Help me find my next fix!

[cinknick]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 7:31pm

I'm a big fan of modern-genre Broadway and I'm looking for my next fix.
The musical style I like is more pop/rock.
My favorite musicals are:
1. Les Mis (the greatest entertainment ever composed)
2. Miss Saigon
3. Rent
4. Wicked
5. Aida

Would someone please suggest a more recent show that I should give a listen?
Thanks!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 7:53pm

To start:

Brigadoon
My Fair Lady
Camelot
Cabaret
Man of La Mancha
Wonderful Town
Guys & Dolls
Follies

Just so you have a taste for real musical theater.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 8:10pm

To add to Jordan's list:
Kiss Me, Kate
South Pacific
A Little Night Music

and to give suggestions based on your list:
Little Women
Pirate Queen
Spelling Bee
Jekyll and Hyde

and the revival versions of:
Little Shop of Horrors
Hair

[Overkill]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 8:26pm

To add to Jordan's list aswell:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Nathan Lane revival
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying OBC
Sunday in the Park With George OBC

Okay, now more modern stuff:
Next to Normal
The Pirate Queen
Frankenstein: The Musical
Pippin
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Rooms: A Rock Romance
Legally Blonde
Sunset Blvd.

[GatorNY]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 8:41pm

Bloody Bloody Sarah Palin. CD comes with hunting photos, and tasty caribu recipes.

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[GatorNY]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 8:45pm

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[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 9:35pm

Phantom

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 9:40pm

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[cinknick]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 10:26pm

Thank you everyone for your responses. I have listened to most of the musicals listed, such as South Pacific, Joseph, Guys and Dolls, Phantom, etc., and while they're all classic and beautiful, they're not the kind that grab me and won't let go like the ones I listed.
Thanks lvsong, Overkill and others for the more modern suggestions. I'll certainly go off your lists for my next gluttony.
I was a little surprised no-one listed The Color Purple. I omitted it mistakenly from my list as another I love.
I am curious about Jersey Boys and In the Heights. Are they two to consider also?
Thanks again!

[GatorNY]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 10:32pm

Spiderman. Turn off the Iron. Wilbur could you please check?

Updated On: 12/8/10 at 10:32 PM

[GatorNY]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 10:43pm

I never got hooked by my Jersey Boys recording. I don't have the ITH recording, but after seeing it again recently, I could see myself listening to it a lot. My 2 standards for going back and forth to work are Next to Normal and American Idiot. Lately also hooked on Scott Alan's cds.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/8/10 at 11:40pm

In the Heights
Spring Awakening
Whisper House (I listen to that a lot)

[trentsketch]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 11:09am

The Last Five Years
Songs for a New World
Bat Boy
Zanna, Don't!
Stephin Merritt's Coraline
Brooklyn
Taboo
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Wedding Singer
The Great American Trailer Park Musical (it's as country as Shania Twain's crossover albums)

And, if you're willing to include films:
Repo: The Genetic Opera (the score is far stronger than the film)