Your Personal Top 10 (or 5) of 2024
Your Personal Top 10 (or 5) of 2024
Your Personal Top 10 (or 5) of 2024#1
Posted: 12/27/24 at 9:58am
Now that the season is over and the year is almost at an end, I like to ask most years what your personal top 10 (or top five if you can narrow down better than me) were. Doesn't matter where - Broadway, Off Broadway, your 5 year old's school play in a cafetorium. What are the best things you got to experience this year? I really enjoy seeing what people loved in a year and it jogs my memory a lot about things I maybe forgot about.
Personally, I don't think I've ever had such a clear number one as I do this year. I remember thinking back in February that it would take a miracle in the coming year for something to overtake "I Love You So Much I Could Die" as my number one. And while "Illinoise" came REALLY close, not even that could move Mona Pirnot's miraculous "ILYSMICD" from that top slot.
So for me personally,
1. I Love You So Much I Could Die (NYTW)
2. Illinoise (Bway)
and then the other 8 in alphabetical order -
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Kennedy Center)
Gatsby (A.R.T.)
Heart of Rock and Roll (Bway)
Little Bear Ridge Road (Steppenwolf)
Maybe Happy Ending (Bway)
Oedipus (West End)
Oh, Mary! (Bway & Off)
Ragtime (NYCC)
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#2
Posted: 12/27/24 at 10:25am
My top ten:
1) Illinoise
2) Maybe Happy Ending
3) Ragtime at City Center
4) Cats: Jellicle Ball at PAC
5) Oh Mary
6) Heart of Rock and Roll
7) Guys and Dolls in London
8) The Motive and the Cue in London
9) Outsiders
10) Titanic at City Center
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#3
Posted: 12/27/24 at 10:32am
Off the top of my head and in no order whatsoever...
Ragtime (NYCC)
Sunset Boulevard
Job
Illinoise
Suffs
An Enemy of the People
Appropriate
Gypsy
Lempicka
Cabaret
Honorable Mentions for Death Becomes Her and The Notebook.
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#4
Posted: 12/27/24 at 10:33am
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Oh Mary!
Maybe Happy Ending
Sunset Boulevard
Jelly’s Last Jam (Encores)
The Notebook
Cabaret
Death Becomes Her
Prayer for the French Republic
Dead Outlaw
Honorable Mentions: Getting very drunk while watching “Tammy Faye” and enjoying it… immensely.
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#5
Posted: 12/27/24 at 6:33pm
Favorite of 2024 was The Outsiders
The rest alphabetically:
The Counter
Here There Are Blueberries
Job
Mary Jane
McNeal
Mother Play
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#6
Posted: 12/27/24 at 7:03pm
Of the 86 shows I saw in 2024, my top ten are:
1. Dead Outlaw
2. Death Becomes Her, in Chicago and NY
3. Little Shop of Horrors, for the 5th time, with Sherie
4. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, DC
5. Titanic, NYCC
6. Ragtime, NYCC
7. The Connector
8. The Notebook, in Chicago and NY
9. Cats: The Jellicle BalL
10. Gypsy
Next to Normal on the West End was pretty fantastic too
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#7
Posted: 12/27/24 at 7:12pm
1. Stereophonic
2. I Love You So Much I Could Die (funnily enough, on Jordan’s recommendation, so thanks!)
3. The Notebook
4. Sunset Boulevard
5. Oh, Mary!
Honorable mention to NY Philharmonic playing the score to E.T. live. A core memory.
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#8
Posted: 12/27/24 at 7:19pm
1. Purpose (Steppenwolf-Chicago. Saw it twice)
2. Stereophonic (Braodway -NY I know most saw it in 2023, I didn't see it until 2024)
3. Illinoise (Chicago Shakespeare-Chicago)
4. Primary Trust (Goodman Theater-Chicago)
5. Into the Woods (Kokandy-Chicago - the best production of Into the Woods I've ever seen, including the OBC)
6. Data (Arena Stage-DC)
7. Inanimate (TheaterWit-Chicago)
8. Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet ( Writer's Theater - Chicago)
9. Appropirate (Broadway - NY)
10. The Matchbox Magic Flute (Goodman - Chicago)
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#9
Posted: 12/27/24 at 7:30pm
I’m sticking to top five and Broadway - lots of fantastic stuff off-Broadway this year, too. No particular reason, just the shows that left an impact on me.
1.) Oh, Mary!
2.) Death Becomes Her
3.) Merrily
4.) Maybe Happy Ending
5.) Suffs
Special shoutout to Lempicka for being an exhilarating evening of theatre - I’m shocked it wasn’t received better.
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#10
Posted: 12/27/24 at 8:00pm
1) Suffs, Broadway
2) Something Rotten, Stratford
3) Ragtime, NYCC
4) Sweeney Todd, Broadway
5) We Live in Cairo, NYTW
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#11
Posted: 12/27/24 at 9:28pm
Fun thread...in this rough order:
Next to Normal (West End)
Stereophonic (Broadway)
Ragtime (NYCC Encores)
Sunset Boulevard (Broadway)
Maybe Happy Ending (Broadway)
Guys and Dolls (West End)
Operation Mincemeat (West End)
Cabaret (Broadway with Redmayne)
Gatz (Public Theater)
Here There Are Blueberries (NY Theater Workshop)
The Outsiders (Broadway - I can have 11 right?)
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#12
Posted: 12/27/24 at 9:56pm
“Oh Mary” - Off B’way
“Sunset Boulevard” - B’way
“Comedy of Errors” - Shakespeare Theatre DC
“Leopoldstadt” - Shakespeare Theatre DC
“Ragtime” Signature Theatre Arlington
“”Prayer For the French Republic” B’way
“Primary Trust” Signature Theatre Arlington
“Exception to the Rule” Studio Theatre DC
“A Hanukkah Carol, or GELT TRIP! The Musical” Roadhouse Theater MD
“Maybe Happy Ending” B’way
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/11
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#13
Posted: 12/27/24 at 10:10pm
1. Illinoise – at Park Avenue Armory
2. Stereophonic
3. Appropriate
4. Oh Mary
5. Dead Outlaw
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#14
Posted: 12/27/24 at 10:13pm
In no particular order:
Oh, Mary!
Sunset Boulevard
Maybe Happy Ending
Ragtime
Gatsby (A.R.T.)
Teeth (Playwrights)
Tommy
Stereophonic
Merrily We Roll Along
Cabaret
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#15
Posted: 12/27/24 at 10:47pm
Favorite Broadway & Off Broadway 2024
Lempicka
Dead Outlaw
Appropriate
Here We Are
Death Becomes Her
Swept Away
Illinoise
Suffs
The Outsiders
Cult of Love
Favorite Regional 2024
Young Frankenstein at Berkshire Theater Group & Bay Street Theater
Sunday in the Park with George at Axelrod Performing Arts Center
The Prom at The Sharon Playhouse
Gatsby at A.R.T.
A Complicated Woman - Goodspeed Terris
A Tender Thing at Barrington Stage
Boeing Boeing at Barrington Stage
Pamela Palmer at Williamstown
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#16
Posted: 12/27/24 at 11:05pm
Cats
Sunset Blvd.
Cabaret
Maybe Happy Ending
Illinoise
Oh, Mary!
The Roommate
The Effect
Days of Wine and Roses
Tuesdays with Morrie
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#17
Posted: 12/27/24 at 11:34pm
- Illinoise
- Maybe Happy Ending
- Jonah
- Cats: The Jellicle Ball
- The Outsiders
- The Ally
- Ragtime
- Pre-Existing Condition
- Merrily We Roll Along
- I Love You So Much I Could Die
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#18
Posted: 12/28/24 at 2:25am
10 Swept Away
9 Maybe Happy Ending
8 (Still love &Juliet, Chicago and MJ)
7 The Mousetrap (London)
6 SH*T Meet Fan
5 All Things Equal (the Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
4 Job
3 Appropriate
2 Guys and Dolls (London)
1 Heart of Rock and Roll
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#19
Posted: 12/28/24 at 3:48am
In no particular order:
People Places Things - National Theatre At Home
Oh, Mary! - Off Broadway
Appropriate - Broadway
Maybe Happy Ending - Broadway
Prayer For The French Republic - Broadway
Sunset Blvd - Broadway
Death Becomes Her - Broadway
Little Bear Ridge Road - Stepenwolf
Illinois - Park Ave Armory
The Effect - The Shed
Stereophonic - Broadway
***I didn't get to see The Jellicle Ball and saw Merrily We Roll Along (Nov 2023 at NYTW)
Understudy Joined: 4/30/14
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#20
Posted: 12/28/24 at 8:39am
Stereophonic (Broadway)
Appropriate (Broadway)
Ragtime (NYCC)
Next to Normal (West End)
Maybe Happy Ending (Broadway)
Gypsy (Broadway)
Sunset Boulevard (Broadway)
Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across NY (West End)
Death Becomes Her (Broadway)
Turandot (Met Opera)
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#21
Posted: 12/28/24 at 11:04am
I live in WI so I’m mostly prevented from catching limited engagements (aka Cats: The Jellicle Ball). When I do get to Manhattan my time constraints force me to focus only on shows with personal interest or strong buzz. I’m often able to see tryouts in Chicago and am amazed what makes it to Broadway for the better (Illinoise) and the worse (Michelle Williams in DBH). I saw Merrily, Here We Are, and Appropriate late in 2023 and all three would top anything on my list for this year.
Fave Shows of 2024:
1. Gypsy (Broadway-Original Cast)
2. Illinoise (Chicago)
3. Cabaret (Broadway- Lambert/Cravalho)
4. Oh, Mary! (Broadway- Original Cast)
5. Maybe Happy Ending (Broadway- Original Cast)
Honorable mention: Stereophonic (Broadway- Replacement Cast)
Most Deranged Delusional Divas of 2024:
1. Mary Todd Lincoln
2. Norma Desmond
3. Madeline Ashton
4. Mama Rose
5. Sally Bowles
Honorable mention: Simon Rich
Outside of the legit theater, I loved seeing a reemergence and reinvention of the movie musical with a wide-range of notable takes including Wicked, Joker 2, Mean Girls, and Emilia Perez. Despite the overall quality of each film, it was great to see such different approaches to the form.
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#22
Posted: 12/28/24 at 11:19am
Top 9 because I may see a show before new years so leaving my options open….in order
- Titanic
- Oh, Mary
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Effect
- Stereophonic
- The Hills of California
- Job
- Maybe Happy Ending
- The outsiders
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#23
Posted: 12/28/24 at 3:08pm
In no particular ranking:
- Days of Wine and Roses (saw it at Atlantic last year and revisited it in January)
- An Enemy of the People
- Stereophonic
- Uncle Vanya at Lincoln Center
- Three Houses
- Titanic and Ragtime at City Center (cheating a bit)
- JOB
- The Hills of California
- Swept Away (for being, honestly, the most unique musical I've seen/for introducing me to Avett Brothers)
- Cult of Love
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#24
Posted: 12/28/24 at 3:52pm
Thought Appropriate, Enemy of the People, and The Outsiders were quite good. Wanted to like McNeal more than I did.
But by far, the best thing I saw in ‘24 was Operation Mincemeat in London.
Swing Joined: 5/11/12
Your Personal Top 10 of 2024#25
Posted: 12/28/24 at 4:15pm
1. CATS: The Jellicle Ball
2. Mary Jane
3. Stereophonic
4. The Outsiders
5. Appropriate
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