BEST OF: Broadway 2 A Day (Favorites by Decade + Suggestions for Listening)

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Happy New Year! As promised, this is the final Broadway 2 A Day blog where I will list my favorite listens from the challenge and suggest a smaller number of shows for those of you looking to expand your musical theatre horizons. 

The creator of this challenge is providing materials for a One A Day challenge this year which will allow folks to listen to one show each weekday for a longer timeline. If you are interested in doing that please let me know! 

Note, I'm going to try to pick shows that don't get as much attention where it makes sense. Okay, one last time - let's dive in.

Best Shows by Decade

1950s

  • Brigadoon
  • Annie Get Your Gun
  • West Side Story 
  • Gypsy
1960s
  • Camelot
  • She Loves Me
  • Sweet Charity 
  • Cabaret
1970s
  • Company
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • A Little Night Music
  • Sweeney Todd
1980s
  • Sunday in the Park with George
  • Into the Woods
  • Les Miserables
  • Phantom of the Opera
1990s
  • Falsettos
  • Rent
  • Jekyll & Hyde
  • The Secret Garden
2000s
  • Aida
  • The Producers
  • Spring Awakening
  • Next to Normal
2010s / 2020s
  • Newsies
  • The Bridges of Madison County 
  • Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
  • Waitress
  • Hadestown
  • Six
My Personal Favorite Shows Of All Time (at the moment) (and in no particular order)
  • Les Miserables
  • Next to Normal
  • Spring Awakening 
  • Falsettos (2017 revival)
  • Company
  • Jekyll & Hyde
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Waitress
  • Hadestown
Theatre Kids - Expand Your Horizons

If you are a big ol' theatre nerd like me here are some shows you might not have listened to yet that I would recommend adding to your rotation: 
  • Once Upon a Mattress
  • Call Me Madam
  • Damn Yankees
  • Anyone Can Whistle
  • Man of La Mancha
  • 1776
  • Evita
  • The Secret Garden
  • La Cage Aux Folles
  • Chess
  • Once on this Island
  • The Who's Tommy
  • Titanic
  • Aida
  • Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
  • First Date
  • Bright Star
And one final reminder, I have a Spotify playlist with one song from each show I listened to if you're interested in getting a little taste of everything we covered this year - and each full cast recording listed here is available for free on Spotify (and likely YouTube and Apple Music as well.)

Thanks for reading and listening along - til next time!

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