Jekyll & Hyde Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 101 Dalmatians ?Happy Days Oh! Calcutta! Come Fly Away Lestat Something's Afoot Evil Dead: The Musical 9 to 5 The Addams Family Baby It's You Rocky Ghost Starlight Express Side Show Roza Bare The Blue Flower The Pirate Queen The Boy From Oz Carrie Dirty Dancing Moby Dick LoveMusik Eating Raoul Frankenstein Tarzan Glory Days Mamma Mia Into the Light Kristina Vanities Young Frankenstein Lysistrata Jones Mary Poppins Victor/Victoria Irma la Douce Mutiny A Night With Janice Joplin The People in the Picture Scandalous The King of Hearts Sister Act Wonderland Soul Doctor A Tale of Two Cities The Tin Pan Alley Rag Freckleface Strawberry Motown - The Musical
Gypsy My Fair Lady Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Fiddler on the Roof Guys and Dolls Oklahoma! Cabaret West Side Story The Music Man A Chorus Line Chicago The Fantasticks Carousel Company Show Boat The King and I Little Shop of Horrors Sunday in the Park With George How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying A Little Night Music She Loves Me Nine Follies Falsettos Ragtime Porgy and Bess Kiss Me, Kate On the Town Into the Woods A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Urinetown The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Wicked Rent South Pacific 1776 Hair Hello, Dolly! La Cage aux Folles 110 in the Shade The Producers Lady in the Dark City of Angels Dreamgirls Avenue Q The Book of Mormon Evita 42nd Street Brigadoon The Cradle Will Rock Once on This Island Adding Machine Les Miserables Bat Boy The Pajama Game The Sound of Music Hairspray Hedwig and the Angry Inch Fun Home Jesus Christ Superstar Violet The Phantom of the Opera Assassins A Man of No Importance You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Ain't Misbehavin’ Anything Goes Wonderful Town The Light in the Piazza The Drowsy Chaperone The Full Monty Damn Yankees Romance/Romance The Secret Garden Pippin Kiss of the Spider Woman Finian's Rainbow Once Pal Joey Annie Get Your Gun Pacific Overtures On Your Toes Candide Annie Sweet Charity Beauty and the Beast Matilda Camelot Mame Of Thee I Sing Bye Bye Birdie Man of La Mancha Floyd Collins Grey Gardens A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine A New Brain Caroline, or Change Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk The Scottsboro Boys
That's an odd list. I'd hardly put EVIL DEAD, ROCKY, SIDE SHOW, THE BLUE FLOWER, THE PIRATE QUEEN, VICTOR/VICTORIA or THE BOY FROM OZ in the "Worst Musicals Ever" list. Especially since any list like that that doesn't include BKLYN is hardly complete.
He has turned me onto lots of incredible songs ive never heard before, and some great musicals Id never heard of before
In a world where most theatre writers and critics are bitter negative twisted and sad, Chris is a beacon of light. The only other person I'd put in or near his category is Scott Miller who runs new line in st louis and has written some great books
psyched to see Chris with a big vehicle to share his passion for and wisdom about musicals
Here's Chris from abouts next 100 top musicals for those who are saddened their favorite didnt make his top 100, yours is probably on this list
Im just glad there are 200 good musicals out there...more for me to go see!!!!
Its really F$*%ing hard to make a good musical, based on what comes out every year...
Here are 100 musicals, in alphabetical order, that didn't make it onto my list of the 100 best, for a variety of reasons. But, who knows, they might end up on the list some day. Depending on my mood.
A Catered Affair A Connecticut Yankee Aida Allegro Applause As Thousands Cheer Babes in Arms Baby Barnum Bells Are Ringing Big River Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Bloomer Girl Call Me Madam Carmen Jones Cats Chess Dames at Sea Fanny Fiorello Flower Drum Song Funny Girl Gentelmen Prefer Blondes Grease Hello, Again High Button Shoes High Spirits House of Flowers I Do, I Do I Love My Wife Irma la Douce Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcouat Kismet Knickerbocker Holiday Li'l Abner Little Mary Sunshine Little Me Lost in the Stars Love Life Mack and Mabel Me and My Girl Merrily We Roll Along Miss Saigon My Favorite Year Newsies No Strings No, No, Nanette Oliver On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Once On the 20th Century Once Upon a Mattress One Touch of Venus Parade Passing Strange Passion Peter Pan Pins and Needles Plain and Fancy Porgy and Bess Promises, Promises Robert and Elizabeth Roberta Rose Marie Song and Dance Spring Awakening Steel Pier Stop the World, I Want to Get Off Street Scene Strike Up the Band Sunset Boulevard The Apple Tree The Band Wangon The Boy Friend The Boys From Syracuse The Desert Song The Golden Apple The Grass Harp The Kid The Lion King The Mikado The Most Happy Fella The New Moon The Pirates of Penzance The Red Will The Rink The Rocky Horror Show The Student Prince The Threepenny Opera The Unsinkable Molly Brown The Wild Party (LaChiusa) The Wild Party (Lippa) They're Playing Our Song tick, tick...BOOM! Titanic Tommy Where's Charley? Woman of the Year Working Xanadu Yank Zorba
On a quick count I've seen 60 of his top 100, in some carnations - not all on bway.
It's just a list, one person's opinion.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
I just perused his list of the 50 worst musicals ever. It's such a bad joke I won't even bother looking at his other one.
EVER, he says? Ever must be shorter for him than for anyone else since he doesn't go back all that far. And he puts Irma La Douce there? Why, because he may have seen the botched Encores production of it?
If only people learned to keep their ignorance to themselves! But that would require both self-awareness and humility, both in short supply nowadays, I'm afraid.
I figured there would be some Jekyll & Hyde hate but the NUMBER 1 worst musical ever?! Over 101 Dalmations and Happy Days!?
I also love how it completely detracts from his comments: "Bad musicals are very different from great musicals, aside from the obvious quality factor. Great musicals tend to stick around. They receive revivals and national tours and regional productions, and there are generally more opportunities to see the truly great musicals. "
Jekyll and Hyde is top 50 longest runs on Broadway, has had two national tours in the past 2 years --one is running right now-- (3 other full production national tours, and a concert tour) and a Broadway revival; not to mention its been done around the world. Call it an artistic mess, but I'm not so sure how that fits the criteria for "worst musical."
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