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phantom phan2
#1Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 2:51am

What's the best show currently on Broadway?

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bwayphreak234
#2Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 3:01am

My top two would have to be Matilda and Cabaret.


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phantom phan2
#2Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 3:12am

that's great to hear because I'm dying to see Matilda and have heard so many good things about it.
I've listened to the score so many times so it feels like i've seen it lol

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Wickedmonkey332
#3Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 10:21am

My vote is for Matilda!

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JBroadway
#4Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 10:32am

My vote would also be for Matilda, actually! I'm so pleased to see that others said the same thing. I would give 2nd place to The Lion King, in my personal opinion.

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steven22
#5Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 10:56am

My top three would be Curious Incident, Hedwig, and If/Then.

I know many will disagree with me about my last choice...

KathyNYC2
#6Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 11:30am

Best is sort of difficult to pick with so many styles and options out there. But if I had to pick my personal favorites they would be Kinky Boots and Matilda. I have seen both more than once (the understatement of the year lol).

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Jeffrey Karasarides
#7Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 11:44am

Since I don't live in New York, I never get to see everything, but out of the shows I have seen (whether on Broadway or on Tour) I'll say:
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
The Book of Mormon
Jersey Boys
The Lion King
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked

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dreaming
#8Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 11:53am

Once Michael C. Hall gets comfortable, I'd say Hedwig for the musicals and either Curious Incident or Disgraced for play.

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HighFlyingAdored97
#9Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 1:01pm

Another vote for Matilda.


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JPeterman
#10Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 2:25pm

Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder

Matilda is my runner up

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Sutton Ross
#11Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 2:33pm

Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder is the best show going on right now. The original cast is still in, and they are just extraordinary.

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tazber
#12Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 2:38pm

Matilda by a wide margin.


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Hairspray0901
#13Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 2:40pm

My opinion on best show right not would have to be Cabaret, then a tie between Aladdin and Gentleman's Guide as runners up.

Jarethan
#14Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 3:41pm

Hard to answer because there are so many great shows currently opened, some for seemingly a thousand years, e.g., Phantom, Chicago; others for a week or two: YCTIWY and On the Town.

To me, the best show (based on how it moved me) is Les Mis, with a glaring exception. To me, Eponine has always been the soul of the show, and I thought Nikki James was terrible in the role, maybe the worst Eponine I have ever seen...so it had some impact.

I would probably say Cabaret is #2, despite Michelle Williams' performance choices (terrific actress, just did not like her interpretation).

I would pick Chicago as #3 but have to acknowledge that I have not seen it at the Ambassador in several years.

Something like 'Beautiful', which I really enjoyed, is not in the same league as any of these shows, although it is huge fun.

PS -- of the show opened for less than, arbitrarily, 18 months, I think Kinky Boots and Gentleman's Guide are the two best.

KC91WFU
#15Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 4:34pm

I would say Hedwig based on seeing Hedwig, but I didn't see Michael C Hall yet. I have heard he is having some trouble negotiating the heels and audio I have heard sounded a little pitch challenged...but I think that review was from the first night.

Second, Gentleman's Guide. I even saw the understudy and thought it was fantastic. You can't really go wrong with that!

Third, Book of Mormon while Nic Rouleau is still playing Elder Price.

A warning about Matilda...they have some sound problems there sometimes where you can't always understand the dialogue, especially the girls. I didn't like it. I'm not sure if it was that or the overhype. It isn't horrible but by a long shot isn't the best show out there.

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theatregeek6
#16Best show now
Posted: 10/18/14 at 5:26pm

Calling them favorites instead of best

Book of Mormon
Kinky Boots
Matilda
Beautiful
Hedwig

To be fair haven't seen Gentleman's Guide it Cabaret yet

jm10112
#17Best show now
Posted: 10/23/14 at 3:49pm

What's betree the Lion King or Wicked? Also, I know someone who jis saw Matilda they said it was Phenomenal!

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Mister Matt
#18Best show now
Posted: 10/23/14 at 3:52pm

Tie between Hedwig and Matilda.


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Elfuhbuh
#19Best show now
Posted: 10/23/14 at 4:50pm

Eh, Phantom.

Out of the newer shows, Matilda.


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aaronb
#20Best show now
Posted: 10/24/14 at 6:10pm

DISGRACED is the best play on Broadway right now, but I haven't seen THE REAL THING yet.

BwayFan23768
#21Best show now
Posted: 10/24/14 at 6:15pm

The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway)
Cabaret

Broadway kid 2
#22Best show now
Posted: 10/24/14 at 7:41pm

Book of Mormon
Wicked
Aladdin
Lion King

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vfd88
#23Best show now
Posted: 10/25/14 at 2:13am

Yet another vote for Matilda here. Jersey Boys, Pippin, and On the Town are fantastic as well!