Top 25 Favorite Musicals — Page 2

Man, this was difficult! I won't even attempt to put these in any kind of order, except to say that my #1 is most definitely "Rent"! After that, my list is in no particular order because I don't feel like sitting here for 6 hours tearing my hair out. LOL

1. RENT
2. Les Miserables
3. Avenue Q
4. Wicked
5. Company
6. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
7. Hairspray
8. Billy Elliot
9. La Cage aux Folles
10. Into the Woods
11. Grey Gardens
12. Next to Normal
13. Aspects of Love
14. Hair
15. Sunday in the Park with George
16. The Book of Mormon
17. Gypsy
18. Spring Awakening
19. The Phantom of the Opera
20. In the Heights
21. Urinetown
22. The Drowsy Chaperone
23. Chess
24. Rock of Ages
25. The Light in the Piazza

As you can tell, I'm not overly fond of the old musicals. They just don't resonate with me enough to include on a Top 25 list. I love all things Sondheim, so paring down which of his shows to include was perhaps most difficult of all for me.

1. Wicked
2. Hairspray
3. Phantom of the Opera
4. Rent
5. Les Miserables
6. Spring Awakening
7. Next to Normal
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. Billy Elliot
10. Aida
11. My Fair Lady
12. The Lion King
13. Hair
14. In the Heights
15. Gypsy
16. West Side Story
17. Mary Poppins
18. The Sound of Music
19. The Wizard of Oz
20. Grease
21. Chess
22. Avenue Q
23. The Little Mermaid
24. Chicago
25. Sweeney Todd

It got harder to rank towards the bottom of the list, and a few of these are based on soundtracks, etc.
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