Jersey Boys–Top 5 in EW’s Best Plays and Musicals List!
June 22nd, 2008Entertainment Weekly is featuring the EW 1000–celebrating the 1000 best movies, TV shows, albums, books, plays & musicals, and more of the past 25 years.
Jersey Boys is #5 in EW’s 50 Best Plays and Musicals from 1983 to 2008!
- Angels in America (1993-94)
- Rent (1996)
- August: Osage County (2007)
- Doubt (2004)
- Jersey Boys (2005)
Check out the Top 50 Best Plays and Musicals on EW.com!
I received my weekly EW yesterday, and was so thrilled to see “Jersey Boys” as #5, and the #2 musical (behind “Rent”). It ranked ahead of “Avenue Q” (#8), “The Producers” (#10), “Phantom” (#12), “Les Miz” (#15), “Wicked” (#16), “Hairspray” (#33), and “Spring Awakening” (#43). Also great that EW gave so much credit to the Brickman/Elice book!
Ironically, #6 was August Wilson’s “Fences”.
Thanks for the post, Susie. What a marvelous validation!
Comment by Howard Tucker — June 22, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
Top 5?! Top 25, maybe, but…?
Comment by Leanna — June 22, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
I am thrilled to see that they beat out many of the others that I have seen. I thought perhaps it was just me being overwhelmed by this show. Contrats to “Jersey Boys”.
Comment by GLADYS MARLIN — June 23, 2008 @ 7:25 am