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They really don’t get much better than these classic musicals 1940-70s. We’ll be looking at some of the greatest Broadway musicals that premiered during the Golden Age of Broadway, which is typically defined as the years between 1940 and 1970. Can we please get Broadway revivals for all of these? MsMojo ranks the best classic musicals from the 1940-70s. What’s your favorite classic musical? Let us know in the comments!
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What's your favorite classic musical? Let us know below!
anything you can do i can do better than you.
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
The Sound of Music ❤️❤️❤️
Seven brides for seven brothers😁
Jesus Christ Superstar
What about “Singin in The Rain”?!? It’s considered the best musical of all time...
meet me in St. Louis
On the town
Seven brides for seven brothers
Calamity Jane
Sooooo many more!!!
Singing in the Rain wasn't adapted to the stage for years later.
When Hello, Dolly came up, did anyone else think of WALL-E?
Keros Arriola First time I saw a snippet of the movie was from Wall E. I was 15 now I am 26
Yes
Yep
There are too many great musicals from the “Golden Age”! There should have been videos for each decade!!
I completely agree. I also find it weird that they put 1940-1950s musicals and 1960s musicals on the same list. In my opinion, 1940s-1950s musicals are quite different, in many ways, from 1960s musicals.
I'll +1 this sentiment...
There's probably some theater kids who really disagree but Sound of Music and Fiddler as the top two feel right, they're definitely my favorites
1940-1970 is a pretty generous window for Golden Age musicals. Most theatre historians cut the Golden Age off somewhere around the mid-60's. Definitely before Hair, which sparked its own era of musical theatre into the 70's/early 80's.
Seriously? Where's Singin' in the Rain??
Figaro Singin‘ in the Rain premiered 1983 as a Stage Musical. And this list is about Stage Musicals from 40s to 70s
Andreas Wolf I saw the stage version at La Mirada Theater On Passover Night
I was thinking the same thing!!!!! My favorite movie of all time but ya that person two comments up is right
@@andreaswolf3091 "Singing In The Rain" wasn't even on Broadway. It was a MOVIE MUSICAL that came out in 1952, which was a few decades before it was adapted to Broadway in 1983.
I agree it should be one of them
Funny girl isn’t even an honorable mention?! Are you kidding me!?!
Omg trueeee
Wanted to write the same!
Yo I literally watch all the other mojo musical lists just to see if they listed it. It’s not even an honorable mention. It literally made barbra Streisand a superstar. Like wtf. Not even an honorable mention on any mojo lists.
While it has an incredible score, the book needs major work
Yesss
Here’s the thing. Cabaret and Hair are technically not Golden Age musicals. While they did come out during the 1940s-1970, Cabaret actually marked the start of a new era of musicals called the “Dark Age” musical. These were subversive “counter-culture” shows. The subject matter tended to be a lot more controversial and shocking in Dark Age musicals compared to the subject matter in the shows of the Golden Age. For example, Cabaret portrayed subjects such as abortion, prostitution, antisemitism, and, in the film and later productions, homosexuality. Hair dealt with recreational drug use, sexual freedom, mixed race couples, and nudity. In Golden Age musicals, those topics/themes would not pass. Just a fun tidbit of info.
“Dark Age” doesn’t mean the musicals weren’t successful. It means that they were thematically darker.
Sound of music...forever legendary
One of the best films ever.
Yes it is
Overrated
I'm 18, I grow up with all this musicals and I love them. I don't understand why none of my friends know them
As someone who's currently playing Maria, I am glad to see The Sound of Music so high on the list 😍
Wow wow wow! The golden age of Musical definitely had a lot of great hits and this list doesn't encompass all of them but damn, they sure got a lot of the big timers indeed. Fiddler on the Roof, Okahoma, Hello Dolly and Sound of Music are such instant classics! Tradition..!!
Fiddler on the Roof is by far one of the most amazing musicals. But what about Funny Girl, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, and Meet Me in St. Louis?
Seven Brides for seven brothers is so underrated but such a great film.
7:26 im like "hey its the song from Wall-E!"
Phantom of the Opera....Finnian's Rainbow....Brigadoon...what?! No Cats?
YES the REFERENCE before they revealed fiddler as #1 was AWESOME
My top 5 Favorites of this time period
1.Sound Of Music
2. Guys And Dolls
3. West Side Story
4. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
5. Oklahoma
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Kiss me Kate is one of my favorites. Very funny story and classic songs. One lesser known musicals from that period is Brigadoon. It was my the same men who wrote My Fair Lady and Camelot. It’s about a Scottish town that only appears every 100 years. An American finds in by accident and falls in love with one of the villagers. It has romance and fantasy and beautiful music. It was made into a movie on the ‘50’s with Gene Kelly. Worth checking out.
Agree about Kiss Me Kate! Sadly, I was never a big fan of Brigadoon. Based on what you said, I'm going to give it another try. I find this list strange - because if they're focusing on Broadway, they shouldn't use the film adaptions for footage only. It's confusing. My argument is - if something like Cats was on this list, you wouldn't use the recent film's footage for an example.
I had to read through the description to understand why something like Easter Parade or In the Good Old Summertime aren't on the list....let alone Wizard of Oz. I also love Silk Stockings very much. Fun to talk to other Musical Lovers!! Take Care!!
Is it just me or does MsMojo seem to be bias toward specific shows when it comes to musicals? The lists to do with musicals seem to include the same shows. I feel like their is very little research and more of the personal opinion of maybe one or two people who work for MsMojo behind the lists
Yes, I agree. Some musicals seem either overrepresented or underrepresented on MsMojo lists compared to how popular they are with musical theatre fans as a whole.
For this list, I'm surprised South Pacific wasn't on their main list, or even an honorable mention.
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Agreed. Their list of greatest musicals always seems to be compiled by people who don't really know much about musicals.
Tahlia Evans agreed - I never agree with their picks
True, this is like the 3rd time they’ve mentioned Hair. Great musical but it isn’t a s good as some others that I think should have been on the list (in my opinion)
My fav will always "the sound of music"
Me too it is my very favorite movie of all time
These are golden classics that will never be easy to do modern remakes
Also missing meet me in st. Louis... it stars Judy Garland plus debuted the iconic Christmas song, have yourself a merry little Christmas. This list would be better split into decades like the 2010s musicals. Too many to miss...
South Pacific is often considered the greatest American musical. It doesn't have a single bad song and successfully integrates jazz and melodic (European) music traditions. Bernstein looked toward it when writing the music of West Side Story.
My dad will never forget me playing Nicely in "Guys and Dolls" my junior year in high school.
the sound of music has been my favourite musical since i was 4 years old. i'm so excited to be playing liesl in a production at the moment but if it had to be 2nd there's no other show i would rather be first than Fiddler. It was the most magical show I've ever been a part of. The family dynamic, the moving songs, the time period of imperial Russia. I could do fiddler 1000 times and never get bored.
Lol when I saw the sound of music in the thumbnail I immediately thought about that song. Doe a deer a female deer,.... 😂
Wait...Cabaret, JUST an honorable mention?? CABARET? Really?
Herestia that is a bad call
@@batgurrl Absolutely!! I mean, just because this was the year of "The Godfather", Cabaret would have been BEST MOVIE. Sigh :/
Herestia well sometimes the choice was even worse with an almost mediocre movie winning over a GREAT movie
I love South Pacific. It's not well known but it's one of my favorites
It's well known.
I think it’s pretty well known - and it’s one of my favourites too.
Sound of music is amazing !
First time I agree with the running order. Also great to see A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in a top 10.
Very very great list I like it a lot and a lot of fun too great job mis mojo one of my very favorite list ever please do more videos like this one please
Please do musicals of the 1930s! Their were so many!! 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Wizard of Oz, etc... ❤️❤️❤️
Umm... where was “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and “Annie Get Your Gun” ???? 🤨
Seven brides for seven brothers wasn’t on broadway until the 1980’s. The movie was in the ‘50’s, although I agree it is a classic. Especially the barn raising dance.
You’re so right!! I love Seven Brides For Seven Brothers!
@@thomasbradley4505 Does it say they're doing only adaptations from Broadway to Film? 7 Brides is up there for me.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers should be on there too.
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Yes. I love that one so much.
Was so happy when I saw Hello Dolly and My Fair Lady
In all honesty, I wish that Carol Channing had reprised her role of Dolly in the movie musical. She had such pep while Barbara Streisand was boring as is her singing (to me)😝.
7:25 I was today years old when I found out THAT song from Wall E was from Hello Dolly
MeanMachine same here
Sound of music! Love it!
Where is Singing in the Rain!!??? Was it ever a Broadway musical ? 🥺 The Sound of Music is my favorite out of all the ones mentioned ❤️
Singing in the rain was made into a stage musical in I believe the ‘90’s. Or sometime around then. Possibly late ‘80’s.
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I found gold I had not yet discovered, thank you so much MsMojo
Fiddler On The Roof, Sound of Music, West Side Story and Guys and Dolls are my go to musical movies 👍
I love me some classic musical theatre in my feed! 💖🥰❤️🎶💕✨
The sound of music is a great musical, because it shows what it meant to go against Hitler and the Third Reich even for the Austrians themselves. It's quite a shame that Austrian seem not to even want the movie to be mentioned.
It’s not true today. The Sound of Music was performed at the Salzburger Landestheater from 2011 to 2019 ... and the Sound of Music is also performed at Salzburg Marionette Theatre...
I'm surprised I'm not seeing too many comments complaining about the absence of "The Music Man", but that might just be me...
It's one of my top ten favorites of all time!
Why?? Why is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers NEVER mentioned in these videos.... that musical has beautiful numbers in it... ugh so underrated
It's so sad. I wish more people would see it.
Because it's a movie musical not a Broadway show
I had no idea Michael Crawford was in so many musicals! I knew he was in Phantom, but my only other memory of him was in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em!
I love older musicals
How dare you make cabret and my fair lady only honorable mentions.
God, cabaret was amazing.
It truly is amazing
Not to mention leaving funny girl out completely
My Fair Lady being only an honorable mention is overshadowed by the travesty of Oliver! not even being an honorable mention!
Surprisingly I know all those shows on this list! I saw each film or some on stage and I loved them!
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YES!!!! My favorite musical is #1!!!
I Love "Fiddler On the Roof"!
On Moonlight Bay & By The Light Of The Silvery Moon 2 Doris Day & Gordon MacRae Movies & her with Howard Keel in Calamity Jane are 3 classics to me.
Showboat? It is considered the first "true" musical with the songs integrated into and forwarding the plot. It also had an integrated cast and dealt with issues like racism, which was not common then.
The Sound Of Music. Always and forever my favorite !
Les aventures de Momo et Alex Mine too!
Yes! This is a wonderful list, with well-remembered songs. I particularly liked Bernstein/Sondheim/Laurents' "West Side Story" (I'm a big fan of Rita Moreno!) and have seen it many times on TV. Imagine my disappointment, years later, when I found out both lead characters' singing voices were _dubbed!_ Here I'd always thought, "It's amazing what good voices Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer have!" only to find Marni Nixon and Jimmy Bryant did the actual singing---without credit. And "Cabaret" was excellent and daring ("If You Could See Her" had me almost rolling on the floor the first time I saw it).
Oldenweery I was devastated to find out the dubbed thing about West Side Story too cuz it was my favorite musical till I found that out.
@@RajaReign78 Fine music if you just ignore the fact of the dubbing, and "America" is a classic!
2 with lyrics by Hammerstein, THREE with lyrics by Sondheim, who was 12 when Hammerstein started mentoring him
You need another list!!!! there are so many in this time period!!!
BROADWAY musicals (we are NOT talking about film versions. Note to the young: the 70s movie Cabaret bears vague resemblance to the original production)
In no particular order:
My Fair Lady
The King & I
West Side Story
Oklahoma
South Pacific
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
The Sound of Music
Cabaret
Fiddler on the Roof
Hello Dolly!
PS: re Gypsy... using movie clips underplays a fantastic performance by Ethel Merman.
I think the stage version of cabaret is better than the movie
Singing in the rain
Did not begin as a Broadway musical.
Seven Brides and Calamity Jane should be here somewhere
Kody Ferreira the best movies of ALL TIME!
Those were both movie musicals. Not Broadway musicals. Seven Brides was eventually adapted for the stage in the 1980s and only lasted on Broadway for 5 performances in 1982. Not during the golden age of the Broadway musical as described here (1940 - 1970).
Sound of music ❤️
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I love Carousel, but I’m really surprised South Pacific wasn’t an honorable mention!
#1-YES!!! My Favorite Musical of All Time!
Cabaret is so much better than fiddler on the roof and my fair lady is better than an honourable mention. West side story should also be higher 🤷
Love Fiddler on the Roof! Topol Is a win for the role of Tevye!
Carousel and Oklahoma are 2 of my favorite movie musicals and they were way before my time.
South Pacific should have been an honorable mention at least
While I don't agree with all of your top ten, you did mention a number of those that I would have preferred in your honorable mention section. But there were several that were not mentioned at all: Oliver!, Brigadoon, How to Succeed in Business, Camelot, Mame, The Music Man, 1776.
My top ten musicals are as follows No1 Easter parade No2 An American in paris No3 white Christmas no4 sound of music
No5 south pacific no6 carousel No 7 Carmen jones no 8 the music man no9 okhlahoma no 10 showboat
Broadway musicals, not movies !
MUSIC MAN. One test would have to be how many times the show has been revived. While FIDDLER is an appropriate choice for first, MUSIC MAN has spawned more revivals and a second (made-for-TV) movie. CLEARLY it belongs on the list with a number. It DID win the Tony over West Side Story. Interestingly, FIDDLER is running NOW (I think) in a Yiddish version off-Broadway, and both WEST SIDE STORY and MUSIC MAN are due back on Broadway in the next two seasons (along with a new movie version of WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Steven Spielberg, in the works).
Oklahoma and Hello Dolly are my favorites on this list!
They forgot one of the Biggest Musicals of all time: South Pacific.
Guys and Dolls is my favorite musical.
Funny Girl, Sweet Charity and Hello, Dolly ♥️
I can't imagine a harder list to compile... Aah, the impossibility of it all!
The Sound Of Music forever!
🙌🏾SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS!!! 🙌🏾 It's been my dad and my go-to movie as far back as I can remember!!
This is about Broadway musicals not movies!
Gotta love the classics
My all time fave is Funny Girl... where is it here????
Camelot! It's amazing and should be talked about more
Definitely
What about......
.Jesus Christ Superstar?
.The Rocky Horror Show?
.Evita?
.Annie?
.The Wiz?
.Sweeney Todd
.The Pajama Game?
.The Music Man?
.Bye Bye Birdie?
.How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?
.1776?
Sean Horace cuz some came after 1970 I believe
All musicals after 1970... I would agree afterwise
Most are 80s.
Yay #1 Fiddler on the Roof!!
I agree with #1! Love Fidler
I only know Hello Dolly from WALLE and did Music Man and Singing in the Rain come out during this era? If so, they should be on the list as well as My Fair Lady!
The King And I? My Fair Lady?
Just last night my brother was playing songs from The Sound of Music from his phone while cooking dinner 😂
I agree with 2. Sound of Music 1. Fiddler On the Rood but what about “Flower Drum Song” & “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”?
If we're including the decade of the 70s there is no way "A Chorus Line" cannot be in the top three, if not number 1.
The 70's shouldn't have been included at all. A Chorus Line is a Pre-Contemporary era musical, not Golden Age.
I LOVE fiddler on the roof!!!
My Fair Lady was only an honorable mention!? FOR SHAME!!!!
I yelled because it was only an honorable mention.
and Oliver! not even an honorable mention.... that's the biggest outrage!
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West Side Story should have been much higher
The fact that Music Man is mentioned in the video but not even an honorable mention just offends me
*classics*
Question: is this list best musicals OR best MOVIE musicals? Those two lists would get different rankings in my book. For example, Hello Dolly might be in my top ten of musicals but NOT movie musicals.
Liza Minnelli has inherited her mom's vocals
West Side Story should be number one for many reasons
could you please make a list of the best german musicals? that would be very cool
The hills are alive with the sound of Griswald.
I can definitely get behind Fiddler for number 1 but Cabaret only an honourable mention?
Camelot deserves so much more recognition.
Definitely
Not even a mention of Bye Bye Birdie.
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