Why are some musicals more famous than others? Some have great music but awful plots, while others have the most interesting plots with crap for music. Some have great both, and some have crap for both.
Here are some examples:
Good plot, good music:
- Fiddler on the Roof*
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*
- Anything Goes
- Guys and Dolls
- Phantom of the Opera*
- Into the Woods
- Bye Bye Birdie
- Wicked*
- West Side Story*
- Annie*
- Sound of Music*
- My Fair Lady*
- The Lion King
Bad plot, good music:
- Cabaret
- Oklahoma*
- Jesus Christ Superstar*
- Grease*
Bad plot, bad music:
Now, obviously I haven't seen enough musicals, or bad musicals, to be able to make a hypothesis, but not all famous musicals are good. I have no idea why they are famous. If you think of any other musicals that I should add to this list, comment and I'll add them.
By the way, the asterisked musicals are the ones I deemed famous.
ReplyDeleteSt. Mary's does Godspell pretty much every year in Ann Arbor. It being in your last category, I'm glad that I never went to see it.
ReplyDeletei love the music in Jesus Christ Superstar!!!!! But how can you say the plot is bad... It's the story of Jesus! anyways, that's my 2 sense... i wish i would have seen some more of the ones on your first list. i think i saw joseph 3 times.
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