I've included new shows, not revivals, with half plays and half musicals, in no ranking order. I must say, I think it was a much better decade for plays than for musicals, where I had trouble even coming up with five.
Some of this list is going to be based solely on soundtracks, and said entries will be tagged accordingly (also, these are not in any particular order): * American Idiot (soundtrack-based selection)
* Newsies
* Come From Away
* Annie 2012 Revival (soundtrack-based selection)
* Waitress
* Chaplin (soundtrack-based selection)
* Aladdin
* Hedwig and the Angry Inch Broadway Version (soundtrack-based selection)
* Finding Neverland
* Fun Home (soundtrack-based selection)
Honorable mentions go to the Broadway Version of R+H's Cinderella (soundtrack-based selection), Jagged Little Pill (soundtrack-based selection), Moulin Rouge! (soundtrack-based selection), and the 2014 U.S. Version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
For this exercise I'm only counting shows I saw on Broadway. I live in Chicago and make it out to NYC twice a year. If I opened this up to include Chicago shows this would be a very daunting task indeed.
10 Favorite Musicals (New or Revival) of the Decade (in alphabetical order)
Fun Home
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Hadestown
Hamilton
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Neil Patrick Harris)
Hello, Dolly! (Bernadette Peters)
Kinky Boots
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Once
She Loves Me
Honorable Mention: David Byrne's American Utopia (not a "musical" by any stretch of the imagination, but one of the most joyous and musically rewarding experiences I have had on Broadway)
10 Favorite Plays (New or Revival) of the Decade (listed alphabetically by title)
Honorable Mention: Hello Dolly, Matilda, Fun Home, The Humans, Doll House Part II, Here Lies Love, Beautiful Things (Public), Disaster!, Glass Menagerie (2015),
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