Favorite show ever- Page 3

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:31am

Dreamgirls

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:35am

PJ. I think you are LUCKY you saw Molly Ringwald understudy.

Tie: Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line

[CJR]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:50am

Chicago and ACL

[Racetrack]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:06am

Les Miserables was the first musical I saw live.

There's more than one favorite. So I'll make a list in no particular order.

Beauty and the Beast
Little Shop of Horrors
Phantom of the Opera
The Lion King
The Producers
Rent
Miss Saigon
The Secret Garden(because a good friend of mine was in it and he was great)

And tons of others.

[mirandajrs]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 6:40am

Hello Dolly

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 6:43am

Ah I forgot A Chorus Line.

[Derek]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:37pm

The Wizard of Oz
Guys and Dolls
Wicked

[broadway geek]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:50pm

Based on Cast Recordings:

Candide
Gypsy
Fiddler on the Roof
Chorus Line
Sweet Charity

Based on what I've seen (very few):

Thoroughly Modern Millie - it made me smile

[AidaNYRent]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:13pm

Rent is definately my favorite. Wicked is a very close second.

[mizzie]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 4:39pm

Must I even say it?

mizzie.

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 10:40pm

I don't have one favorite. I have a top 11:
Forbidden Broadway
Avenue Q
A Chorus Line
Millie
Urinetown
Hairspray
Pippin
La Cage
Dreamgirls
Violet
Secrets
If i could only choose one it would ALWAYS be Forbidden Broadway.


Favorite play: The Normal Heart



Updated On: 12/24/04 at 10:40 PM

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:36pm

MY FAIR LADY - best all around show
SHOWBOAT - best score

[LaeloftheLakes]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 2:21am

My first fave show (from age eight to age eighteen) was Les Mis. First Bway obsession, and all.

I couldn't help it! RENT stole my heart! Forever may it reign supreme there!

[DevilWind]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 3:35pm

Rent
Aida
Wicked
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tommy

[Hank]

Posted: 12/25/04 at 5:14pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie!

There, I've said it again.

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 2:23pm

Matilda.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 2:26pm

Wow, 21 years. Is that a record?

Sunset Boulevard (original version).

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 2:40pm

Decades-long bump? Okay.

Little Shop, Fun Home, Passing Strange, Matilda, Sweeney Todd.

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 3:21pm

It's a tie:

A Chorus Line and Sweeney Todd

[Jarethan]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 10:25pm

Needed three:

 

MUSICAL:

Follies — Original Broadway Production

Mame — Original Broadway Production

Les MIs

 

PLAY:

Nicholas Nickleby

A Moon for the Misbegotten (Robards / Dewhurst)

A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanchette as Blanche)

 

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 11:05pm

My top three are 

1. Phantom of the Opera

2. Les Miserables

3. Rent

I thoroughly enjoy the late 90s early 2000s era when all three were on Broadway at the same time. I went back and forth between those three many many MANY times in those years. 
My other faves 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Chicago

Spring Awakening

West Side Story

The Music Man

Book of Mormon 

Hamilton

Avenue Q

[Copeman63]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 11:20pm

StickToPriest said: "You just can't help but worry for someone whose favorite show is a collection of ABBA songs."

Strange. I thought the post title was asking for people to say their favorite shows; and not to talk badly about other people’s favorite shows. 
 

Why yuck someone else’s Yum?

 

But add me to your list of worries, because Mamma Mia! is my favorite show as well. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/30/25 at 11:26pm

Dude, that person hasn't posted in 12 years so I doubt they will answer you. This thread is 21 years old but it's cute to read it. I never saw Mamma Mia! but I'm glad it's coming back for you guys that love it so much.

Fun Home.

[MagicalMusical]

Posted: 7/31/25 at 12:28am

I love that a thread like this got bumped after 21 years!

It seems the big, often favorites are Rent, Les Mis, and Phantom of the Opera, and that makes sense. Also Sweeney.

My favorite is predictably Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella because that is based on my favorite story of all time. The music just thankfully is also good. Second for me is Into the Woods, and third is Wicked. Maybe Wicked should count more since it has no bias. Then again The Wizard of Oz is my second favorite story. I long for a R+H Cinderella with a great, perfect book. The 2013 Broadway one was pretty good, though.

[Copeman63]

Posted: 7/31/25 at 2:05am

Sutton Ross said: "Dude, that person hasn't posted in 12 years so I doubt they will answer you. This thread is 21 years old but it's cute to read it. I never saw Mamma Mia! but I'm glad it's coming back for you guys that love it so much.

Fun Home."

Now THAT is funny! I had never seen this post, and started from the beginning only to get annoyed with the crappy attitudes and then skipped to reply before reading the rest. My mistake!
 

That being said; Mamma Mia! was my favorite show in 2004 and remains as such in 2025! So happy it’s coming back to its former home, even if it’s just the tour set.