“Five Favorite” is a feature on thewasofshall where I lay out my five favorite “x”. Sometimes they’re relevant to a season or holiday, mostly they’re not. It’s an all-around fun excuse to give my 100% amazingly awesome opinion. To see previous (and future) topics, click here. To participate, scroll all the way down.

This Five Favorite started off as an idea for my favorite plays – but the best theater experiences I’ve had were with musicals. (Oops.) To celebrate all the stage plays I’ve seen live, here are my five favorite.

Across the Universe

The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy by Rick Elice, Marshall Brickmann, and Andrew Lippa

Rent by Jonathan Larson

Spring Awakening by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik

Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman

Have your own five favorite musicals? Share them! Post them to your blog, link back to this post, and then comment letting me know!