Top 10 Best Muscials ever. . .- Page 3

[sara4466]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:48pm

Better wait a minute
Ya better hold the phone
Better mind your manners
Better change your tone
Don't you threaten me, son
Ya gotta lot of gall
We gonna do things my way
Or we won't do things at all

Ya don't know what you're messin' with.
You got no idea
You don't know what you're lookin' at
When you're lookin' here
Ya don't know what you're up against,
No, no way, no how
The lion don't sleep tonight,
And if you pull his tail, he roars
Ya say, "That ain't fair?" Ya say, "That ain't nice?"
Ya know what I say?
"Up yours!"
-Audrey II


from my friend

[Derek]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:51pm

I agree with everyone...shows like Guys and Dolls, Porgy and Bess, Oklahoma, Anything Goes are def. classics and great shows...probably the best....and im not trying to be all defensive or anything lol, but I do feel that Wicked...and even Avenue Q and Rent have changed theatre history. I dont think there has ever been a show so...popular lol?...as Wicked or Rent. I personally love both and see much more than just costumes and sets when I see Wicked....but yeah....thats just my opinion. :) all good

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:54pm

sara, you better warn your friends not to pick fights with BWW people.

Derek- well there was CATS and POTO that are the longest running shows, so I guess you can say those are more popular? but i know what you mean

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:04pm

My friend says:

"*shrug* *yawn* I've been called worse from better people."

And I say you're getting awfully defensive considering how I was nothing but respectful and sided with you in my taste for modern musicals.

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:06pm

My list....
Miss Sigon
Footloose
South Pacific
Cinderella
Once on this Island
Evita
Seussical
Passion
RENT
Pippin

In no order....

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:08pm

Tiff- tell your friend I admire them lol

broadway bound star- I love Pippin!

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:10pm

This is as close as I can get it. It's only my top 5.

1.Rent
2.Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3.Urinetown
4.Assassins
5.Sunday in the Park With George

Yeah. you can bitch at me for including Rent, but please make sure you include a detailed description of how it hasn't changed the theatre.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:11pm

Rent's great. I would say it didn't change theatre in the sense that it's not the first rock-opera, but it drew attention to taboo subjects and drew a younger audience to the theatre.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:13pm

Definitely. I mean, it brought me to theatre. Leading me to all sorts of different shows.

[sara4466]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:15pm

ok I didnt mean anything bad against any one here (well I did to some people but not really) and my friend and I were really only playing around

[mollyllom]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:15pm

my favorite musicals
1) bat boy
2) rent
3) into the woods
4) avenue q
5) little shop of horrors

I can't choose the others...

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:17pm

If by "some people", you mean me, you're certainly free to say so. I'm just saying your passive-aggressiveness is misplaced.

MarkCohen, agreed.

[Derek]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:18pm

Yeah I know that, CATS and PHANTOM...but idk, its a different kind of show maybe? Like the lotto line/cancelation line is sooooo long for this particular show. I have a feeling Wicked may either one day become the longest running show, or fizzle out. But u were right too :). It could go either way. And I hope Tiff you werent talking about me. Im sorry if I offended u in anyway. I just know how some people can be really nasty to some other people who like Wicked on this board and I didnt want to start anything. Sorry :)

[bjivie2]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:18pm

My list as a musical theatre reviewer/writer/performer/enthusiast/historian...

(in alphabetical order)
A Chorus Line
Cabaret
Company
Gypsy
Les Miserables
Oklahoma!
RENT
Show Boat
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story

I based my list on the actual musical itself (it's book, music, lyrics in the context of the time period when it came out), it's impact on musical theatre, it's authors and how it has stood the test of time.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:20pm

No, Derek, I wasn't referring to you. I actually agree with everything that you said. I have no problem with Wicked fans (I'm a fan myself). It was a certain other individual who got off on a bad foot.

Updated On: 4/8/05 at 11:20 PM

[Derek]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:22pm

O Ok, its all good. Just wanna be liked lol :)

[sara4466]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:29pm

no not u type_a_tiff, I like you, I'm serious, u were on my side when everyone was hating on me

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:31pm

Yeah, that's true.

*adjusts halo*

[sara4466]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:35pm

I'm sorry to everyone that I said bad stuff about and I take everything back that I said

[TGIF]

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:46pm

You also might have avoided this by just saying "Top 10 Favorite Musicals"

"BEST" and "EVER" are very strong words. I don't see how six of your 10 choices for the BEST MUSICALS opened in the last 10 years.

[alterego]

Posted: 4/9/05 at 12:11am

This thread should have been called'Your (personal) Favourite Top 10 Musicals'. In order to have a 'best ever' you have to have seen all the musicals ever written.

[aliceripleysnumber1]

Posted: 4/9/05 at 12:23am

Why can't we each have our own opinions on this topic? You say that Sara was being offensive, and to watch it on these boards. Personally if I was giving my opinion on my top 10 musicals and you criticized me, and treated me like I was stupid for feeling a certain way, I wouldn't be too happy either.

I don't agree with Sara's list, but I can still respect her opinion. Her taste in musicals may not be The Music Man or A Little Night Music....

But then again that's just MY opinion...in which I'm now probably asking for my head getting bitten off too...

[TGIF]

Posted: 4/9/05 at 12:35am

"I don't agree with Sara's list, but I can still respect her opinion. Her taste in musicals may not be The Music Man or A Little Night Music...."

You make some valid points, but I think we can all agree that even though someone might not prefer certain shows (A Little Night of Music), it is hard to deny its quality.

That is why I suggested that this thread be a list of your *favorite shows* to avoid the conflict that arose.

[aliceripleysnumber1]

Posted: 4/9/05 at 12:42am

I agree, TGIF, that the title should have been "you're favorite...." I guess I just inferred that she meant that. I suppose it does say the word "ever" ...so I see what you are saying

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 4/9/05 at 12:44am

My List:
1.) Wicked
2.) The Phantom of The Opera
3.) Hello, Dolly !
4.) Les Miserables
5.) Carousel
6.) RENT
7.) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
8.) RAGTIME
9.) CATS
10.)42nd Street