#show boat

[elphabaoftheopera]

okay tumblr we had a fun time with the polls last week to decide what tumblr's favorite musical was from each decade (out of the ones that got included!!).

Now I present the list of the LEAST VOTED FOR MUSICALS from each decade polls so you may vote for your favorite...of the least favorites.

best of luck!

Favorite musical out of tumblr's LEAST VOTED FOR musicals from each decade

pre-1950s: Show Boat (1927)

1950s: The King and I (1951)

1960s: Sweet Charity (1966)

1970s: Godspell (1976)

1980s: Big River (1985)

1990s: Songs For A New World (1995)

2000s: Seussical (2000)

2010s: Dogfight (2012)

2020s: Dead Outlaw (2025)

Voting ended onAug 10

Vote for your favorite of the favorites here.

Links to original polls under the cut!

Polls: pre-1950s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

[gatabella]

Ava Gardner on the set of Show Boat, 1951

[j3llysl0th]

What your favorite musical says about you (but it's all musicals I like)

Hamilton: you definitely exist!

1776: You are what Hamilton fans think they are

Six: you wish Hamilton was only about the Schuyler Sisters

Matilda: you either are a child, are healing your inner child, or you're queer and had a crush on Miss Honey

Les Mis: you took French and/or European History in high school OR you're severely depressed

Hadestown: the phrase "Patrochilles" means something to you

Anything Goes: you worship Sutton Foster and pretend to like really old theater

Showboat: you ACTUALLY like really old theater

Waitress: you eat your feelings and sing something from this show at every audition

Newsies: 1. You came across this show in middle or high school 2. You have a ship from this show that you will defend with your life!

Wicked: You're gay for Idina Menzel

Candide: either this is the only operetta you know, you're obsessed with opera/operetta, or you just love Kristen Chenoweth

Into the Woods: you DESPISE the movie.

Cats: gay furry. That's the entire show and its fandom

Sweeney Todd: you have very strong feelings about Johnny Depp

Jekyll and Hyde: there is gay subtext in everything if you look hard enough!

Fun Home: lesbian.

[silverscreen-andfashion]

Actress Ava Gardner, 1951

Promo photo for Show Boat

[yestergaze]

James Whale was born on July 22, 1889, and was an English film director, theater director, and actor. Today, he is best remembered for having directed several classic horror films, including Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He directed other genres of film too, including, Show Boat (1936) which is considered the best film adaptation of the stage musical. Whale lived an openly gay life, and he lived with his partner, film producer, David Lewis from 1930 to 1952. Whale died by suicide by drowning himself in his swimming pool on May 29, 1957, at the age of 67. A somewhat fictionalized movie based on his life, Gods and Monsters (1998) starred Ian McKellen as Whales.

[citizenscreen]

The 1936 film version of James Whale’s SHOW BOAT opened at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall #OnThisDay This production was the first all-sound, fully musical film adaptation of the 1927 stage musical.

[marypickfords]

Show Boat (George Sidney, 1951)

[avonlea71]

Ava Gardner - Show boat (1951).