#51
Posted: 6/6/08 at 1:31am
Well to me Phantom is as close to an opera as one could get. I mainly say that for a few single songs in it. I myself consider it a musical and not an opera.
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#52
Posted: 6/6/08 at 1:50am
West Side Story
South Pacific
Oklahoma
A Chorus Line
My Fair Lady
South Pacific
Oklahoma
A Chorus Line
My Fair Lady
#53
Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:16am
jv92 - every single musical has at least one flaw. no perfect show exists.
#54
Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:18am
Well to me Phantom is as close to an opera as one could get. I
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#55
Posted: 6/6/08 at 8:10am
Les Miserables
RENT
Bare
Wicked
Last 5 Years
RENT
Bare
Wicked
Last 5 Years
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#56
Posted: 6/6/08 at 10:06am
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Gypsy
Wicked
Les Miserables
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Gypsy
Wicked
#57
Posted: 6/6/08 at 10:30am
Greastest Musicals?
1: Gypsy
2: The Fantasticks
3: South Pacific
4: West Side Story
5: A Little Night Music
Honorable mentions include Rent, Sunday in the Park, The Producers, Les Miz, Evita, Man of La Mancha, 1776, and ofcourse The Sound of Music, Sweeny Todd, and Carousel.
1: Gypsy
2: The Fantasticks
3: South Pacific
4: West Side Story
5: A Little Night Music
Honorable mentions include Rent, Sunday in the Park, The Producers, Les Miz, Evita, Man of La Mancha, 1776, and ofcourse The Sound of Music, Sweeny Todd, and Carousel.
Updated On: 6/6/08 at 10:30 AM
#58
Posted: 6/6/08 at 11:16am
1. Gypsy
2. Chorus Line
3. Les Miserables
4. Sweeney Todd
5. Spring Awakening
2. Chorus Line
3. Les Miserables
4. Sweeney Todd
5. Spring Awakening
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
#59
Posted: 6/6/08 at 11:30am
LEGALLY BLONDE
THE LITTLE MERMAID
TARZAN
AIDA
RENT
THE LITTLE MERMAID
TARZAN
AIDA
RENT
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#60
Posted: 6/6/08 at 12:55pm
Well to me Phantom is as close to an opera as one could get.
Except that it's not. Watch an opera sometime and you'll understand.
Except that it's not. Watch an opera sometime and you'll understand.
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#61
Posted: 6/6/08 at 12:59pm
Wasn't this thread originally which musicals have the best book?
#62
Posted: 6/6/08 at 1:18pm
Some people need to keep in mind the difference between "greatest" and "favorite." Rent and Wicked, for instance, are two of my favorites, but I wouldn't call them greatest.
West Side Story (okay, this is is also my favorite...because it's so great!)
Gypsy (one that's not my favorite...still, it's great)
Fiddler on the Roof
My Fair Lady
Sweeney Todd
Maybe I'd switch My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof at another time...but I'm playing clarinet in a community theater production of Fiddler, so I'm a little biased towards that. (even if I wasn't, it would definitely be at least 4th on my list)
West Side Story (okay, this is is also my favorite...because it's so great!)
Gypsy (one that's not my favorite...still, it's great)
Fiddler on the Roof
My Fair Lady
Sweeney Todd
Maybe I'd switch My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof at another time...but I'm playing clarinet in a community theater production of Fiddler, so I'm a little biased towards that. (even if I wasn't, it would definitely be at least 4th on my list)
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
#63
Posted: 6/6/08 at 2:39pm
My votes for greatest (not necessarily favorites or in favorite order)
1. Miss Saigon - epic, sweeping melodies, cultural relevance, historic, didactic, tragic, emotional, mature, comedic and dramatic
2. Phantom of the Opera - it's a greatest (IMHO) for its historic reach into main stream culture (bringing in the audiences for over 20 years) and the cross over of opera and musical theatre
3.Les Miserables - historic, epic, emotionally mature, beautiful melodies, etc.
4. RENT - because of its place in musical theatre history, its content, its journey, and its current and historical relevance
5. The Lion King - incorporation of dance and artistic expression along with dynamic design (I actually get bored of the story and despise children singing on stage but this piece was innovative)
1. Miss Saigon - epic, sweeping melodies, cultural relevance, historic, didactic, tragic, emotional, mature, comedic and dramatic
2. Phantom of the Opera - it's a greatest (IMHO) for its historic reach into main stream culture (bringing in the audiences for over 20 years) and the cross over of opera and musical theatre
3.Les Miserables - historic, epic, emotionally mature, beautiful melodies, etc.
4. RENT - because of its place in musical theatre history, its content, its journey, and its current and historical relevance
5. The Lion King - incorporation of dance and artistic expression along with dynamic design (I actually get bored of the story and despise children singing on stage but this piece was innovative)
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