Musicals!

So a couple of weekends ago Daniel and I went to a concert at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts (a concert venue attracting world-class musicians, and home to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic). It was called Comedy Tonight, and it featured three seasoned Broadway performers singing a variety of solo selections from musicals old and new, accompanied by the Philharmonic. As per the name of the concert, they only chose the funny/upbeat/feel-good songs.

It was, of course, delightful in every way.

As we were leaving I came up with a little idea.

Step one: Make a list of all the musicals that any reasonable person should have seen.
Step two: Cross of the ones that both D and I have seen.
Step three: Watch all the rest.

The thing is, for a professional musician, I have yet to see a surprisingly high number of well-known shows. Daniel has somehow seen way more than me.

Here's the hastily brainstormed first draft of our to-watch list.

• West Side Story
• Rent
• Grease
• Wicked
• Mamma Mia
• Forever Plaid
• Chicago
• WHAT ELSE??? I'm leaving off lots of potential options simply because I don't know enough about them to know if they're required viewing or not.

Lest you think we are heathens neglecting a host of essentials, here is a list of the shows that we have both ALREADY seen.

• Les Miserables
• Phantom of the Opera
• Fiddler on the Roof
• The Sound of Music
• The Music Man
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• My Fair Lady
• Godspell
• Oklahoma!
• Into the Woods
• The Lion King
• Annie
• The Wizard of Oz
• Beauty and the Beast
• Mary Poppins
• Hairspray
• Moulin Rouge

So help us out: What are we missing? What are your favorite musicals that you feel any reasonable person should see?