Best Broadway Musicals of All Time

This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical dazzled more than 6 million people during its record-breaking 15-year run on Broadway

Gilbert and Sullivan are the British fathers of the American Theatre and this Pirates might be there best.

The longest running musical ever in New York, it is an Off-Broadway legend

The comic strip comes to life. Andrea McCardle - what a voice for such a young girl at the time

The version on Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes is even better than the 1960's version with Jerry Orbach. Neil Simon's book and the music of Burt Bacharach with Hal David's lyrics make it a touching, funny, wonderful show!

Romeo and Juliet put to the timeless score of Leonard Bernstein, the pointed lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and the energetic choreography of Jerome Robbins. With all due respect to other musicals, this is simply the best of all time.

The oft forgotten outstanding musical from the 50's that takes us back to the late 1800's in Britian.

Perhaps one of the best broadway scores ever, brassy (Styne) with Sondheim lyrics to boot. Each Mama Rose has carved out her own mark in the lead role (Merman, Lansbury, Daly, Peters and LuPone).

The movie was fun, but it was a watered down version of the movie.

A circus on the stage with Cy Coleman's music that brings P.T. Barnum back to life.

Sondheim's most interesting but underappreciated work

Gilbert and Sullivan

Based on a novel by the same name by Victor Hugo, this musical has had the longest innings in the history of theatre.

Gilbert and Sullivan

Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, this Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webberis is the winner of seven 1988 Tony Awards.

In the exciting era of Ragtime, the lives of a wealthy family, a poor immigrant and his motherless daughter, and a black man named Coalhouse Walker, intertwine.Blessed with beauty, ambition, a smashing wardrobe and a social conscience, "Ragtime" is the kind of musical that brings Broadway audiences to their knees in adoration.Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; Mother, the matriarch of a WASP family in New Rochelle, NY; and Tateh, a Latvian Jewish immigrant. Historical figures such as Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman also appear. The music includes marches, cakewalks, gospel and ragtime.

Robert Goulet's signature performance.

Ben Vereen's was outstanding in Stephen Schwarz follow-up to Godspell. It will make you think.

The talents of Lauren Bacall and Bonnie Franklin on the same stage - what fun!

Andrew Lloyd Webber's first was one of his best!

The Impossible Dream might be the most stirring and inspiring song ever in a Broadway musical! The rest of the musical is excellent, but The Impossible Dream is possibly the all time showstopper.

Rodgers & Hart's 1937 hit starring Alfred Drake and the Nicholas Brothers included hit songs, "My Funny Valentine," "Where or When," "Johnny One Note," and "The Lady is a Tramp."

Victor Herbert's 1903 Broadway hit that included "March of the Toys."

The most creative and clever musical ever written.

"Phantom of the opera sequel" that really stands alone! Great singing, acting and fun story! :)

How can you go wrong with a show full of Gershwin tunes?

Gilbert and Sullivan

Running for 18 years on Broadway, this musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T S Elliot.

Rodgers & Hart's 1937 hit starred George M. Cohan as President Franklin Roosevelt, singing and dancing.

Rogers and Hammersteins best. Subtle and moving, the lyrics and music evoke character and plot, exemplifying the artistic power of musical theatre. One of the top 10 musicals of all time.

Gilbert and Sullivan

George M. Cohan's 1906 Broadway hit that introduced the world to "Mary's a Grand Old Name"

Tony Award for Best Musical in 1995

Rodgers and Hammerstein

FAB

1928 Marx Brothers musical on Broadway

Victor Herbert's 1906 Broadway musical hit included the songs, "Moodbeams" and "In Old New York."

1924 Marx Brothers musical on Broadway

Victor Herbert's 1910 Broadway hit included "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," and "I'm Falling in Love With Someone," both of which reappeared in Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002.

Jerome Kern's music made this 1933 musical that included, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "Let's Begin," and "Yesterdays."

Gilbert and Sullivan

George M. Cohan's musical that gave us "Harrigan."