What's your favorite musical?- Page 2

[Abbie4]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 12:55pm

So difficult to pick just one.
Hello Dolly
How To Succeed...
Cats
Annie
South Pacific
Phantom Of The Opera
Thoroughly Modern Millie

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 12:59pm

Les Miserables

[Ukdude]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 1:14pm

Blood brothers... Follies and the best jukebox musical of all time- hot stuff! But I bet none of you guys have heard of that one!!!

[Samanthadunaway]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 4:27pm

My first ever musical I saw on television was Cats, but it's not really my favorite. I love Rent and Les Misérables.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 4:28pm

Anything without Aaron Tveit.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 5:19pm

Phantom of the Opera
Evita
Jekyll & Hyde

[sally1112]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 5:24pm

Lordy, lordy- it really does depend on the day- but, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Next to Normal, Little Shop of Horrors and Annie stay at the top for me.

[Tink2]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 5:28pm

Les Miserables
Man of La Mancha
Phantom
Evita
Sweeney Todd
Into the Woods
Camelot
The King and I
South Pacific
Wicked

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 5:39pm

This is like asking, "So, Mrs. Bach, which child is your favourite?" But as I've grown older, FOLLIES — which has a far from perfect book — is still right up there. I've listened to that score hundreds of times, and it never gets old.

Close on its heels: COMPANY. A lot more facile, I know, and certainly showing its age, but it still remains a great piece of work.

After that, it gets murky, but — and I'm prepared to be greeted with a considerable number of eyerolls here — THE MUSIC MAN. As corny as that show is, it's beautifully written. Meredith Wilson never equalled that one, which is a shame. And I dont think there's been a truly great production of that show yet. Everyone looks at it like they used to look at R&H (before the Brits got their hands on them and showed the Americans how dark and edgy these things actually were). Maybe someday someone will look at TMM and see there's a lot under the brass-plated surface.

[daisybeetle]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 5:41pm

As a child---The Music Man

As an adult---Les Miserables But I still love TMM

Updated On: 4/3/13 at 05:41 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 5:44pm

I still believe The Music Man is one of the most perfect musicals ever written. Unfortunately, it is often lazily directed. Meredith Wilson's score is astonishing.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 7:15pm

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is the show I love most, but we're talking the original '73 production, not the recent chamber scale revival. Best show of the best decade on Broadway (the 70's).

Favorite runners up by decade:
40's: CAROUSEL
50's: MY FAIR LADY
60's: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
80's: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
90's: RAGTIME
00's: (and for favorite show with a weak score)--BILLY ELLIOTT

Updated On: 4/3/13 at 07:15 PM

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 7:36pm

As countless others have said I could never pick just one. Sweeney Todd for being overall perfect, A Chorus Line for its innovative and timeless choreography and book, Follies for being the most splendid score I've ever heard, Carousel when I need a dose of the classics, Caroline or Change when I think of some of my favorite moments ever sitting in a theatre, Gypsy when the show is led by a phenomenal female lead, Company when the time is right to hear the score again, South Pacific if Kelli O'Hara will ever star in it again, and in the past few years I've never loved a show as much as I loved Once.

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch that I could easily substitute onto this list.

[michellek45]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 8:12pm

Wicked is what made me aware of musicals at 12 or 13, and Spamalot was my first real show. For awhile I thought that Wicked was the best as it got, and I didn't want to listen to anything old, like The Sound of Music which my mother loved and I couldn't stand. But I was one of those teenagers with strong convictions and shoddy reasoning, and I've since grown appreciate a lot more of the genre (including The Sound of Music). I'm still very young (20), but I think the past few years even have greatly changed my taste. At 14, my favorite shows would have been Wicked, Spamalot, and Avenue Q. Now my favorites are Les Miz, Cabaret, and Shenandoah.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 8:30pm

1. Miss Saigon
2. The Light in the Piazza
3. Ragtime
4. Passion
5. Jesus Christ Superstar (my all-time favorite musical up until I saw Miss Saigon in high school)

Updated On: 4/3/13 at 08:30 PM

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 8:30pm

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[Emma White]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 8:37pm

Ooh, I forgot to mention The King and I.

[dwirth]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 10:02pm

I think Ragtime wins, despite being Sondheim-centric in most of my choices.. (Sweeney right behind.....)

[ARTc]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 10:19pm

Can't pick one. Top 5, alphabetically:

Chess (original Broadway - saw London, too, but Broadway version)
Dreamgirls (original Broadway)
Hairspray
Grand Hotel
Pippin (original Bob Fosse Broadway)

[addsername]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 10:46pm

Spring Awakening. I'm also rather fond of Newsies, the dancing is simply amazing.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 11:11pm

Wow. Isnt anyone gonna mention HER FIRST ROMAN?

:: ducking and laughing as he runs away ::

[FireFingers]

Posted: 4/4/13 at 12:03am

Avenue Q

Honourable mentions to Mormon, Ragtime and Miss Saigon.

[greengirl11]

Posted: 4/4/13 at 6:02pm

Wicked, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera :)
I really love Les Mis and Wicked equally but Wicked is first for me because I know so much more about its many nuances, much more so than Les Mis.

Honorable mentions: Newsies, Mary Poppins, Blood Brothers, In the Heights, Sister Act, Annie and 9 to 5.

I wish I had gotten the opportunity to see musicals like Carousel and My Fair Lady.

Updated On: 4/4/13 at 06:02 PM

[hak5]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:46am

SWEENEY TODD
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
WICKED
PIPPIN
RENT

LA BOHEME