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Top 10 Dark Truths About Broadway Musicals

There are a lot of dark truths behind the Broadway curtain. For this list, we’ll be looking at the harrowing, sinister, and sometimes tragic origins of some of Broadway’s most profound shows. Our countdown includes "Newsies," "Hamilton," "Chicago," and more! Have YOU seen any of these musicals? Share with us in the comments!
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  • @MsMojo
    @MsMojo Жыл бұрын

    Have YOU seen any of these musicals? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 10 Best Movie Musicals of the Last Decade - kzread.info/dash/bejne/npuaz8WzY9Xblrg.html

  • @swaingles

    @swaingles

    Жыл бұрын

    Non of them have I seen yet. But where is Kiss of the spider woman, Cabaret, Les Miserables? Too much socialism?

  • @richardmccarley281
    @richardmccarley281 Жыл бұрын

    The title of this video is misleading. I assumed it was about dark truths relating to the musical porductons themselves, not the background of the musical stories

  • @meahdahlgren5875

    @meahdahlgren5875

    Жыл бұрын

    Right

  • @vannahedits

    @vannahedits

    Жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @Kay_lish

    @Kay_lish

    Жыл бұрын

    Sameeee

  • @jeffreylindahl5895

    @jeffreylindahl5895

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not misleading. It's a general umbrella title. Like a lot of their video titles are.

  • @jeffreylindahl5895

    @jeffreylindahl5895

    Жыл бұрын

    Background stories are about the production of the musicals. Because musicals are based on these stories.

  • @daniellebelisle2446
    @daniellebelisle2446 Жыл бұрын

    I find that people who aren’t really into theatre assume that these shows are just jazz hands, smiles and leg kicks (though we love to see it) when in reality, a lot of theatre is very dark and deals with a lot of taboo subject manner (depending on the time it first came out - it may have been taboo for the time but not so much now). I’m glad some of these lesser known shows like Parade, Ragtime, and The Scottsboro Boys are getting a most deserved shoutout.

  • @bennymora3086

    @bennymora3086

    Жыл бұрын

    Chicago is still a great musical to listen too!🚔

  • @ViciousBabushka
    @ViciousBabushka Жыл бұрын

    I am surprised that "Cabaret" and "Miss Saigon" are not on this list.

  • @DeCostaPictures8526

    @DeCostaPictures8526

    10 ай бұрын

    Just got to number 2 and assumed Cabaret would be number 1. How could they not have put it?

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Жыл бұрын

    Don't be blinded by the Broadway lights, every story has to have inspiration from somewhere, and more often than not, it's from some of the greatest atrocities and injustices ever committed. I was especially surprised that one based on the Scottsboro Boys existed. I'm also surprised _Les Misérables_ wasn't on the list, as it doesn't pull any punches portraying the mistreatment of the poor in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration and July monarchy. Also, that "joke" at 8:33 was cringe beyond belief.

  • @JackieMReacts

    @JackieMReacts

    Жыл бұрын

    @@squirrel_maya006 i think that was the point...

  • @noenya8047
    @noenya8047 Жыл бұрын

    I think Six the musical should be added on this list

  • @user-kr1sg6ys6d

    @user-kr1sg6ys6d

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh god yes

  • @cmtippens9209
    @cmtippens9209 Жыл бұрын

    I think the lyrics from the song Wonderful, in Wicked, best describes how we've all learned history. "A man's called a traitor or liberator. A rich man's a thief or philanthropist. Is one a crusader or ruthless invader? It's all in which label is able to persist. There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities, so we act as if they don't exist." Remember, it's the victors who write the story that got passed down as truth. You can accuse Disney (& I'm no great supporter) and others of glossing over inconvenient truths, but that's the way history has always been told, in order to validate and justify the reasons for destroying other cities, cultures, and peoples that got in the way of whatever one leader or group wanted to do. It is still happening today and always will until mankind stops desiring what someone else has.

  • @who__cares__
    @who__cares__ Жыл бұрын

    My brother was actually in Newsies a couple years back now he's in Kinky Boots!!

  • @everlenaoliver6912

    @everlenaoliver6912

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, cool.😊

  • @theyluvtwoset.13

    @theyluvtwoset.13

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm doing Newsies now!

  • @everlenaoliver6912

    @everlenaoliver6912

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theyluvtwoset.13 Congratulations 🎉👏🏽😊🌺

  • @who__cares__

    @who__cares__

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theyluvtwoset.13 omg how awesome!!! ✨

  • @angel665b
    @angel665b Жыл бұрын

    So basically if Jeremy Jordan was in it lol

  • @hectorsmommy1717
    @hectorsmommy1717 Жыл бұрын

    There is a great book called "The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago" by Douglas Perry. It even goes into the woman who inspired the character of the Hungarian woman who was executed even though she was innocent.

  • @chiara1194
    @chiara1194 Жыл бұрын

    Assassins: “Am I a joke to you?”

  • @theyluvtwoset.13

    @theyluvtwoset.13

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't know Assassins, is it by Sondheim?

  • @alexandersean4708

    @alexandersean4708

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theyluvtwoset.13 Yes, it’s about nine people who have made an attempt on the life of the president of the USA. Really dark, but REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

  • @theyluvtwoset.13

    @theyluvtwoset.13

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexandersean4708 I heard my favorite KZreadr talk about it so I should go listen!

  • @shikishinobi
    @shikishinobi Жыл бұрын

    I think Cabaret should be on the list. It’s very clever in pulling you in with the sincerity of songs like “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” only for you to realise too late you are being drawn in by a Nazi song. The show displays the struggles of people knowing that the Third Reich was growing in power and that their lives were genuinely threatened. The Colour Purple also deserves an honourable mention. The struggles of domestic abuse within a segregated community is a tough sell, yet the movie and broadway show got a lot of attention.

  • @michaelmonthey5974
    @michaelmonthey5974 Жыл бұрын

    It’s strange that “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” was overwhelmingly chastised and shut down for historical accuracies, but “Hamilton” gets universal praise and box office longevity on Broadway for historical inaccuracies.

  • @SConArt87
    @SConArt87 Жыл бұрын

    Not even a mention of Miss Saigon??

  • @karenzaslow3808
    @karenzaslow3808 Жыл бұрын

    How could you leave out Cabaret?

  • @coolaunt516
    @coolaunt516 Жыл бұрын

    No "Cabaret"? I'm surprised.

  • @BurrShotHam711Jenna
    @BurrShotHam711Jenna Жыл бұрын

    i saw Hamilton in Detroit and it was amazing!!

  • @SpEdMice
    @SpEdMice Жыл бұрын

    How about Fiddler on the Roof? Or West Side Story?

  • @ThiccTropius
    @ThiccTropius Жыл бұрын

    The thing about Sweeney Todd is… it actually happened… yes… you read that right!

  • @angiedawnmoody3519
    @angiedawnmoody3519 Жыл бұрын

    I think Titanic The Musical should be added to your list as well

  • @angel665b
    @angel665b Жыл бұрын

    Daddy's Son was devastating to hear live ❤

  • @JohnAdams_NotQuincy
    @JohnAdams_NotQuincy Жыл бұрын

    And here I am thinking Sondheim’s and Weidman’s “Assassins” (which is about presidential assassins) would be in this list

  • @toobsokable
    @toobsokable Жыл бұрын

    Did not know they made musicals about Andrew Jackson, Bonnie and Clyde, and the internment of Japanese Americans.

  • @jennyj22
    @jennyj22 Жыл бұрын

    In Schenectady New York I saw the musical newsies and I found it really interesting

  • @pazyamor2292
    @pazyamor2292 Жыл бұрын

    Paradise Square seems worth a mention.

  • @greatfilmmaker
    @greatfilmmaker Жыл бұрын

    I agree with your number one pick finally.

  • @Sashowindfeather
    @Sashowindfeather Жыл бұрын

    Also, I feel like we need Ragtime revival again.

  • @leidipimentinha
    @leidipimentinha Жыл бұрын

    Jeremy Jordan 2 Times? ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jackmischner7760
    @jackmischner7760 Жыл бұрын

    I was just at a bar mitzvah, and I read a plack about Leo frank who went to my temple.

  • @stevenfarrington5406
    @stevenfarrington5406 Жыл бұрын

    *Minstrel show (is what I think they meant, not “ministerial?”)

  • @andreaxxxedge

    @andreaxxxedge

    Жыл бұрын

    I was hoping someone beat me to this comment. Thank you for your service.

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 Жыл бұрын

    No matter, still love them

  • @freddiemolinajr.8397
    @freddiemolinajr.8397 Жыл бұрын

    Decent video

  • @jimbo9208

    @jimbo9208

    Жыл бұрын

    we get it you like watchmojo you don't have to complement them on every video

  • @usagicassidy
    @usagicassidy Жыл бұрын

    Thank god that was a performance from Ben Platt in Parade. He's great - when he's not trying to be a 20 year old with his daddys money.

  • @blueboyherb
    @blueboyherb Жыл бұрын

    I agree Cabaret would be good on this list, maybe Assassins too.

  • @ihsb3
    @ihsb3 Жыл бұрын

    You should make top 10 times that the owl house tacked serious issues

  • @waittillfamewtf2385
    @waittillfamewtf2385 Жыл бұрын

    🎭 Glass Mask - "The Phantom of the Opera"

  • @jimbo9208

    @jimbo9208

    Жыл бұрын

    what about it

  • @Sashowindfeather
    @Sashowindfeather Жыл бұрын

    Was that....Christian Bale in the Newsies movie?

  • @peytoncrown1465

    @peytoncrown1465

    Жыл бұрын

    yep😃😃😃😃😃😃

  • @miyannapittman5580

    @miyannapittman5580

    Жыл бұрын

    !Fake fan alert! (JK lol we welcome you to the movie fandom! Newsies was the first movie I ever saw with Christian Bale (at age 9) and to this day may or may not still be...)

  • @cedgson91
    @cedgson917 ай бұрын

    The Sweeney Todd musical origin makes me love it even more 🥰

  • @RyanK-100
    @RyanK-100 Жыл бұрын

    When one tribe replaces the old tribe, the new tribe becomes the "indigenous."

  • @desdar100
    @desdar100 Жыл бұрын

    I found it necessary to point out but Broadway is entertainment that last around 2 to 3 hours. It's not going to be able to cover every single fabric of a person's life where Legacy nor should that responsibility be placed on it IMHO.

  • @taytorty
    @taytorty Жыл бұрын

    didn’t jefferson and washington inherit their slaves? i don’t think they bought anyone. slavery still sucks though

  • @bennymora3086
    @bennymora3086 Жыл бұрын

    And I thought Newsies were catchy.😶📰

  • @Rivers_daughter
    @Rivers_daughter Жыл бұрын

    I actually I did newsies well the JR version

  • @Positivekitten
    @Positivekitten Жыл бұрын

    Miss Saigon didn’t even get a mention????

  • @hanssolos3699
    @hanssolos3699 Жыл бұрын

    yeah all kindergartens arent allowed recitals for child labor 😂😂😂

  • @bruceyanoshek626
    @bruceyanoshek626 Жыл бұрын

    I think you mean a minstrel show, not a ministerial show.

  • @stevenfarrington5406
    @stevenfarrington5406 Жыл бұрын

    *minstral show

  • @user-kr1sg6ys6d
    @user-kr1sg6ys6d Жыл бұрын

    It was little Lea Michele on 5:31?

  • @liz_anne
    @liz_anne Жыл бұрын

    i don't get why sweeney todd is on here, why not a show like cabaret?

  • @MomLAU
    @MomLAU3 ай бұрын

    A _"ministerial"_ show????

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    @KARYTTAH_PopMetal_Rock_BAND Жыл бұрын

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  • @jimbo9208

    @jimbo9208

    Жыл бұрын

    no one cares get a life

  • @LilFoxyCosplay
    @LilFoxyCosplay Жыл бұрын

    I read the string of pearls Things I remember: Sweeney had a weird laugh and was scared of dogs Nellie forced Anthony to make pies for her Sweeney poisoned her He was arrested at the end

  • @madisonsvensen1590
    @madisonsvensen1590 Жыл бұрын

    Who else thinks the movie version of Newsies is SO much better then the broadway version?

  • @jaqueaincocal4674
    @jaqueaincocal4674 Жыл бұрын

    👁👄👁

  • @grumpynothappy1776
    @grumpynothappy1776 Жыл бұрын

    Bonnie did not kill nobody Clyde Clyde killed some people not all not all of the people there were other members in his gang Read some autobiographers and educate yourself. She was murdered when she could hardly walkI was carried everywhere by people. So yeah they did have a hard life due to taxes due to taxes government and her family and his family coming from poor people

  • @taytorty
    @taytorty Жыл бұрын

    andrew jackson was not a great person

  • @michaelmonthey5974
    @michaelmonthey5974 Жыл бұрын

    “Hamilton” is overrated. It completely ignores historical events in favor of identity politics.

  • @cmtippens9209

    @cmtippens9209

    Жыл бұрын

    It's just one person's view. You don't have to like it. Your feedback is valid, but, if you want to show a different viewpoint, write your own version of a historical musical or play.

  • @Anime_theatre_lover

    @Anime_theatre_lover

    Жыл бұрын

    Well I think Hamilton is beautiful. The point of Hamilton is this show the evolution of America.

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