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re: Which was the toughest competitive year for Best Musical?

Posted by:	keikekaze 12:57 am EST 01/17/14
In reply to:	re: Which was the toughest competitive year for Best Musical? - MikeR 06:35 pm EST 01/16/14

I bow to many in my love for West Side Story, which I've always found excessively bombastic and self-important, and I'll flatly state that The Music Man is, all things considered, a better musical. It may not be a better dance performance, or a better "conception by Jerome Robbins," or Stephen Sondheim's Broadway debut--but it is a better musical. Don't let it's (perfectly deliberate) corniness fool you, folks. It disguises its craft very craftily.

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re: Which was the toughest competitive year for Best Musical?

Posted by:	Chazwaza 04:18 pm EST 01/17/14
In reply to:	re: Which was the toughest competitive year for Best Musical? - keikekaze 12:57 am EST 01/17/14

I don't think it is better... I think they are both in a short list of the greatest musicals ever written. I don't know what makes you so confident as to declare it "better", but it's not true just because you think it or say it. They couldn't be more different, and they are two of the most acclaimed and beloved and popular shows ever... I don't think one has a point over the other in any category. At that point it's just about preference.

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