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75 Musicals That All Theatre Fans Should See

This is a list of 75 influential musicals that I believe all musical theatre fans should try and see at least once in their lives. I have only seen 27 of these shows live by professional companies, but I hope to see them all some day.
Shows I Have Seen:
(+ Seen on Broadway)
Peter Pan
Damn Yankees
My Fair Lady
The Music Man
West Side Story+
The Sound of Music
Bye Bye Birdie
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Cabaret
Hair
Pippin
A Little Night Music
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Phantom of the Opera+
Les Miserables
Beauty and the Beast
Sunset Boulevard+
Rent
The Lion King
Avenue Q+
Wicked+
Jersey Boys
Next to Normal
The Book of Mormon
A Gentleman's Guide to Love&Murder+
Hamilton
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Anything Goes
Anything Goes
1
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
2
On the Town
On the Town
3
Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun
4
South Pacific
South Pacific
5
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
6
The King and I
The King and I
7
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
8
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
9
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
10
The Music Man
The Music Man
11
West Side Story
West Side Story
12
Gypsy
Gypsy
13
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
14
Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie
15
Camelot
Camelot
16
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
17
Oliver!
Oliver!
18
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
19
Funny Girl
Funny Girl
20
Hello, Dolly (Original Broadway Cast)
Hello, Dolly (Original Broadway Cast)
21
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
22
Cabaret
Cabaret
23
Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity
24
Hair
Hair
25
1776
1776
26
Company
Company
27
Follies
Follies
28
Grease
Grease
29
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
30
Pippin
Pippin
31
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music
32
Chicago
Chicago
33
A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line
34
Godspell
Godspell
35
Annie
Annie
36
Evita
Evita
37
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
38
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
39
Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along
40
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