Funniest Musical?
Funniest Musical?
#0Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:02pm
Wanted to get some opinions on what some of the funniest musicals ever are?
Any thoughts, and don't limit it to the obvious (Producers, Spamalot, Urinetown, etc.)
Thanks in advance!
#1re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:05pm
THE PRODUCERS
SPAMALOT
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
CHICAGO (on an adult, black comedy level)
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Flahooley
Leading Actor Joined: 11/17/05
#2re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:09pm
Few things actually make me laugh while at the theatre, even the classics like FUNNY THING.. and ON THE 20TH CENTURY.
But the one show I remember ACTUALLY laughing with while watching was THE FULL MONTY. It really has an exceptionally funny McNally book.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#3re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:09pm
Drowsy Chaperone
Little Shop of Horrors
Avenue Q
Spelling Bee
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#4re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:10pm
SOOO many! Mainly
The Producers
Spamalot
Little Shop of Horrors
Avenue Q
Urinetown
"Forum"
Pageant
The Full Monty
The Wedding Singer
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spelling Bee
The Drowsy Chaperone
many others!!!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Updated On: 7/1/06 at 04:10 PM
#5re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:15pmThe first time I saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels I was laughing so much I got light headed. For me, that show takes the cake.
"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"
#6re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:19pmTHE PRODUCERS is still the funniest musical I have ever seen.
"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear." ~ Freddie Mercury
#7re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:21pm
I too got light headed from laughing, Dirty Rotten Guy. I was crying so hard!
I think DRS, Drowsy Chaperone, Spamalot, Urintown, Ave Q and many many more.
And.....SCENE!
#8re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:39pm
No Order.
Mamma Mia!
Avenue Q
The Wedding Singer
Spamalot
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Taboo
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#9re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:43pmAvenue Q, hands down.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#10re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:45pmThe most I've ever laughed at a show was Spelling Bee. It was the best hour and a half of my life. It put me in such a great mood. It was so much fun!
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
I<3bway
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#11re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:49pm
Avenue Q
DRS
Mamma Mia!
I thought Hairspray was also really hilarious. I love it when Link is singing "It Takes Two" and theres that crazy girl hugging his leg LOL. Also the dodgeball part was really funny too! "Hear comes special ed. Snicker,snicker, sneer sneer." Really funny!
Updated On: 7/1/06 at 06:49 PM
#12re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:52pm"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" is really funny, too!
In the real world the only people who burst into song are the hopelessly deranged...
#13re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:14pm
Titanic
All kidding aside, I'd have to say Spamalot or Avenue Q of late, but if I thought about it harder I might think of some older shows that were particularly funny.
coolphantom919
Broadway Star Joined: 6/6/06
#14re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:19pm
Not in admiration order:
SPAMALOT
THE PRODUCERS
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
#15re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:38pmAvenue Q and Spelling Bee
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#16re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:46pmI think HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING has the potential to get a laugh, on almost every line. Unfortunately, the revial, blew it, in that regard.
professor
Stand-by Joined: 7/3/05
#17re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:51pmCity of Angels is the funniest musical I've ever seen, but I'll give an honorable mention to Avenue Q.
"Inside every actor there is a Tiger, a Pig, an Ass, and a Nightingale. You never know which one is going to show up."
-John Michael Higgins in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#18re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:07pmI don't think I have ever laughed harder at anything than I did at The Drowsy Chaperone.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:15pmForum (with anyone but Nathan Lane) and City of Angels
#20re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:16pm
The Producers
Funny Thing Happened On The Way........
Saw both of these Broadway shows with Nathan Lane. Never laughed so hard in my life!
#21re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:19pmAlso Reefer Madness
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#22re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:22pm
Wonderful Town
The Wedding Singer
Bombay Dreams
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#24re: Funniest Musical?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:26pm
How to Succeed
Reefer Madness
Bombay Dreams wasn`t funny.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
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