100 Greatest Musicals
 

As voted for by the UK public for Channel 4


100. Let's Make Love (1960)
99. Miss Saigon
98. Bright Eyes (1934)
97. The Cotton Club (1984)
96. Lullaby Of Broadway (1951)
95. Breaking Glass (1980)
94. Sholay (1975)
93. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
92. The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964)
91. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
90. Cry Baby (1990)
89. A Little Night Music (1977)
88. For Me And My Gal (1942)
87. Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
86. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
85. Funny Face (1957)
84. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
83. A Star Is Born (Barbra Streisand) (1976)
82. Anything Goes
81. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
80. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
79. All that Jazz (1979)
78. Hedwig And The Angry Inch (2001)
77. Porgy And Bess (1959)
76. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
75. Dil Se (1998)
74. Shall We Dance? (1937)
73. Half A Sixpence (1967)
72. Godspell (1973)
71. Show Boat (1951)
70. Gigi (1958)
69. The Producers (1968)
68. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
67. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
66. Gypsy (1962)
65. The Jazz Singer (1927)
64. Easter Parade (1948)
63. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
62. Sweet Charity (1969)
61. Scrooge (1970)
60. Top Hat (1935)
59. Funny Girl (1968)
58. An American In Paris (1951)
57. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
56. Meet me in St Louis (1944)
55. Hair (1979)
54. On The Town (1949)
53. Cinderella (1950)
52. Carmen Jones
51. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
50. Hello Dolly (1969)
49. Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
48. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
47. Summer Holiday (1963)
46. A Chorus Line (1985)
45. A Star Is Born (Judy Garland) (1954)
44. Tommy (1975)
43. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
42. Starlight Express
41. Carousel (1956)
40. 8 Mile (2002)
39. South Pacific (1958)
38. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
37. White Christmas (1954)
36. Guys and Dolls (1955)
35. Oklahoma (1955)
34. High Society (1956)
33. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
32. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
31. Blood Brothers
30. Cats (1981-2002)
29. Fame (1980)
28. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
27. Jungle Book (1967)
26. Annie (1982)
25. Calamity Jane (1953)
24. The Blues Brothers (1980)
23. The King And I (1956)
22. Evita (1996)
21. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)
20. Phantom Of The Opera
19. Bugsy Malone (1976)
18. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
17. Cabaret (1972)
16. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
15. Les Miserables
14. The Lion King (1994)
13. Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling
12. My Fair Lady (1964)
11. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
9. Oliver! (1968)
8. Chicago (2002)
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
6. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
5. Mary Poppins (1964)
4. West Side Story (1961)
3. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
2. The Sound Of Music (1965)
1. Grease (1978)



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Pip

If you're into musicals then try this East German one from the 60s.

Its called Heiber Sommer (Hot Summer) and not to be taken too seriously.

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Cheers
CP

My two favorite musicals of all time, in the TOP FIVE...Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. How fun.

The fact that the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer is on the list ahead of some amazing shows makes me laugh a great deal :nod:

WTF? Miss Saigon is #99? And where's Rent? Although I remember hearing Rent didn't catch on the UK like it did in the US.

I love Blood Brothers and that would definitely be in my top ten. I also like Sugar (based on Some Like it Hot). Grease is one fo my all-time faves too! I love musicals!!!


~Krista

I used to watch Seven Brides For Seven Brother and Cats religously. I think the tapes are broken now. I saw the broadway show of Fame at Cleveland a year or two ago, was in The King and I, and I recently tried out for the local art center's production of Les Miserables but didn't get in... director seemed to have something against the Janis Joplin I sung for the audition. :rolleyes:

I saw West Side Story and Starlight Express on stage last year, but wasn't too thrilled. I saw Singing In The Rain when I was 6 or 7 and I still sing that song whenever it rains. I was going to try out for a local production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Oviler! just in the past few years, but my mom found ways of not letting me. I've seen Jesus Christ Superstar, Kiss Me Kate, and The Producers on stage as well, but they weren't near as good as Sunset Boullivard. :D

That once baffles me! Weird voting going on there!

Yea! My top favorites are in the top ten for the most part :D What a fun list!!

No Camelot? And Gypsy at No. 66. PUUHHHLLEEZZEEEE :cool: :laugh:

I KNOW!!! And 42nd Street isn't even on the list...?!?!

I hate this list.
Way out of order, IMO, and there are not a whole lot of musicals in this world I have opinions of, even.

- Jake

All of my favorites are on the list, so I'm glad. :D But they should've included the Rocky Horror Picture Show sequel "Shock Treatment." Damn fine musical.

Gypsy is a classic, but the Midler version blows it out of the water (and I'm not saying that because I'm a Midler fan, either!). The music was much better in the newer version.

Glad to see "Everyone Says I Love You" and "Hedwig" on that list! :nod:

:wavey:

Oh, and Bedknobs and Broomsticks should have been on that list, NOT BUFFY!

:nod: :nod: :nod: I LOVE that one.

I think all pale in the shadow of the Merm.!!!!!