Julie's Musical Top Tens
Here are my current musical theatre "top ten lists", if you really want to know what I think. Remember, these are my opinions (I'm not trying to force them on anybody), so don't send me angry e-mails if you disagree with me. After all, the world is much more interesting if we are all different and think differently. :)
My Favorite Musical:
1. My Fair Lady
2. Les Mis�rables
3. The Secret Garden
4. RENT
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
7. Oklahoma!
8. Chicago
9. Singin' in the Rain
10. The Producers
My Favorite Movie Musical:
1. Singin' in the Rain
2. My Fair Lady
3. Oklahoma!
4. Mary Poppins
5. The Sound of Music
6. The King and I
7. On the Town
8. Chicago
9. State Fair
10. West Side Story
My Favorite Musical Actors (Movie or Stage):
1. Gene Kelly
2. Frank Sinatra
3. Terrence Mann
4. Nathan Lane
5. Brian Stokes Mitchell
6. Gordon MacRae
7. Robert Westenberg
8. Alan Cumming
9. Bing Crosby
10. Jesse L. Martin
My Favorite Musical Actresses (Movie or Stage):
1. Audra McDonald
2. Julie Andrews
3. Ruthie Henshall
4. Lea Salonga
5. Judy Kuhn
6. Shirley Jones
7. Judy Garland
8. Betty Buckley
9. Marin Mazzie
10. Bernadette Peters
The Characters I Most Empathize With:
1. Eponine - Les Misérables
2. Kim - Miss Saigon
3. Archibald Craven - The Secret Garden
4. Maria - West Side Story
5. Fred Barrett - Titanic
6. Julie Jordan - Carousel
7. Hodel - Fiddler on the Roof
8. Fraulein Schneider - Cabaret
9. Kate McGowan- Titanic
10. Grizabella - Cats
My Favorite Character Names:
1. Julie Jordan - Carousel
2. Evelyn Nesbit - Ragtime
3. Cosette - Les Mis�rables
4. Sky Masterson - Guys and Dolls
5. Freddy Eynsford-Hill - My Fair Lady
6. Cosmo Brown - Singin' in the Rain
7. Liesl von Trapp - The Sound of Music
8. Carrie Pipperidge - Carousel
9. Marius Pontmercy - Les Mis�rables
10. Lena Lamont - Singin' in the Rain
My Favorite Songs:
1. "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady
2. "Where in the World?/How Could I Ever Know?" from The Secret Garden
3. "Quartet" from The Secret Garden
4. "Maria" from West Side Story
5. "Finale" from Les Mis�rables
6. "Show Me" from My Fair Lady
7. "If I Loved You" from Carousel
8. "Singin' in the Rain" from Singin' in the Rain 9. "Mr. Snow" from Carousel
10. "I'll Cover You" from RENT
Best Fun/Upbeat Female Solos:
1. "Show Me" from My Fair Lady
2. "Without You" from My Fair Lady
3. "Many a New Day" from Oklahoma!
4. "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story
5. "I Could've Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady
6. "Mr. Snow" from Carousel
7. "On the Steps of the Palace" from Into the Woods
8. "Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Camelot
9. "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys and Dolls
10. "Everything's Alright" from Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Serious Female Solos:
1. "Hold On" from The Secret Garden
2. "On My Own" from Les Mis�rables
3. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from Evita
4. "Back to Before" from Ragtime
5. "I'd Give My Life for You" from Miss Saigon
6. "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis�rables
7. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar
8. "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Crazy for You
9. "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
10. "But Not For Me" from Crazy for You
Best Fun/Upbeat Male Solo:
1. "Singin' in the Rain" from Singin' in the Rain
2. "Wilkommen" from Cabaret
3. "Luck Be a Lady" from Guys and Dolls
4. "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" from Oklahoma!
5. "I Can't Be Bothered Now" from Crazy for You
6. "Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
7. "Me" from Beauty and the Beast
8. "Love, I Hear" from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
9. "Something's Coming" from West Side Story
10. "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from Oklahoma!
Best Serious Male Solo:
1. "Soliloquy" from Carousel
2. "Stars" from Les Mis�rables
3. "If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical
4. "Javert's Suicide" from Les Mis�rables
5. "Close Every Door" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
6. "I'll Cover You (reprise)" from RENT
7. "Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime
8. "Barrett's Song" from Titanic
9. "One Song Glory" from RENT
10. "No More" from Into the Woods
Best "Melting" Male Solo:
1. "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady
2. "Maria" from West Side Story
3. "The Proposal" from Titanic
4. "If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot
5. "Younger than Springtime" from South Pacific
6. "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific
7. "I've Never Been in Love Before" from Guys and Dolls
8. "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet
9. "So Far" from State Fair (stage) and Allegro
10. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" from Crazy for You
Most Romantic Male Characters:
1. Curly from Oklahoma!
2. Sky Masterson from Guys and Dolls
3. Tony from West Side Story
4. Joe Boyd/Hardy from Damn Yankees
5. Emile DeBecque from South Pacific
6. Lt. Cable from South Pacific
7. Raoul from The Phantom of the Opera
8. Marius Pontmercy from Les Mis�rables
9. Bobby Child from Crazy for You
10. Fred Barrett from Titanic
Best Romantic Duets:
1. "Where in the World?/How Could I Ever Know?" from The Secret Garden
2. "If I Loved You" from Carousel
3. "Tonight" from West Side Story
4. "People Will Say We're in Love" from Oklahoma!
5. "Sixteen, Going on Seventeen" from The Sound of Music
6. "Too Much in Love to Care" from Sunset Boulevard
7. "Last Night of the World" from Miss Saigon
8. "I'll Cover You" from RENT
9. "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera
10t. "Somewhere" from West Side Story
10t. "Here We Go" from RENT
Best Non-Romantic Duets:
1. "Lily's Eyes" from The Secret Garden
2. "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon
3. "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" from West Side Story
4. "Our Children" from Ragtime
5. "Tango: Maureen" from RENT
6. "Come to Me" from Les Mis�rables
7. "Another Day" from RENT
8. "Please" from Miss Saigon
9. "What You Own" from RENT
10t. "Agony" from Into the Woods
10t. "What Causes That" from Crazy for You
Best Ensemble Songs:
1. "One Day More" from Les Mis�rables
2. "Finale" from Les Mis�rables
3. "Quartet" from The Secret Garden
4. "La Vie Boheme" from RENT
5. "Rent" from RENT
6. "Red and Black" from Les Mis�rables
7. "America" from West Side Story
8. "New Music" from Ragtime
9. "I Got Rhythm" from Crazy for You
10. "Heart" from Damn Yankees
Best Dancing (of the shows I've seen. M=movie, L=live performance):
1. Crazy for You - L
2. Cats - L
3. Singin' in the Rain - M
4. West Side Story - L
5. Guys and Dolls - L
6. Beauty and the Beast - L
7. The Music Man - L
8. An American in Paris - M
9. Cabaret - L
10. Will Rogers' Follies - L
Best Music:
1. The Secret Garden
2. Les Mis�rables
3. Crazy for You
4. West Side Story
5. My Fair Lady
6. Carousel
7. Oklahoma!
8. RENT
9. Ragtime
10. Guys and Dolls
Best Costumes (of shows that I've seen, same live/movie indications):
1. Beauty and the Beast - L
2. Cats - L
3. Guys and Dolls - L
4. Les Mis�rables - L
5. Into the Woods - M
6. My Fair Lady - L
7. The Phantom of the Opera - L
8. The King & I - M
9. Hello, Dolly! - L
10. Titanic - L
Most Believable Plot (not including those based on fact or event or religious belief, such as Evita, Titanic, and Joseph... and many others):
1. Miss Saigon
2. RENT
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. Hello, Dolly!
5. Oklahoma!
6. Carousel
7. State Fair
8. Guys and Dolls
9. The Music Man
10. My Fair Lady
Most Interesting Plot (not including the same type of shows as mentioned above):
1. Into the Woods
2. Les Mis�rables
3. The Producers
4. RENT
5. The Secret Garden
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. My Fair Lady
8. Beauty and the Beast
8. The Phantom of the Opera
10. Ragtime
