Musical with the Best Musical Score?

[disney junky]

I vote West Side Story.
Honorable mention, South Pacific.

 

[RamblingMad]

Miss Saigon is really good.

 

[bcla]

Music or score?

In any case, I vote for Chess by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

 

[VandVsmama]

Les Miserables

 

[lynxstch]

Toss up between Les Miserable and Phantom Of The Opera for me

 

[dish rag]

Lots. I’m unable to choose a best.

 

[Chupaca bruh]

West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof

 

[CynBeth]

Sound of Music
Fiddler on the Roof
Mary Poppins
Phantom of the Opera

 

[L&Lfan]

I’m going by original Broadway scores and not movie versions:
Gypsy
Carousel
The King and I
South Pacific
Oklahoma!
Flower Drum Song
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
Funny Girl
Showboat
R&H’s Cinderella (1957 TV score)
Anything Goes
Camelot
My Fair Lady
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Brigadoon
Annie Get Your Gun
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof
Finian’s Rainbow
Hello, Dolly!
Mame
Cabaret
Kiss Me Kate
Can-Can
Silk Stockings
Hair
Call Me Madam
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Guys and Dolls
Oliver!
Man of La Mancha
Promises, Promises

 

[jaiminee krikit]

So many options!
Les Mis
Phantom
Waitress
Tuck Everlasting
Kinky Boots
My Fair Lady
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Anything Goes
Chicago
Beetlejuice
Hadestown
Mean Girls
And my daughter just got a part in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, that might be a new favorite, phenomenal music.

 

[Cubbiecakes]

Sunday in the Park With George
West Side Story
Into the Woods

Les Misérables is trash, so much musical garbage.

 

[monsterkitty]

Sitting in the pit orchestra, my favorites are Miss Saigon and Les Miserable. While some may say Les Mis is trash, I loved playing the music. We had an amazing cast so that may have helped.

I also liked A Little Night Music because I got to play the alto flute as well as flute and pic.

Least favorite to play were any Andrew Lloyd Webber scores. Once you've played one you've basically played them all.

Yes, I judge musicals and operas on actually performing the scores, not necessarily the story or the overall music. Feel free to judge me on that.

 

[bobbymcco]

Fiddler on the Roof
I love " If I was a rich man"!

 

[Skippy918]

Greatest Showman
Les Mis
Sound of Music

 

[superme80]

Elisabeth
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Kiss Me Kate
Brigadoon

 

[Planogirl]

Fiddler on the Roof

 

[tinkerhon]

Caroline or change
Next to normal
Ragtime

 

[NYCgrrl]

Hard to choose just one but "The King and I" just jumped into my head so that's my answer for today.

 

[cluvsdisney]

I'm torn between Miss Saigon and Wicked.

 

[L&Lfan]

For those who love WSS, I just read the Broadway revival which is now in previews, is set in 2019 rather than 1957. The Somewhere ballet ( which wasn’t in the film either ) is being cut from this production, as well as the song I Feel Pretty. The version of America is the film version rather than the original stage version. Jerome Robbins’ iconic choreography has also been replaced for hip hop moves. I’ll be anxious to read the reviews and fan reactions to all this.