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re: Is Les Miserables the GOAT musical?
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:14 pm to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:14 pm to JumpingTheShark
Call it sad, call it funny, but it's better than even money that Guys and Dolls takes the title.
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Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:14 pm to Master of Sinanju
No mention of Fiddler?
I do think that Les Miserables is the best but Phantom, Fiddler, and maybe even Oklahoma deserve to be named.
I do think that Les Miserables is the best but Phantom, Fiddler, and maybe even Oklahoma deserve to be named.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:16 pm to vilma4prez
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But yes, trey parker and Matt stone get a nod for sheer entertainment.
You ever seen Cannibal The Musical?
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:17 pm to BobABooey
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Call it sad, call it funny, but it's better than even money that Guys and Dolls takes the title.
Sit down, you're rocking the boat
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:25 pm to JumpingTheShark
Book or Mormon.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:34 pm to lsusportsman2
Some I haven't seen mentioned yet:
The Wiz
Oliver
The Producers
The Wiz
Oliver
The Producers
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:35 pm to JumpingTheShark
Phantom of the opera
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:39 pm to SEClint
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Phantom of the opera
Hands down. It's not my favorite of all time but I think it's objectively the best. It's amazing. It was the first live play I saw as a kid at the Saenger Theater. I was blown away.
Am I the only Wicked fan here?
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 6:51 pm to Breesus
Les Mis is the gold standard in its sheer scope, musicality, and emotional impact. They some don't make them like this anymore.
However, it owes it's position to the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics along with West Side Story...
Phantom is a close #2.
However, it owes it's position to the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics along with West Side Story...
Phantom is a close #2.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:48 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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No love for Phantom of the Opera?
GOAT
it's #1 by a wide margin.
It's also the most successful venture in entertainment history.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 7:52 pm to 632627
Phanton of the Opera was the one that got me into musicals.
But if we are including movies; Blues Brothers is the gold standard all others should be judged.
But if we are including movies; Blues Brothers is the gold standard all others should be judged.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 8:36 pm to Master of Sinanju
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Wizard of Oz
Obviously this - and Grease could be said to be the most popular because they were huge hits on TV.
Wizard was named the most-viewed motion picture on television syndication by the Library of Congress...and was the first film chosen to be preserved by the Smithsonian in 1991.
On Broadway...the top grossing musicals were...
1. Phantom
2. Cats
Posted on 11/21/16 at 9:35 pm to JumpingTheShark
I would definitely pick Les Miserables. I have seen a handful of others including Phantom of the Opera and My Fair Lady, but none came all that close to me.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 9:39 pm to LSUBoo
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I would definitely pick Les Miserables.
It does have the GOAT song IMO.
I dreamed a dream
No, not Susan Boyle.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 9:46 pm to Breesus
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But it's not the goat. Wicked Book of Mormon Gospel Guys and Dolls Spamalot
These are all good, candy/pop entertainment. Les Mis is about suffering and selflessness and sacrifice and the soul and grace and penance and redemption and all the things it means to really be a human being.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 10:15 pm to Hot Carl
And Phantom is still better
Posted on 11/21/16 at 10:16 pm to JumpingTheShark
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This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 11/21/16 at 11:20 pm to JumpingTheShark
I think so. So many good songs.
The Book of Mormon is right there, though.
The Book of Mormon is right there, though.
Posted on 11/21/16 at 11:55 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
There are at least three songs from Phantom of the Opera that are better than I Dreamed a Dream IMO.
The Phantom of the Opera
Music of the Night
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
I might even take Past the Point of No Return over it as well.
The Phantom of the Opera
Music of the Night
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
I might even take Past the Point of No Return over it as well.
This post was edited on 11/21/16 at 11:56 pm
Posted on 11/22/16 at 12:09 am to RollTide1987
Who Am I
Master of the House
ABC Cafe/Red & Black
One Day More
Do You Hear The People Sing
The Music of the Night is a classic, but in totality, I think Les Mis has Phantom beat
Master of the House
ABC Cafe/Red & Black
One Day More
Do You Hear The People Sing
The Music of the Night is a classic, but in totality, I think Les Mis has Phantom beat
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