In your opinion, what are the ten greatest musicals of all time?

[alphieboy]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 12:38am

What do you think?

Mine: (no particular order)

1. RENT
2. Ragtime
3. A Chrous Line
4. Sweeny Todd
5. Les Miserables
6. Oklahoma
7. West Side Story
8. Caroline, or Change
9. Showboat
10. Dreamgirls

And you?

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 12:43am

No way I can pick 10...but I think from what I've read from others you can't have a top 10 list without West Side Story(which I personally think is the best ever made), Gypsy, and Fiddler On The Roof.

[timote316]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 12:47am

In my Top 10: Fiddler, WSS, Guys and Dolls and The Music Man. I'm not going to pick out 10, but if I were to, those would be in there (probably top 4).

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 12:48am

I agree with many of your picks, but I think Rent and Dreamgirls are way outta their league and should step aside for West Side Story and Gypsy. And I'd replace Oklahoma with Carousel.

[Kringas]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:05am

I actually did this list on my blog a few months ago. Here's what I came up with.

10. Show Boat
9. West Side Story
8. Gypsy
7. Evita
6. Merrily We Roll Along
5. A Chorus Line
4. Cabaret
3. Side Show
2. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
1. Dreamgirls

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:06am

1. Cabaret
2. Showboat
3. West Side Story
4. The Sound of Music
5. The King and I
6. Gypsy
7. Sweeney Todd
8. Carousel
9. The Music Man
10. Fiddler on the Roof

[Jimmyojimmy]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:11am

1. Les Miserables
2. Thoroughly Modern Millie
3. Wicked
4. The Phantom of the opera (OBC not Emmy Rossum although i like that Raoul)
5. Little Women
6. Funny Girl
7. Rent
8. West Side Story
9. A Chorus Line
10. The Music Man/ Into the Woods/Company
but i love most musicals I see.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:14am

FYI:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=106619

Updated On: 6/10/05 at 01:14 AM

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:16am

It;s like deja vu!

I couldn't do this - my emotions would get in the way. And to be fair, I haven't seen everything...

[ethp23]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:16am

In no particular order:
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sweeney Todd
Passion
Rent
A Chorus Line
Parade
Light in the Piazza
Avenue Q
The Who's Tommy
Lady in the Dark
BKLYN (totally kidding...haha)

[ethp23]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:19am

How could I POSSIBLY forget Side Show....Side Show replaces Lady in the Dark.....totally....and I would give an honorable mention to tick, tick, BOOM! Caroline, Or Change and Once On This Island and Cabaret.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:30am

1-kiss of the spider woman
2-rent
3-aida
4-victor/victoria
5-grease!
6-wonderful town
7-bombay dreams
8-hello dolly!
9-la cage
10-the light in the piazza

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:01am

1. Into the Woods
2. Wicked
3. The Secret Garden
4. Thoroughly Modern Millie
5. The Phantom of the Opera
6. Parade
7. Hello Dolly
8. Little Shop of Horrors
9. Sunday in the Park with George
10. Anything Goes

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:04am

again? ARRGH......same threads over and over.....
I also won't pick ten, but these are a few

West Side Story
Show Boat
Into the Woods
Passion

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:07am

1. Gypsy
2. South Pacific
3. Show Boat
4. Follies
5. My Fair Lady
6. A Chorus Line
7. Carousel
8. Porgy & Bess
9. West Side Story
10.Most Happy Fella

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 2:18am

Gypsy, Chicago, Ragtime, Show Boat, Sweeney Todd

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 4:08am

The ten greatest it is is impossible to say, because everyone will disagree. But I can tell you my ten favorites, in no particular order :

Les Miserables
Rent
Hairspray
Phantom of the Opera
Miss Saigon
West Side Story
Aida
Crazy for You
Mamma Mia
The Lion King

And the runner up spot, because it is very recent and hasn't fully sunk in, Billy Elliot !

[Jon]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 7:07am

In roughly chronological order, and trying to pay respect to my favorite composers:

SHOWBOAT
DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER (Threepenny Opera)
PORGY AND BESS
CAROUSEL
GUYS AND DOLLS
WEST SIDE STORY
GYPSY
CABARET
SWEENEY TODD
LES MISERABLES

[The8re phan]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 7:13am

Here is my top 10..... based on artistic impact~ not neccessarily my favorites

A Chorus Line
Company
Gypsy
Sunday In The Park With George
The Producers
Show Boat
Sweeney Todd
Les Miserables
Cabaret
Chicago

Honorable mentions - Rent, Dreamgirls, West Side Story, A Little Night Music, Falsettos, Ragtime, Hair, & La Cage Aux Folles

Anyone else notice that whenever these top 10 posts appear, Sondheim is usually on everyones lists? GO STEVIE!!!!!

Updated On: 6/10/05 at 07:13 AM

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:25am

Stage musicals in no particular order. My movie musical pick might be different.

Oklahoma!
West Side Story
Gypsy
Mame
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Ragtime
My Fair Lady
The Music Man
Oliver!
Fiddler On The Roof

[Corine2]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:31am

I have a top 100 but here goes:
La Cage Aux Folles
A Chorus Line
Dreamgirls
Pippin
Avenue Q
Violet
Hairspray
Carousel
The King And I
The Sound of Music
Next top ten:
The Full Monty
Millie
The Producers
Dessa Rose
Caroline or Change
Urinetown
The Last Five Years
The Lion King
Hair
Grease
Best Revues:
1. Forbidden Broadway SVU
2. Secret's Every Smart Traveller Should Know
3. Listen to My Heart
4. The Musical of Musicals
5. Newsical





Updated On: 6/14/05 at 08:31 AM

[ken8631]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:16am

Just Les Mis

[november]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:19am

West Side Story

Les Miz

Dreamgirls (I just don't get it)

[mikewood]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:28am

My favorite musicals:
(My live viewing of musical theateris so limited from a historical that the idea of picking "the ten greatest" would be just too presumptious.)

1) Les Miserables
2) Rent
3) 42nd Steet
4) Jesus Christ Superstar
5) Kiss me Kate
6) The Music Man
7) Mamma Mia
Wicked
9) You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
10) Miss Saigon

[mikewood]

Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:30am

Is is really necessary to post a link to a thread from 17 months ago, as if it would make this person's thread irrelevant?

Updated On: 6/10/05 at 09:30 AM