Rate the Best Musical Winners-RESULTS

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:14pm

Inspired by the recent ranking of best picture winners over on Rotten Tomatoes (THE GODFATHER being #1), I thought it would be interesting to see what the majority of us consider to be the best musical winners.

Assign a number value for all of the winners, 1-10. Halves are allowed. In about a weeks time I will calculate the numbers and post the results.

Clearly the result of mid-winter boredom, and curiousity.


Enjoy, and please do this via PM.

The best musical winners are as follows:

1776
42nd Street
Ain't Misbehavin'
Annie
Applause
Avenue Q
Big River
Bye, Bye Birdie
Cabaret
Cats
A Chorus Line
City of Angels
Company
Contact
Crazy for You
Damn Yankees
Evita
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiorello!
Fosse
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Guys and Dolls
Hairspray
Hallelujah, Baby!
Hello, Dolly!
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Jersey Boys
The King and I
Kismet
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss Me, Kate
La Cage aux Folles
Les Miserables
The Lion King
A Little Night Music
Man of La Mancha
The Music Man
My Fair Lady
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Nine
The Pajama Game
Passion
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
Raisin
Redhead
Rent
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
Spamalot
Sunsey Boulevard
Sweeney Todd
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Titanic
Two Gentleman of Verona
The Will Rogers Follies
The Wiz
Wonderful Town

Updated On: 3/9/07 at 03:14 PM

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:25pm

this will take me long

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:28pm

1. The Producers
2. Two Gentleman of Verona
3. Avenue Q
4. Guys and Dolls
5. A Chorus Line
6. Evita
7. 42nd Street
8. Hairspray
9. Rent
10. Titanic

[skingdom]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:30pm

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!!!!!

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:35pm

1) chorus line
2)rent
3)evita
4)guys and dolls
5)the wiz
6)Hairspray
7)The Lion King
The Pajama Game
9)Cats, Phantom, Evita
10) Kiss of the spider women

[Julian2]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:38pm

No, you don't make a top ten list, you assign a quality grade on a scale of one to ten for each show and them PM it to Munk.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:48pm

can I pretend that Piazza won over Spamalot?

[Taryn]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 3:55pm

Can I pretend ANY of the other nominees won over Spamalot? :P

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 4:05pm

So mad that piazza lost

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/23/07 at 11:20pm

Haha, I was tempted to do something snarky like substitute PIAZZA for SPAMALOT or something, but no.

You aren't ranking them, you're rating them. And not 10...all of them.

Assign a grade. 5.5, or 7 or 10. Out of 10. And be CRITICAL. Be OVERLY CRITICAL.

And please, PM only.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 2:40pm

Very interesting numbers so far. Keep them coming.

Posted: 2/24/07 at 2:51pm

Fascinating-- I wonder how this will look. Obviously, more recent musicals will rate higher as more people have seen them. I paused at Will Rogers Follies as I know a lot of people who know it only from the album don't like it much--but I thought it was a wonderful night at the theatre when all was said and done.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:07pm

Can we skip over shows we aren't very familiar with?
It seems the fair thing to do.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:08pm

Yes, what do we do if we don't know certain shows so well?

[Bobo2]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:11pm

I don't see Tarzan listed.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:25pm

I was surprised...I've seen almost all of thos shows in some form or other...pretty crazy.

I only gave 10s to three shows, most of them older. I was very critical, Mr. Munk! :)

Updated On: 2/24/07 at 03:25 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 2/24/07 at 3:32pm

I was also surprised. The only one I skipped was Redhead which was the one show on the list I haven't seen in one form or another.

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 4:25am

"Surprised," Margo? Really? You? (unless you meant that you were surprised that there was one you hadn't seen)

[Urban]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 7:57am

Seeing the list like that... it doesn't look that big for some reason. I know it hasn't been around as long as the Oscars, but... I dunno.

While I definately havn't seen all the shows, I am a plesantly suprised at the number I have seen (and the ones I have heard on top of it).

'Redhead' is actually the one show I'd love to go back in a time machine and see.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 11:56am

Don't worry guys, I've not forgotten about this. I've just been horrendously busy.

Posted: 3/9/07 at 12:05pm

What's the point when you've left out a lot of musicals, such as Follies, The Most Happy Fella, New Girl in Town, A Class Act, Grand Hotel, etc?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 12:08pm

Because FOLLIES, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, NEW GIRL IN TOWN, A CLASS ACT, and GRAND HOTEL didn't win the Tony award for best musical, genius.

[best12bars]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 1:19pm

All right, Munk. I gave it a shot. Just like the "rank the Best Pictures" list on the OT Board a few weeks ago. As least I have seen all the Best Picture winners. But... Since I have seen relatively few of these original Broadway productions, I am basing my list on any production (Broadway, tour, regional, amateur, high school, etc.) I have seen of the musical and how it rates for me. It's more about the show itself, with a little bit about the actual production I saw... since that DOES affect what we think of a show. I'm still ranking it on the following criteria:

1. Book, Music & Lyrics
2. Originality
3. Longevity (with ME, not with the world)
4. Emotional connection
5. Overall entertainment value
6. The physical production(s) I have seen of that show

The second list is of the shows that I (admittedly) have NEVER seen staged fully. So I'm rating them solely based on a cast recording, plus a synopsis (if I know it). I don't take this secondary ranking very seriously since it's only based on my limited familiarity.

1. A Chorus Line
2. Sweeney Todd
3. The Music Man
4. Guys and Dolls
5. 1776
6. Cats
7. Kiss Me, Kate
8. Cabaret
9. Fiddler on the Roof
10. The King and I
11. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
12. The Sound of Music
13. Hello, Dolly!
14. South Pacific
15. A Little Night Music
16. Damn Yankees
17. Company
18. Nine
19. The Phantom of the Opera
20. My Fair Lady
21. The Lion King
22. The Producers
23. Ain't Misbehavin'
24. Annie
25. Big River
26. The Wiz
27. Bye, Bye Birdie
28. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
29. The Pajama Game
30. La Cage aux Folles
31. City of Angels
32. Rent
33. 42nd Street
34. Hairspray
35. Thoroughly Modern Millie
36. Evita
37. Passion
38. Les Miserables
39. Jersey Boys
40. Crazy for You
41. Avenue Q
42. Sunset Boulevard
43. Jerome Robbins' Broadway
44. Fosse
45. Contact
46. Titanic



47. Wonderful Town
48. Applause
49. Kiss of the Spider Woman
50. Man of La Mancha
51. Kismet
52. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
53. The Will Rogers Follies
54. Fiorello!
55. Redhead
56. Raisin
57. Spamalot
58. Hallelujah, Baby!
59. Two Gentleman of Verona

Updated On: 3/9/07 at 01:19 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 1:51pm

Someone didn't read the direeeeeeeectioooooons.....

[best12bars]

Posted: 3/9/07 at 1:55pm

Oh, it's a contest?


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Not interested.