Top Ten Shows of the Decade Henceforth?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 4:53pm

Revivals count as well.

Light in the Piazza and Sweeney Todd revival should be near the top...

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 4:59pm

Though many will pounce on me for this one....."Wicked"

(ducks and covers)

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 5:03pm

Why be that? Wicked is good. Don't let the throngs of fangeeks throw you off.

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 5:10pm

It just seems like there are many "Wicked" haters on the board. Though the show is far from perfect, I find it entertaining and (because of its immense "popularity") would have to be put somewhere on a top ten list of shows of the decade so far. I would also have to agree with "Piazza" and "Sweeney," and would probably add "Avenue Q," "Drowsy Chaperone," and "The Color Purple" to the list.

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 5:14pm

Well, it depends on your take on Top Ten: Best selling? Best reviewed? Most liked? Most hyped? - this would certainly change a lot of things. You also seem to concentrate in recent musicals only, while there have been many important plays written and produced since the decade started.

Updated On: 10/4/06 at 05:14 PM

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 5:20pm

Blaxx--

Point well-taken concerning plays. Add "Proof," "Doubt," "Rabbit Hole," and "History Boys" to the list. I in no way meant to ignore plays. I also should have included "Spelling Bee" which is such a great show.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:11pm

As in, top ten of YOUR own. The best shows that YOU PERSONALLY saw.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:15pm

These are in no particular order:

The Producers
Hairspray
Wicked
Caroline, or Change
Monty Python's Spamalot
The Light in the Piazza
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Color Purple
Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer

[jv92]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:48pm

1. The Light in the Piazza
2. Grey Gardens
3. John Doyle's Production of Sweeney Todd
4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
5. The Producers
6. See What I Wanna See
7. Urinetown
8. The Full Monty
9. Hairspray
10. Avenue Q

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 6:51pm

Then you should change the title of the thread of to "Your Own Top Ten..", because that's a completely different story...

Updated On: 10/4/06 at 06:51 PM

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:24pm

1. The Light in the Piazza
2. Wicked
3. Sweeney Todd
4. The Color Purple
5. The Drowsy Chaperone
6. The Full Monty
7. Hairspray
8. Urinetown
9. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
10. Rabbit Hole

[uncageg]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:32pm

I second "Caroline or Change" for the list. It is the best musical I have seen since the original production of "Sweeney Todd".

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/4/06 at 7:39pm

THE WEDDING SINGER!!!
The Light in the Piazza
The Color Purple
Wicked
Hairspray
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Sweeney Todd
The Drowsy Chaperone
Aida
42nd Street (revival)

[elvisitis1302]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 5:37pm

- The Light in the Piazza
- See What I Wanna See
- The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
- Marie Christine (2000 Tony Season)
- The Witches of Eastwick (London)
- Bernarda Alba
- DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES (haha, just kidding, though I do love it)
- Assassins (revival)
- Sweeney Todd (revival)
- The Rocky Horror Show (revival)
- Shockheaded Peter

[adamgreer]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 5:46pm

In no particular order...

Hairspray
Wicked
Spelling Bee
Grey Gardens
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Urinetown
The Color Purple
Cathy Rigby's final run of Peter Pan
The Woman in White (ducks!)
The Drowsy Chaperone

[jennykett89]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 6:26pm

1. History Boys
2. The Boy from Oz
3. Spelling Bee
4. Spamalot
5. Drowsy Chaperone
6. La Cage Aux Folles
7. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
8. Avenue Q
9. Wicked
10. Mary Poppins (West End)
Updated On: 10/6/06 at 06:26 PM

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 9:37pm

Okay, actually trying to compose a faithful list--including ones I haven't seen but considering what the consensus on them seem to be.

I'm gonna have to focus on musicals because I don't know nearly enough dramas, but Pillowman and Doubt have to be on any lists including plays.

No particular order:
Sweeney Todd
Light in the Piazza
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Hairspray
Urinetown
The Full Monty
Avenue Q

Too many to decide between for the last 3, especially considering some i haven't seen, but I'd consider: Spelling Bee, The Producers, Wicked, Caroline or Change, 42nd Street revival, Assassins revival and Pajama Game revival

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 10:13pm

Do you mean shows that have opened since 2000 or since 1996? If the latter, only counting shows that I've seen...

Kiss Me, Kate (revival)
Piazza
DRS
Producers
Ragtime (saw community prod. and am in it now)
WiW (don't throw stones)
Gypsy (revival)
42nd Street (revival)
Drowsy
Fiddler (revival)

That was hard!!!