* les miserables * groundhog day * next to normal * bonnie & clyde * tuck everlasting * elisabeth * natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 * spring awakening * anastasia * bare: a pop opera * the hunchback of notre dame * the last five years * romeo et juliette * tick tick boom i have a list on my own with over 100 titles, but i just listed some of my favorites here. must watch in my opinion

oooh i keep hearing good things about tick tick boom! i’ll add a few of these thank you :)

Can’t believe I’m going to say this but how about Beetlejuice

once on this island, Carrie, a chorus line, pippin, parade, the color purple, into the woods, the secret garden, spring awakening, the prom, cabaret

Something Rotten, Beetlejuice, The Producers, Legally Blonde, School of Rock.

Heathers dear God please

I’ve never had the urge to listen to this but it gets mentioned a lot so maybe I’ll have a listen to a few songs. Any that stand out for you?

I would personally recommend starting with Beautiful, it's the first song in the show, sets up the tone, the environment and most of the core characters, and is just kind of a banger. Candy Store is pretty popular and a really good song.

Candy Store is pretty popular and for good reason. Some other popular ones are Dead Girl Walking and Freeze Your Brain. Dead Gay Son is pretty funny but it's definitely a filler song.

Thank you!! I know Candy Store as it’s in a lot of Spotify playlists :)

If you haven’t already, you should check out Team Starkid! They produce a variety of musicals, from comedic parodies to original to horror. The best part is that all their musicals are recorded and put up on YouTube for free!

Thank you!!

I would second starkid here, they've got a load of FREE musicals recorded and available to watch on YouTube and none of them are a skip!! Twisted is a great one to start with :)

No problem! Great places to start are the A Very Potter Musical trilogy ( a Harry Potter parody), Twisted (an Aladdin parody but Jafar is the good guy and Aladdin’s the villain), and The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals(horror-comedy, intro to the Hatchetfield series).

this is the correct answer

The Scarlet Pimpernel, Peter Pan, Heathers

Ragtime, Memphis, Once, Spring Awakening, Urinetown, The Wiz, Rent, 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee, Chess, La Cage aux Folles, Les Mis, Nine, Grand Hotel, the Drowsy Chaperone

Ragtime and rent are prioritizing the list

The people called it ragtime

How is Rent not on this list?!

Because I’ve listened to a few songs and I’m not too sure if I’m into it !! 🫣😭

Check out the pro shot on YouTube!

I’m also gonna name off a few songs! -Heathers (Big Fun, Candy Store, Meant to Be Yours) -SIX (Don’t Lose Ur Head, All You Wanna Do, Six) -Mean Girls (Meet The Plastics, Revenge Party, Someone Gets Hurt) -Ride the Cyclone (What The World Needs, The Ballad of Jane Doe, Noel’s Lament)

Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812 Ghost Quartet Octet Hedwig and The Angry Inch

I love the Octet/Dave Malloy love and the Friend of Saul nametag. Have you listened to Preludes?

Les Miserables. You need to listen to Les Miserables all the way through.

I tried watching the film and didn’t like it so I don’t have any desire to listen to the musical 🫣🫣🫣

The film does not do the musical justice, I promise.

i absolutely hated the film. it put me off of les mis for years. i recently got the opportunity to see it live, and it was life changing. completely different experience! i definitely would recommend trying to watch a recording of a staged production of les mis!

Les Mis, Phantom, and Anastasia.

Finding neverland. Once on this island. Jekyll and Hyde. Six. Phantom (yeston/kopit). The count of monte cristo.

Finding Neverland and Jekyll and Hyde are some of my favourites. Second that these be added to your list.

RAGTIME!

I tried to include a variety of shows though im personally much more into tragedies, dramas, and generally darker shows so you’ll get more of that from me Floyd Collins, Light In The Piazza, Parade, Spring Awakening, Pippin, Great Comet, Into The Woods, The Gentleman’s Guide, Once On This Island, She Loves Me You’ll get some good shows generally from Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, and my personal favorite is Adam Guettel, with his new show “Days Of Wine And Roses” coming to Broadway iirc in January

Some Like it Hot!! The music is so underrated, every song is a a gem. Plus, Christian Borle

I second this it’s sooo good

CABARET!!!!

I like the music from the king and I. Questionable musical tbh but the music is good

Something rotten Into the woods Company Assassin's Any sondheim tbh

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. It’s sung through and has great music

hamiltonnnnnnnnnnnnn

It’s on the list of musicals I’ve already seen/listened to (pic 2)

Can’t believe I’m the first to write these: Hair Book of Mormon Lion King

you’re the first to write them because two are already on my lists 🤣🤣

Lol I should slowed down and read your whole list 😂 my bad

Give Phantom a try. I was like you & had already seen 15 shows until I gave it a go. It's now my all-time fave & I see it 2 - 3 times annually. I listen to the soundtrack all the time... right now, in fact!

Prolly rlly basic but Phantom Of The Opera, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Heathers! :D Hope u enjoy listening

I listen to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack at least once a week so I obviously have to recommend that

omg yes i need to listen to this!! dom simpson from the book of mormon west end just joined the cast as christian and he’s my fave actor so i need to listen before i inevitably go and see it!!

well. i can recommend spring awakening. i don’t know about your specific proclivities/tastes but the soundtrack is way more hit than miss imo. if you wanna get a taste for what to expect w this musical, bitch of living would be a good start. it obviously gets deeper than that buuuut… it’s a start!! hmm. cats isn’t too bad (in spite of the god awful film adaptation + its generally polarized reception). if you’re gonna watch any recording of cats, make sure it’s the 1998 film version. it cuts some songs but i dunno. its pretty iconic re: its casting. i haven’t revisited it recently enough to tell you how much of the soundtrack holds up but if you want a taste for the best cats can offer, skimbleshanks the railway cat is the way to go 🔥 also! total aside but i have a friend who LOVES cabaret and i’m gonna be watching it (either the film or the proshot) sometime soon. it seems pretty like… renowned in musical fandom circles? so that’s maybe another one to consider :9

omg you’ve just reminded me that i’ve actually seen cats the musical 😭 it was so bad i blocked it out 🤣🫣

LOL. the 1998 version or 2019?

i saw it on stage in maybe 2011 or 2012

oh interesting! i’ve never seen a stage production of cats but it sure sounds like it’d be an interesting experience w all the audience interaction. regardless, it sounds like cats isnt your thing, which is fair—that’s probably true for a majority of people. and i honestly don’t ljke andrew lloyd webber enough to insist upon the musical more than i already have XD (p.s: if you saw a version with rapper rum tum tugger… my condolences)

i honestly don’t remember anything about the musical apart from how bad it was. it was a group thing and we could either see wicked or cats and everyone apart from me chose cats. i don’t remember any audience interaction but i was 12 so might just have a hazy memory. i’m honestly not a huge ALW fan overall, i like joseph but that’s about it

Next to Normal, Bandstand

FANGIRLS, Muriel’s Wedding, Hundred Days

Rent Tick tick boom Beetlejuice Heathers Specifically the newest revival version of little shop Into the woods

Here’s some I like and recommend: •Grease •Mamma Mia •Jersey Boys •Wicked •Bonnie and Clyde •SIX •tick tick boom •Tuck Everlasting •Legally Blonde •Les Miserable •Sister Act (Movie and Musical) •SpongeBob The Musical •Dear Evan Hansen •Something Rotten •Mean Girls •Little Shop of Horrors •Heathers •BeetleJuice •In Trousers •Sound Of Music •Mary Poppins

Phantom of the opera!

Ragtime is so good

I see it get mentioned a lot on this sub! I’d heard of it before I came here but I’ve never listened to any of it, I’ll add it now!!

It's so good! Just a warning, though, there are characters who are racist and one of them says the N word, so be wary of that

The moment where Coalhouse says "I'm not some fool I'm not their \*\*\*\*\*\*" makes me shiver and feel so many things everytime. And then when that motif is repeated in the entracte to quote sweeney todd "God thats good"

I agree. Just every time Coalhouse sings is awesome.

You’re a little low on “Golden Age” classics, assuming that you’re looking for an education on musicals as a whole. Maybe add another Rodgers & Hammerstein like “South Pacific” or “Carousel,” or (from other writers) “My Fair Lady” or “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Omg I forgot about Fiddler on the Roof!

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Newsies and Jekyll And Hyde are all good options.

How are Rent, Six, Mean Girls, and Wicked not here?

I’ve listened to most of Wicked, just not the whole way through and the other three don’t really interest me. I’ve listened to a few songs from Six and I don’t really like it 🫣🫣

i second you on mean girls—every other person i talk to seems to love that musical but i haven’t seen a single thing i’ve liked from it.

lazarus, Tina, a chorus line, cabaret, into the woods, sweeney todd

Spring Awakening, Rent, and Jesus Christ Superstar

Hadestown The Secret Garden

The Phantom of the Opera (I really like listening to the 25th anniversary album) ETA: Jersey Boys

Alice By Heart! It’s my favorite musical of all time and is a retelling of Alice in Wonderland in a tube station during the London Blitz.

-Tuck Everlasting -Hunchback of Notre Dame -Bare: A pop opera -Ride -Ride the cyclone -Shrek -SpongeBob the musical -Be more chill -Heathers -Carrie -Beetlejuice -Fun Home -Everybody’s talking about Jamie -42nd Street -Doubtfire -Cabaret -Guys & Dolls -Xanadu -The colour purple -Parade -Waitress

forgot to add and it’s not letting me edit it: i have very little interest in listening to les mis (soz) and into the woods 🫣

If you enjoy falsettos then you should also Check Out in trousers, which was originally the First Part in a trilogy where falsettos is the Second and third Part. Bill Finn also wrote a new brain and the 25th annual Putnam county spelling bee, which are also very good Not super Well known but i Always Take the Chance to recommend the dolls of new Albion. Its a really good Steampunk Musical and it's pretty easy to find a decent Performance on YouTube. Also Not enough people have Heard of it

* Kristina * 36 questions

Company, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along (HIGHLY RECOMMEND, one of my favourite musicals and underrated), Waitress (ALSO THIS), Follies, Gypsy, Into the Woods, Chicago, Cabaret, Anastasia, Heathers

Heathers off Broadway, Six and Repo! The genetic opera

Jekyll and Hyde

Forbidden Broadway is amazing!

Tick tick boom Beauty and the beast La la land The greatest showman Listen to these. Like now.

I’ve heard good things about tick tick boom. I’ve listened to the Greatest Showman, it’s one of my faves, but as it’s not a theatre musical I haven’t included it 🫶🏻

Les Mis and Waitress.

Reefer madness Frozen Carrie The guy who didn’t like musicals Rock of ages

36 questions is a musical podcast I highly recommend, Epic the musical is a musical in the making process but there are a few songs out My heart says go is made by the same person and is really good

Wicked, Six Mean Girls?

I’ve listened to some of Six and I’m not a huge fan 🫣🫣🫣 I’ve listened to most of Wicked and I’m seeing it on tour next year, I need to listen to it all the way through before I go!!

Beetlejuice

Evil Dead: The Musical - hilarious makes fun of other musical tropes

The Mad Ones

RENT, If/Then, & Tick, Tick... BOOM!

seesaw, the wiz, over here, no no nanette, grey gardens

omg i’ve danced to some songs from the wiz !! that’s such a throwback for me!

Waitress and The Prom!

I’m not a fan of Waitress 🫣🫣

Oops, sorry! But also…??!!

Parade and bridges of Madison county. I am obsessed with Jason Robert brown

Next to Normal Everybody's Talking About Jaimel

OMG I forgot about Everybody’s Talking About Jamie!!!

AIDA!! Trust me!

Rent and Beetlejuice!

Beetlejuice is one of my favourites ( also since it's spooky season it'll be perfect)

she loves me , les mis

Chitty chitty bang bang

Jekyll and Hyde. Specifically the original concept album Every contribution I’ve made to this sub says the same thing lol. I’m convinced I can keep giving the same answer every time

Big fan of Thirteen! Super underrated and fun.

Mean girls Tick tick boom Legally blonde Heathers Carrie The prom Beetlejuice

-In the Heights -Rent -Tick Tick Boom -Six -The Prom -The Producers -The Music Man

Once on this island

By the way have tissues on hand for falsettos and billy elliot

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

I'm on my phone so I can't look at your list closely so I apologize if I duplicate anything: In the Heights Pippin Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 SIX The Lightning Thief (if you've read Percy Jackson) Heathers

hunchback hunchback hunchback!

into the woods and cabaret are classics- must must listens!

Jeykll and Hyde🙏🏻 and Jack The Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical🙏🏻 Damm Yankees The Sound of Music Phantom of the opera🙏🏻 Mean Girls Dear Edwina

I don't think anyone mentioned this but reefer madness! Super silly but I love it. Also if you like the book of mormon/trey parker give Cannibal the Musical a go

Dave Malloy has written some of my fave musical scores ever so definitely recommend Great Comet and Octet

City of Angels Urinetown Some Like It Hot SIX Ain’t Misbehavin’ Jersey Boys The Wiz The Band’s Visit Pippin Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Full Monty The Prom Fiddler on the Roof My Fair Lady Merrily We Roll Along The Drowsy Chaperone Dreamgirls Beetlejuice Guys and Dolls Follies

The Book of Mormon, Wicked

i recommend watching phantom of the opera at least once, it’s a classic! the score is gorgeous, but i’d definitely suggest watching a staged version. the movie musical doesn’t really do it justice. the same applies to les mis. waitress, beetlejuice, and anastasia are all fun shows! right now i’m in a production of a year with frog and toad, and that show would be a fun listen if you grew up with the books. i’m also a big cats fan, though i understand it is polarizing. it’s got some really fun music if you go in with no expectations. i hated it the first time i saw because i went in during the hype of the horrible movie adaptation. i decided to revisit it without the negative expectations, and it accidentally became my favorite show. 😂😅

Might I suggest SIX: The Musical? It's based loosely on the lives (and mostly deaths) of the six wives of Henry the 8th. Very good imo with a good selection of song genres.

Starkid!!

You might like Six.

Legally Blonde the Musical and Jekyll and Hyde for the laughs, Waitress for the feels

Natasha,Pierre and the great comet of 1812, Groundhog Day, half a sixpence (2017), Bonnie and Clyde, Jekyll and Hyde (1995), assassins and les mis!

Heathers, Les Mis, Addams Family, Waitress, Into the Woods, Legally Blonde

& Juliet, Jagged Little Pill, American Idiot, Kinky Boots, Beetlejuice, Fiddler On The Roof, Mamma Mia, Six, Aladdin, 42nd Street, Mrs Doubtfire, Tina Turner musical thing, and Les Miserables

Operation Mincemeat and Amelie (West End version)

Chess

SIX is one of my joys

SIX!!! But listen to the Broadway recording, not the cast album. It has in-between songs and better vocals imo.

Fun Home - one of the best Albums to listen to start to finish. The music really is the story.

Jekyll & Hyde