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re: The last great musical to open on Broadway

Posted by: perfectlyfrank 05:06 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: The last great musical to open on Broadway - Chazwaza 03:49 pm EDT 03/13/14
It's hard to compare any score to a Sondheim score, that's true. But for overall entertainment, I'll take the original NINE, which for me was the greatest Broadway musical production I have ever seen. While ALNM may have had brilliant lyrics to be sure, the choreography in NINE was extraordinary. Also, for me, NINE was far more emotional and heartbreaking but also funnier and more exuberant. As fun as "A Weekend in the Country" may be, it pales to the sheer joy of "Be Italian" or "Folies Bergeres". "The Miller's Son" may be clever but it doesn't come close to the sexiness of "A Call from the Vatican" (especially as performed by Anita Morris).

But my point is not to argue which musical is better - everyone has their own personal reasons for why one show or another resonates with them - but rather I wanted to counter the original post which stated there were no great musicals written after 1973's ALNM. For me, there are many and NINE is but one example of a great show - particularly the original, perfect Tommy Tune production.

And I could also add that 4 musicals after 1973 won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. So, to say that no great musicals were written after ALNM just seems silly to me. We all have our personal preferences and ALNM is certainly a great musical. But great is in the eye of the beholder. :-)


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