The Funniest Broadway Shows EVER!

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The Funniest Broadway Shows EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 7:24pm

Whoopsy indeed. Well, since it is here, let's see . . . what can we talk about. The funniest Broadway shows EVER!

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Updated On: 6/6/07 at 07:24 PM

#2

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 7:25pm

Whoopsie- I sense a wrong board posting.

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#3

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 8:57pm

When it comes to musical comedies, Little Shop and hairspray are my fav.

#4

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:18pm

Hairspray! I don't think its necissarly the funniest, but i remember laughing a lot at Drowsy Chaperone. Urinetowns pretty funny too.

#5

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:21pm

Spamalot, classic python fun

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#6

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 9:42pm

drowsy and spelling bee :]

#7

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 10:10pm

spelling bee for SURE...i just saw it with Mo Rocca, and that made it even funnier. That guy is hilarious.

#8

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 10:13pm

hairspray, not the funniest, but it is hilarious.

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#9

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:52pm

Probably not the funniest EVER, but always make me laugh:

(musicals only)

Avenue Q
Into the Woods
They're Playing Our Song
Bye Bye Birdie
Little Shop of Horrors

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#10

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:53pm

Yeah, I have some good laughs with Bye Bye Birdie.

#11

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 12:01am

HOW TO SUCCEED... when done with brilliant comedians is hysterical.
But I think the bestest funniest is A FUNNY THING HAPPENED...
When I saw Zero and/or Nathan my sides split.

Why do the funny ones have such long titles?

#12

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 12:13am

The funniest Broadway show I've seen is Urinetown.

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#13

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 12:14am

Avenue Q, The Producers, Little Shop...that's all I can think of for now lol

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#14

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 12:14am

leaglly blonde!

#15

re: The Funniest Movies EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 12:14am

Neil Simon's FOOLS...I kid you not!

#16

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 1:32am

Broadway is not all about Musicals!

There have been some great comedys, "Lend me a tenor" comes to mind.

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#17

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:40am

FOOLS
Lend Me a Tenor
The Producers
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Broadway Bound
CURTAINS
Evil Dead: The Musical
Zombie Prom
The Odd Couple
Arsenic and Od Lace

...Just to name a few.

#18

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:45am

You Can't Take It With You

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re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:56am

The Producers
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Avenue Q
Noises Off!
Forbidden Broadway (Off-Broadway)
The Big Voice: God or Merman? (Off-Broadway)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Little Shop of Horrors
A Funny Thing Happend on the Way to the Forum
They're Playing Our Song
Spelling Bee
The Full Monty
The Odd Couple
Peter Pan (Can be when you have great actors. It's good campy fun!)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Do Re Mi
Reefer Madness
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

and just about anything by Neil Simon...

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re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 4:04am

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Spamalot had me in convultions (spelling? Yeah a person who spends there whole life writing should know but yeah...) and Legally Blonde, while it did raise a few smiles throughout, should be commended for producing the funniest scene of the last season. "Is he gay...or European?"

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re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 8:00am

Noises Off

Avenue Q

Largely New York

Lend Me a Tenor

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Itty Bitty Geisha? Toyland? Gypsy Pasadoble? Just a few popular favorites...

#22

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 8:12am

No question.....Hedda Garbler

#23

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 8:53am

For me, the funniest show ever was Noises Off!

As for musicals, I would include Spelling Bee and Drowsy Chaperone.

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#24

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 1:30pm

The funniest play I've ever seen, without a doubt is Noises Off, which I saw in San Francisco.

The funniest musical? That's easy, the title says it all: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Saw it on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Mark Linn Baker and it was hysterical.

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#25

re: The Funniest Broadway show EVER!

Posted: 6/7/07 at 1:35pm

Funniest musical I've ever seen is Urinetown.

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