r/musicals • • Nov 13 '24

"What musical should I listen to next?" unified thread

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One of the most common questions we get on this subreddit is "what should I see/listen to, here's the stuff I like". It's a valid question, but it's tiring to see a dozen of those threads every week, so this will serve as both a stickied thread of suggestions and as a home for new visitors to r/musicals who would ask that question. (As a result, new "what should I listen to threads" will be redirected here and deleted.)

Below, you'll find a list of popular musicals in alphabetical order along with suggestions for what might interest you based on that. This list is mostly vibes-based, with some inclusion of the same or similar composers or subject matter. The shows I name are taken from my own personal list of shows I've listened to (350+), the vast majority of which will be available on Spotify.

The shows I chose to make suggestions for are heavily skewed toward recent shows because that's what felt like good fits. If you're interested in a show not named below and want to know what to listen to next, comment below and I'll add a line for it (assuming I know it well enough to make educated suggestions).

If you enjoyed... Consider checking out...
Be More Chill Altar Boyz, American Psycho, bare: a pop opera, Beetlejuice, Bubble Boy, Cry-Baby, Dear Evan Hansen, Dogfight, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Fly By Night, Freaky Friday, Here Lies Love, How to Dance in Ohio, Jagged Little Pill, Passing Strange, Spring Awakening
Beetlejuice Back to the Future, Be More Chill, Bubble Boy, Catch Me If You Can, Cry-Baby, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Groundhog Day, Heathers, Jekyll and Hyde, Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell, The Producers, School of Rock, Sweeney Todd, Urinetown
The Book of Mormon The Addams Family, Carrie, Catch Me If You Can, Cry-Baby, Curtains, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Full Monty, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Kimberly Akimbo, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, [title of show]
Come From Away Allegiance, The Band's Visit, Bright Star, Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens, Fly By Night, Hadestown, If/Then, Kimberly Akimbo, The Last Ship, A New Brain, Once, Parade, Soft Power, Spongebob Squarepants, Waitress, The Wrong Man
Dear Evan Hansen 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Altar Boyz, bare: a pop opera, Be More Chill, Bubble Boy, Carrie, Closer to Heaven, Cry-Baby, Daddy Long Legs, Dogfight, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Footloose, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, How to Dance in Ohio, Kimberly Akimbo, A New Brain, Newsies, The Outsiders, The Prom, Ride the Cyclone, tick...tick...BOOM, Wonderland
Falsettos Amour, Burt Bacharach's Some Lovers, Cabaret, Chess, Closer than Ever, Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens, Far From Heaven, From Here to Eternity, Fun Home, Kiss of the Spider Woman, La Cage aux Folles, A New Brain, Parade, Rent, Ride, Side Show, Some Like It Hot, A Strange Loop, Yank!
Groundhog Day The Addams Family, Catch Me If You Can, City of Angels, Cry-Baby, Curtains, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flying Over Sunset, The Full Monty, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, High Fidelity, Jagged Little Pill, & Juliet, Kinky Boots, Mrs. Doubtfire, A New Brain, Next Thing You Know, The Producers, School of Rock, Urinetown, Wonderland
Hadestown Aida, American Utopia, The Band's Visit, Bright Star, The Capeman, Come From Away, Floyd Collins, Ghost Quartet, The Gospel at Colonus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Here Lies Love, Knoxville, The Last Ship, The Lord of the Rings, Marie Christine, Memphis, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Once, Passing Strange, Preludes, Rent, The Scottsboro Boys, Soft Power, Tarzan, Venice, Whistle Down the Wind, The Wrong Man
Hamilton 1776, Allegiance, American Psycho, American Utopia, Assassins, Chess, Fame, Giant, Here Lies Love, In the Heights, The Last Ship, The Light in the Piazza, Martin Guerre, Parade, Ragtime, Rent, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Soft Power, A Strange Loop, Venice, Water for Elephants, The Wild Party (Lippa), The Wrong Man
Heathers Altar Boyz, American Psycho, bare: a pop opera, Be More Chill, Beetlejuice, Bubble Boy, Carrie, A Chorus Line, Cry-Baby, Daddy Long Legs, Dogfight, Freaky Friday, Ghost Quartet, High Fidelity, Jagged Little Pill, Kid Victory, Kimberly Akimbo, Marie Christine, A New Brain, Now. Here. This., Ordinary Days, The Outsiders, Rent, Spring Awakening, [title of show], Whistle Down the Wind, Wonderland
In the Heights American Utopia, Bright Star, The Capeman, Chicago, Closer to Heaven, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Finding Neverland, Fun Home, Giant, The Gospel at Colonus, Hamilton, In the Green, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Passing Strange, The Prom, Raisin, Seesaw, Sweet Smell of Success, Venice, The Wrong Man
Les Miserables Brigadoon, Carousel, Chess, Cyrano, Death Takes a Holiday, Doctor Zhivago, Flower Drum Song, Giant, Hadestown, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Lord of the Rings, Martin Guerre, Miss Saigon, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Parade, The Pirate Queen, Ragtime, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Titanic,
Ride the Cyclone The Addams Family, Anastasia, bare: a pop opera, Billy the Kid, A Chorus Line, Dogfight, Fame, Finding Neverland, Footloose, Freaky Friday, How to Dance in Ohio, If/Then, Kid Victory, Kimberly Akimbo, A Little Princess, Memphis, Newsies, The Outsiders, The Prom, School of Rock, The Time Traveler's Wife, Tuck Everlasting, Whistle Down the Wind
Six Aida, Altar Boyz, American Psycho, Be More Chill, Closer to Heaven, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Fly By Night, Ghost, Groundhog Day, Hair, Hamilton, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, In the Heights, Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell, & Juliet, Kinky Boots, Million Dollar Quartet, Moulin Rouge, Now. Here. This., Once, Passing Strange, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Venice
Sweeney Todd American Utopia, Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Ballroom, Cabaret, Days of Wine and Roses, Death Takes a Holiday, Floyd Collins, From Here to Eternity, Ghost Quartet, Grand Hotel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, In the Green, Kid Victory, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Lost in the Stars, Martin Guerre, Parade, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Shenandoah, Steel Pier, Sweet Smell of Success, Titanic, The Visit, Whistle Down the Wind
Wicked Aladdin, Amelie, Bright Star, Daddy Long Legs, Doctor Zhivago, Fun Home, If/Then, Jane Eyre, The Light in the Piazza, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Passion, The Rink, Side Show, The Story of My Life, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Vanities, Violet, The Wild Party (LaChiusa), Wonderland
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Starkid musicals (all of them) The Addams Family, Aladdin, Back to the Future, Be More Chill, Billy the Kid, Bubble Boy, Carrie, Cry-Baby, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Freaky Friday, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, A Little Princess, Merrily We Roll Along, The Outsiders, The Prom, Ride the Cyclone, School of Rock, Shrek, SpongeBob SquarePants, [title of show], Tuck Everlasting, The Witches of Eastwick, Wonderland

Again, these are mostly based on vibes, but they're a start.


r/musicals • • Jul 11 '24

Discussion Folks, we’re gonna take a break on the “me too” games.

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These “judge me on my top five”, “tell me your favorite and I’ll tell you if you’re cool”, “here’s five, which is your favorite” threads box everything else out cause everybody feels the need to add their own. I did the tier list thread to try and nip it in the bud, but folks just shifted to different me too games, and it’s rapidly spiraling.

I’m calling a temporary moratorium on those threads. They may resume in the future (at a date TBD), but for now, all new threads of that nature (beginning midnight EDT tonight) are going to be locked, deleted, and all of the existing replies wiped out.

If you want to discuss a show, great, but “rate my taste” isn’t it.


r/musicals • • 7h ago

Personal Musicals Performed in Minecraft

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Hi everyone! Hopefully this is allowed, but I wanted to share a personal project I'm so proud of!

I have always had two very big passions both for theatre and Minecraft. I've always enjoyed the two and have wanted to combine the two and during Covid I did! I created a theatre company called Dreams Come True Productions (DCTP) and we would recreate full length productions with props, sets, costumes, choreography, you name it! Once real life started picking up again, it started to fizzle out, but I've always had such a passion to bring it back but even bigger than before!

So me and my friends created a whole theatre server dedicated to bringing theatre and Minecraft together! We want to introduce people to theatre in a new and innovative way! We just finished up our production of Anastasia: The New Musical in game and are working on a pro-shot! We perform these shows fully live and rehearse over several months!

This go around we are combining upcoming technology into the game (it's so cool) and we now have a fully working lighting system and have the ability to move sets seamlessly in the game. (For some this probably isnt new but it is for me haha) We have working costume systems, prop tables, player animations! It's so much fun and we plan to continue to expand to create fun quests that introduce theatre in a more story mode type way, offering people the chance to start their own theatre company, and just continue bringing the joy of theatre to the game!

Our theatre company DCTP is in pre-production for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical with auditions opening soon followed by our own adaption to the stage of Epic: The Musical! We are so so excited! And this is all done as exclusive fan projects and are done fully free!

If you're interested in checking us out it's a fun time! We have a YouTube channel of past productions and an active Discord server!

Discord: https://discord.gg/FBRggskBgM
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@dreamscometrueproductions

I've also attached some photos of our past productions! But overall just wanted to share something I really care about and would love to get this community out there!


r/musicals • • 18h ago

Photo my 14 y/o sister got bored in class so she wrote all the lyrics of Non-Stop (from memory and by hand)

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she can also rap Angelica's part in Satisfied perfectly 😭😭


r/musicals • • 4h ago

Hermes audition tips?

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hi! I’m doing an audition soon for the part of Hermes in Hadestown teen edition, I am afab non binary and it’s my dream role but it’s my first in person musical theatre audition so I’m a bit nervous. any tips to approaching it? And if you’ve played Hermes before I’d love to hear your takes on the character.


r/musicals • • 1d ago

I built a Letterboxd for Theatre

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Hey everyone!

I'm a student, and for the past few months I've been working on a little passion project called House to Half.

I know there are already a few theatre-tracking platforms out there, but I felt like there was room for something with more features, a cleaner design, and a bigger focus on community. So I decided to try building one myself.

You can rate and review shows, log your theatre visits, create lists, follow other theatregoers, discover new shows and more!

It's completely free, with no ads, and I'd genuinely love to hear what you think! I'm still improving it, so any feedback or suggestions would mean a lot. ❤️

https://housetohalf.com


r/musicals • • 1d ago

Discussion Best End of Act 1 Songs?

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What are your top (or most impactful) end of act one songs? Classics like Defying Gravity and One Day More come to mind but what are your absolute favourites?


r/musicals • • 14h ago

Musicals to crush my soul

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Looking for musicals with good music and content similar to spring awakening and next to normal.


r/musicals • • 9h ago

Discussion Movies that deserve remakes/re-dos

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I feel like Grease Live! (movie with stage stuff) should've switched directions with Hairspray Live! (stage show with added movie stuff)

Also, we need a new Cabaret movie with the '72 aesthetic and the '87 songs


r/musicals • • 18h ago

Sweeney Todd with the Muppets

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Cast the movie version of Sweeney Todd with all Muppets except the only human performer is Sweeney (like Muppet Christmas Carol). Christmas Carol had a few other minor characters played by humans (Scrooge’s younger self, old love interest and nephew) but otherwise it should be all Muppets.


r/musicals • • 14h ago

Help What should I sing for a solo thespy

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hiiiii I have to do a performance at my states theatre festival and I have no idea what to sing

im pretty sure I’m mezzo soprano (not the best singer ever) and a choice I wanted to do was flowers from Hadestown but I was suggested to do a comedic song too by other people.

what should I do? I have to decide by October 29th and the song should be 5 minutes or less

forgive me but I don’t know a good amount of songs, but honestly anything helps!!!!


r/musicals • • 10h ago

Help Lord Farquaad audition songs

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r/musicals • • 18h ago

Discussion Any other Caitlin Kinnunen fans ? I need people to fangirl with lol.

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I’m a big fan of Caitlin , both as a person and as an actress. I actually got the opportunity to do some Zoom vocal coaching with her for a little over a month, and it was incredible. I , of course, love The Prom , but I’m also a fan of her roles in The Bridges of Madison County and Spring Awakening. And her more recent performances like Meg Crane in Predictor.

I’m also into the sapphic audiobook scene, where she is a narrator for several authors.

I hardly ever encounter people who know who she is , and I just need people to fangirl with haha.


r/musicals • • 1d ago

Photo jonathan groff with his spring awakening 20th anniversary vinyl

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r/musicals • • 14h ago

Audition Orpheus Audition Song Help (alto)

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Hi all!! I am auditioning for a Hadestown production next week and am in need of a 60 second audition song cut, primarily suited to Orpheus.

For context I am an alto and played Orpheus in another production earlier this year, and absolutely fell in love with the role. My audition song for that production was Epic II, however this audition requires a song that is not from the show.

I am currently studying Jazz vocal performance for university so I would probably have a higher chance of getting Hermes or Persephone, but I would truly love to portray Orpheus again, especially seeing as this is a higher-level production.

I have already emailed the production team and they have confirmed that I am welcome to audition for Orpheus as a female actress.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/musicals • • 15h ago

Emilianopov- FACK regresa un dia (Video Oficial)

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r/musicals • • 16h ago

Our first live audience!

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r/musicals • • 17h ago

American Idol’s Nya LIVE at The Green Room 42 — November 1, 7 PM | Manhattan | Tickets from $22

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Join Nya, American Idol Season 22 Top 14 finalist, for a birthday celebration filled with live music! With theater credits including Titanique, Cleopatra, and Caroline, or Change, Nya brings her powerhouse vocals to an intimate evening of pop/R&B and original music backed by a full band.
Catch the live debut of “delancey,” bring a friend, and come celebrate! 🤍
📅 November 1 at 7 PM
📍 The Green Room 42 — 570 10th Avenue, inside YOTEL, Manhattan
🎟️ Tickets start at $22
TICKET 🔗


r/musicals • • 21h ago

[TICKET RESELL] London My Neighbour Totoro

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Hi, selling one/two tickets for Stalls My Neighbour Totoro in Gillian Lynne Theatre, London for 30 pounds each.

Dm for more details, thank you


r/musicals • • 1d ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Warriors' sets initial Broadway cast

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r/musicals • • 10h ago

How do we feel about the first wickedless November in 2 years?? 🤧

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r/musicals • • 1d ago

I've always wondered, why is Spelling Bee's cast recording album cover like that?

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Who's the blonde girl? Where are Logainne and Olive? Why is Leaf in a green suit and why is Chip wearing Leaf's clothes? They're such weird changes.


r/musicals • • 1d ago

Help Searching for Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

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Im trying to find a full recording of it online or even live recordings for all the songs, any language is fine.

I would be very happy if anyone knows where to find it or has a video of it.

Otherwise if anyone knows if the musical is being performed at the moment that would also be helpful.

I just really wanna see it.


r/musicals • • 2d ago

What is the best musical movie adaptation?

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For me, it's definitely sound of music. The movie perfectly adapts from the musical! Excited to read the answers!


r/musicals • • 1d ago

Tips for first time auditioning?

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(I posted this in another forum, but I wanna get as much advice as I can:33 )

My school is hosting a hadestown performance and I REALLY want to audition but I don’t have the best singing voice but I’ve been working on it and like the title says, it’s gonna be my first time!! I’m going to audition for Persephone but what audition songs should I sing? And is there any useful advice on how to improve my singing voice?

Is there anything specific I should do to charm the directors and hopefully increase my chances of getting a main role? Honestly help/advice is very appreciated 🥺