10 BEST Broadway Musical Soundtracks!
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Hi friends! Welcome to this opinion/listicle/favorites vid: Top 10 BEST Broadway Musical Soundtracks!
I always get this question from you guys--especially from those who are newer to the musical theatre fandom and are looking for show suggestions. This is a great place to start!
Question of the day: What are your favorite musical theatre soundtracks? Comment them below!
Like I mention in the video, not all of these are necessarily "broadway" musical soundtracks. In actuality, some of these are off-broadway shows or studio cast recordings. Also, like I mention in the video, these are just the current 10 (okay, 14) soundtracks that I listen to the most. They're not necessarily my absolute favorite shows (even though I love them all), they're just albums that I want to share with you guys!
For example, if I had to choose one all time favorite musical--it would probably be Les Miserables....which I don't mention on this list. I love the show, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I listen to the cast album every day. If I did that, I would be crying 24/7.
Also, like I mention in the vid--I didn't try to get fancy or obscure with the shows listed. I just answered truthfully with the shows I've been listening to the most recently. Never let anyone make you feel bad for loving the things you do.
This is definitely not in order (sorry!). But here are the shows mentioned in the vid ♥️
Bare
Light in the Piazza
Hair (2009)
Last 5 Years
Parade
Carrie (2012)
Heathers: The Musical
Bridges of Madison County
Spring Awakening
Next to Normal
Company (2006)
Ragtime
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Bright Star
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I've been getting a bunch of questions on why I call these "soundtracks"-- not all of the shows mentioned here are the original broadway cast recordings and I wanted to use a label that covered all of them. "Recordings" sounds like bootleg/pro shot so I didn't want to be more confusing. Hope this clarifies! 💘
Katherine Steele They’re still cast recordings, even if they’re not on Broadway. Cast Albums would also be acceptable. But no matter which way you look at it, they’re not soundtracks. Soundtracks are for films.
You may never see this, but could you do a top ten flop show recordings? The shows that for one reason or another failed, but have glorious or fun scores. I love Prettybell, Her First Roman, The Grass Harp, House of Flowers, Minnie’s Boys, It’s a Bird... it’s a Plane... It’s Superman, Calamity Jane, Mata Hari, Snoopy the Musical , Dead World
RLucas3000 Based on the content covered on this channel, I’d wager a guess that she’s never heard of most of the wonderful flops you’ve mentioned.
You're such a thoughtful, intelligent musical theater person, I think that's why people are calling it out. For those of us you care about the proper terms and difference between the two terms, it's not a question of what sounds accurate. A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program, or video game. A soundtrack is the collection of songs played IN a movie, for example. It's a fairly minor difference, but it's worth keep the accurate terms alive rather than perpetuating the wrong one. But for what it's worth, I love your list and I'm so glad to see you promoting scores that aren't necessarily part of the online MT culture, like Ragtime, Parade, and Piazza ... 3 of the best scores of the last 50 years. And Company of course!
You must listen to and watch 13 the musical!
It was the last show that I was in.
can we appreciate the fact that she made sure that there were no spoilers- WE LOVE AN ICONIC THEATRE GOER WHO IS CONSIDERATE
😂♥️👏
YES, WE NEED MORE HUMANS LIKE THIS
“Sorry not sorry!”
…BOUT WHAT I SAID
-six
DONT WORRY DONT WORRY DONT LOOSE YOUR HEAAAD
Lol
Say "oh well"
Or go to hell
I’m sorry not sorry bout what I said!
Not in order but here are my top ten.
1) Heathers: The Musical
2) Hairspray
3) Hamilton
4) Guys And Dolls
5) 13 The Musical
6) Rent
7) Legally Blonde
8) Mamma Mia
9) Be More Chill
10) La La Land
Ahh I love 13 too!
Sara Wehbé Hamilton isds best!!!! So is Hairspray uwu
Finally someone else who loves/knows 13!
Hamilton’s okay but the fans are toxic as hell
I like to jog and listen to Hamilton, Heathers and Be More Chill are two of my favorites as well
I just finished watching Bare: A Pop Opera and it is honestly my favorite.
bow_shot 1023 omg same 😍
HOW
Is there a bootleg?
@@Blue-xt7kc yes several just search it up
Mine too.
bow_shot 1023 you clearly haven't listened to Jekyll and Hyde yet 😁
1.COMET DESERVED BETTER
2. That's it. All I have to say
But like Phillipa soo is amazing
Y E S
1. Great Comet of 1812 is just so good
2. Heathers
3. Falsettos
4. Hamilton
5. Rent
6. Les Mis
7. Newsies
8. Come From Away
9. Waitress
Ian Rodriguez I’m glad falsettos was in someone’s list
HEATHERSSSSSSSSSS
FALSETTOS AHHHHH. My second favourite. My favourite of all time is Singin' in the Rain
Ah u sweet sweet kindred spirit
Come from away is so underrated
So glad someone else included Come from Away!
my favorites (in no particular order):
- chicago
- oklahoma! (2019)
- beetlejuice
- sweeney todd
- hadestown
- into the woods
- the prom
- jekyll and hyde
- mean girls
- hamilton
~Same~
Broadway -
Hamilton
Heathers
13
Hairspray
BMC
Deh
Beetlejuice
Legally blonde
Mama Mia
Newsies
Mean girls the musical
Non-Broadway -
Anything starkid
Avenue Q
Beetlejuice (soon, sadly)
Percy Jackson the musical
Six
21 chump street
Sweeney Todd
(A bunch more lmao)
Moses Smith you’re aware Avenue Q was broadway right? It won best musical in 2003 lok
bramblesong you have great taste
I love:
-hamilton
-heathers
-mean girls
-six
-Beetlejuice
-newsies
-into the woods
(p.s. yes I know I'm really basic)
Moses Smith A lot of the musicals under non-Broadway were on Broadway...?
Quincy Seagull also Heathers is off-broadway
My top six are:
6. Hamilton
5. Beetlejuice
4. The Phantom of the Opera
3. Heathers
2. Mean Girls
1. *Wicked* .
@@smpzpzpz I've listened to the soundtrack at age 13 and two-three monts later saw the movie, and later found bootleg. They are both very different and tho I love the musical, I do not see it as "Heathers" In the meaning the movie has given.
The original story is definitly more disturbing, but for me really better. But if you think you are too young for the musical, and think it is dark, I will not recomend you to watch the movie any time soon.
Wicked is EPIC!!!
Let’s go Wicked
1. Spring Awakening
2. The Lightning Thief
3. Mean Girls
4. Once On This Island
5. Be More Chill
6.Anastasia
7.Carrie
8.Hairspray
9. Next to Normal
10. Newsies
Rose Granger-Weasley yes lightning theiffjdjdjdk
Another Lightning Thief!
Spring Awakening score is soooo good
Omg yes!!! TLT NEEDS more recognition!!! That was the first really good musical I listened to
Thank you for recognizing the lightning thief!
My top ten are:
10. Come from away
9. Dear Evan Hansen
8. Be more chill
7. Heathers
6. Hamilton
5. Hairspray
4. Rent
3. Lea Mis
2. Into the woods
1. CHICAGO
Nice
I need your profile picture😂
Luke Pinsky MY FAV
hehe Im in chicago rn
CHICAGO IS SO AMAZIN
my top ten:
10: Phantom of the opera
9: the last five years
8: next to normal
7: la la land
6: newsies
5:hamilton
4: wicked
3: dear evan hansen
2: falsettos
1: Great Comet (it deserves better)
Bobbi Munoz heathers?!
Jess Grace not everyone likes heathers, i don’t know why you’re so astonished
Yaaaaassss respect for comet
Becky Harrell just a lot of people like it might be kinda crazy to see that it’s not on there
YESS GREAT COMET!!
My 10 favorite musicals
-Heathers
-Dear Evan Hansen
-Mean Girls
-Hamilton
-Wicked
-Be More Chill
-Carrie
-Hairspray
-Fame
-Frozen
*sees next to normal on the thumbnail*
Yes.
yes
I love The Phantom of the Opera’s 25th anniversary cast recording! And, of course, Les Mis has to be on the list of favourites. Something Rotten! is also excellent, and the cast recordings for Hadestown and Newsies are great too.
Cara Roszell I LOVE PHANTOMMMM
*top ten (not in order lol):*
heathers: the musical
newsies
carrie (2012)
dear evan hansen
the lightning thief: the percy jackson musical
21 chump street
in the heights
book of mormon
beetlejuice
mean girls
*(i know, i know, bash me for being a basic broadway kid)*
I had to scroll WAY too far before I saw someone with Book of Mormon on their list
Almost no one put In The Heights in their lists, And I low key love ITH ;-;
TLT MUSICAL APPRECIATION YAS
Kath: "Heathers-"
Me: M U R D E R
For Me There Are So Many, But My Favorite Soundtracks Are: (in no order)
1. NEWSIES
2. CHICAGO
3. Hamilton
4.HEATHERS
5. RENT
6. WICKED
7. Mean Girls
8. Waitress
9. Dear Evan Hansen
10. Les Miserables
Yesss Wicked
Bonnie and Clyde, Heathers, bandstand, Newsies, Rent, legally blonde, and once are my top favourites right now.
Spring Awakening is by far my favorite musical album! It fills me with so much happiness
The Last Five Years the movie soundtrack is definitely one of my favorite. The orchestrations, lyrics, and singing is AMAZING!!
AHAHAHAHAH I totally typed this at the beginning of the video!! GREAT MINDS THINKS ALIKE
I just wanted to say thank you for putting so many underrated shows on this list. I'm so tired of hearing people talk about the same popular shows over and over again, so this was a really great list to hear!
jenna! TOTALLY AGREE! i find that most young theatre kids only talk about the same recent shows and bothers me to no end!
top 5:
1: Beetlejuice
2:Hamilton
3: Heathers
4: Be More Chill
5: In the Heights
#SAVEBEETLEJUCETHEMUSICAL
Deetzgirl22 YES
@@plusiegaming8962 THANK YOU!!!
Deetzgirl22 NO PROBLEM!
THANK U FOR INCLUDING BEETLEJUICE
5: Mamma Mia! On broadway
4: Hamilton
3: Rock of Ages
2: Jesus Christ Superstar
1: Anastasia
A N A S T A S I A !
1.Sweeney Todd is one, because it’s pretty near flawless.
2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
3. Into the Woods
4. Hello, Dolly!
5. Evita
6. Man of La Mancha
YES!!
I have never heard of Women on the Verge, but I just looked it up, and I am in it for that cast.
Sweeney Todd is legendaryy
when you say Les Mis isn't on the list I actually gasp irl.
Kat: I listen to it NON STOP
me: hehe I wonder what that's going to be. Hamilton? *Cough, Cough* 😏
Kat: I feel like it's very underappreciated and no one really listens to it
Me: welp nevermind then.
I’m a simple person. I see Heathers, I click.
Same
I see wicked i click
honestly same
Mood
I actually really love the soundtrack for Shrek the Musical
that is my absolute least favorite musical theatre score ever... knowing jeanine tesori’s other work i am blown away that she would write something of that caliber
same. it was my first ever musical so it has a special place in my heart
Yes
You know, there are times when I watch your videos and go "I really like her, I think we'd get along," and then you mention Parade and I think "we're best friends"
😂💖
For the ones I listen to the most is...
- Hamilton
- Heathers (UK Cast)
- Bare: A Pop Opera
- Six
- Godspell
- Legally Blonde
- Hairspray
- In The Heights
- West Side Story
- Carrie (2012)
- La La Land
- Spring Awakening
This is the first comment I saw with Six and it made me very happy
They aren’t in any order, but the first two are the ones that I recommend you listen to if you haven’t already, they’re really good, and quite underrated:
-Fly By Night (seriously, go listen to the cast recording it’s AMAZING)
-A New Brain: 2015 cast recording (if you’re a fan of a lot of singing, then listen to this one. There’s barely any dialogue because it’s all sung)
-Spongebob
-Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
-The Book of Mormon
-Heathers
-Dear Evan Hansen (first musical I listened to, a lot of the extra songs [Hiding In Your Hands, Oblivious etc] are REALLy good)
-Beetlejuice (because DUH)
-SIX
-Mean Girls
Honourable mentions are BMC and Phantom of the Opera
EDIT: I FORGOT TO ADD THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS AND BLACK FRIDAY ONTO THIS LISTTT
YES SIX YOU HAVE GOOD TASTE
My favorites are (in order towards the top but not the bottom):
1) Anastasia
2)Carrie 2012
3) Dogfight
4) Come From Away
5) In the Heights
6) Waitress
7) Wicked
8) Dear Evan Hansen
9) Spring Awakening
10) Hamilton
DOGFIGHT IS AMAZING AND SO UNDERRATED
*sniffs* Do I smell a... DEREK KLENA fan??
BroadwayBookworm325 500000 POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR FOR SAYING ANASTASIA
I just watched Bare because of your video and I'M IN LOVE, I'm crying a lot, BUT IN LOVE!!
^MY MOOD 24/7
Leticia Lara Justo same
ME TOO DUDE
Same here
my constant mood
My favorites are
1. Falsettos
2. Hadestown
3. Hamilton
4. Dear Evan Hansen
5. Rent
Falsettos... YEEEEEAAAAAAS
Spring awakening, Bare and Falsettos are my favorites. And legit whenever I talk about Bare people are like “a musical about bears?”
The hunchback of notre dame is amazing, especially live on stage
Henri Tomic Is it hard to find?? I’d love to see it?
ryanwa5h3re depends on what you mean , I heard there is an incredible good bootleg but never have seen it, don’t think there is an official recording, I’ve been in the European production, so I only know it because of that, just google it I guess
theres a recording from both la jolla and papermill, theres also an official recording with michael arden and ciara renee!
ruclips.net/video/A1cG5_zrOFM/видео.html of cause nothing compared to the live experience (really- not even close. When you see this show live you are so stunned you can't even talk afterwards) but still better than nothing ;-)
Ryan If you live anywhere near Seattle it’s still at the 5th Avenue Theatre for a few more weeks, I saw it last Sunday there and it’s absolutely fantastic I was crying by the end, it really is beautiful representation of the story
THE LIGHTNING THIEF THE MUSICAL IS AMAZING. It captures the book SO well. It really is just the book being sung and just singing along with you're favorite characters and I LOVE IT!
*YESYESYESYESYESSSSSSSSS*
YESSSSSSS I LOVE THE LIGHTNING THIEF
saw it at lucille lortel and its so underrated guh
YES! So underrated.
Agreed!
My favorites are...
1.) Sweeney Todd
2.) Hamilton
3.) into The Woods
4.) Heathers
5.) Les Misérables
Your list is...absaloutley...amazing...
Sweeney Todd And Heathers are my favourites! So good!!
ahh first person i’ve found that also includes into the woods, i live for that soundtrack!!
Is... is your profile picture sad duo when you don’t practice?
Exquisite taste
My favorite soundtrack is definitely Falsettos (both the original cast and the revived) the music and the lyrics and the transitions ugH I LOVE IT SO MUCH
I cry literally everytime I listen to it and I love it very much
Casserola a year too late whoops but yeS FINALLY SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT FALSETTOS!! I’ve yet to listen to the original but what a dream cast the 2016 revival is! I love it so much
The Last Five Years has me a little heartbroken at the moment as I got a call back for a professional production but just missed out on Cathy (one of my dream roles). Oh well, onwards and upwards!
💗💗💗
Katherine Steele Thanks for the theatre fam support :) much love from the other side of the pond 🇬🇧
my favorite is the original cast recording of Natasha, Pierre and the great comet of 1812
same!!
Gotta love Great Conet
My favorite musical of all time is Newsies. LIKE, OKAY ITS JUST LIKE THE BEST THING EVER. LIKE OH MY GOSH. WOW. ON NETFLIX YOU CAN WATCH IT, AND JUST- *GOSH.* ITS LIKE- *WOOSH.* THE DANCING IS INCREDIBLE. ALSO JEREMY JORDAN. FREAKIN *JEREMY JORDAN.* AND BEN FANKHOUSER. LIKE. I CAN’T. ITS WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST AND *GAHHBDHNRYHMTUI,TYBERTBRYHNETETGNETHEN*
I love it.
This is actually me, I'm so obsessed with Newsies be my best friend please lol
I don't know why. I don't know how. But for whatever reason I am absolutely obsessed with Heathers the musical right now... Who's with me?
Me
Me
My favourite soundtracks at the moment are Book Of Mormon, Miss Saigon, Hello Dolly, Dear Evan Hansen, Newsies, and Rent. I highly recommend all of them and I will definitely be listening to your favourites Kath. You are amazing keep it up, and I’m so proud to be part of the Theatre Thursday Family ❤️
Fay Clark YESSS. I LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON AND NEWSIES!💛
I love your mix of classics and new musicals :)
Just Katie YASSSS!!!!
Ice Cream Cookie Thank You, I try :)
Fay Clark Hello, Dolly is stellar 💕
I’ve been listening to the Falsettos revival lately and I love it!
cat AAAAA YES
Ahh yes!! The 2016 Falsettos is my favorite!
All I listen to is Falsettos
1 - Heathers
2 - Mean Girls
3 - Bring it On
4 - Next to Normal
5 - Dear Even Hansen
6 - Legally Blonde
7 - Waitress
8 - Hamilton
1. Heather's West End Recording
2. Everybody's Talking About Jamie
3. Wicked
4. Hamilton
5. Into the Woods
Bonnie and Clyde the Musical is such an under-appreciated musical. IT HAS JEREMY JORDAN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
YES BARE!!!!!! I feel like it is so under appreciated... like no one knows about it :(
Hey there! My husband and I love you and this channel. We discovered it accidentally when we were searching hot takes about a play currently playing in Chicago called Six. We also found that play accidentally and loved it. We think it may go to broadway but it definitely needs more songs and a book for that matter but it does well with just playing like it’s a rock concert. We know you’d love it. Keep up the good work and we will be sure to watch more vids. Oh yea. Completely agree with this list. We also loved the soundtrack to Legally Blond. Very poppy and fun.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING HAIR! No one ever talks about it and I love it so much!!!!
hahaha I haven't heard enough musicals to have 10 favourites (but just you wait...)
1. Hamilton- can't beat it. Won't even try.
2. Legally Blonde- heard it recently. Such a guilty pleasure, and also never fals to uplift and inspire me.
3. Waitress- so much fun, takes you along for the ride. I swear, the music sounds like the sweet texture of a cake to me.
4. 21 Chump Street- I can't even explain this one. But, again, a lot of fun.
haha "just you wait" is also a musical referrence!
XXX L
same. Haven't heard enough to make top 10
I’ve got a top two 😂😂
Ham
DEH
Oh yeah 21 Chump St is great!
Hamilton is over-rated
Bonnie and Clyde or Waitress or Bandstand
I'm so glad you put Ragtime in this list! I love Ragtime so much and it has a special place in my heart. I was in a show of it recently and g o d I'm so glad I've found other people who enjoy the beauty of this musical so much! Also, I really really hope they revive this show somuch. And tbh, Josh Groban would be an amazing Tateh.
I have to say it's because of this video that I listened to Parade, and I'm in love! It's honestly my favorite show and I'm so grateful you introduced me to it!
I absolutely love Next to Normal, Songs for a New World, Rent and the Last Five Years, just to name a few! Love you Kath!!
YES!!! So good
OML SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD IS MY EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGGG
You sold The Last Five Years for me that I paused the video to watch the film before going back to finish watching your video! 😂
OMG, thanks for this! I have just been introduce to a lot of MUSICALS that I am starting to love, like PARADE, HEATHERS, LAST 5 YEARS, etc!
parade making it on your list gave me so much joy!!
i’m IN LOVE with the movie soundtrack of the last 5 years right now too, i also love love loveeee dear evan hansen too!! 🎭💓
So good! ♥️
Bare... Oh honey, I can't I NEED TO BREATHE, I NEED TO BREATHE *DROPS DEADS*
This is so late but THANK YOU FOR GIVING PARADE A SHOUT OUT!!!!! I love it so much and can never get anyone to give it attention. I wrote a paper in college about why Parade needed to be revived for a modern (2015) audience, too!
these are the shows whos soundtracks are my favorite
5. oklahoma! (2019)
4. the phantom of the opera
3. into the woods
2. sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street
1. natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812
I’m currently obsessed with The Great Comet Of 1812! Love your videos!!
my top 10 are (in no particular order)
- heathers
- the light in the piazza
- the phantom of the opera
- legally blonde
- 13
- a little princess
- into the woods
- wicked
- shrek the musical (i'm in a production of it right now and it's actually so great and funny ???)
- rent
- the last five years (11.... whoops)
honorary mention: from the bits of it i've heard so far, i think i'll have the frozen cast recording on loop!
Maddy Mensour hahaha my schools doing shrek the musical too! it’s super fun
Legally blonde is so good
not in order but my top 5 are:
-chicago
-25th annual putnam county spelling bee
-lion king
-spring awakening
-something rotten
You mentioned that Parade needs to be produced now. Funny enough, I attended a production of the show around the time you made this video. I agree it was much needed. Also, I'm new here, so I subscribed.
I SCREAMED WHEN YOU MENTIONED BARE
I LOVE HOW YOU PUT PICTURES OF THE ROCK MUSICAL TOO DJSKSKS PAYSON AND JONAH ARE EVERYTHING
I LOVE THE CAST RECORDING WITH MY HUSBANDS MATT DOYLE AND JAMES SNYDER BUT THE POP OPERA WITH MY BEAUTIFUL MAN MICHAEL ARDEN AND JOHN HILL WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVOURITE
SO YES
BARE BARE BARE B A R E
thespianreads BARE IS MY FAVOROTE
YESSSSSS BARE
My favorite cast album is Waitress!
I watched Bare because of this, and now I can't stop crying, it's so amazing, but i can't stop crying.
Here are my top 10
10: hairspray
9: heathers
8: Dear Evan Hansen
7: Rent
6: Sweeney Todd
5: Six
4: In the heights
3: Carrie
2: Waitress
1: Hamilton
Six is the best
the last five years, les mis, great comet, ragtime, and a chorus line!
RENT, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Wicked, The Who's Tommy
Marisa Mitchell I love that list
Thanks! I thought of a few more I forgot: Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida, & Cabaret
I just came across your channel I can’t bruise never saw any of your videos but my favorite musical theater soundtrack is a little princess and my favorite song is soldier on. I really recommend you listening to the whole thing.
I might get to see Company this year (not a big production but still) and I’m really excited! Not many shows come to where I live other than really really popular ones like the Sound of Music or Grease.
This is the video I always needed. My favorites are Next to Normal, Sweeney Todd (2005), and The Last Five Years.
EDIT NOW THAT I FINISHED THE VIDEO: Hair is fantastic, I love that album. Also Aida because Heather Headley and Adam Pascal are gifts to this earth.
Ginny Weasley ugh yes those are so good, Aida is fantastic, it’s my school musical this year!
I love Aida I did it in November
I looooooove Aida !! such a good soundtrack
I can't choose 1 so have 5! Be more chill, dear evan hansen, rent, something rotten and falsettos
Becca BMC AND DEH!
I'm an older guy (and a performer) and all my favorites are your classic 'golden-age' shows. I must confess I'm only vaguely familiar with virtually every show you've mentioned and haven't even heard of 'Bare'. (Man, I'm old!) That said, I've often contemplated my 10-disc 'desert island' picks of B'way musical CD's, and while they're mostly Rodgers/Hammerstein or Lerner/Loewe, at the top of the heap must be John McGlinn's 3 disc restoration of 'Show Boat' (should probably count as classical/opera). Katherine, you are probably familiar with this, but if you haven't heard it, you must! I intend to educate myself by listening to the shows you've mentioned. Thanks for your channel!
If you cannot tell, I am going on musical theatre binge..when you said Ragtime I almost started crying I love that show so freaking much! I could just listen to the symphonic suite and I just melt (musically)...it's so good!!!
I think this is my list for now...
Les Miserables (Always)
Heathers
SpongeBob (Not embarrassed in the least)
Neverland
Sunday in the Park
Hamilton
Ragtime
Assassins
Falsettos
Cinderella (2012-such a gem)
Don’t be in embarrassment. SpongeBob is AWESOME!!!!!! Btw I did get an autograph from Ethan Slater and Lilli Cooper.
FALSETTOS YES
Les mis, wicked, heathers, the little mermaid
Orange Bar YES
It’s a concept recording, but could not stop listening to Starry. Music is insane! I’m with you on Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, Last Five Years. Also, Hadestown & Grease Live (because Aaron Tveit and Jordan Fisher).
Thank you for putting Carrie on this list!! Such an underappreciated musical
1. Heathers
2. Dear Evan Hansen
3. Hamilton
4. Hairspray
5. Newsies
6. Waitress
7. Wicked
8. Hair
9. School of Rock
10. Spring Awakening
11. Amélie
Falsettos revival, be more chill, and waitress
Aww, you like Bright Star, too! I discovered it by seeing Steve Martin on Jimmy Fallon. I love Steve Martin so I wanted to listen to the music and I think it's great and also a little underrated. Haha
I've been absolutely obsessed with the original off-Broadway cast recordings of "March of the Falsettos" and "Falsettoland" for the past (over a) year now. I have the cast recording CD for the Falsettos 2016 revival and I like it and listen to it a lot but the off-Broadway cast recordings are so incredibly special to me in particular
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I'm in my schools musical, guess what it is!
Les Miserables!!!!!!!!
Ooh exciting!! Break a leg!!
Thank you!
I keep listening to Beetlejuice and heathers (west end), from Beetlejuice my all time fave is "dead mom" Sophia is sooo talented and from heather I keep repeating exactly this part => 2:22 of "meant to be yours" where Jamie muscato is like- UGHHHHH ;-;
Hey! I’ve been bingeing your theatre Thursdays so sorry this is late! (Also, I don’t know a lot of musicals, so they’re mostly modern)
1. BE MORE CHILL!
2. Newsies
3. Mean Girls
4. Heathers
5. Hamilton
6. West Side Story
7. Dear Evan Hansen
8. In the Heights
9. Wicked
10. Waitress
Love you!!
(Sue Me from guys and Dolls, Sunrise Sunset from Fiddler, and Sixteen going on Seventeen from Sound of Music are also some of my favorites, ...if you’re curious)
Some of my favorite cast recordings, in no particular order:
1. Fiddler on the Roof. No musical will ever be so perfect. The movie soundtrack has the entire wedding dance. It's beautiful.
2. West Side Story. I can't get over Leonard Bernstein's music. It's perfect.
3. Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (both versions). The off-B'way CR is amazing, the B'way CR is amazing; I love them both so much. Dave Malloy owns my soul.
4. Be More Chill. The amount of talent that went into this cast recording is simply insane. And the score is fantastic; I love weird computer noises and theremins.
5. Little Shop of Horrors. Everything about this musical is the epitome of weird perfection.
6. Parade and Ragtime. I need revivals of these. NOW.
7. Godspell (2011 revival). How did they get so many amazing actors on this? Lindsay Mendez... George Salazar... Uzo Aduba... YES.
Hunter Parrish as Jesus = 😍😍
OMG YASSSSS I TOTALLY AGREE!
Im constantly listening to the in the heights soundtrack.
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CANDY STORE - HEATHERS : THE MUSICAL
I absolutely love A New Brain and Spring Awakening. A New Brain is actually so underrated! It so good though!
Next to normal, deh, Hamilton, waitress, wicked
Eva L DEH and hammmmm
I love next to normal!
my favourite musicals: (not in order)
Heathers
Hamilton
Six
Shrek the musical
Thoroughly modern millie
The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
Les Mis
Matilda
Hairspray
1. Bare: A Pop Opera
2. Spring Awakening
3. Ordinary Days
4. Rent (Broadway)
5. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
6. Once on This Island (Broadway Revival)
7. Something Rotten
8. Legally Blonde
9. The Lightning Thief
10. Firebringer (Not my fav starkid musical but it does have the best soundtrack)
Last Five Years and every Lin Manuel Miranda musical are honorable mentions