In honor of #theatrethursday, your list of the top 50 Broadway musicals of all time

October 1, 2009 at 6:21 pm · Filed under For fun, What do you think? and tagged: #theatrethursday, best musical, Broadway, musical theater, musical theatre, musicals, top 50, your favorites

We asked and you responded. Here’s a list of your all time favorite Broadway musicals, in no particular order:

1. Les Miserables
2. Rent
3. The King and I
4. Sunday in the Park with George
5. Wicked
6. Guys and Dolls
7. Sweeney Todd
8. Ragtime
9. West Side Story
10. In the Heights
11. Phantom of the Opera
12. Into the Woods
13. Next to Normal
14. Cats
15. Parade
16. Company
17. Chess
18. A Chorus Line
19. Man of La Mancha
20. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
21. Rocky Horror Show
22. The Music Man
23. My Fair Lady
24. Mame
25. Jersey Boys
26. The Last Five Years (technically off-Broadway, but enough of you voted for it that I had to include it)
27. Candide
28. The Drowsy Chaperone
29. The Sound of Music
30. Spring Awakening
31. Little Shop of Horrors
32. The Wiz
33. Miss Saigon
34. Hair
35. Billy Elliot
36. Gypsy
37. Assassins
38. Rock of Ages
39. Hello Dolly!
40. Cabaret
41. The Lion King
42. Hairspray
43. Grease
44. Avenue Q
45. South Pacific
46. Evita
47. The Producers
48. Pippin
49. Chicago
50. Dreamgirls

Is your favorite not on the list? Add it in the comments below!

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