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What is the most loved musical?

5 Most Popular Broadway Musicals Ever The Phantom of the Opera. Cats. Les Misérables. A Chorus Line. Oh! Calcutta.

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5 Most Popular Broadway Musicals Ever

Some facts and news about Broadway musicals…

5 Most Popular Broadway Musicals Ever

According to Ranker.com, here are the top 5 most popular (longest-running) Broadway musicals ever: The Phantom of the Opera Cats Les Misérables A Chorus Line Oh! Calcutta

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Quiz: Which Came First? Rank the top five Broadway musicals above in the order they premiered, either in NYC or London (answers below). New Book Published. “Anything Goes” is a new book by Ethan Mordden that provides an overview of Broadway musicals, from Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers and Hammerstein to Andrew Lloyd Webber. This 346-page book received an enthusiastic review by Peter Tonguette in the Wall Street Journal (Sept. 14-15, 2013)

A few excerpts from the published review:

“…vivid and entertaining, as Mr. Mordden attempts to take stock of American musical theatre in all its varieties.” “….modern American musical theater [is], at times, a bastion of traditional values, often with a patriotic bent.”

“…an exhaustive discography [closes] the book, offering viewing and listening opportunities…”

Broadway has a British Accent. Interestingly, four of the longest-running Broadway musicals opened first in London – not Broadway. Only A Chorus Line opened on Broadway, back in 1975. Its London opening came a year later. We recall attending a Les Misérables production in London in 1986, a year into its run. Our unfamiliarity with the plot and a terrible vantage point in the highest balcony rendered the music and action indecipherable. Seeing a captivating, abridged production at a local high school last year rekindled our appreciation for the amazing music and powerful story. This time we read the synopsis first!

Quiz Answers to “Which Came First?” (above)

Oh! Calcutta! (London 1970, Broadway 1976) A Chorus Line (Broadway 1975, London 1976) Cats (London 1981, Broadway 1982) Les Misérables (London 1985, Broadway 1987) Phantom of the Opera (London 1986, Broadway 1988) How Old is the American Musical? According to Wikipedia, the first theatre piece conforming to the modern conception of a musical, adding dance and original music to help tell the story, is The Black Crook, which premiered in New York in 1866. The villain is a master of black magic. Despite the production’s overwhelming length – five-and-a-half hours – it ran for a record-breaking 474 performances.

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Does playing piano make you attractive?

11 Sep Survey Says Playing Piano is Sexy A Vanity Fair/60 Minutes survey ranking the sexiest instruments to play has the piano at number three—just behind the guitar and the saxophone. They found that the top instrument was the guitar at 26 percent, followed closely by the saxophone at 25 percent.

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Survey Says Playing Piano is Sexy

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Playing the piano has many cool benefits (like you need to tell us, huh?). But did you know it’s considered to be sexy too? A Vanity Fair/60 Minutes survey ranking the sexiest instruments to play has the piano at number three—just behind the guitar and the saxophone. They found that the top instrument was the guitar at 26 percent, followed closely by the saxophone at 25 percent. The remainder of the list was made of the piano (21 percent), violin (14 percent), drums (seven percent) and flute (five percent.) Interestingly the poll also showed that 42 percent of Americans believe “this decade” has had the worst music in 45 years and it’s not just older Americans that feel that way. Those under 30 are also most likely to think that this decade has had the worst music since 1970. (There’s hope! Ha!) But you know what’s REALLY sexy? Learning to play piano and playing YOUR favorite kind of popular music while doing it. That’s the way we do things around here at pianoinaflash.com! Scott has taught thousands of adults how to play the piano with his Piano in a Flash method, which is also super sexy! The job is done, the kids are grown and gone and you’ve still got a LOT left to do. It’s your time to play, so check out the Piano in a Flash method TODAY!

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