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  1. Nov 15, 2010 · Lists about the greatest performers and most spectacular plays, musicals, and other shows ever to sparkle in the bright lights of Broadway. These are 80+ of the most popular Broadway musicals in history, listed according to their durations on the stage. The longest running Broadway musicals ...

    • Wicked

      Wicked - The Most Popular Broadway Musicals of All Time,...

    • The Lion King

      The Lion King - The Most Popular Broadway Musicals of All...

    • The Phantom of The Opera

      The Phantom of The Opera - The Most Popular Broadway...

    • Les Misérables

      Les Misérables - The Most Popular Broadway Musicals of All...

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    • Chicago

      Chicago - The Most Popular Broadway Musicals of All Time,...

    • Mark A. Robinson
    • The Black Crook. As the Broadway song says, “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” and it’s true that The Black Crook is seldom (if ever) revived today.
    • Show Boat. The 1927 musical Show Boat, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, and P.G. Wodehouse, is adapted from Edna Ferber’s sprawling novel of the same name.
    • Of Thee I Sing. Of Thee I Sing, the 1931 musical with a score by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, was a glorious satire of American politics and a witty lampoon of a presidential election.
    • Porgy & Bess. Is it an opera or is it a musical? That is the ongoing debate surrounding Porgy & Bess. The 1935 piece — with a book by DuBose Heyward, music by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin — remains one of the most revered shows of the Broadway stage and a serious turning point in the telling of the African American story through musical theater.
    • 30 'Mary Poppins'
    • 29 'Fiddler on The Roof'
    • 28 'The Lion King'
    • 27 'My Fair Lady'
    • 26 'Meet Me in St. Louis'
    • 25 'A Star Is Born'
    • 24 'Chicago'
    • 23 'A Hard Day's Night'

    Director: Robert Stevenson

    As perhaps one of the most popular family-friendly musicals of all time (and one of the best movies of 1964), Mary Poppinsis one title that's likely familiar to many. It's a Disney classic in many ways, telling the unusual yet interesting story of a magical nanny caring for two children, with the trio going on all sorts of strange adventures, learning about the world around them. Get past the weirdly dark scenes and some annoying accents and there's a great deal to appreciate in Mary Poppins....

    Director: Norman Jewison

    A mammoth-length musical film that runs for approximately three hours, Fiddler on the Roof could well be considered a true epic, and quite a good one at that. It's a film adaptation of the beloved stage musical of the same name, and centers on a family dealing with love, loss, and the struggles of getting by in Czarist Russia during the early years of the 20th century. It's the rare time when what's put on screen does justice to what was already widely celebrated on stage, and as such, it's a...

    Directors: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff

    Released in 1994, which was one of cinema's best-ever years, The Lion King is a phenomenal animated movie that manages to be a comedy, family film, drama, and musical all at once. It tells the story of a young lion prince who's banished by his evil uncle, Scar, and returns to his homeland as a young adult, looking to right the wrongs Scar's done during that time. The Lion King has so much going on at the same time, yet still feels coherent and equally satisfying to watch as both a kid and an...

    Director: George Cukor

    1964 was a big year for big, ambitious musicals, as not only did it see the release of the aforementioned Mary Poppins, but so too was 1964 the year that My Fair Ladycame out. It was also a monumentally successful movie, winning a total of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It runs for almost three hours, and its narrative is centered around the unlikely romance that develops between an upper-class man who takes a working-class girl and attempts to transform her into a member of hi...

    Director: Vincente Minnelli

    A breezy movie that nonetheless has some subtly dark aspects to it, Meet Me in St. Louis is one of the most well-known musicals of the 1940s. It begins shortly before the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and follows several daughters who all learn about life and love, singing their hearts out all the while. It's a very colorful movie, and is well-presented overall thanks to the direction of Vincente Minnelli, who was one of the most acclaimed musical directors of his time. It certainly feels like...

    Director: George Cukor

    Modern-day viewers might be most familiar with the 2018 version that stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, but the 1954 version of A Star Is Born remains the best. That being said, it's not the original. Aside from the two aforementioned versions, A Star Is Born's storyhas also been told in 1937 and 1976 versions. The tragic romantic story about a young female singer experiencing a rise to power while her older partner endures a fall from grace seems to be a generation-crossing one that audienc...

    Director: Rob Marshall

    Not only is Chicago a great musical, but it's also a surprisingly great darkly comedic crime movie, too. It's a satirical look at the similarities between infamy and fame, following two women who find themselves on death row in the titular city during the 1920s and will stop at nothing to avoid execution. To some extent, traditional musicals went out of fashion in the 1980s and 1990s, with unabashedly bold and music-heavy films like Chicago ultimately helping the genre become trendy once more...

    Director: Richard Lester

    Of all the movies featuring the members of The Beatles during their short-lived but tremendously influential time together as a band, A Hard Day's Nightstands as their best. Narratively, it's exceedingly simple: it simply follows the band members around a comedically heightened version of England in the 1960s as they get into trouble and try to avoid crowds of obsessive fans. A Hard Day's Night succeeds thanks to its uniquely offbeat sense of humor, the natural chemistry of the band back when...

    • Jeremy Urquhart
  2. Nov 5, 2021 · Whether you’re auditioning for musicals, setting up your rep book, or simply looking for some older musicals to get into, it’s good to get familiar with what’s out there. And that’s why we’ve put together this list of the most classic musicals of all time for you below, sorted alphabetically.

  3. Apr 2, 2018 · But the Golden Age paved the way for some of Hollywood’s biggest musical hits later on, like West Side Story (1961), Grease (1978), and Zoot Suit (1981), and even big-budget Oscar winners...

    • Samantha Ladwig
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  4. May 4, 2023 · Top 100 musicals of all time revealed. Our audiences have voted for their favourites! Audiences have been voting in their thousands across the month of April to find the top musicals of all time – and the results are now in! We run down the top 20 below, with the subsequent 80 listed at the bottom.

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  6. Without further ado, take a look at the most-revived musicals in Broadway history in the last 90 years and learn more below. Bernadette Peters in Gypsy. Musicals with four Broadway revivals,...