Musicals, a list by Jeffrey Winkler

6.5

/2708/

70

/72/

62

/53/

3.1

/1687/

70

/55/

Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote the talented newcomer to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.

82

7.8

/36242/

76

/723/

74

/534/

3.9

/30312/

97

/71/

90

/975/

age 7+

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

77

73

7.3

/11865/

74

/249/

70

/145/

3.6

/12032/

91

/22/

86

/429/

age 6+

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

70

7.6

/792/

74

/62/

69

/19/

3.6

/1110/

62

/21/

73

/19/

51

/14/

3.5

Broadway Idiot follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong from a punk rock concert at Madison Square Garden to the opening of his musical American Idiot on Broadway - only ten blocks away, but worlds apart. From behind the curtain share in the crazy journey of turning the mega-hit album into a punk rock musical - and ultimately see how the world of theater transformed Billie Joe.

76

7.8

/81464/

78

/4696/

74

/1127/

4.1

/358918/

78

/59/

86

/3951/

64

/27/

3.0

age 5+

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

67

57

6.3

/3065/

55

/63/

64

/44/

2.9

/2655/

90

/39/

70

/77/

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

52

5.4

/9164/

59

/140/

50

/138/

2.8

/2810/

40

/106/

39

/319/

45

/33/

3.0

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

71

43

7.0

/600/

65

/16/

71

/23/

3.8

/3064/

76

/4/

Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.

80

7.5

/20804/

72

/445/

71

/322/

3.9

/27203/

98

/45/

81

/430/

89

/9/

age 13+

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

45

5.0

/3923/

54

/278/

58

/91/

2.5

/12161/

38

/56/

51

/107/

41

/14/

1.0

age 15+

A farm girl is on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a strange and dangerous city where she meets her one true love – but in order to save his soul, she must put the power of destiny and song to the ultimate test.

56

41

6.2

/2290/

63

/49/

56

/29/

3.0

/1987/

40

/5/

58

/218/

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.

56

20

5.9

/802/

59

/22/

61

/16/

3.1

/401/

40

/59/

Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.

78

7.6

/51594/

73

/570/

74

/365/

3.8

/27335/

86

/21/

88

/1001/

In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.

76

47

7.6

/2151/

74

/37/

72

/29/

3.7

/994/

84

/525/

A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.

73

8.0

/73010/

80

/1526/

82

/2377/

4.0

/34536/

58

/40/

91

/1388/

58

/28/

2.5

The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.

86

8.8

/10716/

85

/545/

83

/186/

4.4

/28624/

A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

83

7.8

/3163/

77

/280/

72

/32/

4.1

/29221/

100

/19/

98

/169/

77

/6/

3.5

age 14+

A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.

74

62

6.5

/4264/

71

/346/

77

/282/

3.4

/60013/

90

/16/

Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets bullied by the other students whose brains are under control by the Principal and his wicked staff. With the help of the magical friends they meet along the way, as well as an Angelic Spirit Guide, they are able to gain the strength they need to fight off the school’s belligerent patriarchal conditioning.

82

7.4

/13485/

72

/280/

72

/227/

3.8

/18737/

95

/20/

82

/235/

93

/17/

4.0

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

72

38

7.5

/1315/

69

/33/

65

/16/

3.4

/961/

87

/245/

Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one of the most famous fairy tales of all time. A musical, made-for-television, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it is the only of the legendary composing team's musicals created specifically for that medium. It was originally broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, and was a phenomenal success, viewed by more than 107 million people. Though it originally aired in full color, only a black & white kinescope of the production has survived.

65

40

6.5

/1856/

73

/46/

66

/46/

3.2

/796/

60

/380/

When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.

66

56

6.7

/3211/

67

/67/

64

/59/

3.2

/2983/

80

/5/

59

/52/

A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.

64

17

6.1

/327/

70

/40/

64

/16/

3.2

/665/

It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A story of how a group of mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create the biggest show in America…and are getting ready to conquer the world. Featuring interviews with Miranda, as well as the cast and crew of Hamilton.

77

75

8.1

/5306/

78

/364/

69

/109/

3.9

/11880/

81

/650/

age 3+

Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and preparations. The Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock regulars join the festivities, but to Kermit's dismay, the only one missing is Miss Piggy, who has been caught in a snowstorm.

75

69

7.8

/4307/

76

/205/

70

/50/

3.5

/3768/

100

/27/

59

/43/

age 12+

The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recording artists, set during the last week of Jesus' life as he deals with betrayal, love and jealousy, and told from the perspective of Judas.

61

6.5

/1332/

57

/15/

59

/21/

3.4

/666/

71

/21/

2.0

A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve.

70

40

6.2

/644/

65

/26/

75

/48/

3.3

/680/

85

/63/

In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. She is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to move to the USA with a VISA and have a better life. He calls his friend Giuseppe, who is a hotel manager in Bávaro, and applies for a job entertaining children but hoping to find a wealthy tourist. Genaro meets the beautiful Martha, who has come with her aunts Dorothy and Helen, to forget her fiancée after calling off her wedding. Genaro calls his best friends, Chelo and Carlitos, to go out with the aunts and experience it alone with Martha. Martha only speaks English and Genaro only knows a few words of English, but everything goes as planned until Martha's boyfriend arrives at the resort and complicates everything.

51

39

5.2

/1230/

53

/129/

59

/43/

2.2

/5986/

58

/19/

36

/18/

57

/5/

age 10+

After moving from New York City to Indiana, a 12 year old navigates his parents' divorce, his impending bar mitzvah and his new school's social circles.

65

51

6.6

/3229/

73

/109/

61

/46/

3.2

/1405/

65

/89/

When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their 'adopted' children—Holly, Ariadne, and the twins—start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.

55

51

5.9

/4910/

66

/221/

57

/78/

3.1

/3111/

17

/6/

68

/278/

age 7+

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.

73

7.2

/322585/

73

/11758/

73

/7540/

3.5

/1005278/

65

/157/

87

/54405/

70

/15/

3.0

age 11+

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

70

54

7.1

/2970/

71

/46/

65

/33/

3.5

/1882/

88

/8/

65

/28/

58

/4/

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

55

39

5.6

/2620/

62

/77/

56

/48/

2.7

/1542/

49

/36/

Johnny is a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. After a fortune-teller tells Johnny how he can change his luck, the appearance of a new 'lady luck' soon causes a cat fight with Johnny's girlfriend, Frankie.

68

66

6.4

/9970/

70

/285/

61

/147/

3.1

/12387/

86

/29/

67

/335/

69

/8/

age 9+

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.

62

5.7

/1489/

54

/112/

61

/59/

3.0

/11090/

62

/102/

61

/19/

59

/26/

3.5

age 15+

A young and fiercely independent woman, Carmen, is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. She survives an illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard. When the border guard and his patrol partner Aidan become embroiled in a deadly standoff, the pair is forced to escape together.

78

52

7.6

/1605/

72

/148/

78

/37/

3.9

/35064/

82

/11/

82

/5/

A teenage girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" meets a dashing rebel who teaches her a more sinister way to play social politics.

71

7.0

/3823/

64

/41/

64

/33/

3.5

/802/

74

/61/

73

/178/

67

/22/

3.5

Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.

64

44

6.9

/2203/

67

/36/

62

/29/

3.5

/1161/

40

/5/

80

/104/

A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won't come up with anything with a use. Luckily, our film creator gets the help of his friends.

69

58

7.1

/4738/

70

/62/

66

/37/

3.3

/3599/

62

/13/

79

/126/

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

82

7.8

/63827/

76

/1385/

74

/940/

4.2

/154831/

92

/48/

87

/1754/

80

/8/

3.5

age 15+

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

70

60

6.9

/3351/

73

/134/

64

/304/

3.4

/5425/

83

/6/

65

/36/

A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

62

30

6.3

/1283/

66

/17/

58

/22/

3.2

/808/

57

/123/

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!

72

66

7.0

/6165/

69

/123/

69

/80/

3.4

/3309/

79

/14/

77

/164/

75

/9/

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

52

6.2

/10967/

66

/399/

62

/193/

2.9

/6643/

29

/21/

57

/834/

34

/6/

age 5+

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

73

58

7.4

/2178/

74

/79/

71

/52/

3.5

/1487/

85

/34/

78

/41/

60

/14/

The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.

56

39

5.7

/1974/

50

/43/

62

/45/

3.1

/1363/

51

/82/

age 6+

An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.

56

38

6.2

/1385/

62

/49/

60

/37/

3.2

/852/

54

/46/

49

/38/

46

/15/

In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end-of-term version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

79

7.4

/43993/

74

/922/

70

/461/

3.6

/39678/

90

/79/

81

/1370/

74

/11/