What is the best show of all time?- Page 2

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 10:55pm

BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN DA FUNK Updated On: 9/6/04 at 10:55 PM

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:02pm

In my opinion the shows that truly define Broadway:

Pal Joey
Oklahoma!
Annie Get Your Gun
Carousel
South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
The King and I
Wonderful Town
The Pajama Game
My Fair Lady
The Music Man
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Hair!
Funny Girl
Hello, Dolly
The Wiz
Dreamgirls
Little Shop of Horrors
Les Miserables
Phantom
Cats
Aida
Wicked
Avenue Q

I know its a lot, but I think those are the best and will always be remembered

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:10pm

Derek2 --

In terms of "defining" the artform.....

No Showboat? A Chorus Line? Fiddler? Man of La Mancha? West Side Story? ANY SOndheim???????

BUT

you include Wonderful Town? Funny Girl? Pajama Game? Aida???

And the list purports to be of the shows that DEFINED Broadway?

Uh, OK.....

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:11pm

Derek and I will be producing the best show of all time as our first venture together as Broadway producers...

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:13pm

I think Little Shop should be reserved for a "Shows that define Off-Broadway" list, seeing as it has been on Broadway once, and did quite poorly.

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:14pm

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH ur right! I cant believe I forgot


West Side Story
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Into The Woods
Crazy For You
Pippin
Evita
Chicago

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:14pm

Guys, this isn't asking for your FAVORITE shows, but the *best show*

My pick will either have to be ACL or the The Fantasticks. I'm not too good at picking out this stuff.

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:17pm

yeah, I just meant LSOH to be under "musical" :) any kind

also, Cabaret

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:18pm

Kid! They're not asking for every show that's been on Broadway, they're asking for the best SHOW (notice the absence of an S on the end).

[PleaseChangeMe]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:20pm

It's between A Chorus Line, Rent, and Sweeney Todd. All three have great drama, humor, writing, music, books, set, meaning, lyrics, and message.

Updated On: 9/6/04 at 11:20 PM

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:22pm

I know I know. But there isnt just one. The ones I mentioned (in my opinion) are the best written and the ones that will always be remembered. I mean there have been thousands of shows on broadway, I dont think I named every one lol :)

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:22pm

Out of those three? I suppose Sweeney Todd.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:24pm

Well, you have to omit The Fantasticks, since it's never played Broadway.

And like the show or not, Showboat HAS to be at the top of the list since it is probably the single most influencial piece of musical theatre ever written -- it influenced the next two generations of shows and was the first musical to use the artform to deal with serious, important issues (i.e. race). Without Showboat, there wouldn't have been Porgy and Bess, Pal Joey, Oklahoma, Carousel et al. Hammerstein expanded the possiblities of the musical and gave the next 50 years of composers and book writers the courage and the license to experiment with any kind of subject matter they felt passionate about.

Updated On: 9/6/04 at 11:24 PM

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:25pm

Is it specified whether the show should be Broadway or Off-Broadway? I don't think that the author of the thread stated which one...

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:26pm

It depends on what cast recording I'm killing at the moment. Does anyeone else go through the same thing where you just listen to the CD over and over and over again for like weeks on end. I've been listening to Assassins (got it on Friday night) nonstop since then. Its the best!

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:26pm

How true Margo. Your right. I should have included it. It is a great show and it never seems to get old

[Corine2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:27pm

I don't have one favorite.
It is impossible. I have a list of 100 shows I adore.
Avenue Q, is at the top of a very long list.
I loved Millie damn it. I did and I miss it.
I also love Caroline Or Change, Violet, Cabaret, Urinetown,
South Pacific, The Sound Of Music, Pippin and A Chorus Line. Updated On: 9/7/04 at 11:27 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:28pm

Sorry, I thought someone specified "Broadway" (though I personally wouldn't include "The Fanstasticks" on a "Best" list, myself).

[Matt_G]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:30pm

Every week when this question is asked, I always say the same thing.

GYPSY

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:32pm

margo, don't we talk about this entirely too much!? :)
DEFINING MUSICAL THEATRE: top 8
Showboat
Porgy and Bess
Pal Joey
Carousel
Gypsy
West Side Story
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd

[Corine2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:33pm

I take that back. Avenue Q, is my favorite show of all time.
I just love it!

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:34pm

Hair and Cabaret may round out the top 10...hard call

p.s. can some people make NO distinction b/w their favorite and the best??

Updated On: 9/6/04 at 11:34 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:35pm

LeoMax,

Yes, we do -- I'm getting flashbacks. You forgot "Oklahoma" -- generally credited as the first fully-integrated musical and second in influence only to "Showboat." Gotta be on any "Best" list.

[cutiepie0882]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:38pm

Wicked for sure!!! Don't get mad ppl who don't like Wicked. I don't want to start a riot but I love that show!!!!

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/6/04 at 11:40pm

Nobody else thinks Guys and Dolls is great?

and yes, I love Wicked as well. I cant see why people think its full of flaws. Ill never see it :)