[broadway_baby416]

What are your top ten favorite musicals? (In order or not)

Mine (not in order)
1. Phantom of the Opera (shoot me)
2. Les Miserables (what else is there?)
3. Evita
4. Jekyl and Hyde
5. My Fair Lady
6. Wicked (half of MdN wants to kill me by now)
7. Brigadoon (so underrrated)
8. Oklahoma (I don't know why but I'm addicted to it)
9. Gypsy (see Oklahoma comments)
10. Guys and Dolls (I'm doing a tap trio to the song Guys and Dolls)

[rock_musicals]

1) Hair
2) Rent
3) JCS
4) The Rocky Horror Show
5) Avenue Q
6) Cabaret
7) Godspell
8 Cats
9) Tick...tick...BOOM!
10) The Naked Carmen

[DefyGravityFan]

Wow! How fun! Okay...here's mine (not in any order):

1) Wicked
2) Phantom of the Opera
3) RENT
4) Chicago
5) Smokey Joe's Cafe
6) Grease
7) Lion King
Ragtime
9) I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
10) Avenue Q

[Mademoiselle Lanoire]

Not necessarily in order:

Les Miserables
Fiddler on the Roof
Little Shop of Horrors
Evita
Kristina Fran Duvemala
Secret Garden
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (one of the only two shows I've seen more than once)
Notre Dame de Paris
Phantom of the Opera
Chess

(This is a list of my personal favorites, not any attempt at an objective "best ever" list.)

[broadway_baby416]

Gasp! I forgot Chicago AND Chess on my list! Okay, here's a revision--again, in no particular order:

Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Brigadoon
Evita
My Fair Lady
Guys and Dolls
Chicago
Jekyll & Hyde
Chess
Wicked (reconsidering Wicked right now, I'm a little sick of it because it's SO overdone)

[Robinflamingo]

Titanic
Les Mis
Into the Woods
A Little Night Music
Man of La Mancha
Company
The Fantasticks
Godspell
Joseph...Dreamcoat
A Funny Thing...Forum

Today. Tomorrow, they may be different

[broadway_baby416]

^^ I totally know what you mean! Tomorrow I'll probably not be in the mood for POTO, and list OUAM or FOTR instead!

[my_work_my_name]

In no order:

Les Miserables
Sunday in the Park with George
A Little Night Music
Phantom of the Opera
Jesus Christ Superstar
Ragtime
Chess
The Witches of Eastwick
The Producers
Chicago

...again, these vary from day to day.

[MrsJemimaMistoffelees]

1. The Phantom of the Opera
2. Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour/ Romeo und Julia, das Musical
3. CATS
4. Autant en Emporte le Vent
5. Rent
6. Wicked
7. Mamma Mia!
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. Into the Woods
10. Les Misérables

Veel Liefs,
Jemima ^_^

[Webster]

parade
cabaret
sunday in the park with george
merrily we roll along
company
my fair lady
candide
the full monty
assassins
secret garden

wow.......lots of sondheim

[krisavalon]

Jesus Christ Superstar
Les Miserables
Pippin
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Evita
Pirates of Penzance
Into the Woods
The Producers
Sweeney Todd

[London_Mungojerrie]

Here's mine, in no particular order:

- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Chicago
- Anything Goes
- Wicked
- The Secret Garden
- Cats
- Kiss Me Kate
- Mary Poppins
- Just So

[broadwaybaby124]

1. Wicked...don't shoot me.
2. Les Miserables
3. Guys and Dolls
4. Thoroughly Modern Millie
5. Into the Woods
6. Sound of Music
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Urinetown<---I saw it last night and I immediatly fell in love with it.
9. Grease...don't shoot me again.
10. My Fair Lady or West Side Story

[Salome]

My Fair Lady
Follies
Threepenny Opera
Camelot
Sweeney Todd
Chess
Parade
Rex
Company
The Cradle llRock

[sadie1208]

1) RENT
2) Les Miserables
3) Wicked
4) Jersey Boys
5) the last 5 years
6) The 25th annual putnam county spelling bee
7) The lion king
8)The drowsy chaprone
9)Evita
10) Once on this island

[HeroTheBishop]

Alphabetically:

Assassins
Bat Boy
Cabaret
Caroline, or Change
Jesus Christ Superstar
Les Misérables
Nine
Parade
The Rocky Horror Show
Sweeney Todd

[hopelessromantic]

1. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
2.Beauty and the Beast
3.The Lion King
4.West Side Story
5.Cats
6. Oklahoma!
7. Gypsy

[dantheman]

1. Sweeney Todd
2. Into the Woods
3. Ragtime
4. Funny Girl
5. Fiddler on the Roof
6. Lion King
7. South Pacific
8. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
9. Chicago
10. And the World Goes Round - I know, it's a revue, but it was really good.

[DefyGravityFan]

Aack!!!! After reading yours, I realized I "must" revise (still in no particular order):

1) Wicked
2) Phantom of the Opera
3) RENT
4) Chicago
5) Smokey Joe's Cafe
6) Grease
7) Lion King
Ragtime
9) Mary Poppins
10) Avenue Q

Oh heck...I'll just have to add more! I can't limit myself to 10!!

[Jenem]

Cabaret
Chicago
Guys and Dolls
Ragtime
Little Shop of Horrors
My Fair Lady
Li’l Abner
Camelot
Jekyll and Hyde
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (my guilty pleasure!)

[Quique]

1. Les Misérables
2. Showboat
3. A Chorus Line
4. Evita
5. Sweeney Todd
6. Jesus Christ Superstar
7. Carousel
8. Miss Saigon
9. West Side Story
10. Chicago

[bundles432]

1.Once On This Island
2.Rent
3.Avenue Q
4.Phantom of the Opera
5.Annie
6.The Lion King
7.West Side Story
8.Les Miserables
9.Fiddler On the Roof
10.Bye, Bye Birdie[/code]

[matonad44]

Sweeney Todd
Evita
The Baker's Wife
Anything Goes
The Drowsy Chaperone
Gypsy
Sunset Boulevard
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Cradle Will Rock
Sunday in the Park with George

[Ulla Dance Again!]

(The first three are in order, the rest aren't)

1. Cabaret
2. West Side Story
3. tick, tick...BOOM
4. Grand Hotel
5. My Fair Lady
6. Fiddler On The Roof
7. Tommy
8. George M. Cohan - Tonight!
9. The Producers
10. The Rocky Horror Show

[dramaqueen220222]

1. SITPWG
2. Sweeney Todd
3. Follies
4. Light In The Piazza
5. Man of La Mancha
6. The Wild Party
7. South Pacific
8. West Side Story
9. Evita
10. Spelling Bee

[MademoiselleMusicals]

1) Beauty and The Beast
2) Phantom of the Opera
3) RENT
4) Chicago
5) The Wizard of Oz
6) Fame
7) Blood Brothers
Les Miserables
9) Oliver
10) South Pacific

Wanted to put on Sweet Charity as well because I'm auditioning for it next year!!! But no worries.

[Marcellus]

The Golden Apple
Strike Up the Band
Follies
Oklahoma!
Guys and Dolls
Tomfoolery
Into the Woods
Gypsy
Candide
My Fair Lady

[rava_gurl777]

1) On The Town
2)Wicked
3)42nd street
4)A Chorus Line
5)Show Boat
6)Annie Get Your Gun
7)The Wiz
8)Grease
9)Kiss Me Kate
10)Babes In Arms

[Matthew]

Top Ten:
10. Cats
9. Evita
8. Miss Saigon
7. Company
6. Into the Woods
5. The Light in the Piazza
4. Side Show
3. The Spitfire Grill
2. Les Miserables
1. Sunday in the Park with George

[Mimi Marquez]

In no order:

Rent
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Les Miserables
42nd Street
The Music Man
Follies
Beauty and the Beast
Urinetown
Bat Boy
Sweeney Todd

[WhyWeTellTheStory]

no order

Wicked (don't shoot me)
Cats (see Wicked)
Once on This Island <3
Rent
Hairspray
Ragtime

[Hans]

[ado amber]

bat boy
little shop of horrors
hair
the wild party
sweet charity
into the woods
les miserables
a chorus line
jesus christ superstar
cabaret

[xsophiex]

1. Wicked
2. Little Shop of Horrors
3. Rent
4. Rocky Horror Show
5. Wizard of Oz
6. Hairspray
7. Les Miserables
8. Phantom of the Opera
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. The Lion King

I'm also fond of Forbidden Broadway. =)

[What Is This Feeling?]

10. The Sound of Music
9. Annie Get Your Gun
8.Into the Woods
7.The Music Man
6. Fiddler on the Roof
5.Rent
4. Wicked
3, 2, and 1 Cats,Les Miserables, and Phantom I can't decide. It's definately a toss up.

[eva_serena]

1) Evita
2) Phantom
3) Spamalot
4) Chicago
5) Blood Brothers
6) Wicked
7) Woman in White
Cats
9) Mary Poppins
10) Gigi

first post btw

[Annie]

not in order, really

Les Miserables
Ragtime
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
Annie Get Your Gun (sentimental value, first show I saw on Broadway)
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
West Side Story
Company
Anything Goes


Wow, that was hard to narrow down! It'll probably change tomorrow.

Annie

[lostquiche]

not in order either!

Wicked
Les Miserables
Lion King
Little shop of horrors
Phantom of the Opera
Into the Woods
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Godspell
Funny...Forum
My Fair Lady
Cats

[BroadwayBaby0202]

Semi in order lol...

1. Hairspray
2. Thoroughly Modern Millie
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Chicago
5. A Chorus Line
6. The Music Man
7. The Wizard of Oz
8. Little Shop of Horrors
9. Mary Poppins
10. My Fair Lady

Honorable mentions: Crazy for You, Annie Get Your Gun, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma!, RENT, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Pajama Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, and possibly Wicked.

I'm very satisfied with my list. =]

[TheatreLuvr4Life]

sorta in order but not really

1. Children of Eden
2. Side Show
3. Into the Woods
4. Aida
5. Godspell
6. Wizard of Oz
7. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
8. Chicago
9. Seussical
10. Beauty and the Beast

[Lilys.eyes]

ack this is hard! okay here's mine :

Les Miserables
Wicked
Children of Eden
Secret Garden
Miss Saigon
Little Women
Jane Eyre
Rent
Smile
Guys & Dolls

and I HAVE to mention Sunday in the Park w/George, A Chorus Line, Hairspray (just so fun), Pippin, Sideshow

[MrsJamieWellerstein]

1- Cabaret
2- Company
3- Evita
4- Caroline, or Change
5- Titanic
6- Sunday in the Park with George
7- Elegies
8- Chicago
9- Gypsy
10- Sweet Charity

[christinadaae]

Kind of sort of in order, but the numbers are there mostly because I can't count to ten.

1 Phantom- sentimental value
2 Miss Saigon
3 Candide
4 Ragtime
5 Into the Woods
6 TM Millie
7 Les Mis
8 Follies
9 The Woman in White
10 Guys and Dolls


11 You're... Charlie Brown
12 Sunday in the Park with George

[Sean]

(these are in no order)

1. Hairspray
2. Crazy For You
3. Wicked
4. Last 5 Years
5. Spamalot
6. Children of Eden
7. Bye Bye Birdie
8. 42nd Street
9. Anything Goes
10. West Side Story

[nasarose]

hard to give an order since it changes so much.........but

Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
Side Show
By Jeeves
Zanna, Don't!
The King and I
Evita
Into the Woods
Seussical
Cats(it is so pretty)

[Matthew]

Top Ten:
10. Les Miserables
9. Starlight Express
8. Hair
7. Follies
6. Into the Woods
5. The Light in the Piazza
4. Side Show
3. The Spitfire Grill
2. john & jen
1. Sunday in the Park with George

[Quique]

*Kills everyone who doesn't have Les Mis on their list*



lol.

[nasarose]

[shakalakababy]

Definitely not in order


Phantom of the Opera
Les Mis
SITPWG
Grey Gardens
A Chorus Line
Chicago
Sweeney Todd
ITW
JCS
Threepenny opera

[Quique]

[MrsJamieWellerstein]

Haaaah.
My birthday starts in three and a half hours here (it's 8:30). Thanks, though!
Yay, my life is spared. For the record, I love Les Miserables, but I love those shows a lot more.

[WhyWeTellTheStory]

Bringing this back from the dead...

In the Heights (yes, I loved it before the Tonys.)
Sunday in the Park With George
Les Miserables

^Definitely my three favorites

Once on this Island
Cats
Company
Sweeney Todd (Again, I loved it before the movie)
Rent
Miss Saigon

[music is my life!!!]

les mis
a chorus line
cats
Wicked
Joseph
Miss Saigon
Spamalot
My Fair Lady
We Will Rock You
Return to the forbidden planet


PLUS:
Witches of Eastwick, You're a gOOD mAN... , phantom (ALW), aida, into the woods, Rent and Lippa's Wild Party

(Yes, i know that's more that 10 )

[bare24601!]

Les Miserables
Sunday in the Park With George
Hair
Miss Saigon
Into the Woods
Cabaret
Sweeney Todd
Jesus Christ Superstar
Little Shop of Horrors
Kiss Me, Kate

[fjays]

Woah.. Old thread..

Okay well I'll have to go with shows that I really know, and have seen, or movies.. (fail!)
But I haven't seen a huge amount of shows anyway..
(not in order)

1. Sweeney Todd
2. The boy from oz
3. Rocky Horror Show
4. Into the Woods
5. Rent
6. Oliver!
7. Chicago
8. Les Miserables
9. Wicked (haha..)
10. Batboy

[sweetsoprano]

In no particular order

Side Show
Next To Normal
[Title of Show]
Sunday in The Park With George
Gypsy
A Chorus Line
Grey Gardens
The Light In The Piazza
The Last Five Years
The Fantasticks

[*paradox in pink*]

I go through phases, I think, of what is my favorite musical that I obsess over. It changes about every four months (though my Hello Dolly stage was much longer than that).

In no order:

1776
The Music Man
Mary Poppins
Hello Dolly
A Chorus Line
Showboat
Camelot
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (unusual choice, I know, but long story.)
Into the Woods
Beauty and the Beast

[Annie]

Kinda in order:

Sunday in the Park with George
Company
Ragtime
Songs for a New World
Gypsy
Assassins
Annie Get Your Gun (sentimental value)
Rent
Avenue Q
Les Miserables

[MunkustrapQC]

Not in order...

Sweeney Todd
Phantom of the Opera
Chess
Jesus Christ Superstar
Rent
In the Heights
Les Misérables
Pippin
Chicago
Little Shop of Horrors

[TylerMcMahon]

In no order

Guys and Dolls
The Wiz
Avnue Q
Gypsy
Seussical
Beauty and the Beast
Smokey Joe's Cafe
The Producers
Follies
The Pajama Game

[what_the_heck013]

[pennypingleton1994]

Don't remember if I posted or not.....

In no particular order:

A Chorus Line
Spring Awakening
Company
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
[title of show]
Spelling Bee
Reefer Madness: The Musical
Hair
I Love You Because
Cry Baby
The Producers
Sunday in the Park with George

Oops, more than 10....
This is as of today, of course.

[Pannic]

1. Sweeney Todd
2. Les Miserables
3. Evita
4. Sunday in the Park with George
5. Assassins
6. Parade
7. Carousel
8. The Music Man
9. The Secret Garden
10. Camelot

[Annie]

[yunaray89]

Chicago
Company
The Fantasticks
Into the Woods
Jersey Boys
Man of la Mancha
Little Shop of Horrors
Lucky Stiff
Phantom of the Opera
Thoroughly Modern Millie

[Felix Felicis]

Next to Normal
The Drowsy Chaperone
Wicked
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Les Miserables
Avenue Q
Sweeney Todd
Chess
In the Heights
[title of show]

[wicked_boy]

There's too many to chose from.

I like each musical for what it "gives" me.

[Salome]

hard to put them in order...

My Fair Lady
Follies
Threepenny Opera
Company
Camelot
Sweeney Todd
Rex
Showboat
Parade
Chess


hard to name a mere 10.

[MusicalGal1194]

Hmmm....

Into the Woods
Sound of Music
Sweeney Todd
Beauty and the Beast
Wicked
Jersey Boys
The Music Man
Grease
Fiddler on the Roof
Hairspray

[wickedlover4ever]

Ok so its not in any order after #1:

1. Wicked
2. The Phantom of the Opera
3. The Pirate Queen
4. Jersey Boys
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Mamma Mia
7. Rent
8. Chess
9. Les Miz
10. Spring Awakening

[curlyhairedsoprano91]

Oh geez. ... Well, I'm not gonna say that these are "the greatest musicals ever." They're just my favorites at the moment.

Les Miserables
West Side Story
The Secret Garden
Kiss of the Spider Woman (makes me cry on the inside)
Fiddler on the Roof
Ragtime
South Pacific
Kiss Me, Kate
Into the Woods
... I'll say My Fair Lady

[Alabesque]

In no particular order, of course...

- Cats.
- RENT.
- Avenue Q.
- Evita.
- the Phantom of the Opera.
- Oklahoma! (first show I was ever in.)
- Beauty and the Beast (first show I ever saw on Broadway.)
- Sweeney Todd.
- Cabaret.
- Xanadu.

[Mungojerrie_rt]

Cats
Starlight Express
Tanz Der Vampire
Rocky Horror Show
Into The Woods
Rent
Chicago
Young Frankenstein
Keating!
Jesus Christ Superstar

[IndigoMedusa]

My current faves at the moment, not in any particular order:

Sunday in the Park with George
West Side Story
Sweeney Todd
Grey Gardens
A Little Night Music
South Pacific
Cabaret
Gypsy
Follies
Carousel
Les Miz

(that's eleven, but oh well)

[ActingDude17]

No necessary order, but first three are definitely my top three faves (which are also in no particular order):

Sweeney Todd
Wicked
RENT
Into The Woods
Fiddler on the Roof
Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Oliver!
Once Upon A Mattress


Peter Pan's also on there most of the time (it would replace OUAM, Fiddler, or something to that effect).

[idTAPthat89]

In order from most favorite to less favorite..but still my favorites ...

1. Sweeney Todd
2. Oliver!
3. Secret Garden
4. 42nd Street
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Oklahoma
7. Phantom of the Opera
8. Thoroughly Modern Millie
9. Mary Poppins
10.Young Frankenstein

[mananegra]

1. Rent
2. Miss Saigon
3. Jekyll and Hyde
4. Chicago
5. Wicked
6. Les Miserables
7. Hairspray
8. The Lion King
9. The sound of music
10. Thoroughly modern millie

[SomeoneLikeYou]

[jarrod001]

Les Miserables
Wicked
A Chorus Line
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Color Purple
The Little Mermaid
Young Frankenstein
Cats
Rent
Avenue Q

No particular order...

[nycbound]

My list changes all the time, but for now:

Les Miserables
Guys and Dolls
The Secret Garden
Chess
Rent
Blood Brothers
Merrily We Roll Along
Ragtime
My Fair Lady
Avenue Q

[Elphaba22]

No particular order:
(I may have actually already posted on this thread..whatever)
Bat Boy
Urinetown
Assassins
Little Shop of Horrors
Wicked
Spring Awakening
The Threepenny Opera
Oklahoma
Lucky Stiff
The Producers (Half because I'm in it right now, half because I'm really starting to like it a lot)

[jessiemil42]

The Light in the Piazza
Company
Assassins
Hair
Into The Woods
The Wild Party
The Pajama Game
Les Miserables
Ragtime
Young Frankenstein