What is the most underrated musical of all time

[ContinentalNettle]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#1

Posted: 1/10/13 at 2:44pm

We've all seen the thread for most overrated musical, so this is the thread for the other end of the discussion! What are your most underrated musicals or underrated songs from musicals?

For me personally it's; Blood Brothers, The Boyfriend and Whistle Down the Wind.

[SonofRobbieJ]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#2

Posted: 1/10/13 at 2:49pm

SHE LOVES ME.

The perfect meringue of a musical.

[madbrian]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#2

Posted: 1/10/13 at 2:52pm

1776. It has its supporters on this board, but it's still underrated.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[SonofRobbieJ]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#3

Posted: 1/10/13 at 2:54pm

That's actually my favorite musical of all-time.

Another underrated show? THE BAKER'S WIFE. I know people have major problems with the book, but I've seen worse books win Tonys.

[JBroadway]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#4

Posted: 1/10/13 at 3:01pm

The Story Of My Life. One of my absolute favorite musicals, but very few people have heard of and it ran only 5 real performances on Broadway.

[GlindatheGood22]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#5

Posted: 1/10/13 at 4:45pm

Caroline, or Change.

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[undercoveractor]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#6

Posted: 1/10/13 at 4:55pm

For me this would be the LaChiusa WILD PARTY, VIOLET, and THE SECRET GARDEN.

[jasonf]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#7

Posted: 1/10/13 at 5:23pm

I second 1776. It's one of my absolute favorite shows, and more, one of my top five all time favorite movies - yet even I forget to name it sometimes when naming favorites.

Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.

[ratherbewhaling]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#8

Posted: 1/10/13 at 5:26pm

Pacific Overtures

Nancy Reagan, meanest and thinnest of the first ladies moves into the white house. Yabba dabba! It's the eighties.

[newintown]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#9

Posted: 1/10/13 at 5:27pm

I'm one of those few people who think both the original books and scores to both Anyone Can Whistle and Follies are brilliant.

[PTOPhan]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#10

Posted: 1/10/13 at 5:43pm

I, too, love 1776, both the stage show and the movie. I love Martha Jefferson's song about how her husband relaxes by playing the violin. I also love that they didn't shy away from the slavery issue, as some productions about the Revolution do (e.g., Mel Gibson's movie, which I think was called "The Patriots.")

You alone can make my song take flight.

[Kelly2]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#11

Posted: 1/10/13 at 5:59pm

I think Bat Boy gets way less love than it should, wish it would've transferred to Broadway. I agree with 1776 too. Lovely, lovely show, wish I could've seen the production at Asolo Rep this past December.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[chewy5000]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#12

Posted: 1/10/13 at 7:04pm

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[RaisedOnMusicals]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#13

Posted: 1/10/13 at 7:08pm

I agree about 1776. I would also throw Sunset Boulevard out for consideration, and my wife asked me to mention Aspects of Love.

CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#14

Posted: 1/10/13 at 7:09pm

Wonderful Town

P.S. I've never heard of What...who composed it?

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Updated On: 1/10/13 at 07:09 PM

[kieranbec]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#15

Posted: 1/10/13 at 7:48pm

The Pirate Queen.

[CarlosAlberto]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#16

Posted: 1/10/13 at 7:52pm

GYPSY. Yup, GYPSY. Mmm hmm, yes....GYPSY.

[someone.else's.story2]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#17

Posted: 1/10/13 at 8:01pm

Blood Brothers (though it was well loved in London)
Wild Party (LaChuisa)
Passion

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” ``oscar wilde``

[CarlosAlberto]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#18

Posted: 1/10/13 at 8:03pm

PROMESAS, PROMESAS basada en el guion original, "El Apartamento" de Billy Wilder y I.A.L. Diamond.

[Corine2]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#19

Posted: 1/10/13 at 8:10pm

Millie, The Last Five Years. Loved both.

[Mister Matt]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#20

Posted: 1/10/13 at 8:14pm

Violet

Saw it in Chicago three times. This show should be produced everywhere all the time.

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

[beautywickedlover]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#21

Posted: 1/10/13 at 8:44pm

I know that there's going to be a lot of people who will disagree with me, but I think it's 'Shrek the Musical'.

[justoldbill]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#22

Posted: 1/10/13 at 10:40pm

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. It seems like everyone who never saw the show wonders how it could have won the Tony over FOLLIES.

Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....

[bundy5000]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#23

Posted: 1/10/13 at 10:48pm

Finian's Rainbow

Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall

[emida]

What is the most underrated musical of all time#24

Posted: 1/10/13 at 10:54pm

I'd say Assassins or Anyone Can Whistle.

Another one that I love and that I feel is underappreciated is Little Women.