Best Show on Broadway
Best Show on Broadway
#0Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:18pmI am going to New York soon. I need some input on what shows to see. Give me your top three everyone. Number one being the one you would see first.
#1re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:20pm
1) Hairspray
2) Wicked
3) Rent
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#2re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:21pmIf you are really short you might enjoy FORBIDDEN BROADWAY.
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#3re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:22pm
1) The Producers
2) Wicked
3) The Lion King
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#4re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:24pm
1) Wicked or Hairspray (these are tied and depends on which would be easier to get tickets to)
2) The Producers
3) Beauty and the Beast
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Updated On: 7/21/04 at 12:24 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#5re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:27pm
1) CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
2) AVENUE Q
3) DRACULA (If it's open when you go. I loved this show in CA and I'm sure it's only gotten better)
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#6re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:39pm
1) Caroline, or Change
2) The Producers
3) Wonderful Town
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#7re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:43pm
1.) Wicked
2.) Phantom of the Opera
3.) Wonderful Town
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#8re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:52pm
1. (Really Short) Forbidden Broadway(Off Broadway)
2. Avenue Q
3. Hairspray
4. Caroline Or Change
5. Wonderful Town
I love all five! 
Updated On: 7/21/04 at 12:52 PM
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#9re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:53pm
Oldies but goodies:
1. Phantom of the Opera
2. The Lion King
3. Rent
New shows:
1. Wicked
2. Movin' Out
3. Mamma Mia!
jmnpublications
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
#10re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 12:56pm
I know most people think of musicals when they think of Broadway, but may I cast two of my three votes for straight plays? For comedy you can't beat "Sly Fox." It has a great cast and is the only remaining non-musical comedy on the boards right now. For drama, it's a toss up between "I Am My Own Wife" and "Frozen." Both are very powerful and intense and have superb performances. My choice for musical would be "Wicked," since there is something for everyone in it. The themes are universal and timeless, and the book and score are very clever. It's a feast for both the eyes and ears. The sets and costumes are spectacular, and the orchestra is a good old-fashioned full pit that doesn't overpower but rather enhances the vocals.
Enjoy.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 1:13pm
CAROLINE OR CHANGE, because the others will probably tour and Tonya Pinkins gives a legendary performance that should not be missed. It's this generation's FOLLIES....and out of all the musicals of the seventies, that's the one production I,personally, wish I had seen.
There's also off-broadway and straight plays, too.
SIGHT UNSEEN--although it's closing soon and I haven't seen this current production--is a brilliant piece of writing that will truly haunt you, I wouldn't miss it.
Speaking of legends, don't forget BARBARA COOK'S BROADWAY!
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Updated On: 7/21/04 at 01:13 PM
#13re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:52pmCaroline or Change. And for a non-musical, I Am My Own Wife. They're both breathtakingly great.
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BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#15re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 3:01pm
1. Avenue Q
2. Caroline or Change
3. Rent
But I'm totally for Forbidden Broadway.
Updated On: 7/21/04 at 03:01 PM
#16re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 3:02pm
LOL Caroline or Change is this generations Follies?! Hardly. Yes Caroline is powerful, moving, etc....but it sure as hell isn't Sondheim.
I'd sooner equate it to Ragtime or a musical version of an August Wilson play like Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
Yes that's me. No, it's not a Rent homage.
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#18re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 4:20pmThe Boy from Oz will leave you shakin' yo booty...
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
#19re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 4:38pm
1. Phantom =-D (lol I know this isn't everyones fav show...)
2. Wicked
3. 42nd Street
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Alix7272
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#20re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 4:39pmavenue q or rent definately!
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Broadwaygirl4life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/04
#21re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:02pm
MOVIN' OUT
and
AIDA!
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#22re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:27pmwhy will only short people enjoy Forbidden Broadway? Midget humor?
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ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#23re: Best Show on Broadway
Posted: 7/21/04 at 5:28pmi think corine meant that the show isn't that long.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/04
