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Bracket Challenge – ’90s Musical

Best of the 90sIn our second edition, it was back to the 1990s and we asked our readers to choose the best Broadway Musical from that decade. We started with a staff-seeded roster of the top 16 and eliminated shows each week through four rounds.

After all the voting was concluded, #3 seed Ragtime defeated #1 seed The Lion King for the title. Meanwhile in the 3rd Place consolation match, #5 seed Beauty and the Beast edged #2 Rent.

ROUND 1A »

Ragtime wins title of Best Musical of the 1990s


Tournament Seedings
1. The Lion King
2. Rent
3. Ragtime
4. Sunset Boulevard
5. Beauty & the Beast
6. Kiss of the Spider Woman
7. Miss Saigon
8. Jekyll & Hyde
 9. The Life
10. City of Angels
11. Titanic
12. The Who’s Tommy
13. The Will Rogers Follies
14. The Scarlet Pimpernel
15. Once On This Island
16. Blood Brothers

Round 1A [see results]

1. The Lion King def. 16. Blood Brothers 73%-27%
8. Jekyll & Hyde def. 9. The Life 64%-36%
5. Beauty & the Beast def. 12. The Who’s Tommy 75%-25%
4. Sunset Boulevard def. 13. The Will Rogers Follies 59%-41%


Round 1B [see results]

3. Ragtime def. 14. The Scarlet Pimpernel 96%-4%
6. Kiss of the Spider Woman def. 11. Titanic 68%-32%
10. City of Angels def. 7. Miss Saigon 64%-36%
2. Rent def. 15. Once On This Island 64%-36%


Round 2 [see results]

1. The Lion King def. 8. Jekyll & Hyde 69%-31%
5. Beauty and the Beast def. 4 Sunset Boulevard 57%-43%
3. Ragtime def. 6. Kiss of the Spider Woman 74%-26%
2. Rent def. 10. City of Angels 62%-38%


Round 3 [see results]

1. The Lion King def. 5. Beauty and the Beast 53%-47%
3. Ragtime def. 2. Rent 66%-34%


Round 4 [see results]

3. Ragtime def. 1. The Lion King 72%-28%
5. Beauty and the Beast vs. 2. Rent 56%-44%


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Bracket Challenge Links: Start Page | Round 1A | Round 1B | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4



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