLLIES
GUYS AND DOLLS
GYPSY
SWEET CHARITY
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
A CHORUS LINE
THE BOY FROM OZ

Updated On: 9/16/14 at 10:18 AM

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/16/14 at 10:44am

Here's my 11, starting with my #1:

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
PORGY AND BESS
HELLO DOLLY
CAROUSEL
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
WEST SIDE STORY
CABARET
BILLY ELLIOTT
MY FAIR LADY
GUYS AND DOLLS
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Updated On: 9/16/14 at 10:44 AM

[Jarethan]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 7:40pm

FOLLIES --only the original production...no subsequent production has come close
GYPSY -- saw everyone on B'way since Angela Lansbury. For my $$, her Rose was the best musical performance I have ever seen
MAME -- maybe it is a guilty pleasure, but I live this show...between the original production and the 80s revival, I have seen Angela in it 7 times...when she was in it, it is my #2 show. Anyone else, I still enjoy it, but not as much. Disappointed at the DC version a few years back
THE PRODUCERS -- always best with Nathan Lane, but I have loved this even in summer stock
SWEENEY TODD -- I have seen 5 - 6 different productions and thought they all demonstrated what a great work this is. The original production was still best
SHE LOVES ME -- seen a number of productions, but the Roundabout production was the definitive one.
LES. MISERABLES -- kill me...I love it. Saw it in London a few months after it opened in 1986, but I actually think the version that hit Tampa Fl about 2 years ago was the best one. I love those Victor Hugo drawings and the way Javert died.
CHICAGO -- saw it 4 or five times in the 70s ( saw Verdon, Minelli's, Reinking) and never understood why it was not a montpster hit. Well, I guess I was right after all.
THE KING AND I -- I would actually like this more if they cut out The Small House of Uncle Thomas. I am so sick of that number. But I love the show and think that I Have Dreamed is perhaps the greatest song ever in a show.
CABARET -- have seen 5 - 6 different production. The current version is great, but when you think that the original is almost 50 years ago, amazing. And no one will ever come close to Lotte Lenya and Jack Gilford, in roles that are usually given short shrift, in contrast to the Emcee and Sally.

Runners up: A Funny Thing, The Pajama Game (what a fun score, what a fun show), A Little Night Music, Ragtime, Hello Dolly

[ramblingwreck97]

Posted: 10/2/14 at 10:43am

It is hard to pick just one musical, with all the variations of styles and influence of production value based on the production's performances. So, personally I think these are my favorite:
LES MISERABLES
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
SWEENEY TODD:THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
RAGTIME
PIPPIN
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
NEXT TO NORMAL
GUYS AND DOLLS
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER
THE PRODUCERS
MISS SAIGON
& EVITA

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 10/2/14 at 11:05am

Les Mis, Cabaret, Evita, Hedwig, Gypsy!!!!

[LauraGrace2418]

Posted: 10/11/14 at 9:53am

In no order, my personal favorites are Next To Normal, Side Show, Fun Home & Carrie.

[sctrojan65]

Posted: 11/3/14 at 10:49pm

Crazy For You
Damn Yankees
Jelly's Last Jam
Rent
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
West Side Story
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Sound of Music
Fiddler on the Roof
Sunset Boulevard

More recently….Beautiful was really entertaining, so that almost cracks the top ten. As does Next to Normal.
Updated On: 11/3/14 at 10:49 PM

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 11/4/14 at 12:35am

SHE LOVES ME

[Lovinbroadway2]

Posted: 11/4/14 at 3:53am

1. Pippin (Revival)
2. Cats
3. The Phantom Of the Opera
4. The Lion King
5. Gypsy

Oh, I almost forgot Into the Woods! Updated On: 11/4/14 at 03:53 AM

[Corine2]

Posted: 11/4/14 at 5:09pm

I love so many:
Billy Elliot
Pippin
Hairspray
Avenue Q
On The Town
The Sound of Music










Updated On: 11/4/14 at 05:09 PM