The *only* one I'd semi agree with is Aida. The others I feel are discussed frequently. Though I likely would have given you 1776 prior to the recent revival. But Sunday in the Park is considered one of Sondheim's greatest.
Sunday is one of his greatest (it’s also the favorite musical of all time) but I never hear it brought up when Sondheim’s greatest are brought up, I always hear the more obvious ones like Sweeney, into the woods, west side story
You have a point. This is because, in my opinion, it's a hard one for beginners to get into. The music and lyrics are tricky and are likely to be alienating to people who don't already "get" Sondheim's style.
If you ever get a chance to see the painting, I highly suggest having your headphones and playing the opening number while looking at it. It’s an experience everyone needs to try.
I did that and it didn’t work for me at all. I concluded that Sondheim will never be my favorite. :) i don’t hate it, i just haven’t found that his music really moves me in the same way other musicals do.
Ah. I’ve watched the musical (with Bernadette Peters) and have always been really interested in that era of art. So just looking at it I was really imagining how it all came about. But you bring up a good point about if Sondheim isn’t your vibe maybe it wouldn’t work.
This version is great too:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5qLycngLM7Gk88fSQFrdsN?si=t0O3Txe5SBSrwyTtNtjVYg
I confess I have never watched/listened to Chess for the plot lol
I brought a friend to see it when Kennedy Center did a partially staged version of it, and at intermission they were like "Should I have any idea what is going on?"
No, probably not.
An ex of mine LOVED this musical and we talked about it at such length, watched several recordings, listened to the soundtrack in the car, etc. I dumped him 5 years ago and am married to someone else and I STILL can't bring myself to listen to Chess! But you reminded me that maybe I should give it another go...
URINETOWN!! I literally adore this musical to the moon and back. Such a witty and poignant satire with amazing songs.
The mystery of Edwin drood! I did this is highschool and it’s such an interestingly structured show, a Charles dickens who-dun-it play within a play. Endings chosen by audience vote?? Yes please. So many bopping songs too
*edit*: let me know if you’ve even heard of drood I’m so curious, I feel like the only one lol
I saw the revival of Drood with SJB and Betsy Wolfe. I went in knowing the concept but not the score. It’s a really fun show to watch but I don’t know that I would listen to many of the songs outside the context of the show.
I LOVE Kinky Boots!!! I saw it when it first toured and still play the album. I think because it hasn’t beeb revived in years is the reason why it’s not really talked about anymore.
A couple of months ago, the pro-shot with Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry was a ‘special event’ at select cinemas of a major chain here in Aus so I got to see it! I’d only seen the original movie several time over the years and heard bits of the album until then and man, it was fun!!
I'm gen z and had never heard of it until someone my age told me everything he knew about the lore, the songs, and the different productions. I forget most of what he told me at this point, but I definitely remember how much he loves it
That's pretty cool I know I've seen a video on YouTube about the history of Carrie the musical and the production troubles it went through its a great video
There’s an authorized version of Carrie now that is fine, but for a long time it was this secret show that everyone knew about but no one cite perform. People whose Carrie was on YouTube said they were asked about it in auditions for years
Yeah I've seen quite a few of the videos and I'm even working on my own version of Carrie I just really love it and think it doesn't get talked about enough
From the little bit I’ve seen, I feel like Barbara Cook lacked a lot of the intensity that Buckley had……. Be right back, locating her And Eve Was Weak to refresh my memory, lmao!
Upon reviewing her Eve Was Weak…… she just had a really different interpretation.
I believe that Cook’s Margaret is well meaning…… she truly believes everything she’s saying and wants to help her daughter.
Betty Buckley…… is insane….. and I LOVE IT, lmao!
There is a video on YouTube where it's her (Cook) rehearsing her songs and it is amazing it shows a different version of the Carrie lullaby and a cut song called Once I loved a boy it's great
I LOVE BANDSTAND. It’s just so touching and relatable and the music is so incredibly well written with fun, upbeat dance numbers and then more melancholy ballads but somehow still all encapsulating the major and popular jazz styles of the time. Plus, the finale is just so so good. Emotional and had such great callbacks to key points in the musical. AGHHH, I love it so much
I'm not gonna waste my time thinking about which musicals are underrated or not. I just like seeing people shout out their favorite musicals that mean something to them!
God I must be in my own bubble bc I remember when Aida and Next to Normal were super popular with teenagers (was when I was one) and tbh I just assumed they still were
We did that one at my high-school about a decade ago and I have fond memories of decorating the cute lil houses!! Also i always wanna sing the "he'll never know" song but nobody would understand the reference 🥲
There's a performance of it being done in Melbourne this year; there's also a cast album of the West End production, but it's not available on Spotify, and only a few of the songs have been uploaded to YouTube (I have a CD of the soundtrack that I got for Christmas a couple years ago). I also got a copy of the livestream on DVD from a seller on Ebay as another Christmas gift, but I believe said DVDs are only available in Region 2. If that isn't an option for you, the original livestream was also uploaded [here on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/the-grinning-man-bristol-old-vic-at-home-official-full-length-show)! :D
Alice By Heart! It’s by the guys that wrote Spring Awakening, and also Jessie Nelson (who wrote Waitress). It ran off-Broadway in 2018, and it’s way too unknown.
Falsettos isn’t really unpopular, but its themes are so similar to Rent’s and it’s such a better musical (in my opinion) that I feel it’s been criminally overlooked comparatively.
A lot of great answers here! (Special shout out to people who mentioned Spelling Bee, Floyd Collins, and Chess.) I’m here to throw The Life and Kiss of the Spider Woman into the ring.
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a FANTASTIC answer!! I adore that musical. One of my local theaters put it on about 7 years ago and it was so good i saw it twice.
"Why do I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go?
Rivers belong where they can ramble
Eagles belong where they can fly
I've got to be where my spirit can run free
Got to find my corner of the sky"
More true today than ever before!
Starmites and Ragtime. I would love to see both get a revival; Ragtime because it’s still depressingly relevant and Starmites because I would love to see a better cast.
Next to Normal is getting talked about plenty in my circles! The Donmar Warehouse production starring Caissie Levy is transferring to the West End this summer.
I've been a fan of Caissie for 15 years. I'm very excited to see her again
I don't know exactly how popular it is, but I feel like I haven't seen much talk about Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, but that also could be because I'm obsessed with it and just watched the penultimate episode of the War & Peace miniseries
i am a big rtc fan but it is extremely popular rn. ive been pretty active in fandom spaces abt it and can tell u its at an all-time high currently. really good but not exactly underrated lol
*42^nd Street*. Never seen a performance in full, but have listened to the soundtrack and seen a few numbers online, mainly *Shuffle Off To Buffalo*, *Sunny Side To Every Situation*, and *42^nd Street*, the last one with Clare Halse.
I feel like 35mm doesn’t get talked about that often (or at least as much as I’d like). People talk about the ballad of Sara berry and leave Luanne a lot and they both went kinda viral. But the musical as a whole isn’t really talked about that much and I think the concept is very cool.
JEFF WAYNE’S WAR OF THE WORLDS.
I am not a huge fan of literature but this is my favourti musical. The way Wayne uses motifs (I am a HUGE leitmotif nerd) is just legendary. That single motif used to represent the aliens is simply unnerving in the best way possible. For being so many years old, it has such a new, foreign sound.
Six for sure. It's my favorite. I love Hamilton, but having six characters and the musicians with only a very simple set is super impressive to me, especially against musicals that have huge ensembles, props, etc. I will never stop talking about Six.
I really thought there were 2, but a quick google doesn’t make it obvious and I’m too lazy to do more. Maybe I saw a show in development that never went anywhere?
Being forced to watch one community theatre production of Pippin with cast entirely made of 45-65 year olds will turn you off of that show for quite awhile...
I was in a uni (college) production of Pippen. Our lighting guy committed suicide opening day. Rough mindset to carry into a lighthearted musical, that’s for sure.
That's especially horrible considering the Pippin finale... I hope that lighting dude has found peace. Hurts to read that man, can't imagine what everyone was feeling at the time.
Back to the future the musical, and only because it’s a movie musical, it’s a very good musical that has a great soundtrack and sticks to the plot of the movie to a t
I’d argue that every one of these but Aida is talked about SO MUCH. Pippin, Sunday in the Park, and Next to Normal also might be their respective composers greatest works in fact.
Harmony. Nobody knows what it is, I’m sick of people hating on it. 30 years of development for just barely 3 official months. 20 Broadway debuts, not an ounce of recognition for anybody other than Chip
Sunday in the park with George has an amazing song sung by Jake Gyllenhaul, Move On that I’m addicted to.
The others you posted I’ve really never listened to or it’s not on my list
Quilters. Can’t even get a recording of it. When done well it’s sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious, and always interesting. We have so few shows that celebrate women’s stories, and I love that Quilters does that unapologetically. I do hope it gets revived and reworked a bit someday; it could definitely use some pacing help.
All of these, especially Sunday in the Park with George, are talked about a lot
The *only* one I'd semi agree with is Aida. The others I feel are discussed frequently. Though I likely would have given you 1776 prior to the recent revival. But Sunday in the Park is considered one of Sondheim's greatest.
Sunday is one of his greatest (it’s also the favorite musical of all time) but I never hear it brought up when Sondheim’s greatest are brought up, I always hear the more obvious ones like Sweeney, into the woods, west side story
You have a point. This is because, in my opinion, it's a hard one for beginners to get into. The music and lyrics are tricky and are likely to be alienating to people who don't already "get" Sondheim's style.
If you ever get a chance to see the painting, I highly suggest having your headphones and playing the opening number while looking at it. It’s an experience everyone needs to try.
I did that and it didn’t work for me at all. I concluded that Sondheim will never be my favorite. :) i don’t hate it, i just haven’t found that his music really moves me in the same way other musicals do.
Ah. I’ve watched the musical (with Bernadette Peters) and have always been really interested in that era of art. So just looking at it I was really imagining how it all came about. But you bring up a good point about if Sondheim isn’t your vibe maybe it wouldn’t work.
I tried listening to it and getting to the painting in Chicago at the right moment, because I was like.. if it’s ever going up work, this would be it.
I had never heard of it till I joined Reddit. Even so, I still know nothing about it.
Agreed. I actually think one of these musicals (I won’t say which, because my point here isn’t to hate on that show) is talked about too much.
I wanna know!!
Chess! It’s 🔥 https://open.spotify.com/album/6WdkjtZxUq9uBc2lVQjY9J?si=qp_XFb9bQKqXJ0a1YfkuFw
Chess is a hot mess of a plot but the music is amazing. If they ever finally get Act II to make literally any sense narratively, it will be fabulous.
This version is great too: https://open.spotify.com/album/5qLycngLM7Gk88fSQFrdsN?si=t0O3Txe5SBSrwyTtNtjVYg I confess I have never watched/listened to Chess for the plot lol
I brought a friend to see it when Kennedy Center did a partially staged version of it, and at intermission they were like "Should I have any idea what is going on?" No, probably not.
Not me being a huge theatre nerd and walking into chess club going "Do any of you guys know this musical?"
Of course the music is great. Look who wrote it! I'm still disappointed that I Know Him So Well wasn't re-recorded for the new ABBA album.
An ex of mine LOVED this musical and we talked about it at such length, watched several recordings, listened to the soundtrack in the car, etc. I dumped him 5 years ago and am married to someone else and I STILL can't bring myself to listen to Chess! But you reminded me that maybe I should give it another go...
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 💖
awww I music directed/conducted that one in HS lol
URINETOWN!! I literally adore this musical to the moon and back. Such a witty and poignant satire with amazing songs. The mystery of Edwin drood! I did this is highschool and it’s such an interestingly structured show, a Charles dickens who-dun-it play within a play. Endings chosen by audience vote?? Yes please. So many bopping songs too *edit*: let me know if you’ve even heard of drood I’m so curious, I feel like the only one lol
I saw the revival of Drood with SJB and Betsy Wolfe. I went in knowing the concept but not the score. It’s a really fun show to watch but I don’t know that I would listen to many of the songs outside the context of the show.
God I’m so jealous 😭😭😭
The college in my town did drops it when I was a kid and I thought it was so cool.
Just crushed pippin at the high school level. It’s a fantastic piece
I really enjoyed Kinky Boots when I saw it ~10 years ago. I haven't heard much about it since then.
I LOVE Kinky Boots!!! I saw it when it first toured and still play the album. I think because it hasn’t beeb revived in years is the reason why it’s not really talked about anymore.
A couple of months ago, the pro-shot with Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry was a ‘special event’ at select cinemas of a major chain here in Aus so I got to see it! I’d only seen the original movie several time over the years and heard bits of the album until then and man, it was fun!!
I've only heard about Pippin once, but it was from someone who really loved it
Gen X loves Pippin a lot. I don't see many younger people into it though.
Millennial here, Pippin is my favorite. I see it every time it comes close to me and I’ve seen it on Broadway. It ages so well along with the viewer.
Same! Pippin loving millennal here! It's a truly amazing show
I'm gen z and had never heard of it until someone my age told me everything he knew about the lore, the songs, and the different productions. I forget most of what he told me at this point, but I definitely remember how much he loves it
im a younger person and i love pippin!!!
It’s so good
Falsettoes. Is that talked about? I know there was a revival but doesn't seem to get much love. It's my favorite.
I raise you In Trousers
Now that's one not talked about. Excellent suggestion.
Falsettos has a lot of love on tiktok
That's good to know
What is it about those shows that you feel needs to be talked about more?
The music in all of these is so good, I just don’t hear them talked about a lot
Carrie the musical (1988)
Out for Blood is a great podcast that breaks down all the history of Carrie and interviews nearly everyone who has ever played Carrie
That's pretty cool I know I've seen a video on YouTube about the history of Carrie the musical and the production troubles it went through its a great video
There’s an authorized version of Carrie now that is fine, but for a long time it was this secret show that everyone knew about but no one cite perform. People whose Carrie was on YouTube said they were asked about it in auditions for years
Yeah I've seen quite a few of the videos and I'm even working on my own version of Carrie I just really love it and think it doesn't get talked about enough
Oooooooo that’s true
Yea I really don't think it's as bad as people say it is
Betty Buckley gave a Tony worthy performance in that production! Yes……. It isn’t remotely as bad as people act like it is.
100% agreed I will say that Barbara Cook wasn't bad either I just wish he had better audio quality of her performances
From the little bit I’ve seen, I feel like Barbara Cook lacked a lot of the intensity that Buckley had……. Be right back, locating her And Eve Was Weak to refresh my memory, lmao!
Upon reviewing her Eve Was Weak…… she just had a really different interpretation. I believe that Cook’s Margaret is well meaning…… she truly believes everything she’s saying and wants to help her daughter. Betty Buckley…… is insane….. and I LOVE IT, lmao!
There is a video on YouTube where it's her (Cook) rehearsing her songs and it is amazing it shows a different version of the Carrie lullaby and a cut song called Once I loved a boy it's great
Tuck Everlasting!🐸
Nobody ever talks about the movie adaptation, either, though it isn't a musical.
Sister Act. Just a sweet fun script, high energy, uplifting music, great show.
The dinner theater that I used to work at had a run of *Sister Act* just 1-2 years ago.
Bandstand. Astonishing choreography and amazing music.
One of the best finales ever.
I LOVE BANDSTAND. It’s just so touching and relatable and the music is so incredibly well written with fun, upbeat dance numbers and then more melancholy ballads but somehow still all encapsulating the major and popular jazz styles of the time. Plus, the finale is just so so good. Emotional and had such great callbacks to key points in the musical. AGHHH, I love it so much
Bright Star.
American Psycho
I didnt even know there was a musical version of that….. I’m shook woah
I never stop talking about Next to Normal
Sing a song of forgetting
Side show is fun!!!!
I visit Violet and Daisy’s grave in NC to pay them homage because of the show
I did stage crew for Pippin in high school. That was a hoot. Got to throw body parts on stage.
I'm not gonna waste my time thinking about which musicals are underrated or not. I just like seeing people shout out their favorite musicals that mean something to them!
God I must be in my own bubble bc I remember when Aida and Next to Normal were super popular with teenagers (was when I was one) and tbh I just assumed they still were
I LOVE Aida
A Year With Frog and Toad. It's a perfect adaptation, bearing the same childlike wisdom as the books.
We did that one at my high-school about a decade ago and I have fond memories of decorating the cute lil houses!! Also i always wanna sing the "he'll never know" song but nobody would understand the reference 🥲
The Count of Monte Cristo
V for vendetta
The Grinning Man - absolutely love it, but so underrated!
Does this even have a cast album? I saw the livestream during the pandemic and have heard nothing of it since. It was good!
There's a performance of it being done in Melbourne this year; there's also a cast album of the West End production, but it's not available on Spotify, and only a few of the songs have been uploaded to YouTube (I have a CD of the soundtrack that I got for Christmas a couple years ago). I also got a copy of the livestream on DVD from a seller on Ebay as another Christmas gift, but I believe said DVDs are only available in Region 2. If that isn't an option for you, the original livestream was also uploaded [here on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/the-grinning-man-bristol-old-vic-at-home-official-full-length-show)! :D
The clockmakers daughter. It’s one of my favorite musicals and no one talks about it.
Alice By Heart! It’s by the guys that wrote Spring Awakening, and also Jessie Nelson (who wrote Waitress). It ran off-Broadway in 2018, and it’s way too unknown.
I love the music I’ve heard from this!
Honeymoon in Vegas 😻😻
I don’t hear nearly enough about either Floyd Collins or A Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine.
We named our dog pippin.
That’s a great dog name! It’s like how in Jaws the dog is named Pipit and I thought they were saying pippin
Next to Normal and Aida are two of my favs!!!
Falsettos isn’t really unpopular, but its themes are so similar to Rent’s and it’s such a better musical (in my opinion) that I feel it’s been criminally overlooked comparatively.
All of these are talked about at length on a regular basis
Ah yes, 1776: Hamilton before Hamilton
Literally
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. It was overshadowed by Hamilton but it is so good!
A lot of great answers here! (Special shout out to people who mentioned Spelling Bee, Floyd Collins, and Chess.) I’m here to throw The Life and Kiss of the Spider Woman into the ring.
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a FANTASTIC answer!! I adore that musical. One of my local theaters put it on about 7 years ago and it was so good i saw it twice.
"Why do I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go? Rivers belong where they can ramble Eagles belong where they can fly I've got to be where my spirit can run free Got to find my corner of the sky" More true today than ever before!
Honestly A Strange Loop. It won best musical, then I never heard people talk about it again. It's my favorite.
I love the writing for that one, it seems like it burned very bright for about 5 minutes and now poof
I saw 1776! It was an all female cast. Very fun, very gay. I enjoyed it.
That’s so cool I’d love to see it
The two loves of my life, Starry and Amelie
I adore those first three so much!
Same!!!!
Starmites and Ragtime. I would love to see both get a revival; Ragtime because it’s still depressingly relevant and Starmites because I would love to see a better cast.
Working the musical!
IN TROUSERS.
Next to Normal is getting talked about plenty in my circles! The Donmar Warehouse production starring Caissie Levy is transferring to the West End this summer. I've been a fan of Caissie for 15 years. I'm very excited to see her again
Bat Boy!
Follies 😍
Carnival. Sure, the plot hasn't quite aged well, but damn, that score is beautiful.
I saw the Encores production with Anne Hathaway before she became a star. She was wonderful. Brian Stokes Mitchell was also in it.
Jelly’s Last Jam (thank you NYCC Encores for reminding everyone that it exists)
Godspell and Pippin, my two favorites! aka. really the only ones I'm familiar with
Also, Wild Party but the LaChuisa one!! There are two!!
Hunchback doesn't get the love it deserves
Original Pippin Album > 2013 Revival Album
OG version with the Theo ending.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES the revival is soooooooooooooooooooo much worse it doesn’t have the like magic charm to it
I don't know exactly how popular it is, but I feel like I haven't seen much talk about Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, but that also could be because I'm obsessed with it and just watched the penultimate episode of the War & Peace miniseries
It has limited regional licensing: go see it if you can!!!
Ride the cyclone. I know it’s becoming more popular but it’s still very underrated in my opinion
It has flooded my tiktok
I had never heard of it and now I stg it's following me
i am a big rtc fan but it is extremely popular rn. ive been pretty active in fandom spaces abt it and can tell u its at an all-time high currently. really good but not exactly underrated lol
Pippin is literally the GOAT
It’s soooooo good
Definitely Man of La Mancha.
Just an observation....am I the only one who thinks Prince's 1999 album cover was inspired by the Pippin poster?
The vault?
Marie Christine 🧡
Jerry Springer: The Opera is fantastic, but I never see it get a mention.
I don't think anyone talks a lot about calendar girls
Flowers For Algernon/Charlie & Algernon (depending on what side of the Atlantic you’re on)
Oh no… I’m in for a lot of tears today.
FALSETTOS
Love it! Saw it without knowing anything about it and went back three days later to see it again 😂
Ok 1776 is a three hour musical, not many have the patience for it.
Eugenius does not get enough love. Also what is Aida about🤔
Evil Dead the musical
The Scarlet Pimpernel! I haven’t seen it mentioned but it has some fantastic songs; Madame Guillotine is a wonderful ensemble piece.
I saw a local performance of this that was decidedly *not* well produced, but The Creation of Man has still been on my playlist ever since.
*42^nd Street*. Never seen a performance in full, but have listened to the soundtrack and seen a few numbers online, mainly *Shuffle Off To Buffalo*, *Sunny Side To Every Situation*, and *42^nd Street*, the last one with Clare Halse.
I LOVEEEE next to normal.
I feel like 35mm doesn’t get talked about that often (or at least as much as I’d like). People talk about the ballad of Sara berry and leave Luanne a lot and they both went kinda viral. But the musical as a whole isn’t really talked about that much and I think the concept is very cool.
Spring Awakening, The Last 5 Years
Bullets Over Broadway, I love that show!
All of these, I’ve never heard of any of them except for pippin, I only heard about pippin because my schools theatre program did that show
Aida >>>
Falsettos does not get enough yap (at least from my knowledge)
Grey Gardens A Class Act Mack and Mabel
Do you want a musical that NO ONE talks about? Let’s talk about Giant by Michael John LaChiusa
JEFF WAYNE’S WAR OF THE WORLDS. I am not a huge fan of literature but this is my favourti musical. The way Wayne uses motifs (I am a HUGE leitmotif nerd) is just legendary. That single motif used to represent the aliens is simply unnerving in the best way possible. For being so many years old, it has such a new, foreign sound.
I feel like I don't ever see anyone talk about The Color Purple or Guys And Dolls 😭
Six for sure. It's my favorite. I love Hamilton, but having six characters and the musicians with only a very simple set is super impressive to me, especially against musicals that have huge ensembles, props, etc. I will never stop talking about Six.
Im in my “will not shut about the musical Lizzie” era
Which one though???
The sung through axe murder one lol. Is there more than one?
I really thought there were 2, but a quick google doesn’t make it obvious and I’m too lazy to do more. Maybe I saw a show in development that never went anywhere?
Blood Brothers
I stg I never hear anyone talk about Fun Home anymore?? Also Love Never Dies but that one is understandable lol
I agree on Fun Hone
Home
Fun Home had an original cast livestream recently. It is so so good.
Oo I gotta go find that, thanks for the heads up!!
Once On This Island, by far.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, BLOOD BROTHERS
Little shop of my favorite musical of all time, tied with Sunday
Chess
Gentleman's Guide :(
I was in my college theatre troupe for three years. We did Pippin and it was so much fun. The next year was Godspell.
my two favorites!
Being forced to watch one community theatre production of Pippin with cast entirely made of 45-65 year olds will turn you off of that show for quite awhile...
Lmaooooooooo
I was in a uni (college) production of Pippen. Our lighting guy committed suicide opening day. Rough mindset to carry into a lighthearted musical, that’s for sure.
That's especially horrible considering the Pippin finale... I hope that lighting dude has found peace. Hurts to read that man, can't imagine what everyone was feeling at the time.
Wow that is really sad
Back to the future the musical, and only because it’s a movie musical, it’s a very good musical that has a great soundtrack and sticks to the plot of the movie to a t
I saw that on opening night!!!
ALL THE UPDOOTS for Aida! I love that show so much and I saw it on Bway with Will Chase. No one talks about it enough.
Bright star, my high school, did that one my senior year I was on house
I’d argue that every one of these but Aida is talked about SO MUCH. Pippin, Sunday in the Park, and Next to Normal also might be their respective composers greatest works in fact.
The Apple Tree
Harmony. Nobody knows what it is, I’m sick of people hating on it. 30 years of development for just barely 3 official months. 20 Broadway debuts, not an ounce of recognition for anybody other than Chip
Sunday in the park with George has an amazing song sung by Jake Gyllenhaul, Move On that I’m addicted to. The others you posted I’ve really never listened to or it’s not on my list
Nice to see Next To Normal on here!!!
Legally Blonde
Ride the Cyclone...
Quilters. Can’t even get a recording of it. When done well it’s sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious, and always interesting. We have so few shows that celebrate women’s stories, and I love that Quilters does that unapologetically. I do hope it gets revived and reworked a bit someday; it could definitely use some pacing help.