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The best musicals from each composer
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#25re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/3/06 at 8:02pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Sunset Blvd
Sondheim - Company / Into the Woods
Finn - A New Brain
Schwartz - Wicked
Yeston - Nine
Frank Wildhorn - Jekyll & Hyde
Kander and Ebb - Chicago
Boublil and Schonberg - Miss Saigon
Jesse Tosori (sp?) - Caroline, or Change
#26re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/3/06 at 8:10pm
Here are mine...
Adam Guettel
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Adler & Ross
THE PAJAMA GAME
Ahrens & Flaherty
RAGTIME
Andrew Lloyd Webber
EVITA
Boublil & Schönberg
MISS SAIGON
Charles Strouse
ANNIE
Cole Porter
KISS ME, KATE
Cy Coleman
BARNUM
Elton John
I don’t like any of Elton John’s shows.
Frank Wildhorn
JEKYLL & HYDE- the 1990 concept version
Frank Loesser
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
Jason Robert Brown
PARADE
Jerry Herman
HELLO, DOLLY!
Jule Styne
FUNNY GIRL
Kander & Ebb
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Kern & Hammerstein
SHOW BOAT
Leonard Bernstein
WEST SIDE STORY
Lerner & Loewe
MY FAIR LADY
Marvin Hamlisch
A CHORUS LINE
Maury Yeston
NINE
Menken & Ashman
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Meredith Wilson
I don’t like any of Meredith Wilson’s shows.
Michael John LaChiusa
SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE
Rodgers & Hammerstein
OKLAHOMA!
Rodgers & Hart
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
Stephen Schwartz
PIPPIN
Stephen Sondheim
ASSASSINS
William Finn
A NEW BRAIN
#28re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:20pm
Sondheim
SWEENEY TODD
Andrew Lloyd Webber
EVITA
Kander and Ebb
CABARET
Rodgers and Hammerstein
THE KING AND I
Jason Robert Brown
don't really know any of his other than L5Y..
Lerner and Loewe
MY FAIR LADY
Boublil and Schonberg
LES MISERABLES
Frank Wildhorn
VICTOR/VICTORIA
Maury Yeston
don't really know any of his other than PHANTOM
Stephen Schwartz
WICKED
Herman
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Styne
FUNNY GIRL
Elton John
AIDA
Bernstein
WEST SIDE STORY
Porter
KISS ME, KATE!
Rodgers and Hart
PAL JOEY
Guettel
LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Loesser
GUYS AND DOLLS
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#29re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:27pm
Sondheim
SWEENEY TODD
Andrew Lloyd Webber
EVITA
Kander and Ebb
CABARET
Rodgers and Hammerstein
CAROUSEL
Jason Robert Brown
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Lerner and Loewe
Not familiar enough to have an opinion
Boublil and Schonberg
LES MISERABLES
Frank Wildhorn
JEKYLL & HYDE
Maury Yeston
Not familiar enough to have an opinion
Stephen Schwartz
PIPPIN
Herman
MACK & MABLE
Styne
GYPSY
Bernstein
WEST SIDE STORY
Porter
KISS ME, KATE
Rogers and Hart
Not familiar enough to have an opinion
Guettel
I've only heard PIAZZA, but I can't imagine it being beat...
Loesser
GUYS AND DOLLS
Coleman
SWEET CHARITY
Aherns and Flaherty
RAGTIME
Adler/Ross
DAMN YANKEES
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#30re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/3/06 at 9:35pm
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd or Assassins
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christer Superstar
Kander and Ebb
Cabaret
Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Sound of Music
Jason Robert Brown
Parade
Lerner and Loewe
Camelot
Boublil and Schonberg
Les Miserables
Frank Wildhorn
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Maury Yeston
Titanic
Stephen Schwartz
Pippin
Styne
Gypsy
Elton John
Aida
Bernstein
West Side Story
Ahrens and Flaherty
Ragtime
William Finn
Falsettos
Willson
The Music Man
Loesser
Guys and Dolls
phantom8019
Featured Actor Joined: 12/6/05
#31re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:51pmThough we all have our own tastes in composers, it is amazing how much agreement there is in this thread.
alba
Chorus Member Joined: 5/16/06
#32re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 11:51am
Cy Coleman's best score just has to be On the Twentieth Century.
(And I also think that perfect as Sweeney Todd is, _Follies_ might just be better...)
#33re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 11:55am
Sondheim
Into the Woods
Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Phantom of the Opera
Kander and Ebb
Cabaret
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Carousel
Jason Robert Brown
The Last Five Years
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg
Les Miserables
Maury Yeston
Titanic
Stephen Schwartz
Children of Eden
Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate
Adam Guettel
The Light in the Piazza
Rodgers and Hart
Pal Joey
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
balletandbroadway
Featured Actor Joined: 8/3/06
#34re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 12:55pm
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd or Assassins
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Evita
Kander and Ebb
Cabaret
Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Sound of Music
Jason Robert Brown
Songs for a New World
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg
Miss Saigon
Bernstein
West Side Story
Guettel
The Light in the Piazza <3
Marvin Hamlisch
A Chorus Line
Aherns and Flaherty
Ragtime
Larson
Tick, Tick... Boom (Much better than Rent IMO)
Elton John
Aida
Yeston
Nine
#35re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:10pm
Sondheim - SWEENEY TODD
Andrew Lloyd Webber - EVITA
Kander and Ebb - KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Rodgers and Hammerstein - CINDERELLA
Jason Robert Brown - PARADE
Lerner and Loewe - MY FAIR LADY
Boublil and Schonberg - MISS SAIGON
Frank Wildhorn - THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
Maury Yeston - NINE
Stephen Schwartz - GODSPELL
Herman - LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Styne - PETER PAN
Elton John - AIDA
Bernstein - CANDIDE
Porter - KISS ME, KATE
Rodgers and Hart - PAL JOEY
Loesser - H2$
Ahrens & Flaherty - DESSA ROSE
Jerome Kern - SHOW BOAT
Addler & Ross - DAMN YANKEES
George Gershwin - GIRL CRAZY and or CRAZY FOR YOU
Irving Berlin - ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Charles Strouse - ANNIE
Marvin Hamlisch - A CHORUS LINE
Updated On: 9/4/06 at 02:10 PM
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#36re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:14pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Whistle down the Wind
Kander and Ebb
Chicago
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Ooh, toughie, maybe Carousel or The King and I.
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg
Les Mis!
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#37re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:27pm
Sondheim - Sweeney Todd/Follies (only one I'm giving two to because I can't honestly decide)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - JCS
Kander and Ebb - Cabaret
Rodgers and Hammerstein - King and I
Jason Robert Brown - Last Five Years
Lerner and Loewe - Brigadoon
Boublil and Schonberg - Les Mis
Frank Wildhorn - J&H
Maury Yeston - Grand Hotel
Stephen Schwartz - Pippin
Herman - La Cage
Styne - Gypsy
Elton John - Aida
Bernstein - Candide
Porter - Kiss Me, Kate
Rodgers and Hart - Babes in Arms
Loesser - Most Happy Fella
Ahrens & Flaherty - Ragtime
Jerome Kern - Show Boat
Addler & Ross - Damn Yankees
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess
Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun
Charles Strouse - Bye Bye Birdie
Marvin Hamlisch - A Chorus Line
William Finn - March of the Falsettos
Jonathan Larson - tick tick...boom
Adam Guettel - Floyd Collins
Michael John LaChiusa - Marie Christine
Cy Coleman - City of Angels
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#38re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:37pm
Very little mention of Gilbert and Sullivan here!
I say Pirates of Penzance.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#39re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:59pm
Sondheim - Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Evita (Although I love the music from CATS dearly)
Kander and Ebb - Chicago
Rodgers and Hammerstein - The Sound of Music
Jason Robert Brown - Songs For a New World
Lerner and Loewe - My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg - Les Misérables
Frank Wildhorn - Jekyll & Hyde
Maury Yeston - Phantom
Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
Herman - Hello Dolly
Styne - Gypsy
Elton John - Billy Elliot
Bernstein - Candide
Porter - Kiss Me, Kate
Rodgers and Hart - Pal Joey
Loesser - Guys and Dolls
Ahrens & Flaherty - Ragtime
Jerome Kern - Show Boat
Addler & Ross - The Pajama Game
George Gershwin - Crazy for You
Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun
Charles Strouse - Annie
Marvin Hamlisch - A Chorus Line
William Finn - Spelling Bee
Jonathan Larson - Rent
Adam Guettel - The Light in the Piazza
Michael John LaChiusa - The Wild Party
Cy Coleman - Sweet Charity
David Yazbek - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Lucy Simon - Zhivago
OxfordsLeadingMan
Chorus Member Joined: 4/1/06
#40re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 5:55pm
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Phantom Of The Opera
Kander and Ebb
Chicago
Rogers and Hammerstein
The Sound of Music
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg
Les Miserables
Stephen Schwartz
Wicked
Elton John
The Lion King
Porter
Anything Goes
Loesser
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
#41re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 5:57pm
Oh, yeah, I forgot about Gilbert and Sullivan!
While I do like PIRATES OF PENZANCE, I think I'm going to have to with THE GONDOLIERS.
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#42re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 6:08pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber
EVITA and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Boublil & Schönberg
LES MISÉRABLES
Elton John
AIDA
Kander & Ebb
CABARET
Leonard Bernstein
WEST SIDE STORY
Maury Yeston
TITANIC
Menken & Ashman
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Not so sure how I feel about the show, but the film is one of my all-time favorites)
Rodgers & Hammerstein
CAROUSEL
Stephen Schwartz
GODSPELL
Stephen Sondheim
INTO THE WOODS
#43re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:26pm
Sondheim - Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar/Sunset Boulevard
Kander and Ebb - Chicago
Rodgers and Hammerstein - Carousel
Jason Robert Brown - Last Five Years
Lerner and Loewe - My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg - Les Misérables
Frank Wildhorn - Jekyll & Hyde
Maury Yeston - Phantom
Stephen Schwartz - Nothing b/c he's not real, just a nightmare I have every so often.
Herman - La Cage Aux Folles
Styne - Gypsy
Elton John - Lion King
Bernstein - Candide
Porter - Anything Goes
Rodgers and Hart - Pal Joey
Loesser - Guys and Dolls
Ahrens & Flaherty - Ragtime
Jerome Kern - Show Boat
Addler & Ross - Damn Yankees
George Gershwin - Crazy for You
Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun
Charles Strouse - Nick and Nora
Marvin Hamlisch - The Goodbye Girl
William Finn - Falsettos
Jonathan Larson - Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Adam Guettel - The Light in the Piazza
Michael John LaChiusa - Marie Christine/Hello Again
Cy Coleman - City of Angels
David Yazbek - The Full Monty
Larry Grossman - Grind
Dana P. Rowe - The Witches of Eastwick
Shire/Maltby Jr. - Baby
Jim Steinman - Dance of the Vampires :)
mr14
Understudy Joined: 7/5/06
#44re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/5/06 at 4:17am
Andrew Lloyd Webber- Phantom of the Opera
Stephen Sondheim- Sweeney Todd
Johnathan Larson- Rent
Boubil and Schonburg- Les Mis
Elton John- Lion King
Stephen Schwartz- Wicked
Rodgers and Hammerstein- Carousel
Irving Berlin- Annie Get Your Gun
Bernstein- West Side Story
Charles Strouse- Bye Bye Birdie/ Annie
#45re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/5/06 at 1:53pm
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Evita
Kander and Ebb
Cabaret
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg
Les Miserables
Frank Wildhorn
The Scarlet Pimpernil
Maury Yeston
Titanic
Stephen Schwartz
Godspell
Irving Berlin
Call Me Madam
Bernstein
West Side Story
Charles Strouse
Bye Bye Birdie
Cole Porter
Anything Goes
George Gershwin
Of Thee I Sing
Bock and Harnick
Fiddler on the Roof
Jule Styne
Gypsy
Jerry Herman
Mack and Mabel
Ahrens and Flaherty
Once on This Island
Cy Coleman
City of Angels
William Finn
Falsettos
Loesser
The Most Happy Fella
Jerome Kern
Show Boat
Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark
Marvin Hamlisch
A Chorus Line
Michael John LaChiusa
Hello Again
Rodgers and Hart
Pal Joey
Elton John
Lion King
#46re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/5/06 at 2:03pm
My choices:
Sondheim - Sweeney Todd
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar
Kander and Ebb - Cabaret
Rodgers and Hammerstein - The King and I
Lerner and Loewe - My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg - Les Miserables
Frank Wildhorn - Jeckyll & Hyde
Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
Herman - Mame
Styne - Gypsy
Elton John - Aida
Bernstein - West Side Story
Porter - Anything Goes
Rogers and Hart - Pal Joey
Guettel - Light in the Piazza
Loesser - Guys & Dolls
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#47re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/5/06 at 2:57pm
Sondheim - Assassins
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Evita
Kander and Ebb - Chicago
Rodgers and Hammerstein - South Pacific
Jason Robert Brown - Parade
Lerner and Loewe - My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg - Les Mis
Frank Wildhorn - Pimpernel
Maury Yeston - Nine
Stephen Schwartz - Godspell
Herman - Mack & Mabel
Styne - Gypsy
Elton John - Lion King
Bernstein - WSS
Porter - Anything Goes
Rodgers and Hart - Pal Joey
Loesser - Guys & Dolls
Ahrens & Flaherty - Ragtime
Jerome Kern - Show Boat
Addler & Ross - Damn Yankees
George Gershwin - Oh Kay!
Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun
Charles Strouse - Bye Bye Birdie
Marvin Hamlisch - A Chorus Line
William Finn - 25th Annual
Jonathan Larson - Rent
Adam Guettel - Piazza
Cy Coleman - Sweet Charity
Kurt Weill - Threepenny Opera
David Yazbeck - Full Monty
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#48re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 9/5/06 at 3:42pm
Sondheim - Assassins
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Evita/Starlight Express
Kander and Ebb - Chicago
Rodgers and Hammerstein - The Sound of Music
Jason Robert Brown - Last Five Years
Lerner and Loewe - Camelot
Boublil and Schonberg - Miss Saigon/Les Miserables
Frank Wildhorn - N/A
Maury Yeston - Nine
Stephen Schwartz - Pippin/Wicked
Herman - Hello, Dolly
Styne - Gypsy/Funny Girl
Elton John - Aida
Bernstein - West Side Story (absolutely no question about it)
Porter - Anything Goes
Rodgers and Hart - The Boys From Syracuse
Loesser - Guys and Dolls
Ahrens & Flaherty - Seussical/Ragtime
Jerome Kern - Show Boat
Addler & Ross - Damn Yankees
George Gershwin - Of Thee I Sing
Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun
Charles Strouse - Bye Bye Birdie
Marvin Hamlisch - A Chorus Line
William Finn - A New Brain
Jonathan Larson - Rent
Adam Guettel - The Light in the Piazza
Michael John LaChiusa - The Wild Party
Cy Coleman - City of Angels
David Yazbek - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Larry Grossman - N/A
Dana P. Rowe - Zombie Prom/Witches of Eastwick
Shire/Maltby Jr. - Baby
Jim Steinman - Dance of the Vampires
Andrew Lippa - The Wild Party
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#49re: The best musicals from each composer
Posted: 4/19/08 at 8:29pm
Sondheim
Company
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar
Kander and Ebb
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma
Jason Robert Brown
Parade
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Boublil and Schonberg
Miss Saigon
Frank Wildhorn
Jekyll and Hyde
Maury Yeston
Nine
Stephen Schwartz
Wicked
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