What Are Some Famous Classic Broadway Musicals?
Question by Misscheerios2: What Are Some Famous Classic Broadway Musicals?
I don't know anything about musicals, but I really like vintage genres with old fashioned music. I liked Hello Dolly a lot. that's about the only musical I've seen. what else can I see? a list would be fabulous! thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Mick
Typically, if a Broadway show has been on stage for 100's of performances, it's pretty good. Here's a list of the longest running shows: http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222-Long-Runs-on-Broadway
My favorites are:
Phantom of the Opera
Lion King
Fiddler on the Roof
Guys and Dolls
Jersey Boys
Hairspray
Hair
The Producers
Grease
Oklahoma!
... and there are still a lot I want to see on Broadway.
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Reefer Madness/The Burning Question (1936)
Image by “Caveman Chuck” Coker
Although produced as a serious anti-drug exploitation film, Reefer Madness became a cult comedy hit during the late 1960s and 1970s. It was one of the earliest hits during the golden age of the "midnight movie" in which theaters, especially those near colleges, would run the film at special screenings late at night during weekends.
Trivia
If you still frame the newspaper which flashes on screen just before the verdict is announced at the end of the film, underneath the headline is another front-page news story which bears the smaller headline: "DICK TRACY, G-MAN, IN SENSATIONAL RAID".
The movie theater marquee reading "Terry Rooney in 'Any Old Love'", is a standing set from the picture Something to Sing About (1937).
Dwain Esper unsuccessfully sued a distribution company in the 1960s over the film rights, claiming that he had produced the film for the U.S. Army, and that he was the legal copyright owner. However, he was unable to support his claims, and lost the case.
Stars Dorothy Short (Mary) and Dave O'Brien (Ralph) were married the year this film was released (1936).
A special-edition DVD of the film was released in 2004, with an outrageously non-realistic colorization (the various characters who smoke all exhale brightly colored pastel smoke) and a satirical commentary track by Michael J. Nelson of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988).
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) won a bunch of awards and was nominated for many more. It won an Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song: "Mary Jane/Mary Lane". It was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography and nominated for another for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic). Also in 2005, it won a Satellite Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Kristen Bell ) and another for Outstanding Motion Picture Made for Television. It was nominated for a Satellite Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Christian Campbell). In 2006 it was nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement. Also in 2006, it was nominated for the ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series'/Pilot. It was nominated in 2006 for an Eddie for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television.
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Daddy long leg
little prince
South Pacific
The King and I
Oklahoma
West Side Story
Auntie Mame
Gypsy
Damn Yankees
Pajama Game
Show Boat, Cinderella, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, The Sound of Music. Show Boat has great classic songs like “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “Bill,” and “Ol’ Man River.” One of my favorite songs right now is “Anything Goes.” Cinderella music is really classic. You can also search Wikipedia for “musicals.” They will come up listed in a dated order. Hope this helps!
You don’t have a CLUE just how extensive the answer to this question is.. do you? Here is just a PARTIAL list of Broadway musicals PRIOR TO 1960 and this is only about ONE THIRD of the WHOLE LIST. but I don’t have enough space for that.
1928 and 1949 A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN K.A. COURT
1912 A WELCOME WIDOW
1952 ABOUT FACE
1906 ABYSSINIA
1950 ACE OF CLUBS
1913 ADELE (also 1993 and 1997)
1884 ADONIS (also 1994 and 1998)
1919 AFGAR
1929 AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
1958 ALADDIN (Original Cole Porter score in 1958)
1950 ALIVE AND KICKING
1947 ALLEGRO
1913 ALL ABOARD
1925 AMERICAN BORN
1931 AMERICAN SWEETHEART
1945 ANCHORS AWAY
1924 ANNIE DEAR
1934 ANYTHING GOES (considered Cole Porters best work)
1933 AS THOUSANDS CHEER.. (FIRST MUSICAL)
1937 BABES IN ARMS
1927 BABY CYCLONE (THE)
1926 BETSY
1929 BITTER SWEET
1921 BLOSSOM TIME
1954 BOY FRIEND (THE)
1939 BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (THE)
1947 BRIGADOON (Also 1992)
1912 BROADWAY JONES
1940 BROADWAY MELODIES OF 1940
1875 BROKEN HEART
1942 BY JUPITER
1919 CAESAR’S WIFE
1951 CALL ME MADAM
1956 CANDIDE
1953 CAN CAN
1945 CAROUSEL
1931 CAT AND THE FIDDLE
1916 CENTURY GIRL (THE)
1928 CHEE CHEE
1957 CINDERELLA
1918 COHEN REVIEW OF 1918
1925 COMIC SUPPLEMENT (the) W.C. FIELDS
1927 CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHURS COURS
1958 DAMN YANKEES
1945 DAY BEFORE SPRING (THE)
1959 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
1925 DEAREST ENEMIES
1926 DESERT SONG
1939 DU BARRY WAS A LADY
1948 EASTER PARADE
1928 ELMER THE GREAT
1901 EMERALD ISLE
1930 EVER GREEN
1909 FALLEN FAIRIES
1920 FAME BECOMES ME
1954 FANNY
1926 FIFTH AVENUE FOLLIES
1908 FIFTY MILES FROM BROADWAY
1929 FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
1947 FINIAN’S RAINBOW
1959 FIORELLO
1958 FLOWER DRUM SONG
1920 FLY WITH ME
1907 – 1931 FOLLIES OF 1907 THRU 1931
1905 FORTY FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
1927 FUNNY FACE
1925 GARRICK GAIETIES
1932 GAY DIVORCE
1949 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
1906 GEORGE WASHINGTON JR.
1943 GIRL CRAZY
1926 GIRL FRIDAY (THE)
1917 GOING UP
1954 GOLDEN APPLE
1896 GRAND DUKE (THE)
1959 GYPSY
1893 HANSEL UN GRETEL
1929 HEADS UP
1904 HIGGLEDY PIGGLEDY
1942 HIGHER AND HIGHER
1894 HIS EXCELLENCY
1938 HOT CHA
1954 HOUSE OF FLOWERS
1907 HONEYMOONERS (THE)
1938 I MARRIED AN ANGEL
1939 I’D RATHER BE RIGHT
1933 INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF 1933
1921 INTIMATE STRANGER
1957 JAMAICA
1935 JUBILEE
1935 JUMBO
1942 JUPITER
1923 KID BOOTS
1953 KIND SIR
1951 KING AND I (THE)
1953 KISS ME KATE
1953 KISMET
1956 L’IL ABNER
1897 LA POUPEE
1924 LADY BE GOOD
1938 LEAVE IT TO ME
1957 LES GIRLS
1941 LET’S FACE IT
1926 LIDO LADY
1942 LIFE OF THE PARTY
1901 LITTLE DUTCHESS (THE)
1904 LITTLE JOHNNY JONES
1922 LITTLE NELLIE KELLY
1882 LOLANTHE
1935 LOUIE THE FOURTEENTH
1948 LOVE LIFE1032 LOVE ME TONIGHT
1948 LUTE SONG
1903 MAM’SELLE NAPOLEON
1934 MANHATTAN MELODRAM
1953 ME AND JULIET
1944 MEXICAN HAYRIDE
1885 MIKADO (THE)
1908 MISS INNOCENCE
1917 MISS 1917
1989 MISS SAIGON
1899 MLLE FIFI
1958 MOST HAPPY FELLA (THE)
1932 MUSIC IN THE AIR
1957 MUSIC MAN (THE)
1956 MY FAIR LADY
1928 NEW MOON, (THE)
1922 NO FOOLIN’
1925 NO, NO NANETTE
1926 OH KAY
1943 OKLAHOMA
1949 ON THE TOWN
1931 ON YOUR TOES
1959 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
1927 ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER
1943 ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
1950 OUT OF THIS WORLD (ALSO 1995)
1912 OVER THE RIVER
1946 PACIFIC 1860
1951 PAINT YOUR WAGON
1954 PAJAMA GAME (THE)
1940 PAL JOEY
1940 PANAMA HATTIE
1928 PARIS
1906 PARISIAN MODEL (THE)
1881 PATIENCE
1928 PEGGY ANNE
1954 PETER PAN
1933 PIGEONS AND PEOPLE
1911 PINK LADY (THE)
1948 PIRATE (THE)
1879 PIRATES OF PENZANCE (THE)
1935 PORGY AND BESS
1928 PRESENT ARMS
1884 PRINCESS IDA LUKER
1903 RED FEATHER (THE)
1959 RED HEAD
1936 RED HOT AND BLUE
1917 RESCUE ANGEL
1927 RIO RITA
1933 RISE OF ROSIE O’REILLY
1933 ROBERTA
1928 ROSALIE
1924 ROSE MARIE
1899 ROSE OF PERSIA (THE)
1922 ROSEBUD
1887 RUDDIGORE
1920 SALLY
1913 SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE
1928 SHE MY BABY
1927 SHOW BOAT
1929 SHOW GIRL
1936 SHOW IS ON (THE)
1955 SILK STOCKINGS
1930 SIMPLE SIMON
1955 SKIN OF OUR TEETH
1930 SMILES
1943 SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
1923 SONG AND DANCE MAN (THE)
1898 SORCERER (THE)
1908 SOUL KISS
1949 SOUTH PACIFIC
1959 SOUND OF MUSIC (THE) (also 1965)
1929 SPRING IS HERE
1927 STRIKE UP THE BAND
1924 STUDENT PRINCE
1925 SUNNY
1936 SWING TIME
1929 SWEET ADELINE
1907 TALK OF NEW YORK
1928 THREE MUSKATEERS (the)
1928 THREE PENNY OPERA (THE(
1942 THIS IS THE ARMY
1939 TOO MANY GIRLS
1893 UTOPIA LIMIT1939 VERY WARM IN MAY
1929 WAKE UP AND DREAM
1957 WEST SIDE STORY
1943 WHAT’S UP
1948 WHERE’S CHARLIE
1928 WHOOPEE
1873 WICKED WORLD (THE)
1939 WIZARD OF OZ
1908 YANKEE PRINCE (THE)
1888 YEOMEN OF THE GUARD (THE)
1941 YOU’LL NEVER GET RICH
1915 ZIGFELD MIDNIGHT FOLLIES
1918 ZIGFELD NINE O’CLOCK