Ten Favorite Musicals

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:33pm

Ok, for those of you who have been a part of Broadwayworld for longer than I have, you have probably seen this post a million times, and I apologize...but please, if you must say something like "not THIS post again!" then do us all a favor and just don't click on it in the first place! Hey, what a thought:)!

Anyway, what are your ten favorite (best) musicals? (they can be the ten greatest in your opinion or just your own guilty pleasures!)

Mine:

10. Oklahoma!

9.75 Chicago

9.5 Little Shop of Horrors

9. West Side Story

8. The Phantom of the Opera

7. Avenue Q

6. Wicked

5. Assassins

4. Fiddler on the Roof

3. The Lion King

2. Rent!!

1. Les Miserables!~!

(wow, that was hard)

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:37pm

1) Urinetown (forever and always!)

2) Scarlet Pimpernel

3) Miss Saigon

4) Oklahoma

5) The Fantasticks

6) Boy From Oz

7) Last Five Years

Nine

9) Wicked

10) Carousel

The fact that I had to look at my CD collection towards the end of this list tells me something----its really hard to pick only 10 favorites. The top 5 are pretty much set in stone though.

EDIT
I totally forgot about Into the Woods and of course the Sound of Music; which I'm pretty sure started it all for me! Updated On: 8/28/04 at 03:37 PM

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:39pm

lol your 8 ) became Cool Smiley...

I agree though, ten is hard...maybe five would have been better. Then again, I couldn't even get it down to ten!

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:40pm

10)Pacific Overtures
9)Cabaret
Assassins/Passion (tie)
7)The Ashman/Menken Disney Movie Musicals
6)A Little Night Music
5)Company
4)Gypsy
3)Into the Woods
2)Follies
1)Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:43pm

10.Wicked
9. Les Miz
8. The Last five Years
7. Hairspray
6. Tick,Tick Boom
5. Hedwig
4. Avenue Q
3. Once on this Island
2. Bare
1. Rent

Updated On: 8/28/04 at 03:43 PM

[Juliette Capulet]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:43pm

1. Roméo et Juliette - de la Haine à l'Amour
2. The Phantom of the Opera
3. CATS
4. Autant en Emporte le Vent
5. RENT
6. WICKED
7. Mamma Mia!
8. Cindy, Cendrillon 2002
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. Jesus Christ Superstar

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:46pm

Here is my definite top five (because the rest of the top ten keeps changing for me). I can't rank them, they're all wonderful.

- Les Miserables
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Avenue Q
- Hairspray
- Sunday in the Park with George

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:49pm

First four in order, the rest not:

Aida
Rent
Cabaret
Oklahoma!
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Taboo
Man of La Mancha
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Tick, Tick... BOOM!
The Music Man
The Sound of Music

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 3:51pm

1)Les Miserables
2)Hairspray
3)AIDA
4)RENT
5)POTO
6)Thoroughly Modern Millie
7)Wicked
Mamma Mia
9)Man of La Mancha
10)Oklahoma

[Derek2]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:03pm

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Guys and Dolls
3. Wicked
4. How To Succeed In Business...
5. It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
6. Funny Girl
7. The Nightmare Before Christmas
8. Once On this Island
9. A Chorus Line
10. The Wiz

[Who'sOnFirst?]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:07pm

The Phantom of the Opera.
Cats.
Starlight Express.
Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Evita.
Jesus Christ, Superstar.
Song and Dance.
Les Miserables.
Miss Saigon.
Wicked.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:11pm

WhosOnFirst---I always sing "You Made Me Think You Were in Love" from Song and Dance for auditions...and no one ever knows where its from!

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:12pm

west side story

dreamgirls

a chorus line

cabaret

hair

rent

little shop of horrors

avenue q

chicago

grease Updated On: 8/28/04 at 04:12 PM

[Thoroughly Modern Cara]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:22pm

1. Thoroughly Modern Millie
The rest are in no particular order because the change all the time!
-Tick, tick...Boom!
-Annie Get Your Gun
-Showboat
-Aida
-Jesus Christ Superstar
-Rent
-Kiss Me, Kate
-Taboo
-The Sound of Music

And if I include things that I haven't seen, just basing it on the cast recordings Parade and The Last 5 Years would be on there as well!

[formanatrix]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:29pm

1) Les Miz
2) Wicked
3) Sound of Music
4) West Side Story
5) Chicago
6) Into The Woods
7) Rent
Fiddler
9) Ave Q.
10) Beauty and The Beast

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:40pm

My Fair Lady
Kiss Me Kate
A Chorus Line
Dreamgirls
The Sound of Music
The King and I
The Wizard of Oz
Chicago
Fiddler on the Roof
Les Miserables

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:46pm

Top Favorite:
1.Gypsy
2. Ragtime
3. Into the Woods
4. Annie Get Your Gun
5. Caroline or Change
6. Thoroughly Modern Millie
7. Wonderful Town
8. 42nd Street
9. Kiss Me Kate
10. Fiddler on the Roof

[Mattio98]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:48pm

In no particular order:

Sweeney Todd
Les Miz
The Last Five Years
Songs for a New World
The Wild Party (Both....Ok I know that's cheating but I don't care)
Cabaret
Avenue Q
West Side Story
Chicago
Jekyll & Hyde

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 4:54pm

RENT
AIDA
POTO
H2$
Pippin
Cabaret
Les Mis
Miss Siagon
Guys and Dolls
Little Shop

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:02pm

1. Wicked
2. Gypsy
3. Hairspray
4. The Producers
5. A Chorus Line
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. RENT
8. Little Shop
9. TBFO
10. Mamma Mia!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:02pm

This is really hard, but...

1) Wicked

2) Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

3) Gypsy

4) Thoroughly Modern Mille

5) Les Miserables

6) Scarlet Pimpernel

7) Beauty and the Beast

Chicago

9) Cabaret

10) Jekyll & Hyde

[musicalmjk]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:04pm

8 1/2. Nine

thats the only one that is in a set position on the list the other change with time

Starlight Express
Seussical
Wicked
Fiddler on the Roof
Phantom of the Opera
Avenue Q
A Chorus Line
The Producers
Rent
Les Miserables

[J-Pill]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:06pm

1. Gyspy
2. Sunday in the Park with George
3. Into the Woods
4. Avenue Q
5. Rent
6. Violet
7. Big River
8. Sweeney Todd
9. Hello, Dolly!
10. Little Shop of Horrors

**11. The King and I
12. Peter Pan**


Based on shows I've actually SEEN (live or video)..

edit: VIOLET!!! holy f.... !
Updated On: 8/28/04 at 05:06 PM

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:07pm

hard to do...so i shall in no order (favorites) -

Parade
Floyd Collins
Violet
Dreamgirls
Hair
Assassins
Company
Sunday in the Park with George
Pacific Overtures
Carousel

runners' up: :)
Sweeney Todd
Porgy & Bess (just gotta count it)
The Last 5 Years
Falsettos
Big River

Updated On: 8/28/04 at 05:07 PM

[TheAudrey3]

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:08pm

1. Rent (still haven't *seen* it, but love the music)
2. Avenue Q
3. Les Miz
4. Wicked
5. Producers
6. TMM
7. Hairspray
8. Little Shop
9. Seussical
10.Chorus Line