My Photo

About

Recent Comments

Pages

Cool Musical Sites

  • Broadway Box
    An uber-site for ticket discounts. Very useful, indeed.
  • Broadway World
    A very cluttered, but also very informative site. Lots of cool videos, for the broadband-enabled.
  • CastAlbums.org
    A comprehensive, and growing, database of cast and theater-related recordings. An online community for the musical-obsessed.
  • Damon Runyon Broadway Tickets
    Want tickets to Wicked? Or Jersey Boys? If money is no object, check these guys out. Proceeds benefit the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
  • Did He Like It?
    A cool compendium of critical response to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
  • Dress Circle
    The shop to visit when you're in London. And, depending on the exchange rate, a great place to find foreign cast recordings.
  • Footlight Records
    Great place to find cast recordings. Best selection on the Web. Speedy service, too.
  • Givenik
    When you buy tickets through Givenik, 5% goes to charity. Show choices are limited, but it's a nice way of diverting funds to a worthy cause.
  • Goldstar
    Find discount tickets to theater and other entertainment events, both in New York and around the country.
  • Internet Broadway Database
    An invaluable resource of people, productions, and performance venues.
  • Internet Off-Broadway Database
    Similar to the IBDB, except for Off-Broadway shows, and not quite as comprehensive.
  • London Theater
    Planning a trip across the pond? Check out what's playing in London at What's On Stage? Discounted tickets, too.
  • Musical Shop
    Another source for foreign cast albums. Smaller selection than Sound of Music, but better prices.
  • Playbill Online
    The best theater site on the Web. News, features, columns, quizzes, contests, discount tickets, and more.
  • Sound Advice
    Talkin' Broadway's list of upcoming cast recordings, books, and DVDs. Updated very regularly.
  • Sound of Music
    Great source of foreign cast albums. Slow service, but, hey, they're shipping this stuff from Germany.
  • Theater Mania
    Usually has the same info as Playbill, but there are some interesting sub pages, and they actually print reviews.
  • Triton Gallery
    The best place to find theater posters on the Web.

Categories

Blog powered by TypePad
Member since 04/2006
Subscribe to this blog's feed

The 100 Next-Best Musicals

Here are 100 musicals, in alphabetical order, that didn't make it onto my list of the 100 best, for a variety of reasons. But, who knows, they might end up on the list some day. Depending on my mood.

Connecticut_yankee A Connecticut Yankee
A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine
Aida
Allegro
Applause
As Thousands Cheer

Babes in Arms
Baby
Barnum
Bells Are Ringing
Big River

Bloomer_girl Bloomer Girl
Call Me Madam
Carmen Jones
Caroline, or Change
Cats
Chess
Dames at Sea
Fanny
Fiorello!
Flower Drum Song

Funny_girl_better Funny Girl
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Good News
Grease
Half a Sixpence
Hello, Again
High Button Shoes
High Spirits
House of Flowers

I_do_i_do_revival I Do, I Do
I Love My Wife
Irma La Douce
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Kismet
Knickerbocker Holiday
Li'l Abner
Little Mary Sunshine
Little Me

Mack_and_mabel Mack and Mabel
Me and Juliet
Me and My Girl
Merrily We Roll Along
Miss Saigon
My Favorite Year
No Strings
No, No, Nanette
Oliver!
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

On_the_20th_century On the Twentieth Century
Once Upon a Mattress
Parade
Passion
Peter Pan
Pins and Needles
Plain and Fancy
Porgy and Bess
Promises Promises
Robert and Elizabeth

Roberta Roberta
Rose Marie
Shenandoah
Song and Dance
Spring Awakening
Steel Pier
Stop the World I Want to Get Off
Street Scene
Strike Up the Band
Sunset Boulevard

The_apple_tree The Apple Tree
The Band Wagon
The Boy Friend
The Boys From Syracuse
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Desert Song
The Golden Apple
The Grass Harp
The Lion King
The Mikado

The_new_moon The New Moon
The Pirates of Penzance
The Red Mill
The Rink
The Rocky Horror Show
The Student Prince
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Who's Tommy
The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
The Wild Party (Lippa)

The_wiz The Wiz
They're Playing Our Song
tick, tick...BOOM!
Titanic
Where's Charley?
Woman of the Year
Working
Xanadu
Zorba

Comments

Post a comment

If you have a TypeKey or TypePad account, please Sign In

Oliver: My Dog

  • Dscn0531
Mobilise this Blog

Recent Posts

Musicals You Should See

  • 13
    A rocking score, a funny book, and appealing cast of (what else?) 13 performers.
  • [title of show]
    A riotously funny book and a terrific cast. A love letter to musical theater. Closes October 12th.
  • Avenue Q
    The original "little show that could." Funny and fresh.
  • Gypsy
    There's much more to this production than La LuPone. Much more.
  • Hair
    A powerful production of an important and entertaining show. The Central Park stint is over, but look for a Broadway bow in 2009.
  • In the Heights
    An exuberant show with a catchy score and a host of appealing performers. Plus, kick-ass dancing.
  • Spring Awakening
    Raw and vital. Full of strong performances and imaginative staging.
  • The Drowsy Chaperone
    The Broadway production, alas, has closed, but you can still see it on tour.
  • The Fantasticks
    A timeless little gem of a show with a universal message.
  • Wicked
    I'm not ashamed to admit it: I love Wicked. Sure, it's a spectacle, but it's got a brain and a heart, too.
  • Xanadu
    An absolute hoot. Great comic performances and a wildly funny book. The Broadway production has closed, but you can catch it on tour.

Theater Blogs

Entertainment Blogs

Archives

More...

"Hey, Chris! When are you seeing...?"

October 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

Blogged