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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@swaingles
Жыл бұрын
Non of them have I seen yet. But where is Kiss of the spider woman, Cabaret, Les Miserables? Too much socialism?
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
Жыл бұрын
Right
@vannahedits
Жыл бұрын
exactly
@Kay_lish
Жыл бұрын
Sameeee
@jeffreylindahl5895
Жыл бұрын
It's not misleading. It's a general umbrella title. Like a lot of their video titles are.
@jeffreylindahl5895
Жыл бұрын
Background stories are about the production of the musicals. Because musicals are based on these stories.
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
Жыл бұрын
Chicago is still a great musical to listen too!🚔
I am surprised that "Cabaret" and "Miss Saigon" are not on this list.
@DeCostaPictures8526
10 ай бұрын
Just got to number 2 and assumed Cabaret would be number 1. How could they not have put it?
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
Жыл бұрын
@@squirrel_maya006 i think that was the point...
I think Six the musical should be added on this list
@user-kr1sg6ys6d
Жыл бұрын
Oh god yes
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.
My brother was actually in Newsies a couple years back now he's in Kinky Boots!!
@everlenaoliver6912
Жыл бұрын
Oh, cool.😊
@theyluvtwoset.13
Жыл бұрын
I'm doing Newsies now!
@everlenaoliver6912
Жыл бұрын
@@theyluvtwoset.13 Congratulations 🎉👏🏽😊🌺
@who__cares__
Жыл бұрын
@@theyluvtwoset.13 omg how awesome!!! ✨
So basically if Jeremy Jordan was in it lol
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.
Assassins: “Am I a joke to you?”
@theyluvtwoset.13
Жыл бұрын
I don't know Assassins, is it by Sondheim?
@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
Жыл бұрын
@@alexandersean4708 I heard my favorite KZreadr talk about it so I should go listen!
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.
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.
Not even a mention of Miss Saigon??
How could you leave out Cabaret?
No "Cabaret"? I'm surprised.
i saw Hamilton in Detroit and it was amazing!!
How about Fiddler on the Roof? Or West Side Story?
The thing about Sweeney Todd is… it actually happened… yes… you read that right!
I think Titanic The Musical should be added to your list as well
Daddy's Son was devastating to hear live ❤
And here I am thinking Sondheim’s and Weidman’s “Assassins” (which is about presidential assassins) would be in this list
Did not know they made musicals about Andrew Jackson, Bonnie and Clyde, and the internment of Japanese Americans.
In Schenectady New York I saw the musical newsies and I found it really interesting
Paradise Square seems worth a mention.
I agree with your number one pick finally.
Also, I feel like we need Ragtime revival again.
Jeremy Jordan 2 Times? ❤❤❤❤❤
I was just at a bar mitzvah, and I read a plack about Leo frank who went to my temple.
*Minstrel show (is what I think they meant, not “ministerial?”)
@andreaxxxedge
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping someone beat me to this comment. Thank you for your service.
No matter, still love them
Decent video
@jimbo9208
Жыл бұрын
we get it you like watchmojo you don't have to complement them on every video
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.
I agree Cabaret would be good on this list, maybe Assassins too.
You should make top 10 times that the owl house tacked serious issues
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@jimbo9208
Жыл бұрын
what about it
Was that....Christian Bale in the Newsies movie?
@peytoncrown1465
Жыл бұрын
yep😃😃😃😃😃😃
@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...)
The Sweeney Todd musical origin makes me love it even more 🥰
When one tribe replaces the old tribe, the new tribe becomes the "indigenous."
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.
didn’t jefferson and washington inherit their slaves? i don’t think they bought anyone. slavery still sucks though
And I thought Newsies were catchy.😶📰
I actually I did newsies well the JR version
Miss Saigon didn’t even get a mention????
yeah all kindergartens arent allowed recitals for child labor 😂😂😂
I think you mean a minstrel show, not a ministerial show.
*minstral show
It was little Lea Michele on 5:31?
i don't get why sweeney todd is on here, why not a show like cabaret?
A _"ministerial"_ show????
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@jimbo9208
Жыл бұрын
no one cares get a life
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
Who else thinks the movie version of Newsies is SO much better then the broadway version?
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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
andrew jackson was not a great person
“Hamilton” is overrated. It completely ignores historical events in favor of identity politics.
@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
Жыл бұрын
Well I think Hamilton is beautiful. The point of Hamilton is this show the evolution of America.