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The Director's Favorite Musicals: A Personal List

51 musicals that are personal favorites of director with 40+ years in professional and educational theatre.. this is a personal list, and is in no way meant to be taken as a "Best Of ...." compilation. ( The compiler has already done one of those.) Readers should feel free to disagree with or take exception to both the selections and the omissions. Our director set a limit of 50 to keep the list manageable; despite some very hard choices, he couldn't get below 51. Here are the answers to what he thinks will be the most asked questions: 1)"Hamilton" and "Wicked" are excluded because at the end of the day, despite their obvious theatricality, there is so much less there than meets the eye; and 2) "Cats" and "Phantom" are missing because Andrew Lloyd Webber w/o Tim Rice is all spectacle and no substance.
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Ain't Misbehavin
Ain't Misbehavin
2
Anything Goes
Anything Goes
3
Assassins
Assassins
4
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
5
Brigadoon
Brigadoon
6
Cabaret
Cabaret
7
Camelot
Camelot
8
Candide (Bernstein)
Candide (Bernstein)
9
Chicago
Chicago
10
A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line
11
City of Angels
City of Angels
12
Evita
Evita
13
The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks
14
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
15
Godspell
Godspell
16
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
17
Hair
Hair
18
In the Heights
In the Heights
19
Into the Woods
Into the Woods
20
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well
21
Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
22
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
23
Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark
24
Les Miserables
Les Miserables
25
The Light in the Piazza
The Light in the Piazza
26
The Lion King
The Lion King
27
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music
28
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
29
The Music Man
The Music Man
30
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
31
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
32
Once
Once
33
Once on This Island
Once on This Island
34
Over Here
Over Here
35
Parade
Parade
36
Pippin
Pippin
37
The Producers
The Producers
38
Ragtime
Ragtime
39
Rent
Rent
40
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