The Best 30 in the Last 40
Vulture, in June 2017, did what I previously thought personally impossible: Ranked their favorite Broadway musical songs from the last 40 years. You can see their full list here and listen to it below, but there are a few I wanted to talk about (either because I agree or I don't) and a few that didn't make it that would've made my personal list. First thing to address is that the writer of this Vulture article is a huge Sondheim fan - as I find most musical theatre aficionados are, but I'm going to tell you something shocking: I don't know Sondheim that well. I'm slowly making my way through the Sondheim hits so I can agree with most of the choices, but they sure do love Merrily We Roll Along and I don't really know that show. Second thing to address is that I desperately need a little bit of diversity injected into the shows that I listen to regularly. You'll see what I mean in my top 10 list below. They are all pretty new shows from a handful o...