Ranking ALW shows!

Ok, I'm not ALW's biggest fan...but I enjoy him. I would like to know what all of you think about his shows, so rank them (highest to lowest) on whatever criteria you wish. I will do two different rankings:

RANKINGS - FAVORITE SHOWS: MOST to LEAST!

01> Aspects of Love
02> The Phantom of the Opera
03> The Woman in White
04> Whistle down the Wind
05> Sunset Boulevard
06> Jesus Christ Superstar
07> Joseph!
08> EVITA
09> Beautiful Game
10> Starlight Express
11> Cats
12> Jeeves/By Jeeves
13> Tell Me On A Sunday (Song & Dance)

RANKINGS - QUALITY: BEST TO WORST!

01> Aspects of Love
02> The Woman in White
03> Whistle down the Wind
04> Jesus Christ Superstar
05> Sunset Boulevard
06> Beautiful Game
07> EVITA
08> The Phantom of the Opera (too much "borrowed" music)
09> Joseph!
10> Cats
11> Tell Me On A Sunday (Song & Dance)
12> Starlight Express
13> Jeeves/By Jeeves

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RANKINGS - FAVORITE SHOWS: MOST to LEAST!

01> Phantom of the Opera
02> Jesus Christ Superstar
03> Evita
04> Whistle down the Wind
05> Sunset Boulevard
06> Joseph
07> Song and Dance
08> Aspects of Love
09> Cats
10> By Jeeves
11> Starlight Express
12> Woman in White (I haven't heard the cast recording yet!)

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Favorite to Least Favorite

01> Jesus Christ Superstar
02> Joseph!
03> The Phantom of the Opera
04> Evita
05> Starlight Express
06> Cats
07> Jeeves/By Jeeves
08> Sunset Boulevard
09> Aspects of Love
10> Whistle Down the Wind
11> The Woman in White
12> Tell Me On A Sunday (Song & Dance)

I've never heard "Beautiful Game".

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Updated On: 11/23/04 at 06:15 PM

Joseph..., Whistle Down the Wind, and Starlight Express are my favorite three.

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Since I haven't seen all of the shows, I can't fairly rate them, so I will rate them best to worst according only to the score:

1. Jesus Christ Superstar
2. Cats
3. The Phantom of the Opera
4. Sunset Boulevard
5. Song and Dance
6. Aspects of Love
7. Evita
8. Joseph...
9. Whistle Down the Wind
10. The Beautiful Game
11. The Woman in White
12. By Jeeves
13. Starlight Express

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Quality:
1. Evita (flawed, but probably the most honest to its source while still having brilliant moments)
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. Jesus Christ Superstar
4. Sunset Boulevard
5. Joseph...
6. Song and Dance
7. Aspects of Love
8. Starlight Express
9. Whistle Down the Wind
10. Cats (ONE good song! memory! and thats done TOO OFTEN!)
11. By Jeeves (This musical was an embarassment to songwriters who couldn't get their shows produced and had to know this piece of crap was on Broadway)
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Don't KNow the Beautiful Game and haven't heard Woman in White yet

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JCS
Evita
Aspects
Joseph
Sunset

i despise the rest :)

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hah yeah Spider i know..its not as pretentious as it may sound - cause there are some good things about each one (with the exception of by jeeves and whistle down the wind). cats has some really cool music and rhythmic patterns - even if it is a ridiculous show, and starlight has some kick ass songs - even if it performed on roller skates as a means to represent a train...
well, it's the power of james watt - isn't it?

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see...i also considered doing that! cheers

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1.ASPECTS OF LOVE - lyrical, romantic, and most Sondheimesque of ALW musical scores and an unusual story of intertwining love. It is sad that is not often mentioned when ALW musicals are discussed but even ALW says it is the favourite score that he has composed.
2.SUNSET BOULEVARD - dramatic musical score matches story
3.PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
4.EVITA
5.JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Special mention - A BEAUTIFUL GAME - the saddest musical I have ever seen!


Jo

RANKINGS - QUALITY: BEST TO WORST!

01> Evita
02> Jesus Christ Superstar
03> Joseph!
04> Aspects of Love
05> Tell Me On A Sunday (Song & Dance)
06> Sunset Boulevard
07> The Woman in White (havent seen it/heard from it so it can go mid-way)
08> Whistle down the Wind
09> The Beautiful Game
10> The Phantom of the Opera
11> Jeeves/By Jeeves
12> Starlight Express
13> Cats

with the exception of the top 5 i really don't like Andrew Lloyd Webber

1) Evita
2) Phantom
3) JCS
4) Aspects of Love
5) Sunset Blvd.
6) Song & Dance
7) Joseph
Cats
9) Starlight Express
10)Requiem
11)Whistle Down the Wind
12)Beautiful Game
13)By Jeeves

Like most, I haven't heard Woman in White yet. CDs on the way.

Well, I REALLY don't like ALW, but I'll play:

1) Sunset Boulevard
2) Jesus Christ Superstar
3) Evita (someone cast Alice Ripley in this ASAP!)