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In the vein of Wonderlicious' favorite comedies thread, I bring you the thread for favorite musicals! Why 9? Dunno, but since this is a direct sequel to the comedy thread, 9's the magic number. You can choose whether or not to include animation. I'm not because otherwise it'll heavily (and I mean heavily) dominate my list.

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Chicago
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. Jesus Christ Superstar
5. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
6. Mary Poppins
7. Grease
8. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
9. Moulin Rouge

umm... i wont do by best movie... im doing by best songs in the movie.. cause otherwise it's too confusing why i like wat more then the other

okay... i'll do one animationa nd one non... starting with theee... non

1.Willy Wonka and the Chocholate Factory
2.Little Shop of Horrors
3.Tommy
4.Dr.Dolittle
5.Mary Poppins
6.Grease
7.Pirates of Penzance
8.Robin Hood: Men in Tights
9.Duck Soup

animated:

1.The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2.The Road to El Dorado
3.Tarzan
4.The Prince of Egypt
5.Aladdin
6.The Little Mermaid
7.Brother Bear
8.Robin Hood
9.Oliver and Company

Here's my top 9

1. The Sound of Music
2. Mary Poppins
3. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
4. Moulin Rouge
5. The Wizard of Oz
6. Grease (and Grease 2. The story sucked, but the songs were pretty good)
7. Oklahoma
8. The King and I
9. Little Shop of Horrors

Escapay

1.) The Sound of Music
2.) Wizard of Oz
3.) West Side Story
4.) Mary Poppins
5.) Grease
6.) Moulin Rouge
7.) The King and I
8.) Chicago
9.) Singin in the Rain

I'm a humongous Rodgers and Hammerstein fan so those musicals will populate most of my list I think... let me start listing and we'll see what I end up with. No order to mine of course.

The King and I (we did this in high school, I absolutely love the music)
South Pacific (watched this one while I was in labor with Aiden!!)
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
Grease
Showboat
Miss Saigon
Carousel
Wizard of Oz
Singin' in the Rain

and a musical that was written solely for the big screen
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Ok, my list was 9 +2. Woops!

I don't like most film musicals, because they tend to be unbearably slow and show-off-ish, but there are a few that I really like. I won't rank them, because I find it very difficult to do in this particular genre.

Objectively, I'd have to say Chicago is probably the greatest movie musical ever done - its highly original and inventive, and manages to buck nearly every weakness that tends to rear its head in other musicals.

My personal favorites are most definately West Side Story, Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera. I also like Singin' in the Rain.

Lets See

THis is a toughy I like a bunch of them

1) Singin' In The Rain
2) Phantom Of The Opera
3) Mary Poppins
4) Sound Of Music
5) King And I
6) Romance On The High Seas
7) Grease
Oklahoma
9) West Side Story

1. American In Paris
2. Gold Diggers of 1933
3. On the Town
4. Gigi
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
6. The Band Wagon
7. Singin In the Rain
8. Duck Soup
9. Meet Me In St. Louis

Willy Wonka
Mary Poppins
Blues Brothers

Now I've actually seen very few of these, but am obsessed with the music, and it does say top 9 MUSICals, so I'm going to allow myself to participate.

1. Wicked
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. The Last 5 Years
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Aida
6. Chicago
7. Moulin Rouge
8. The Music Man
9. The Lion King

I know, very mainstream, but oh well.

Live-Action...

1. Wicked

2. Avenue Q

3. Mary Poppins

4. Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

5. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

6. Chicago

7. Cabaret

8. Rent

9. Moulin Rouge

Animated...

1. The Little Mermaid

2. Cinderella

3. Aladdin

4. Beauty and the Beast

5. Lady and the Tramp

6. Oliver & Company

7. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

9. Tarzan

TheLittleMerman wrote:Live-Action...

1. Wicked

5. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Excellent taste, my friend...

1. My Fair Lady
2. Singin in the Rain
3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
4. Wizard of Oz
5. Meet me in St. Louis
6. The King and I
7. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
8. West Side Story
9. Flower Drum Song
10. Grease

1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
3. Moulin Rouge

Prince Adam wrote:

TheLittleMerman wrote:Live-Action...

1. Wicked

5. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Excellent taste, my friend...

Same to you..

1. little shop of horrors
2. blood brothers
3. beauty and the beast
4. mary poppins
5. chicago
6. wizard of oz
7. annie
8. rocky horror picture show
9.joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat

Regular:
1. Mary Poppins
2. The Sound Of Music
3. Cinderella (R+H)
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. Wizard Of Oz
6. Grease
7. My Fair Lady
8. Breakfast At Tiffany's
9. Robin Hood: Men In Tights


Animated:
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Little Mermaid
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Aladdin
5. Cinderella
6. Tarzan
7. Pocahontas
8. Quest For Camelot
9. Hercules

Is this film musicals people? I can't tell from some of these lists. Oh, well...

I really can't rank my favorites, because I don't think you can be very objective when comparing the musicals of Hollywood old and those of today.

West Side Story
The King and I
Dancer In The Dark
Moulin Rouge!
Singin' in the Rain
The Wizard of Oz
The Sound of Music
Cabaret
Amadeus

I am so glad Avenue Q trumped Wicked at last year's Tony Awards. The music is way too broad and the lyrics too family friendly to be taken seriously. It's a satisfactory adaptation of a really good novel. Avenue Q challenges the audience, something that hardely ever happens on Broadway anymore.

To say Chicago is the best made musical is somewhat laughable, especially when there are some in recent years which blow it's direction and production values out of the water. It was a good film, but significantly flawed. I was a bit puzzled by the casting. The Phantom of the Opera turned out to be a trainwreck, just like I expected.

Prince Eric wrote:... way too broad and the lyrics too family friendly to be taken seriously.

Sounds like an argument people might use about Disney, I'd say.

1. Meet Me in St. Louis
2. West Side Story
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Rocky Horror Picture Show
5. Grease
6. Mary Poppins
7. Singin' in the Rain
8. The Lion King
9. The Sound of Music