Time Out NY's Best 21st Century Broadway Cast Recordings — Page 2

HogansHero said: "I am mystified that some people are glad (or sad) that some show is(or is not) on this list. All it is is the opinions of 2 human beings about what they like. Nothing objective about it. No prizes for winning. Why do we care? It's just the click bait they are trained to employ in the desperate hope it'll keep them afloat a bit longer."



Part of it click-bait, sure- that's how internet media has progressed. But rankings lists have been around for decades and are all just as objective and arbitrary as this one. For people unfamiliar with the things being ranked, it's a good introduction to the topic and the essentials. For people who are familiar, it can be a nice reminder of things you've forgotten and a way to inspire giving something another look or looking at things from another perspective. Reading opinions is never a bad thing.

I would be one of the people who excluded jukebox musicals, taking off the list Beautiful & Jersey Boys. Also, I would remove Spring Awakening. I love the score but the recording doesn't capture the excitement of it at all. It is just too sedate for what we heard in the theatre. In their stead, I would place Taboo, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Kinky Boots. All of those work to relive the theatrical experience and are still played often on my mp3 player.

It's a subjective list, of course, and really it's just an excuse for some Hamilton clickbait, but I am glad they chose some underrated ones, like Women on the Verge, Xanadu, Passing Strange and The Wild Party.



Frankly, I'm just amazed we've had so many of these great shows in just the last 15-16 years. That's something to cheer.