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Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time
by Ken Bloom and Frank Vlastnik (First Edition, 2004 & Second Edition, 2008)


 * 1900:
 * Babes in Toyland (operetta)
 * ''Little Johnny Jones
 * ''The Red Mill
 * ''The Merry Widow
 * 1910:
 * Oh, Boy! (musical)
 * Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
 * 1920:
 * Sally (musical)
 * ''Shuffle Along
 * Lady, Be Good (musical) [sic: Lady, Be Good!]
 * Rose-Marie
 * ''The Student Prince
 * ''No, No, Nanette
 * ''The Desert Song
 * ''Oh, Kay!
 * A Connecticut Yankee (musical)
 * Funny Face (musical)
 * Good News (musical) [sic: Good News!]
 * ''Show Boat
 * ''The New Moon
 * 1930:
 * ''Girl Crazy
 * ''The Band Wagon
 * George White's Scandals (1931 edition)
 * ''Of Thee I Sing
 * ''As Thousands Cheer
 * ''Anything Goes
 * ''Porgy and Bess
 * ''Babes in Arms
 * ''The Boys from Syracuse
 * ''On Your Toes
 * ''DuBarry Was a Lady
 * 1940:
 * Pal Joey (musical)
 * ''Lady in the Dark
 * ''Oklahoma!
 * ''One Touch of Venus
 * ''Bloomer Girl
 * On the Town (musical)
 * Carousel (musical)
 * Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
 * ''Brigadoon
 * ''Finian's Rainbow
 * ''Kiss Me, Kate
 * Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)
 * ''Lost in the Stars
 * South Pacific (musical)
 * 1950:
 * ''Guys and Dolls
 * ''The King and I
 * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)
 * Kismet (musical)
 * ''Wonderful Town
 * Fanny (musical)
 * ''The Pajama Game
 * Peter Pan (1954 musical)
 * ''Damn Yankees


 * 1950 (cont'd):
 * ''Bells Are Ringing
 * ''Li'l Abner
 * ''The Most Happy Fella
 * ''My Fair Lady
 * ''The Music Man
 * ''West Side Story
 * ''Destry Rides Again
 * ''Fiorello!
 * ''Gypsy
 * ''The Sound of Music
 * 1960:
 * ''Bye Bye Birdie
 * ''Do Re Mi
 * ''Carnival!
 * ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
 * ''I Can Get It for You Wholesale
 * ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
 * ''Little Me
 * ''She Loves Me
 * ''Fiddler on the Roof
 * ''Funny Girl
 * ''Hello, Dolly!
 * ''Man of La Mancha
 * ''Cabaret
 * ''Mame
 * ''Sweet Charity
 * ''Hair
 * ''Promises, Promises
 * ''Zorba
 * ''1776
 * 1970:
 * ''Company
 * ''Follies
 * ''Grease
 * ''A Little Night Music
 * ''Chicago
 * ''A Chorus Line
 * ''Annie
 * ''On the Twentieth Century
 * ''Evita
 * ''Sweeney Todd
 * 1980:
 * ''Dreamgirls
 * ''Cats
 * ''La Cage aux Folles
 * ''Sunday in the Park with George
 * ''Les Misérables
 * ''The Phantom of the Opera
 * ''City of Angels
 * ''Grand Hotel
 * 1990:
 * ''Kiss of the Spider Woman
 * ''Ragtime
 * 2000:
 * ''The Full Monty
 * ''Wicked
 * ''Avenue Q
 * ''The Drowsy Chaperone
 * ''Grey Gardens


 * Performers:
 * Edith Adams
 * Eddie Albert
 * Julie Andrews
 * Nancy Andrews (actress)
 * Adele Astaire
 * Fred Astaire
 * Pearl Bailey
 * Kaye Ballard
 * Ray Bolger
 * Larry Blyden
 * Shirley Booth
 * Fanny Brice
 * Yul Brynner
 * Betty Buckley
 * David Burns (actor)
 * Eddie Cantor
 * Len Cariou
 * Jack Cassidy
 * Carol Channing
 * Sydney Chaplin (actor)
 * Bobby Clark (comedian)
 * Barbara Cook
 * Marilyn Cooper
 * John Cullum
 * Howard Da Silva
 * Joan Diener
 * Alfred Drake
 * Sandy Duncan
 * Todd Duncan
 * Nancy Dussault
 * Christine Ebersole
 * Harvey Evans
 * Nanette Fabray
 * Lew Fields
 * Sutton Foster
 * Helen Gallagher
 * William Gaxton
 * Anita Gillette
 * Hermione Gingold
 * Randy Graff
 * Dolores Gray
 * Joel Grey
 * Tammy Grimes
 * Juanita Hall
 * Carol Haney
 * June Havoc
 * George Hearn
 * Florence Henderson
 * Gregory Hines
 * Judy Holliday
 * Susan Johnson (actor)
 * Al Jolson
 * Maria Karnilova
 * Danny Kaye
 * Stubby Kaye
 * Larry Kert
 * Richard Kiley
 * Dennis King
 * Lisa Kirk
 * Bert Lahr
 * Nathan Lane
 * Harold Lang
 * Angela Lansbury
 * Gertrude Lawrence
 * Beatrice Lillie
 * Dorothy Loudon
 * Patti LuPone
 * Mary Martin
 * Carmen Mathews
 * Mary McCarty (actor)
 * Audra McDonald
 * Donna McKechnie


 * Performers (cont'd):
 * Kay Medford
 * Ethel Merman
 * Marilyn Miller
 * Liza Minnelli
 * Brian Stokes Mitchell
 * David Montgomery (actor)
 * Victor Moore
 * Helen Morgan
 * Anita Morris
 * Karen Morrow
 * Robert Morse
 * Zero Mostel
 * Donna Murphy
 * Jerry Orbach
 * Bernadette Peters
 * Robert Preston (actor)
 * John Raitt
 * Cyril Ritchard
 * Chita Rivera
 * Vivienne Segal
 * Phil Silvers
 * Alexis Smith
 * Pat Stanley
 * Fred Stone
 * Elaine Stritch
 * Leslie Uggams
 * Gwen Verdon
 * Nancy Walker
 * Ethel Waters
 * Susan Watson
 * David Wayne
 * Robert Weede
 * Directors, choreographers:
 * George Abbott
 * George Balanchine
 * Gower Champion
 * Jack Cole (choreographer)
 * Agnes de Mille
 * Ron Field
 * Bob Fosse
 * Peter Gennaro
 * Michael Kidd
 * Joe Layton
 * Joshua Logan
 * Jerry Mitchell
 * Tom Moore (director)
 * Trevor Nunn
 * Harold Prince
 * Jerome Robbins
 * Herbert Ross
 * Donald Saddler
 * Susan Stroman
 * Tommy Tune
 * Onna White
 * Designers, orchestrators:
 * Theoni V. Aldredge
 * Boris Aronson
 * Lucinda Ballard
 * Robert Russell Bennett
 * Al Hirschfeld
 * Florence Klotz
 * Jo Mielziner
 * Oliver Smith (designer)
 * Jonathan Tunick
 * Joseph Urban
 * Robin Wagner (designer)
 * Tony Walton


 * Producers:
 * Alex Aarons
 * Robert E. Griffith
 * Vinton Freedley
 * Cameron Mackintosh
 * David Merrick
 * George White (producer)
 * Florenz Ziegfeld
 * Writers, composers:
 * Lee Adams
 * Richard Adler
 * Harold Arlen
 * Michael Bennett
 * Irving Berlin
 * Leonard Bernstein
 * Jerry Bock
 * Guy Bolton
 * Eubie Blake
 * Lew Brown
 * Abe Burrows
 * George M. Cohan
 * Cy Coleman
 * Betty Comden
 * Noël Coward
 * B. G. DeSylva
 * Howard Dietz
 * Fred Ebb
 * Dorothy Fields
 * Herbert Fields
 * George Forrest (author)
 * Rudolf Friml
 * George Gershwin
 * Ira Gershwin
 * Adolph Green
 * Larry Grossman (composer)
 * Marvin Hamlisch
 * Oscar Hammerstein II
 * Otto Harbach
 * E. Y. Harburg
 * Sheldon Harnick
 * Lorenz Hart
 * Moss Hart
 * Ray Henderson
 * Victor Herbert
 * Jerry Herman
 * Tom Jones (writer)
 * John Kander
 * George S. Kaufman
 * Jerome Kern
 * Burton Lane
 * Arthur Laurents
 * Franz Lehár
 * Carolyn Leigh
 * Alan Jay Lerner
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Frank Loesser
 * Frederick Loewe
 * Galt MacDermot
 * Bob Merrill
 * Cole Porter
 * Richard Rodgers
 * Sigmund Romberg
 * Harold Rome
 * Jerry Ross (composer)
 * Harvey Schmidt
 * Arthur Schwartz
 * Stephen Schwartz (composer)
 * Neil Simon
 * Noble Sissle
 * Stephen Sondheim
 * Michael Stewart (playwright)
 * Peter Stone
 * Charles Strouse
 * Jule Styne
 * Kurt Weill
 * Meredith Willson
 * P. G. Wodehouse
 * Robert Wright (writer)

Broadway Musicals: Show by Show
by Stanley Green (Fifth Edition, 1996)


 * 1800s:
 * ''The Black Crook
 * Evangeline (1874 musical)
 * ''The Mulligan Guard Ball
 * Robin Hood (comic opera)
 * ''A Trip to Chinatown
 * ''The Fortune Teller (operetta)
 * 1900:
 * ''Florodora
 * The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical)
 * Babes in Toyland (operetta)
 * ''Little Johnny Jones
 * ''Mlle. Modiste
 * ''Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
 * ''The Red Mill
 * ''Follies of 1907
 * ''The Merry Widow
 * ''The Chocolate Soldier
 * 1910:
 * ''Madame Sherry
 * Naughty Marietta (operetta)
 * The Pink Lady (musical)
 * The Firefly (musical)
 * Sweethearts (musical)
 * ''The Girl from Utah
 * Watch Your Step (musical)
 * ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1915
 * ''The Blue Paradise
 * ''Very Good Eddie
 * Oh, Boy! (musical)
 * Maytime (musical)
 * ''Leave It to Jane
 * ''Oh, Lady! Lady!!
 * Sinbad (musical)
 * ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1918
 * ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
 * Greenwich Village Follies (1919 edition)
 * Irene (musical)
 * 1920:
 * Sally (musical)
 * ''Shuffle Along
 * ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1921
 * Music Box Revue [disambiguate: 1921 edition]
 * Das Dreimäderlhaus [a.k.a. Blossom Time]
 * ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1922
 * George White's Scandals (1922 edition)
 * Poppy (1923 musical)
 * Andre Charlot's Revue of 1924
 * Rose-Marie
 * Lady, Be Good (musical) [sic: Lady, Be Good!]
 * The Student Prince
 * The Garrick Gaieties [disambiguate: 1925 edition]
 * No, No, Nanette
 * Dearest Enemy
 * The Vagabond King
 * Sunny (musical)
 * The Cocoanuts (musical)
 * Tip-Toes
 * George White's Scandals (1926 edition)
 * Gräfin Mariza [a.k.a. Countess Maritza]
 * Oh, Kay!
 * The Desert Song
 * Peggy-Ann
 * Rio Rita (musical)
 * Hit the Deck (musical)
 * Good News (musical) [sic: Good News!]
 * A Connecticut Yankee (musical)
 * Funny Face (musical)
 * Show Boat
 * Rosalie (musical)
 * The Three Musketeers (musical)
 * Blackbirds of 1928
 * The New Moon
 * Hold Everything!
 * Whoopee! [sic: Whoopee]
 * Follow Thru (musical)
 * The Little Show
 * Sweet Adeline (musical)
 * Bitter Sweet
 * Fifty Million Frenchmen


 * 1930:
 * Strike Up the Band (musical)
 * Flying High
 * Fine and Dandy (musical)
 * Girl Crazy
 * Three's a Crowd (musical)
 * The New Yorkers
 * The Band Wagon (musical)
 * Earl Carroll Vanities (1931 edition)
 * George White's Scandals (1931 edition)
 * The Cat and the Fiddle (musical)
 * Of Thee I Sing
 * Face the Music (musical)
 * Flying Colors (musical)
 * Music in the Air
 * Take a Chance (musical)
 * Gay Divorce
 * As Thousands Cheer
 * Roberta
 * Ziegfeld Follies of 1934
 * New Faces (1934 edition)
 * Life Begins at 8:40
 * The Great Waltz
 * Anything Goes
 * At Home Abroad
 * Porgy and Bess
 * Jubilee (musical)
 * Jumbo (musical)
 * Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
 * On Your Toes
 * Red, Hot and Blue
 * The Show Is On
 * Babes in Arms
 * I'd Rather Be Right
 * Pins and Needles
 * Hooray for What!
 * The Cradle Will Rock
 * I Married an Angel
 * Hellzapoppin (musical)
 * Knickerbocker Holiday
 * Leave It to Me!
 * The Boys from Syracuse
 * Too Many Girls (musical) [dissociate 1940 film]
 * DuBarry Was a Lady
 * 1940:
 * Louisiana Purchase (musical)
 * Cabin in the Sky (musical)
 * Panama Hattie
 * Pal Joey (musical)
 * Lady in the Dark
 * Best Food Forward (musical)
 * Let's Face It!
 * By Jupiter
 * This Is the Army (musical)
 * Oklahoma!
 * One Touch of Venus
 * Carmen Jones
 * Mexican Hayride (musical)
 * Follow the Girls
 * Song of Norway
 * Bloomer Girl
 * On the Town (musical)
 * Up in Central Park
 * Carousel (musical)
 * St. Louis Woman
 * Call Me Mister
 * Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
 * Street Scene (opera)
 * Finian's Rainbow
 * Brigadoon
 * High Button Shoes
 * Allegro (musical)
 * Make Mine Manhattan
 * Inside U.S.A.
 * Love Life (musical)
 * Where's Charley?
 * As the Girls Go
 * Lend an Ear
 * Kiss Me, Kate
 * South Pacific (musical)
 * Miss Liberty
 * Lost in the Stars
 * Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)


 * 1950:
 * Call Me Madam
 * Guys and Dolls
 * The King and I
 * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)
 * Paint Your Wagon (musical)
 * New Faces of 1952
 * Wish You Were Here (musical)
 * Wonderful Town
 * Can-Can (musical)
 * Me and Juliet
 * Kismet (musical)
 * The Threepenny Opera
 * The Golden Apple (musical)
 * The Pajama Game
 * The Boy Friend
 * Peter Pan (1954 musical)
 * Fanny (musical)
 * House of Flowers (musical)
 * Plain and Fancy
 * Silk Stockings
 * Damn Yankees
 * My Fair Lady
 * The Most Happy Fella
 * Li'l Abner (musical)
 * Bells Are Ringing (musical)
 * Candide (operetta)
 * New Girl in Town
 * West Side Story
 * Jamaica (musical)
 * The Music Man
 * Flower Drum Song
 * Redhead (musical)
 * Destry Rides Again (musical)
 * Once Upon a Mattress
 * Gypsy: A Musical Fable [sic: Gypsy]
 * Take Me Along
 * The Sound of Music
 * Little Mary Sunshine
 * Fiorello!
 * 1960:
 * Greenwillow
 * Bye Bye Birdie (musical)
 * The Fantasticks
 * Irma La Douce (musical) [sic: Irma la Douce]
 * The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)
 * Camelot (musical)
 * Do Re Mi (musical)
 * Carnival! [sic: Carnival]
 * Milk and Honey (musical)
 * How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
 * No Strings
 * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
 * Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
 * Little Me (musical)
 * Oliver!
 * She Loves Me
 * 110 in the Shade
 * Hello, Dolly! (musical)
 * What Makes Sammy Run? (musical)
 * Funny Girl (musical)
 * High Spirits (musical)
 * Fiddler on the Roof
 * Golden Boy (musical)
 * Do I Hear a Waltz?
 * Half a Sixpence
 * The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
 * On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
 * Man of La Mancha
 * Sweet Charity
 * Mame (musical)
 * The Apple Tree
 * Cabaret (musical)
 * I Do! I Do!
 * You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
 * Your Own Thing
 * The Happy Time (musical)
 * George M!
 * Hair (musical)
 * Zorba (musical)
 * Promises, Promises
 * Dames at Sea
 * 1776 (musical)


 * 1970:
 * Purlie
 * Applause (musical)
 * Company (musical)
 * The Rothschilds
 * Follies
 * Godspell
 * Jesus Christ Superstar
 * Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)
 * Grease (musical)
 * Sugar (musical)
 * Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
 * Pippin (musical)
 * A Little Night Music
 * Raisin (musical)
 * The Magic Show
 * The Wiz
 * Shenandoah (musical)
 * A Chorus Line
 * Chicago (musical)
 * Pacific Overtures
 * I Love My Wife
 * Annie (musical)
 * On the Twentieth Century
 * Dancin'
 * The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
 * Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)
 * I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
 * They're Playing Our Song
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Evita (musical)
 * Sugar Babies
 * 1980:
 * Barnum (musical)
 * 42nd Street (musical)
 * The Pirates of Penzance
 * Sophisticated Ladies
 * Woman of the Year (musical)
 * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
 * Dreamgirls
 * Nine (musical)
 * Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
 * Cats (musical)
 * My One and Only
 * La Cage aux Folles (musical)
 * The Tap Dance Kid
 * Sunday in the Park with George
 * Big River (musical)
 * Song and Dance
 * Drood [sic: The Mystery of Edwin Drood]
 * Me and My Girl
 * Les Misérables (musical)
 * Starlight Express
 * Into the Woods
 * The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
 * Chess (musical)
 * Jerome Robbins' Broadway
 * Grand Hotel (musical)
 * City of Angels (musical)
 * 1990:
 * Aspects of Love
 * Once on This Island
 * Miss Saigon
 * The Secret Garden (musical)
 * The Will Rogers Follies
 * Crazy for You
 * Five Guys Named Moe
 * Jelly's Last Jam
 * Falsettos
 * The Who's Tommy [sic: Tommy]
 * Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)
 * Beauty and the Beast (musical)
 * Passion (musical)
 * Sunset Boulevard (musical)
 * Victor/Victoria (musical)
 * Rent (musical)