WHATSONSTAGE ANNOUNCES THE TOP 100 FAVOURITE MUSICALS AS VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC – LES MISÉRABLES TAKES THE TOP SPOT

WHATSONSTAGE ANNOUNCES THE TOP 100 FAVOURITE MUSICALS

AS VOTED FOR BY THE PUBLIC –

LES MISÉRABLES TAKES THE TOP SPOT

WhatsOnStage today announces the top 100 musicals as voted for by the theatregoing public, who have been voting across the month of April.

The poll see Les Misérables crowned the number 1 most popular musical, with The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Hamilton and West Side Story making up the top 5, with only the latter not currently running in the West End.

Stephen Sondheim proves the most popular composer/lyricist with 11 entries in the top 100 – West Side Story, Company, Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along, A Little Night Music, Follies, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Gypsy and Assassins. He is closely followed by Andrew Lloyd Webber (who shares Sondheim’s birthday of 22 March) with The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita, Starlight Express, Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Alex Wood from WhatsOnStage said today, “Musicals are the lifeblood of theatre, and readers have voted in droves to anoint Les Misérables their favourite musical of all times. Not a critic favourite when it opened, it has proved a solid gold hit with audiences, and remains the longest running musical in the West End.”

THE FULL LIST OF TOP 100 MUSICALS:

1             Les Misérables

2             The Phantom of the Opera

3             Wicked

4             Hamilton

5             West Side Story

6             Blood Brothers

7             Rent

8             Cabaret

9             Come From Away

10           Jesus Christ Superstar

11           Sweeney Todd

12           Company

13           Six

14           Miss Saigon

15           Starlight Express

16           The Sound of Music

17           Into the Woods

18           Dear Evan Hansen

19           Guys and Dolls

20           The Rocky Horror Show

21           Heathers

22           Jersey Boys

23           Waitress

24           Newsies

25           Mamma Mia!

26           Little Shop of Horrors

27           The Lion King

28           Hadestown

29           Spring Awakening

30           Kinky Boots

31           Hairspray

32           Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

33           The Book of Mormon

34           Oklahoma!

35           In the Heights

36           Matilda the Musical

37           Cats

38           Evita

39           Chicago

40           Follies

41           Bat Out of Hell

42           Mary Poppins

43           Gypsy

44           The Last Five Years

45           Hello Dolly

46           The King and I

47           Anything Goes

48           Chess

49           42nd Street

50           Carousel

51           Grease

52           Fiddler on the Roof

53           South Pacific

54           Merrily We Roll Along

55           Legally Blonde

56           Groundhog Day

57           Sunset Boulevard

58           Ragtime

59           Aspects of Love

60           My Fair Lady

61           Once

62           Billy Elliot

63           Sunday in the Park with George

64           Moulin Rouge!

65           Annie

66           & Juliet

67           The Producers

68           Sister Act

69           Hair

70           A Chorus Line

71           Fun Home

72           We Will Rock You

73           Avenue Q

74           Oliver!

75           Hedwig and the Angry Inch

76           Singin’ in the Rain

77           La Cage aux Folles

78           Crazy for You

79           Dreamgirls

80           Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

81           Assassins

82           Back to the Future the Musical

83           Barnum

84           A Little Night Music

85           Frozen

86           Falsettos

87           Next to Normal

88           Bonnie and Clyde

89           Half a Sixpence

90           The Music Man

91           Parade

92           The Color Purple

93           Aladdin

94           The Scottsboro Boys

95           Priscilla Queen of the Desert

96           From Here to Eternity

97           Top Hat

98           A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

99           Sweet Charity

100        Pippin