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#26

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Posted: 1/27/04 at 12:48pm

no order...

rent
tick tick boom
urinetown
fiddler on the roof
wicked
oklahoma
bat boy
chicago
godspell
last five years

#27

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Posted: 1/27/04 at 3:55pm

Wicked
Rent
Urinetown
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Chicago
Parade
A Chorus Line
The Wiz
Rocky Horror
Les Miserables

"They hear drums. We hear music."

#28

re: Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/27/04 at 9:26pm

Tough one... In no order, this is so damn subjective, and I'm probably forgetting something!
-The Phantom of the Opera
-West Side Story
-Rent
-The Sound of Music
-Les Miz
-Into the Woods
-Guys and Dolls
-Miss Saigon
-Sweeney Todd
-Oklahoma!

#29

Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/27/04 at 9:56pm

In no particular order:

*A Little Night Music
*Cabaret
*Thoroughly Modern Millie
*The Music Man
*The Sound of Music
*My Fair Lady
*Ragtime
*WSS
*A Chorus Line
*Into The Woods

Extras (just for fun):
*How To Succeed...
*The Last Five Years
*POTO
*Godspell
*Gypsy
*The Producers
*Candide

"More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic." --Uta Hagen

#30

re: Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/27/04 at 10:25pm

Again, no order:

1. Les Miserables
2. Jekyll and Hyde
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Into the Woods
5. A Chorus Line
6. RENT
7. Movin' Out
8. JCS
9. The Music Man
10. Wicked

WOO HOO! See, I can like older shows...

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

#31

re: re: Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/27/04 at 10:49pm

say the word...and i just might listen...

Updated On: 1/27/04 at 10:49 PM

#32

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 12:49am

1.hairspray
2.rent
3.mamma mia
4.ave q
5.grease
6.lsoh
7.chicago
8.taboo
cant think of anymore. i havent seen wicked ot millie yet.

"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"

Updated On: 1/28/04 at 12:49 AM

#33

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 10:38am

(in no particular order)

Wicked
Jekyll and Hyde
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Les Miserables
Cabaret
Chicago
Aida
Little Shop of Horrors
Gypsy
The Scarlet Pimpernel

Defy Gravity!!

#34

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 11:33am

1.Gypsy
1.Mamma Mia
2.My Fair Lady
4.Taboo (I like risk-takers)
5.Annie Get Your Gun
6.West Side Story
7.Chicago
8.The Fantasticks
9.Thoroughly Modern Millie
10.Avenue Q

2 extra because I cannot leave them off the list:
11.Hello Dolly
12.Wicked

"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~

#35

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 11:40am

In no particular order, except for RENT and JCS:

RENT (always be #1! duh!)
Jesus Christ Superstar (number 2!)
Godspell
Pippin
Wicked
Tick Tick Boom
Man of La Mancha
Chicago
Joseph...Dreamcoat
Cabaret

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

#36

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 12:44pm

In no order:

1. Carousel
2. 42nd Street
3. Cats
4. Sunset Blvd
5. Jerome Robbins On Broadway
6. Kiss Me Kate
7. Thoroughly Modern Millie
8. Chess
9. City of Angels
10.Contact

There are many more.....

#37

re: Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/28/04 at 2:28pm

I'll play.

In alphabetical order, so I don't have to think about trying to figure out an order of preference (though #3 on this list would probably be #1 if in order of preference):

1. Aida (Broadway)
2. Annie (Broadway)
3. Big River (Broadway/2003)
4. Blood Brothers (Broadway)
5. The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway)
6. Godspell (Off-Broadway)
7. Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway/2000)
8. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London/1979)
9. We Will Rock You (West End)
10. The Who's Tommy (Broadway)

#38

re: re: Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/28/04 at 2:39pm

not in any order:

rent
hairspray
wicked
urinetown
stomp
little shop of horrors
once upon a matress
tick tick boom
Side show
ragtime

"We ought to make the pie higher." --George W. Bush, South Carolina Republican Debate; February 15, 2000

#39

re: re: re: Top 10 Musicals

Posted: 1/28/04 at 2:41pm

uh, annie get your gun should be nowhere on this forum. who the hell writes a song, You Can't Get a Man With A Gun, and invites Reba Mcintyre to star in it! AARRGG!

"We ought to make the pie higher." --George W. Bush, South Carolina Republican Debate; February 15, 2000

#40

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 3:16pm

I agree that with "the greatest", there needs to be some sort of criteria with which the choices are made. Are they the greatest because of their intergrated use of book and score? Social and historical significance? Popularity? What makes them great?

10 favorite musicals is far easier and seems to be a more common response to this thread:

These are my personal favorites that I have seen:

Les Miserables
Falsettos
City of Angels
Aspects of Love
Titanic
Urinetown
Hairspray
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Parade
Once on This Island

(I had to make one change)

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

Updated On: 1/28/04 at 03:16 PM

#41

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 3:27pm

TWHM
MY FAIR LADY
SWEENEY TODD
PETER PAN
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
KISS ME KATE
SHE LOVES ME
THE FULL MONTY
HIGH BUTTON SHOES
GYPSY

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 1/28/04 at 03:27 PM

#42

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 3:49pm

1. Falsettos
2. A New Brain
3. Wild Party (Broadway)
4. Evita
5. Cabaret
6. Chicago
7. Little Shop of Horrors (off-Broadway)
8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
9. tick, tick...BOOM!
10. Side Show

Somewhat echoing others' choices, but adding a few new ones to the mix.

#43

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Posted: 4/18/18 at 8:01pm

bringing this back

(in order)

waitress

ragtime

les miserables

a chorus line

wicked

newsies

thoroughly modern millie

big fish

fiddler on the roof

vanities

#44

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Posted: 4/18/18 at 8:52pm

Oh! I love top 10 lists ! (Though I seem to remember making one before - was there a similar thread?)... anyway (Note that I have only been watching Broadway and touring shows since 2001).

1. Rent

2. Les Miserables

3. Wicked

4. Fun Home

5. Sunday in the Park with George

6. Kinky Boots

7. Once on this Island (revival)

8. Into the Woods

9. Hamilton

10. Spring Awakening (original)

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 08:52 PM

#45

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Posted: 4/19/18 at 6:00am

West Side Story

My Fair Lady

Les Miz

Fiddler On the Roof

Gypsy

Miss Saigon

Kinky Boots

Beautiful

Parade

Sunday In The Park With George

#46

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Posted: 4/19/18 at 7:19am

Not in any order and yes I have seen all of them.

Hamilton

Kiss Me Kate (Revival)

Book Of Mormon

Jersey Boys

Matilda

Guys And Dolls (Revival with Nathan Lane & Faith Prince)

Phantom Of The Opera

Chorus Line

Spring Awakening

Les Miserables

#47

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Posted: 4/19/18 at 5:59pm

Ooooh, this is fun!

1. The Phantom of the Opera
2. Tanz der Vampire
3. Les Misérables
4. Elisabeth das Musical
5. My Fair Lady
6. Jesus Christ Superstar
7. Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
8. CATS
9. Next to Normal
10. The King and I

"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire

#48

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Posted: 4/20/18 at 12:28pm

I think for me, personally because it's hard to be unbiased, it is:

1. Next to Normal

2. Wicked

3. Evita

4. Miss Saigon

5. Gypsy

6. Pippin

7. The Phantom of the Opera

8. Godspell

9. Into the Woods

10. Les Misérables

#49

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Posted: 4/20/18 at 2:58pm

I'm very heartened to see all the Scarlet Pimpernel mentions, even though I disagree that its a good show. It's one I consider a guilty pleasure. Lots of Wildhorn love in general.

Personal faves, in no particular order:

-Rent

- My Fair Lady

- Sunday in the Park with George

- Gypsy

- Pippin

- Evita

- Hello Dolly!

- Hamilton

- Spring Awakening (deaf revival)

- Next to Normal

Honorable mentions: Les Mis, Ragtime, Fun Home

#50

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Posted: 4/20/18 at 4:01pm

1) Hamilton

2) Come From Away

3) In The Heights

4) Dear Evan Hansen

5) Sweeney Todd

6) Pippin

7) The Lion King

8) Spelling Bee

9) The Producers

10) Bandstand

Honorable Mention: Waitress & Rent

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