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Last Edit: Chazwaza 07:42 pm EST 01/29/21
Posted by: Chazwaza 07:39 pm EST 01/29/21
In reply to: The worst Best Musical ever? - DanielVincent 05:31 pm EST 01/29/21

I'm not sure comparing golden age era to modern makes for a relevant competition for many reasons but here's a list of the weakest Best Musical winners, in chronological order: -whichever of the 3 nominee for 2020 win will qualify for this list, sorry Tina, Jagged and Moulin Rouge -Gentleman's Guide (fun and charming but outside of 2-4 standout songs and great performances I found it a deeply unremarkable show sitting in the shadow of the vastly superior Drood) -Memphis -Kinky Boots (more my opinion than a reflection of critical/popular opinion -- but I find the show insultingly lazy in the score and book writing) -(i don't think Contact, Fosse, orJerome Robbins Broadway are eligible for consideration as neither are even musicals in a jukebox sense) -(I don't think Ain't Misbehavin is worth counting either, as it is more a revue that a musical with a story) -Applause -Raisin, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Hallelujah Baby are not bad musicals and all have good scores, but none of them are great or classic musicals, and rarely performed. So for a list of the "weak", perhaps they qualify -Redhead (amusing and fun but weak) -Kismet ... because of the "classic" winning golden age Best Musical winners it is the weakest besides Redhead I'm not familiar ENOUGH with Raisin or Memphis to confidently pick a winner, but I'm gonna guess my pick would be between Kinky Boots, Memphis, Redhead or Applause. I would guess general consensus would be for Memphis since it's not regarded as very high quality and not nearly as popular or adored as Kinky Boots.
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