1.
Rent
Brought AIDS center stage through a sensational rock-opera score by the unparalleled Jonathan Larson.
22 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
2.
Parade
Jason. Robert. Brown.
14 points - added 14 years ago by plink - 1 comment
Comments:
An absolutely brilliant score that masterfully brings out the tension caused by Leo Frank's isolation as a Jewish man from Brooklyn stuck in racist Georgia that is clearly still ruthlessly committed to the ideals of the Confederacy.
Added 9 years ago by guest, 0 points
3.
The Lion King
Broadway had never seen anything like it and may never again. Still playing on Broadway and nearly everywhere in the world.
13 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
4.
Miss Saigon
One of the longest running musicals in broadway history, this beautiful score grossed $285,843,974 at the box office.
12 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
5.
Blood Brothers
A forgotten gem. If you don't know this Willy Russel musical, look it up right now.
10 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
6.
Beauty and the Beast
The first Disney musical to reach Broadway.
6 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
7.
The Secret Garden
Enchanting theatre with an all-female creative team (Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon).
6 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
8.
Ragtime
epic in scale and sound, Ragtime is one of the most ambitions musicals in the broadway canon.
5 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
9.
Titanic
Tony for Best Musical in 1997.
4 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
10.
Side Show
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
11.
Passion
The only show of Sondheim's--other than Sweeney Todd--that he conceived himself.
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
12.
Aspects of Love
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
13.
Sunset Boulevard
2 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
14.
The Will Rogers Follies
Beat out Miss Saigon in 1991 for Best Musical, though few remember that fact...
2 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
15.
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
Savion Glover became an iconic force in this telling of black history from slavery to 1996.
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
16.
Once on This Island
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
17.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
18.
Jelly's Last Jam
Gregory Hines won the Tony for his performance as Jelly Roll Morton in the jazzy musical from 1992.
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
19.
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Still on tour everywhere.
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
20.
Crazy For You
An instant classic from 1992.
-1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
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