Rank the musicals you have seen in person

[YellowSnow]

Phantom of the Opera
The Sound Of Music
Les Miserables
A Chorus Line
Miss Saigon
Annie
Mamma Mia!
Peter Pan
Kiss Me, Kate
Beauty and the Beast
South Pacific
Damn Yankees!
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Annie Warbucks

[Oso]

Paint Your Wagon...yep that is the single musical I have seen performed live.

[Dannflor]

Shrek the Musical

...also the only one I've seen live.

Best musical is Heathers tho

[JurgenVW]

Les Miserables
Wicked
Phantom of the Opera
Matilda
Lion King

[shaft.ed]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Chicago
Guys and Dolls
Pajama Game

[u r a person 2]

let's see some of these i worked on

Lion King
Ragtime
Peter Pan
The Band's Visit
Little Shop of Horrors
Greece
Annie
kinky boots
Once on this island
The Wiz
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Guys and Dolls
Anastasia

I know im missing a couple

[skitter30]

Oh i'll do mine too!

Hamilton
Come From Away
Matilda
Newsies
Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Something Rotten
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime (I know this isn't a musical)
Into the Woods
Fiddler on the Roof
Music Man
Cinderella
Lion King (only this low because I saw it when I was like 5 and remember nothing; the ones below this I actively dislike)
An American in Paris
School of Rock

there might be one or two more that I'm blanking on so i might update this

[Davsto]

oliver
chitty chitty bang bang
sound of music
we will rock you

[Chickadee]

I keep wanting to do this...but like....it's too many. Maybe I'll get around to it eventually?

[Chickadee]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Producers
Beauty and the Beast (I've seen this live 5 times, it was my favorite movie growing up. I wore out a VHS tape because I would literally watch this and rewind it to watch it again, and repeat)
Wicked (The first time I saw this, I skipped school to see it)
Into the Woods
Hairspray
Little Shop of Horrors
West Side Story
Miss Saigon
RENT
Cinderella
The Pajama Game
Annie
Footloose
The Sound of Music
Grease (The movie is better...fight me)
Fiddler on the Roof
Les Mis (I've come to really like Les Mis, and have decided that I just did not like the first time I saw it live...because of some cystic decisions that made it very hard to follow)
The Wizard of Oz
Meet Me In St. Louis
The Nutcracker
Cats





I know I'm missing some, but this is what I can remember.

[Chickadee]

I left out strictly plays, but have seen some that would outshine some of the musicals here.

[u r a person 2]

oooh I knew I forgot some

cats, fiddler and wicked!

[Porochaz]

Monty Python
Wicked
Joseph
Les mis (film)

Curious incident I've also seen but it isn't included. I was also in a crap seat.

[Bins]

best > worst

sound of music
crazy for you
guys and dolls
a chorus line
carousel
billy elliot
youre a good man, charlie brown
hms pinafore (.. i think i watched it, but i dont remember ANYTHING... which means it wasn't that good)
pirates of penzance
tommy

[Bins]

i was in oliver, joseph, guys and dolls (not the one above), and fiddler on the roof
but i dont feel good ranking those with actual good productions lmfao

[Davsto]

oliver

Blood Brothers

chitty chitty bang bang
sound of music
we will rock you

Edited

[MaryJoLisa]

Phantom of the Opera
Hairspray
The King and I
Fiddler on the Roof
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Annie
Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
West Side Story
Miss Saigon

[Bins]

best > worst

sound of music
crazy for you

little shop of horrors

guys and dolls
a chorus line
carousel
billy elliot
youre a good man, charlie brown
hms pinafore
pirates of penzance
tommy

seeing billy elliot and dear evan hansen weee

[Pink Ball]

The Lion King (first time)
Les Mis
The Lion King (second time)
Wicked
Matilda
Miss Saigon
Phantom of the Opera
Chicago
Anastasia

[Bins]

best > worst

dear evan hansen
billy elliot (2019)
sound of music
crazy for you
little shop of horrors
guys and dolls
a chorus line
carousel
billy elliot
youre a good man, charlie brown
hms pinafore
pirates of penzance
tommy

good weekend

[vizIIsto]

OK here is my list:

[Equinox]

More of a plays person than a musicals person. Best to worst:

South Pacific
Phantom (Yeston/Kopit)
The Wiz
Camelot
An American in Paris
Anastasia

[Fenchurch]

Les Miserables
Wicked
Chicago
The Lion King

Huh... I guess although I consider myself as someone who likes musicals, I haven't actually seen that many live.

The top two are basically tied and the bottom two are basically tied. The top two were both super good, the bottom two were both okay but didn't really captivate me.

We've got tickets for Hamilton in August so I can't really rank it yet but I've watched it on youtube and listened to the soundtrack over and over so I'm like certain it's going to be top of my list.

[Rhinox]

Hard to definitively order, but

Les Mis (first show I ever saw live, on broadway as part of a high school bus trip. I was blown away and no theater experience has come close to matching this since, including the 2nd time I saw Les Mis in Cleveland)
Hamilton (Cleveland)
Wicked (Cle x2)
Newsies (NYC Broadway with original cast)
Avenue Q (NYC off broadway)
Book of Mormon (Pittsburgh, wife and I went with her parents which made it kind of awkward lol)
Rent (Cle I think x2 can't remember)
Spamalot (Cle)
Aladdin (Cle)
Waitress (Cle)
In the Heights (Cle)
Miss Saigon (Cle)
Love Never Dies (Cle)

Of this list, I only disliked Love Never Dies, but Miss Saigon was pretty disappointing considering how long I've been interested in seeing it. Les Mis thought BoM were all 'A+ tier' for me.

Coming soon:
Dear Evan Hansen (in a couple weeks!)
Lion King (August)
Frozen (next summer most likely, for the kids)

[Rhinox]

Dear Evan Hansen was like an A+ first act and B- second act I'd put it somewhere in the first half of my list. Only problem was how dusty the theater was - you could tell from all the sniffles and watery eyes. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul sure do write some catchy music, although my brain won't stop mashing up DEH and greatest showman songs now.

Seeing Book of Mormon again when it comes back to cleveland for a week in september.