Quirky musical suggestions?

That's an interesting list. The first one that popped into my head was "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," though I can't say why. I guess because it has more of a pop sound (and it certainly wasn't a mainstream mega-hit).

Grey Gardens - Act two is the very definition of quirky.
Ruthless - it's about a child actress gone bad. Quirky, funny and her mother has a big number that is a parody of big Judy Garland numbers.
I'll second Batboy.

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Great suggestions, After Eight.

Thanks so much for y'alls suggestions! Some of them sound familiar, others I've never heard of. Evil Dead though... as is the horror movie? There's a musical for that? I might be in love!! I've seen that movie about 30 times lol.

Where would be the best place to start listening to them? Are they on youtube, streaming sites or anything like that?

Just so you know, I always buy albums and movies, I just like checking out the music beforehand :)

OBC = Original Broadway Cast
OST = Original Soundtrack
OBCR = OBC Recording

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Zombie Prom

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I was going to say Zombie Prom as well! Very funny, very weird. And Ruthless! is great. Try out Avenue Q as well.

Credit where it's due, After8's list is pretty great, and Id agree with a lot of it (The Nervous Set!)

Someone mentioned Zombie Prom. While not a favorite, the (I believe) never released 40 minute condensed film version (with RuPaul) is all up on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dECttRgbWW0

One of the quirkiest musicals I saw recently was a Fringe production of Coraline, based on the Neil Gaiman book with music by Stephin Merritt from the Magnetic Fields. It's a very strange score, but suits the show perfectly and the production I saw was perfect (it won Edmonton's Pick of the Fringe.) That said, I still have never bought the cast album, partly due to lack of funds, and partly due to the fact that it's one musical score I'm not sure I would ever play outside of the show's context. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOc3W7KVeZk

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