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#51

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:13pm

1. The Drowsy Chaperone
2. The Light in the Piazza
3. Hairspray
4. Urinetown
5. The Producers
6. Avenue Q
7. Aida
8. Spring Awakening

Obviously Grey Gardens should have won this year, and that would have been my number one choice. But SA? You've got to be kidding me. I'd rather listen to ALW.

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Updated On: 2/4/08 at 07:13 PM

#52

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:17pm

Well, ok, these aren't necessarily Tony Award winning scores but these are my personal favorite scores from this decade so far in chronological order:

The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
The Full Monty
Jan Eyre
Bat Boy
Urinetown
Avenue Q
Jerry Springer The Opera
Caroline or Change
The Woman in White (shut up)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dessa Rose
The Light in the Piazza
Grey Gardens
Bernarda Alba
The Drowsy Chaperone
Spring Awakening

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#53

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:17pm

1. Caroline or Change
EVERYTHING ELSE


the tony's can go **** themselves.

#54

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:20pm

2005- The Light In The Piazza (Adam Guettel)
2000- Aida (Elton John & Tim Rice)
2004- Avenue Q (Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx)
2003- Hairspray (Marc Shaiman and Scot Wittman)
2002- Urinetown (Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis)
2007- Spring Awakening (Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater)
2001- The Producers (Mel Brooks)
2006- The Drowsy Chaperone (Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison)

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#55

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:34pm

My top 10:

1. Grey Gardens
2. Avenue Q
3. Caroline or Change
4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
5. The Light in the Piazza
6. Spring Awakening
7. The Producers
8. High Fidelity
9. Drowsy Chaperone
10. Wicked

#56

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:40pm

Urinetown
Hairspray
Avenue Q
Spring Awakening
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Producers

I've heard Piazza, but I need to give it another listen, and I haven't heard Aida.

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#57

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:47pm

I'm surprised how little love Grey Gardens is getting...I honestly think it's my favorite non-Sondheim score.

#58

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:49pm

Grey Gardens is getting such little love because the original question asked to rank the Tony winning scores of the decade so far.

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#59

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/4/08 at 7:51pm

.....OOH. (stupid)

#60

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/5/08 at 5:46pm

The Light in the Piazza
Spring Awakening
Avenue Q
Hairspray
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Producers
Aida

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#61

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/5/08 at 6:33pm

Greatness has so far eluded this decade.







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#62

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/5/08 at 7:37pm

1. Grey Gardens
2. Light in the Piazza
3. Avenue Q
4. Urinetown
5. Hairspray
6. The Producers
7. Drowsy Chaperone
8. Aida

And as for this year-

A Catered Affair
Cry Baby
In the Heights

are sure locks. Catered Affair will likely take it.

#63

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/5/08 at 9:24pm

Light in the Piazza
Hairspray
Urinetown
Spring Awakening
Avenue Q
The Producers
The Drowsy Chaperone

I'll be honest and say that I haven't heard all of Aida as of this moment, but what I have heard, I'm not exactly in love with it.

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#64

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 1:37am

Grey Gardens is getting such little love because the original question asked to rank the Tony winning scores of the decade so far.




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#65

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 2:37pm

1) Hairspray (Marc Shaiman and Scot Wittman)
2) The Light In The Piazza (Adam Guettel)
3) Urinetown (Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis)
4) Avenue Q (Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx)
5) The Producers (Mel Brooks)
6) Aida (Elton John & Tim Rice)
7) Spring Awakening (Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater)
The Drowsy Chaperone (Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison)

This is my ranking based on the choices given. Not my personal preferences of the best scores of the 2000's.

#66

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 3:26pm

1- Piazza
2- Drowsy
3- Producers
4- Spring Awakening
5- Hairspray
6- Aida
7- Ave. Q
I haven't heard Urinetown.

That was hard- I like all of the scores. However, if Grey Gardens had won, it would have been a very close second.

#67

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 4:10pm

1. Spring Awakening
2. Avenue Q
3. The Light in the Piazza(I haven't heard the full score yet so I can't make a judgement, but I like what I've heard.)
4. Hairspray
5 Urinetown
6. The Drowsy Chaperone
7. Aida (I really like it, but it just isn't the best score I've heard.)
8. The Producers

Updated On: 2/6/08 at 04:10 PM

#68

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:11pm

1. Spring Awakening
2. Avenue Q
3. Urinetown
4. The Drowsy Chaperone
5. The Producers
6. Hairspray
7. Light in the Piazza (I dont like this show in the least bit)

I have never actually listened to AIDA so i cant rank it.

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#69

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:28pm

1. The Light In The Piazza
2. Urinetown
3. Hairspray
4. Avenue Q
5. Spring Awakening
6. Aida
7. The Drowsy Chaperone
8. The Producers

I can't stand The Producers and wasn't thrilled by The Drowsy Chaperone.

#70

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 5:31pm

1 - The Drowsy Chaperone
2 - Avenue Q
3 - Urinetown
4 - Hairspray
5 - Spring Awakening
6 - The Producers

I've never heard Aida or The Light in the Piazza. But I'm pretty sure I'd rank 'em above The Producers. At least.

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#71

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 8:48pm

1. The Drowsy Chaperone
2. The Light in the Piazza
3. Avenue Q
4. Hairspray
5. The Producers
6. Urinetown
7. Spring Awakening

I haven't heard Aida yet, but chances are, it would most likely be ranked above Spring Awakening.

#72

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 9:04pm

1. Drowsy Chaperone
2.The Light in the Piazza
3.Spring Awakening
4.Aida
5.Ave Q
6.Urinetown
7. The Producers
8.Hairspray

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#73

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/6/08 at 9:34pm

(ones I have heard multiple times and the entire cast album (not just a song or three))


1. The Light In The Piazza
2. Spring Awakening
3. Avenue Q
4. Drowsy Chap
5. Hairspray
6. The Producers

#74

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/7/08 at 12:59am

Based on the people who've responded so far (through TiffanyB, 2/6 at 9:34pm), this is the pretty clear consensus ranking:

1. The Light in the Piazza
2. Avenue Q
3. Urinetown
4. Hairspray
5. Spring Awakening
6. Aida
7. The Drowsy Chaperone
8. The Producers

Interestingly enough, no one has submitted exactly this ranking to the discussion thread. theaterkid1015 came pretty close, and therefore most closely resembles the consensus BWW opinion. I don't know if that's an honor or an insult.

Note: this is not my personal ballot. This is an analysis of the previous posts on this thread.

#75

re: Rank the 'Best Scores' of this decade so far...

Posted: 2/8/08 at 1:16pm

Greatness has so far eluded this decade.

Were you wearing a cravat and a smoking jacket when you typed that?

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