Lerner & Loewe ranked

[Chopinetto]

Posted: 3/22/20 at 7:54pm

How would you rate their main works (Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot) from most to least favorite?

[Pippin]

Posted: 3/22/20 at 8:00pm

Camelot
Brigadoon
My fair lady
Paint your wagon
Gigi

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/22/20 at 8:04pm

Chopinetto said: "How would you rate their main works (Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot) from most to least favorite?"

My Fair Lady

Gigi

 Camelot

Brigadoon

The Little Prince 

[broadwayfan0610]

Posted: 3/22/20 at 8:54pm

My Fair Lady

Camelot (hoping for a Broadway revival soon)

Brigadoon

Gigi

[joevitus]

Posted: 3/22/20 at 9:27pm

Brigadoon 

My Fair Lady

Paint Your Wagon

Camelot

[jagman1062]

Posted: 3/22/20 at 10:04pm

Brigadoon

Paint Your Wagon

My Fair Lady

Gigi

Camelot (I like Camelot, but I struggle with the second act).

[joevitus]

Posted: 3/23/20 at 7:04am

^^

You're list would be mine, too, if I'd thought of movies, too. *face palm*

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 3/23/20 at 10:28am

My Fair Lady

Gigi

Brigadoon

Camelot

Paint Your Wagon

 

Looking at this list, I realize that "Wagon" is the only show set in the United States.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 3/23/20 at 3:58pm

My Fair Lady- Absolutely perfect

Paint Your Wagon- I think because it's straightforward, it works better than Brigadoon. The side characters are side characters and aren't a big distraction from the main couple or the father-daughter relationship. 

Brigadoon- The recent Encores production was excellent but the movie is middling and I don't think I'd enjoy an average amateur production. It's also... a lot. It's not an album I want to listen to in one sitting. 

Camelot- Some great songs but it feels more like musical numbers strung together than a cohesive show in my brain. I've watched the movie and listened to the OBC album but never seen a staged production so maybe that would change my opinion.

Gigi- Meh. I remember enjoying the movie the first time I watched it but I rarely feel motivated to revisit anything from the movie or the score the way I do with the other shows. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/23/20 at 6:09pm

Just the scores? Or the whole shows? Because MY FAIR LADY is the only one that has a great book (because it's 80% Shaw). Lerner's books to all the others are borderline awful.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/23/20 at 6:55pm

My Fair Lady
Brigadoon
Paint Your Wagon
Gigi
Camelot

[Jarethan]

Posted: 3/23/20 at 6:55pm

In terms of pure enjoyment for me:

1.  Gigi -- I think the score is greatly underappreciated.  I love the original version and the additional songs.

2.  MFL -- I have found the AlfredP Doolittle portions annoying for at least 2 decades.  Love the rest.

3.  Camelot -- Underappreciated.  I have enjoyed every production of this that I have seen, including the movie.

4.  Paint Your Wagon -- Meh with a few good songs.