Top 10 Underrated Musicals of the 2000s

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Жыл бұрын

These definitely deserve a second look! For this list, we’ll be looking at Broadway and off-Broadway musicals that deserve some extra love and attention. Our countdown includes "Little Women", "Assassins", "The Drowsy Chaperone" and more! Which one of these shows do you think is underrated? Be sure to let us know in the comments!
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@MsMojo Жыл бұрын

Which one of these shows do you think is underrated? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 20 Best Movie Musical Duets: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rph1fMR1x8yRaGg.html

@DanGamingFan2846 Жыл бұрын

As someone who loves a good villain song, _Assassins,_ being like 90% villain songs, is one of my all time favorites.

@geraldineclarke5434 Жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@cancer24 Жыл бұрын

They also double as "I Want" songs.

@sarahvenable4710 Жыл бұрын

You know how much I love using the word underrated, and that applies to the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening!

@tommydevito4105 Жыл бұрын

I think Aida deserves at least a mention. It’s such a beautiful show that a lot of people overlook and don’t talk about as much in musical theatre

@manuelorozco7760 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to see a production of it for a long time

@tommydevito4105 Жыл бұрын

@@manuelorozco7760 it’s worth it, I’ve been in a production of it, it’s honestly amazing as both a cast member and as an audience member. It’s at the top of my list of shows I’ve been in that I want to do again

@shejean Жыл бұрын

My daughter and I saw Aida (Elton John’s) many years ago at Providence’s PPAC. It was glorious! We both loved it.

@manuelorozco7760 Жыл бұрын

@@tommydevito4105 Cool

@elephantbluepeter Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! "Aida" is a great Disney musical that's long overdue for a film adaptation!

@denisegann6072 Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you included Little Women. That is such a good show, and the music is great. My son was in a production of it & we loved it.

@braindeadgoldfish Жыл бұрын

I really really want there to be a production of Assassins at Ford's Theatre. 😍 People have told me I'm sick for wanting that. But, honestly, it would be perfection.

@gerbiepojas4894 Жыл бұрын

Everyone forgets about Grey Gardens

@AtWordsPoetic Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't really qualify THE LAST FIVE YEARS as "underrated" since really the only criteria they explained was that it hasn't had a Broadway production. The show would get swallowed up in a bigger Broadway house. It's had a revival, multiple concert stagings, and a whole movie, which is impressive for an intimate two-person show.

@braindeadgoldfish Жыл бұрын

I remember waking up early before school to read the reviews for Bonnie and Clyde's opening night. I had gotten ahold of some demo recordings a couple years before and was super excited. I was so upset when the show got eviscerated by the critics.

@manuelorozco7760 Жыл бұрын

I remember being a HS senior around that time.

@HaleyRadiant Жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSS I literally can’t receommend #1 enough! One of my absolute favorites ever & I didn’t know a thing about it when I saw it in high school! Beyond underrated for sure!! 🥹👏

@Kristine_202 Жыл бұрын

"Next to Normal" is underrated? Who doesn't know that "Next to Normal" is a masterpiece?

@DeCostaPictures8526 6 ай бұрын

FINALLY someone talks about Urinetown. One of if not my favorite musical. It seems like it only really became known because of schools, theatre clubs, ect performing it

@jeffreykare Жыл бұрын

To be fair, the most recent Broadway revival of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE was always supposed to be a limited run. It closed right on schedule.

@AtWordsPoetic Жыл бұрын

Also worth noting, the 2004 revival of ASSASSINS and the 2021 revival of CAROLINE OR CHANGE were both preset limited runs under the Roundabout Theatre Company, so the narrative that they didn't catch on and closed too soon is kind of disingenuous. I do wish, in making these videos, the creators would research those small details that have a major influence on their entire narrative.

@TeresaBenson Жыл бұрын

The last five years and next to normal are my top two favorite underrated musicals! I appreciate they both made it onto the list.

@rw8873 10 ай бұрын

Sting's The Last Ship?! Amazing!

@marcusyates3044 Жыл бұрын

All Musical Songs RANKED! SpongeBob, Beetlejuice, RENT, Addams Family!

@Beth_Alice_Kaplan Жыл бұрын

Um, Rent is the opposite of underrated. For a while it felt like you couldn't escape it!

@seanbarry4019 Жыл бұрын

Bandstand is one of my favorite shows, but it was forgotten almost immediately after opening. Aida as well, LOVE that show!

@Anime_theatre_lover 11 ай бұрын

Little women was almost done by my local theater. They lost the rights due to the upcoming national tour. It got replaced with ride the cyclone but I’m still very excited because I love that musical too

@theaterbear Жыл бұрын

Next to Normal won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony for Best Score and Best Actress. It was also one of the most produced musicals in the country for several years after closing in New York. That hardly seems underrated. Also, I saw Bombay Dreams and The Pirate Queen. They both received the praise they deserved - little. I DO agree with Piazza being #1. I’ve seen it 4 times and it’s an extraordinary piece.

@erinlizzie09 Жыл бұрын

Next to normal is SO underrated. It's incredible.

@joannevattiato7024 3 ай бұрын

Yessss Bonnie and Clyde! It deserved a much longer run.

@dougbackman7788 Жыл бұрын

URINETOWN!! Don't be the bunny!

@DeCostaPictures8526 6 ай бұрын

Yessss, love Urinetown so much

@chrisv.h.2307 11 ай бұрын

Caroline, or Change! Saw the original cast on Broadway with Tonya Pinkins and Anika Noni Rose, and it has stuck with me so deeply.

@fairamir1 10 ай бұрын

"Little Women" one of my favorite scores.

@iTherry Жыл бұрын

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is so gooooood

@manuelorozco7760 Жыл бұрын

I saw Alice Ripley as Diana when the national tour of N2N opened in Los Angeles. She sang off pitch at times. But I still couldn’t believe the emotionally intense story I was witnessing on that stage. But if you want real underrated, try Memphis. PS Light was my Quarantine Lullaby

@benjaminsagan5861 Жыл бұрын

Including your honorable mentions, I saw 8 of these 14 productions (including some national tours and a pre-Broadway run -- all with the Broadway casts). I've also seen other productions of some of the same, as well as a ninth entry. And I've music directed productions of at least two of these. Personally, I would swap your Yazbeck entries. _The Full Monty_ is a surprisingly moving show in its final scenes, after being hilarious for two hours. A lot of this is down to Terrence McNally's criminally underrated script. Whereas, _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ suffers considerably from comparison to its source material. Even if Joanna Gleason was typically marvelous in her opening song. Since _Caroline_ and _Piazza_ are two of my all-time favorite nights in the theatre, I'm pleased with their rankings. But at the same time ... Aren't they both near-universally adored among theatre people?

@dr.sylvester.ashling3391 Жыл бұрын

spelling bee is (besides falsettos [which are both written by the same guy]) my favorite musical🫶

@Absurdlyepic 10 ай бұрын

You didn't mention Bat Boy which made Off-Broadway in 2001 or Curtains which hit Broadway in 2007!

@dramac333 11 ай бұрын

Oddly, your number one is probably the only one I would have left off this list. I mean it's very good, but I would have represented Adam Guettel with Floyd Collins, a show that always needed more attention and audiences. I know that technically it isn't in your time frame, having premiered in 1996, but I would have stretched that time frame to accommodate it, as I believe it to be one of the most important musicals of the past 50 years.

@fairamir1 10 ай бұрын

LOVE Floyd Collins

@MarissaFloro Жыл бұрын

You know I wish I could see some musicals. It's a little bit hard with a new born baby. So I guess this list from miss mojo will have to do

@seanhorace925 Жыл бұрын

But what about: .Seussical the Musical .Tarzan the Musical .Young Frankenstein .Shrek the Musical .The Little Mermaid

@goldenmariaf6082 11 ай бұрын

Dont forget the clockmaker's daughter

@bookemdano7567 Жыл бұрын

Grey Gardens should have been on the list!

@benjaminsagan5861 Жыл бұрын

I would have liked to see _A Man of No Importance_ get at least an honorable mention. It's got a wonderful Flaherty & Ahrens score, yet no one knows it.

@fairamir1 10 ай бұрын

"Bridges of Madison County"

@nerd9347. Жыл бұрын

God, I feel ANCIENT!

@Erni3K Жыл бұрын

Underrated? No. I love Assassins, I have seen several productions, but I would sell my children to see Light in the Piazza again. It's complicated and adult and the score is impossibly beautiful. Most of these shows have had plenty of productions. Still, any excuse to hear Octet....

@Zyuemperoryoutubecreators. Жыл бұрын

Hear the music play

@Chantara27 Жыл бұрын

Spring Awakening?

@elizabthharris6741 Жыл бұрын

WHAT ABOUT EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL?! Very worth it

@aloperafan 11 ай бұрын

Jane Eyre and Aida

@KathleenScrivner 2 ай бұрын

You missed Catch Me If You Can.

@brb__bathroom Жыл бұрын

The internet is really really great

@alexcarlson663 Жыл бұрын

Where's Shrek the Musical?

@pianomandm Жыл бұрын

The Light in the Piazza is only underrated as the best cure EVER for insomnia. Yawwwwwwnnnnnnn!

@goldenmariaf6082 11 ай бұрын

But what about the clockmaker's daughter?

@BertCCRI Жыл бұрын

A more accurate title for this video would be "Musicals of Quality Which Didn't Run Forever But Still Get Lots of Productions (well, except for "Caroline, or Change"). The Honorable Mention selection that I would delete would be "The Pirate Queen" which, despite Stephanie J. Block giving her all, was a terrible show.

@WestieFromtheEast Жыл бұрын

You put a snippet of Bonnie and Clyde at the start and it doesn’t even make the list? Anything with Jeremy Jordan is instantly great, everyone knows that! 😢