Looking for Funny musicals

Urinetown.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical.

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Let me add another vote for The Great American Trailer Park Musical. I only just got around to hearing the OCR and it's genuinely funny and genuinely smart with a terrific score. Check it out.

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Batboy?
Poseidon Adventure? [saw this on an AMC or TCM piece on Poseidon fan conventions]
Angry Housewives with the hit song Eat Your F***ing Cornflakes

Both Forum and Little Me are sketch shows with unified characters. Got that? Neither has much plot, per se. They are written to be performed and not acted. They are nearly burlesque. As in old-fashioned baggy pants comedy.

They are each in their own way a collection of vaudeville-like 'star turns'. Forum does have a juvenile and an ingenue, but Little Me really doesn't even have those.

Few strong book shows are truly funny. A strong book and score can get in the way of the gags. Promises, Promises has a second act that will leave you holding your sides if it is played right, but that is the exception.

Edit: Do not overlook Hello Dolly! Strong funny book, strong score, needs solid staging.

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Updated On: 8/22/07 at 03:26 PM

Urinetown
The Big Voice: God or Merman? (Also has a ton of heart and touching parts if done correctly)
The Producers
Spamalot
Xanadu

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"Forum" - when done right. There's nothing worse than seeing a bad production of "Forum."

"Me & My Girl" is very, very funny, too.

"Dirty Rotten Scroundrels"

Lil Abner
Superman

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I remember seeing a musical called "Milk and Honey" when I was younger. I couldn't tell you now how dated it may be, but it was hilarious!

Milk and Honey was Jerry Herman of Hello, Dolly! fame's first musical. I've never seen a production of it so I can't shed any light on its comedic aspects, but I'm assuming it was because of the Molly Picon role. Mr. Herman supplied that character with some of his funniest lyrics ever