I thought this was a great thread on the old board, so I thought we could have another thread on the new board! So...
1. Sunday in the Park with George,
2. Caroline, or Change *
3.Sweeney Todd,
4. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
5. Company,
6. Passion,
7. The Light in the Piazza,
8. Follies, *
9. Falsettos *
10. A New Brain. *

* Indicates when I haven't actually seen show, so from recordings/ librettos.

One of the biggest flaws about Caroline or Change was seeing it. The way George directed it meant that it was hard to tell whether there were walls on stage between the set pieces - so, it was hard to work out whether the characters on the stage are, within the story, able to see the other characters on stage (if that makes any sense)

This gets more difficult the older I get, and the criteria get more difficult to work out... Obvioiusly, it's easy to throw out big categories wholesale to narrow it down: no R&H, no Herman, no JRB, no Schwartz...

West Side Story
Gypsy
Company (even if I also get a slightly sickly/guilty feeling whenever I listen to it for reasons I've never been able to adequately explain)
Falsettos
A New Brain
Sweeney Todd
Assassins
Cabaret
Ragtime
Jerry Springer - the Opera
Mary Poppins (both versions)
Rocky Horror Show
South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut


Oops, that's 13. Well, it'll have to do! Can't decide what to throw out, and I probably forgot something I adore.

Hmmm...

Les Mis
Falsettos
Ragtime
Cabaret - movie version, I'm afraid, although I miss the older couple from the stage production, and "Don't Tell Mama" is better than "Mein Herr."
Fiddler on the Roof
Pippin - Got the CD. Didn't love it. Listened to it periodically; liked it more. Went to rate the songs so some would be included in my random playlists and discovered that the reason I hadn't been thinking of the show as having standout songs was that every song in it was amazing.
Little Shop of Horrors
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Once on This Island
Urinetown, or maybe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, or maybe Dirty Rotten Scoundrels--my mood changes depending on the week. The score of the latter two is stronger than the first, but the first is the best in production.

1. Parade* (especially The 2007 London Production)
2. All Shook Up
3. Wicked
4. All the disney musicals from when I was growing up (Beauty & The Beast, Lion King, Hercules, Aladdin & Mary Poppins)
5. Once On This Island
6. Ragtime*
7. Little Shop of Horrors
8. Legally Blonde
9. Disneys; The Hunchback of Notre Dame (I wish they'd bring the musical to an english speaking country :( )
10. Moulin Rouge
11. We Will Rock You

I'm one over, and I kind of cheated with no. 4...sorry!

sondheimfan I've never really listened to Pippin that much, only know one or two songs, is it worth getting the soundtrack even if you've never seen the show? Looking to buy a bunch when I get paid :)

I'd say it's worth getting the CD of Pippin--I mean, I've never seen the show either. (I didn't mark which ones I hadn't seen, which were Falsettos, Pippin, Once On This Island, and Best Little... .)

Also, I'm trying to figure out how I didn't put Parade on my list. Argh. (Haven't seen it either, but I"m with you, the 2007 recording is very good)

Hi. I don't know where to put it in my top ten, but I advise everyone to buy the Dessa Rose CD: it's a complete recording so you can follow the plot very well. Also, as well as the material (by Ahrens and Flaherty), it features two GREAT female performances by LaChanze and Rachel York (who shows heer comedic side wonderfully on the Kiss Me Kate DVD), who play both their characters age 16/18 and when in the 80's. I would love to see a production at the Donmar, with some of London's great actors in it. I've also currently got an obsession with "Falling", and "Bambeleo" from Zorro.

not to mention great orchestrations by Bill Brohn! :)