The Eight Perfect Musicals
The Eight Perfect Musicals
Chorus Member Joined: 3/5/11
The Eight Perfect Musicals#1
Posted: 4/1/11 at 11:06pm
This summer I'll be producing a summer stock series of eight musicals, performing one week after the next for eight weeks straight. Already I have a few ideas, but an idea intrigued me: pick eight musicals which not only perfectly represent the musical form, but the history of musical theatre in general. not that I need to have every single decade accounted for, but each major movement somehow included. As I said I have a few ideas, in my list below, but my question is for you to create your own lists.
My personal list:
The King and I
Gypsy
The Music Man
West Side Story
Follies
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
Next To Normal
Your list?
The Eight Perfect Musicals#2
Posted: 4/1/11 at 11:12pmI would put She Loves Me on that list over Phantom, The Producers or Next to Normal any day.
The Eight Perfect Musicals#2
Posted: 4/1/11 at 11:49pm
Follies in Summer Stock always seems like a bad idea to me.
I'm shocked that you would pick Next to Normal over A Chorus Line. ACL had far more impact on the world/theatre community than N2N ever will.
The Eight Perfect Musicals#3
Posted: 4/1/11 at 11:51pmI would have A Chorus Line over Next to Normal for sure.
The Eight Perfect Musicals#4
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:47amGuys and Dolls
The Eight Perfect Musicals#5
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:49amWell said, Husk!
The Eight Perfect Musicals#6
Posted: 4/2/11 at 3:06am
I can only do five since the word 'perfect' is so confining, but here goes:
Sweeney Todd
A Chorus Line
Les Miserables
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Sunday In The Park WIth George
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The Eight Perfect Musicals#8
Posted: 4/2/11 at 3:43am
In no order.
Assassins
The Music Man
Gypsy
Little Shop of Horrors
Passing Strange
Sweeney Todd
Ragtime
Grey Gardens
The Eight Perfect Musicals#9
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:13pm
The Music Man
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the Roof
A Little Night Music
A Chorus Line
Evita
Les Miserables
City of Angels
Falsettos
Rent
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
The Eight Perfect Musicals#10
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:25pm
My eight:
Carousel
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd
Les Miserables/Miss Saigon/Evita
The Producers
And I'd think about a jukebox musical for the eighth spot.
The Eight Perfect Musicals#12
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:33pm
In no order bar chronological:
Anything Goes
South Pacific
West Side Story
Gypsy
Jesus Christ Superstar
Sweeney Todd
Les Misérables
The Eight Perfect Musicals#13
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:35pm
Oklahoma
Carousel
Hello Dolly
West Side Story
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
Rent
The Eight Perfect Musicals#14
Posted: 4/2/11 at 2:37pmWill someone add Caroline or Change to their lists, already?!
The Eight Perfect Musicals#15
Posted: 4/2/11 at 3:17pm
I for sure would. One of the best of the 2000's for sure:
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story
Cabaret
Oklahoma!
Caroline, or Change
A Chorus Line
Les Miserables
Passing Strange
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
The Eight Perfect Musicals#16
Posted: 4/2/11 at 4:08pm
Les Miserables
Sweeney Todd
Hairspray
Little Shop of Horrors
I can only name these 4 right now. . .
The Eight Perfect Musicals#17
Posted: 4/2/11 at 4:11pm
In order (chronologically):
Show Boat
Oklahoma!
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
Hair
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd
Ragtime
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The Eight Perfect Musicals#18
Posted: 4/2/11 at 4:41pm
In no order but chronological:
West Side Story
South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd
Les Miserables
The Producers
The Eight Perfect Musicals#19
Posted: 4/2/11 at 4:46pm
If you want to represent the different movements in Broadway the best 8 shows to represent this would be;
Show Boat
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Hair
A Chorus Line
*A Sondheim Show (Possibly A Funny Thing Happened - As It Was His First or Company as it was the first musical to represent the middle class in a not so positive light)
Rent
Next To Normal
This would be my choice of 8 musicals, but if you want to show the movements of musical theatre I think this list best represents this!
The Eight Perfect Musicals#20
Posted: 4/2/11 at 5:19pm
My Fair Lady
She Loves Me
Gypsy
Oklahoma
Sweeney Todd
Ragtime
Music Man
Light In The Piazza
The Eight Perfect Musicals#21
Posted: 4/2/11 at 5:42pm
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Gypsy
Company
Sweeney Todd
Les Miserables
Sunday in the Park with George
Ragtime
The Eight Perfect Musicals#22
Posted: 4/2/11 at 5:42pm
The Wedding Singer
Miss Saigon
Legally Blonde
Les Miz
West Side Story
Next to Normal
Hello, Dolly!
Hairspray
The Eight Perfect Musicals#23
Posted: 4/2/11 at 6:14pm
The Pirates of Penzance
Carousel
West Side Story
Cabaret
Company
Dreamgirls
Rent
The Wild Party (Broadway)
The Eight Perfect Musicals#24
Posted: 4/2/11 at 6:43pm
Show Boat
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Cabaret
Company
A Chorus Line
Rent
Avenue Q (needed a true comedy, and it's very influential)
edit: by no means do I think these are all "perfect", but they are great shows that shaped musical theatre and challenged audiences (even though Rent is pretty flawed, it needs to be there for "rock musicals", Jonathan Larson, etc)
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