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Posted: 12/16/04 at 5:02pm
A while back some friends and I challenged each other to come up with our top 50 musicals (based on score, book, lyrics, the test of time, etc.). I ended up with a top 80 or so... Eventually we combined ours together to see what our tops overall were. It proved to be very interesting, challenging and a bit lame! hehe! Anyway, I just went back to my list today and revised it with additions, subtractions, and some rearranging. So here are my current Favorite 50 musicals. I would love to hear opinions on it and see what you guys come up with!
1) Sweeney Todd
2) A Light in the Piazza
3) Sunday in the Park with George
4) Into the Woods
5) Gypsy
6) Ragtime
7) Floyd Collins
The Last Five Years
9) A Man of No Importance
10) Passion
11) Company
12) Caroline, or Change
13) Little Shop of Horrors
14) Parade
15) Assassins
16) West Side Story
17) Cabaret
1 Marvin Trilogy
19) A New Brain
20) Wild Party (Lippa)
21) Follies
22) Wild Party (LaChiusa)
23) Les Miserables
24) Marie Christine
25) Miss Saigon
26) King and I
27) Rent
2 Wicked
29) Hello Dolly
30) Sunset Boulevard
31) Carousel
32) John and Jenn
33) The Sound of Music
34) Kiss Me Kate
35) Thoroughly Modern Millie
36) A Little Night Music
37) The Producers
3 Guys and Dolls
39) Side Show
40) Bounce
41) The Music Man
42) Sweet Smell of Success
43) Me and My Girl
44) The Secret Garden
45) You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
46) Chicago
47) The Phantom of the Opera
4 Nine
49) The Full Monty
50) She Loves Me
51) Merrily We Roll Along
1) Sweeney Todd
2) A Light in the Piazza
3) Sunday in the Park with George
4) Into the Woods
5) Gypsy
6) Ragtime
7) Floyd Collins
The Last Five Years 9) A Man of No Importance
10) Passion
11) Company
12) Caroline, or Change
13) Little Shop of Horrors
14) Parade
15) Assassins
16) West Side Story
17) Cabaret
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Marvin Trilogy 19) A New Brain
20) Wild Party (Lippa)
21) Follies
22) Wild Party (LaChiusa)
23) Les Miserables
24) Marie Christine
25) Miss Saigon
26) King and I
27) Rent
2
Wicked 29) Hello Dolly
30) Sunset Boulevard
31) Carousel
32) John and Jenn
33) The Sound of Music
34) Kiss Me Kate
35) Thoroughly Modern Millie
36) A Little Night Music
37) The Producers
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Guys and Dolls 39) Side Show
40) Bounce
41) The Music Man
42) Sweet Smell of Success
43) Me and My Girl
44) The Secret Garden
45) You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
46) Chicago
47) The Phantom of the Opera
4
Nine 49) The Full Monty
50) She Loves Me
51) Merrily We Roll Along
