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re: The last great musical to open on Broadway

Posted by:	Chazwaza 03:48 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to:	re: The last great musical to open on Broadway - Greg_M 01:04 pm EDT 03/13/14

The 80s and 90s are not weak compared to the 70s after 1973... which only gave us Sweeney Todd, Annie, A Chorus Line and Chicago (and I'd say Pacific Overtures) as great musicals. It's up to your taste which great musicals you prefer... from the 80s, the ones I consider great include: Sunday in the Park with George (a show I'd say is easily in the top 3-5 best ever written) Into the Woods Nine Little Shop of Horrors And also good, which some would call great: Dreamgirls The Mystery of Edwin Drood La Cage Aux Folles Merrily We Roll Along Les Miserables Evita Phantom of the Opera I'd say any decade that gave us at least one of the most brilliant musical ever written is still a good one. Some of the great musicals of the 90s: Once On This Island Violet Floyd Collins City of Angels The Secret Garden Falsettos Kiss of the Spider Woman Assassins Parade Rent Titanic The Life Ragtime So it really depends on who you ask... but I definitely do not think the 80s and 90s were as weak as many like to think. There were quite a few genuinely wonderful and excellent musicals, and a few great and/or genius musicals that I'd put against the greats of any other decade.

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