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Funniest 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!

re: 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

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.

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:09pm

Drowsy Chaperone
Little Shop of Horrors
Avenue Q
Spelling Bee

re: 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

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:15pm

The 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!"

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 4:19pm

THE PRODUCERS is still the funniest musical I have ever seen.

"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear." ~ Freddie Mercury

re: 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!

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:39pm

No Order.

Mamma Mia!
Avenue Q
The Wedding Singer
Spamalot
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Taboo

#10

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:43pm

Avenue Q, hands down.

"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178

#11

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 6:45pm

The 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

#12

re: 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

#13

re: 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...

#14

re: 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.

#15

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:19pm

Not in admiration order:

SPAMALOT

THE PRODUCERS

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

#16

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:38pm

Avenue 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

#17

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:46pm

I 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.

#18

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:51pm

City 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

#19

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:07pm

I don't think I have ever laughed harder at anything than I did at The Drowsy Chaperone.

#20

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:15pm

Forum (with anyone but Nathan Lane) and City of Angels

#21

re: 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!

#22

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:19pm

Also 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

#23

re: 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-

#24

re: Funniest Musical?

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:25pm

Reefer Madness
The Wedding Singer
Avenue Q

#25

re: 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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