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Bradley Witherberry
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 Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Following on Dr. Lecter's own rankings of the musicals of this decade on the fourth page of the Dreamgirls review thread, I thought it would be fun for all of us musical fans to do our own rankings. Here are the candidates in the order they were released: Dancer in the Dark
Moulin Rouge!
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Chicago
The Phantom of the Opera
Rent
The Producers
Idlewild
Dreamgirls
Hairspray
Across the Universe
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mamma Mia!
High School Musical 3
Repo: The Genetic OperaI have also added a poll in which you can pick your top three musicals of the decade to see if we can get any kinda consensus on this 'round here...
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! I haven't seen the most recent two musical on the list yet (HSM3 and Repo: The Genetic Opera (what a crummy release they gave that one!)) - - but here are my rankings of the twelve I have seen:
Moulin Rouge!
Hairspray
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Rent
Chicago
Idlewild
Dreamgirls
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Across the Universe
Mamma Mia!
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(Note: Those above the line are all-time classics which I hope to see many times in the future. Those below the line are crap which I wish I could erase from my memory.)
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MadGez
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Ive only seen 3 of those so i wont vote just yet.
But what a comeback the musical made in the 00s!! I wonder how many musicals came out between 1980 and 2000??
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Moulin Rouge!
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Chicago
Dreamgirls
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mamma Mia!
I only saw these and I'd rank them in this order.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! MadGez wrote: But what a comeback the musical made in the 00s!! I wonder how many musicals came out between 1980 and 2000?? You're right - - it's been a glorious renaissance for musical fans! Between 1980 and 2000, only 18 musicals were released (with only the last 4 of those being released in the 90's) - - they were: The Blues Brothers
Xanadu
Popeye
Pennies From Heaven
Victor/Victoria
Grease 2
Annie
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Pirates of Penzance
Yentl
A Chorus Line
Little Shop of Horrors
Absolute Beginners
School Daze
Cry Baby
Newsies
Evita
Blues Brothers 2000
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Are there any musicals scheduled for release in 2009?
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Riggs
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! 01. Moulin Rouge - A+
02. Hairspray - B
03. Sweeney Todd - C+
03. Mamma Mia! - C
05. Chicago - F
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LeSamuraiDeL'Ombre
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Bradley Witherberry wrote: MadGez wrote: But what a comeback the musical made in the 00s!! I wonder how many musicals came out between 1980 and 2000?? You're right - - it's been a glorious renaissance for musical fans! Between 1980 and 2000, only 18 musicals were released (with only the last 4 of those being released in the 90's) - - they were: The Blues Brothers
Xanadu
Popeye
Pennies From Heaven
Victor/Victoria
Grease 2
Annie
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Pirates of Penzance
Yentl
A Chorus Line
Little Shop of Horrors
Absolute Beginners
School Daze
Cry Baby
Newsies
Evita
Blues Brothers 2000you forgot cannibal! the musical _________________
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Bradley Witherberry wrote: Are there any musicals scheduled for release in 2009? Fame Nine The Princess and the Frog (it's classic Disney animated musical) That's all I'm aware of.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! be.redy wrote: Bradley Witherberry wrote: Are there any musicals scheduled for release in 2009? Fame Nine The Princess and the Frog (it's classic Disney animated musical) That's all I'm aware of. Oops, I forgot the animated musicals from the 80's/90's - - there were heaps of good ones - - eg: Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast...
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! 1. Moulin Rouge
2. Dreamgirls
3. Chicago
4. Hairspray
5. The Producers
6. Sweeney Todd
7. Mamma Mia!
8. The Phantom of the Opera
9. Idelwild
10. Repo: The Genetic Opera
Looks like I forgot some in that thread.
Anyway, the first two are great, #3 and #4 are very good and #5 is solid too. The rest, I wasn't a big fan of, but #6 and #7 still had some solid stuff going for them.
I still wanna see Rent.
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Shack
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! All-timer
Moulin Rouge!
Great
Chicago
Mamma Mia!
Good
Hairspray
Dreamgirls
Terrible
Across the Universe
Haven't seen
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Phantom of the Opera
Rent
The Producers
Idlewild
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
High School Musical 3
Repo: The Genetic Opera
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kypade
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Dancer in the Dark is best by a mile, follwed by Moulin Rouge which is close behind. Scalely speaking.
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roo
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Yeah there is no Dancer in the Dark on there.
DITD, Moulin Rouge! and Hedwig. Of the choices listed above, add Chicago.
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! kypade wrote: Dancer in the Dark is best by a mile, follwed by Moulin Rouge which is close behind. Scalely speaking. I'd switch them. Dacer suffers from being a bit too long IMO. And yeah, it's missing here.
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Dancer in the Dark
Moulin Rouge!
Chicago
A Prairie Home Companion
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! junio wrote: A Prairie Home Companion How is that a musical? It has a lot of singing/performing, though not in the way real musicals do. 
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Added Dancer in the Dark from 2000 based on the feedback above - - though it looks like it reset the poll...
Could those who have voted already please resubmit their votes - -Thanx!!!
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! be.redy wrote: junio wrote: A Prairie Home Companion How is that a musical? It has a lot of singing/performing, though not in the way real musicals do. I have to agree with be.redy - - it was a great movie, but not what I consider a "musical" either...
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snack
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade!
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade!
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! 1. The Phantom Of The Opera - A+
2. Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street - A+
3. Rent - A+
4. Chicago - A+
5. Dreamgirls - A-
I want to see Moulin Rouge! and Repo: The Genetic Opera really bad.
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! I didn't want to spoil that scene god makeshift! Cvalda, also (the musical number in the factory)
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Sweeney Todd
Chicago
High School Musical 3
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Re: Your Rankings of the Musicals of the Decade! Moulin Rouge!
The Phantom of the Opera
Chicago
Across the Universe
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mamma Mia!
Hairspray
High School Musical 3
Dreamgirls
The Producers
Rent
... yeaaaaaaah.
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