ranking popular musicals with Schaffrillas Productions 

Hamilton is S tier. Hamilton FANDOM is F tier. But the animatics is S tier.

The duo we never would have expected, but the one we always needed

3:31 "Every fandom needs a Gay or European AMV". I mean, he's not wrong tho

TIME CODES 1:05 West Side Story 1:43 Amelie 2:30 Spamelot 3:10 Assasins 3:25 Legally Blonde 3:59 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief 5:07 Hamilton 5:50 BlackFriday 6:20 A Very Potter Musical 7:00 Matilda 7:10 Footloose 7:53 Les Miserables 9:17 Suessical 9:33 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 10:07 Tick, Tick, Boom! 10:50 Wicked 11:55 Be More Chill 12:25 Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 12:56 Frozen: The Musical 13:39 Twisted 14:24 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 15:30 Chicago 15:49 The Great Comet 16:38 Cats 17:38 Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat 18:18 Moulin Rouge 18:50 Bye Bye Birdie 19:09 Gigi 19:39 Meet Me in St. Louis 20:08 Dear Evan Hansen 21:18 Oklahoma 22:10 Six 22:39 Anastasia 23:27 Shrek: The Musical 24:23 Beetlejuice 24:48 Fiddler on the Roof 25:23 Mamma Mia 26:03 The Phantom of the Opera 27:46 The Guy Who Didn't Mike Musicals 28:09 Paradise Squared 28:34 Hello Dolly 28:54 Aida 29:26 Into the Woods 30:10 Heathers 31:01 The Wizard of Oz 31:31 The Lion King 32:10 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 32:38 Aladdin 33:08 The Little Mermaid 33:22 Avenue Q 33:56 Little Shop of Horrors 34:28 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella 35:43 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 26:15 South Pacific 36:46 Bare: A Pop Opera 37:24 Holy Musical Batman! 37:49 Mean Girls 38:35 Grease 39:05 Beauty and the Beast 39:28 Spongebob 39:53 The King and I 40:18 Hairspray 40:55 Guys and Dolls 41:11 A Very Potter Senior Year 41:52 The Sound of Music 42:53 Curtains 43:10 Hadestown 43:42 The Book of Mormon 44:22 (Little Orphan) Annie 44:59 21 Chump Street 45:14 RENT 46:02 Waitress 46:37 A Very Potter Sequel 46:59 The Producers 47:31 In the Heights 47:57 Oliver 48:50 Jesus Christ Superstar

"She's not wicked at all, she's just green!" is my new favourite quote.

"Shark Tale is already so similar to DEH" was NOT the take I was expecting and I hate that you're right

'Shoutout to team Starkid for Inventing Harry Potter' FACTS!

So are we just gonna ignore the fact that Schaff has played not one but two pharaohs?

Legally blonde the musical is better than the movie 🙌 all the character and relationships are way more developed. And the songs are so much fun!!!

I will say the frozen broadway version is much better than the movie. Is more serious. And you get to know the characters more.

heathers will forever be my favorite musical. There's just something about the casts voices and their performances makes my heart so happy

Speaking of Heathers, Candy Store and Meant To Be Yours, amazing villian songs, also love Freeze Your Brain, it's such an emotional song and the way it's preformed just chills, every time.

Coley and Schaf collabing??? Never thought I’d see the day

Schaffrillas loving "Heathers" is the biggest plot twist to come from this video

To me, Be More Chill is better than Dear Evan Hansen because the songs actually capture what it's like to be the weird outcast kid. Not a cute guy with an angelic voice singing about how he's shy or whatever; you actually hear and feel the experience of being awkward and outcasted through the opening number and especially "Michael in the Bathroom". Basically Dear Evan Hansen seems like it was written for the pretty kids who saw themselves as weird. Be More Chill was written for the kids who actually WERE weird, autistic, and offputting; and thats why it resonates with us.

Musicals I'm kind of sad you didn't cover: -Falsettos -Ride the Cyclone -Firebringer

Almost everything would be 100x better with the Shark Mafia.

Well, this is a crossover I never expected, but I'm here for it.

There is a Phineas and Ferb Musical! It's called MWCA! It's virtual and all of its on RU-vid, with a lot of cool elements in it. And it has a lot of cameos! StarKid levels of fun and humor too.

Heathers and Beetlejuice are the very rare instances where I prefer them over the films honestly

Knowing that Coley knows Starkid brings joy to my soul.

As a Percy Jackson fan the musical is pretty good adaptation wise. The characters all feel like the book characters and it really show cases the mental struggles they all have. Luke feeling betrayed by the gods, Percy feeling like he is never good enough and lonely because no matter what he does every one trys to push him away, Annabeth wanting to make her mom proud and be recognized for her own skills and talents, Grover's guilt for what happened to Thalia. The musical could have easily become really dark but they managed to save it with funny one liners and inside jokes to the books that lighten the mood and keep the elements that made the book so good.

Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, and Heathers will all hold special places in my heart, great musicals with mostly great bangers.

My favorite is Ride The Cyclone. The humor is actually funny, the songs are *Chefs kiss*, the characters are DELICIOUS and the plot is cool

One musical that is never talked about but shiuld be is the count of monte cristo. It's original in german and i don't think it's had any English stage productions but the soundtrack has been translated and its amazing. 100% recomended listening to it!

Can't wait for Zack Snyder's "Shark Tale: The Musical" to come to Dreamworks minus

Really wish Come From Away had made the cut here, since that’s an easy S tier in my book and I would love to see it get more attention. But overall I absolutely loved this!

15:17 Excuse me, we’re right here

I feel like people who don't like Les Mis are either tired of it or were part of a really bad production of it at one point. I am in both of these camps, but I still love it anyways, haha.

At least phineas and ferb got a unofficial musical that is a real life letter to the show. Dan povenmire even made a cameo. The whole thing was put up on RU-vid if you’re interested

Avenue Q is a masterpiece for me, but it's because I saw the braziliam version. The braziliam version is sooo good, the songs are sooo funny in portuguese. Simply perfect.

I believe there are enough left out musicals that a part 2 can and should exist.

Wonderful honorable mention: Jekyll and Hyde. Absolutely astounding music

Starkid is the Neil Cicierega of Musicals. Change my mind.

Would love to see where they'd place the Death Note musical, even though it never came here to America it was planned to, and due to that, we DID get a full, official English version of the soundtrack before the project was canned. And all of the songs are bangers and just fit really well with the story and the characters. My personal favorites being "The Way It Ends" "Where's The Justice" "The Game Begins"...really all of the ones that hit the major story beats. Also I don't remember what it's called because it's been awhile since I listened to the soundtrack but the song that Light's dad sings is just heartbreaking in the BEST way cause he REALLY believes his son is innocent 💀 Edit: the soundtrack is super easy to find here on RU-vid, if anyone was curious.

Great Comet has always been and likely always will be my favorite musical ever- so I get super nervous hearing other peoples opinions on it, but I’m glad you both like it! It’s got some pretty obscure actors and I’m no pick me but I get that little sense of pride whenever I get to explain it all. Anyways stan Nick Choksi

YES LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IN S TIER!! I completely adore Little Shop of Horrors it is one of my favorite musicals ever and Audrey II is SO cool! You all are completely correct to put it in S-Tier

I’m not 20 seconds in, but I love the idea of Every Musical Except There’s a Shark Mafia

As a fan of Mean Girls, I can confidently say, how dare you owo In all seriousness loved this video. Really funny! Some very interesting takes and rankings that I didn't expect!

IM SO SAD FALSETTOS WASNT ON THIS LIST!!! ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSICALS AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR YALL MAYBE TALK ABOUT IT BUT ALAS 😭😭😭

fun fact: my school has this running joke that, when students ask what the new musical is before its announced, they say oklahoma because it was so hated

Mamma Mia is a popcorn flick on stage. You don’t go for the plot. You go for fun

Finally some Bare: A Pop Opera love! I’ve gotten really into this musical lately and it’s so nice seeing it get the recognition it deserves.

The London production of Amelie is sooooo much better than the broadway version... most talented cast I've ever seen! They play their own musical instruments!!! No orchestra! Just insanely talented. The music also sounds super different but in the best way possible. 10/10.

Be honest- we were all waiting for our favourite musical the entire time

fun fact: shrek the musical was the first musical i was ever in so i get to live with that forever so that’s… fun

One of the big things I got from this is that Shriffallis Productions was constantly typecast as Pharaoh characters.

So glad Starkid was included in this. My personal favourite is The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, partly because it's the only musical (besides maybe Hamilton) that I've shown to people who dislike musicals, and seen them enjoy (I mean, it's in the title isn't it?)

At first it was Emirichu, now it's Schaffrillas Coley is doing collabs with a lot of my favourite RU-vidrs rn and I'm living for it

The fact Cats got knocked down for the mere existence of the 2019 film hurts lmao, I think any Cats fan can say that that thing should not be associated with the original musical in any form. Movie aside it's definetly a hit or miss for many people. Either you love it, or are put off by it too much. It very much is something you have to suspend your belief for, and is a musical more about the experience than the story. I've adored the musical since childhood, so nostalgia is definetly a factor for me personally (alongside my mother and grandma). We got to see the musical in 2019 for my birthday in a rare oppertunity where the new west end cast was touring around, and it's just pure, unbridled fun. It's not a musical you watch for the plot, but a musical you watch to be wowed by it's choreography and silly songs. It's not one to take too seriously. :)

I'd say that the off-Broadway version of be more chill was better than Broadway's

Never in my entire life would I think to see these two individuals collab but it happened and it’s amazing, thank you Coley and funny crab man very cool

Be More Chill is probably one of my favourite musicals because it had SUCH an influence on my personality a couple years ago lol. It's not good tho. The og cast I would rate maybe B/C except The Play and Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into, A tier. The broadway version, even though it's higher quality, was super dry for me. I literally hated it for a while and rate it maybe C/D. I hate what they did with The Play. Anyways, yeah even as a fan I don't think it's good. Fun but no

There WAS a Phineas and Ferb stage performance at one point. It was done like one of those “party” plays where all the characters are throwing a musical and it has songs from the show. I forget the year but I do remember it existing.

My old performing arts school teacher, Harriet Caplan-Dean, was actually a swing for the 2022 UK tour of Six, playing all six of them at one point or another. She's hugely talented and also super cool.

i’m so incredibly sad that falsettos didn’t come up - it’s genuinely my favourite musical. the characters are amazing, the music is amazing and the story is just so beautiful and moving. i just want to see more people talking about it especially considering the proshot on youtube

THIS IS THE CROSSOVER I WOULD NEVER EXPECT BUT I 100% WELCOME

The only musical my school ever did was Joseph and the Technicolored Dreamcoat and _holy shit_ was that a fever dream. Hearing those songs still give me war flashbacks

I’ve been looking into listening to more musicals so I’ve put a bunch I haven’t heard or seen on my Spotify to listen at work. Thanks for the recommendations!

The Broadway production of Amelie sucks. They took out what makes the film work and made into some mid tier contemporary pop musical. HOWEVER, when they premiered the musical in the UK, they reworked it and actually made it good. The score, the orchestrations, the aesthetic, absolutely chef’s kiss.

I personally adore The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, but I agree Twisted is better. There's just something about it that makes me root for the characters (which is rare for me). I have an unhealthy obsession with it, haha!

This is a great video, the two of you played off each other so well! I hope there'll be a part 2, there's a lot more musicals I would love to hear your thoughts about (like Evita, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark).

Be More Chill is hands down my favorite musical. I discovered it early in high school and despite being written by adults it felt refreshingly realistic. I adore Michael’s character and most of the songs (minus “Do you want a ride” ) are some of my all-time favorites that I still listen to today. Next on my list would be Fiddler on the Roof and then Wicked.

Mean girls is a musical that works best if you see a production.

I don't know if it'll be on the list but Falsettos is definitely an S tier

Rest in peace Finding Neverland, always forgotten... Not necessarily a masterpiece, but a core memory from my childhood with some songs that make me cry every time I listen to them.

Black Friday didn't have a big impact until I relistened/rewatched and it has slowly become one of my top 3 Starkid musicals. Dylan Saunders carries the production on his back (and I'm definitely biased by how much I love If I Fail You). That said my favorite Starkid musical is Trail to Oregon! and I wish they didn't do Ani at the same time so more time/production value could have been put into it. I'm really interested to see what they would think of Spies are Forever too

heathers is s tier for heather chandler ALONE, periodt

27:46 I love The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals so much, and was honestly scared to hear James' opinion on it - I find myself getting annoyed at him sometimes because he is occasionally a bit too unreasonable and close-minded for my liking. But honestly... fair take !

--BoJack Horseman and Mr. Peanutbutter-- Schaff and Coley in the same room! What's this, a crossover episode ?

Bro I cannot describe how much joy It brings me to see you guys collaborate

I am so happy Jesus Christ Superstar is in S tier. I've actually had some bad experiences with christianity and yet I'd still call it my favorite musical. It's just so compelling and musically interesting, I adore it. (props for using clips from the 2012 production too, it absolutely slaps and Tim Minchin killed it)

Schaff rating Hamilton in S tier is surprising considering his spite towards Lin-Manuel Miranda

I really wish you had ride the cyclone on here, it’s an amazing musical and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who is an avid lover of musicals

Ah man I was really hoping for newsies and cabaret, they're two of my absolute favorites💔💔💔 oh also Jekyll and Hyde is interesting, not the best thing ever but still nice

I personally think Matilda is fabulous. Extraordinarily catchy and witty songs with awesome production value. Also it’s hilarious.

As someone who does like “Wicked”, “The Lion King”, “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Rent”, I understand it’s not for everyone. But I want to say thank you for putting “Hamilton”, “Les Mis”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Hadestown”, “Twisted” AND “Jesus Christ Superstar” on the S tier list because _all_ of them are my favorite musicals. And I’ll say this, “Jesus Christ Superstar” is Webber’s masterpiece and I think it’s better than Phantom. (PS: You need to do a part two of this because you need to rank Rocky Horror Picture Show and Tanz Der Vampire! Or even “Notre Dame De Paris” (French rock opera of “Hunchback” which follows Victor Hugo’s novel closely).

Actually, Cats is one of my all time faves 😂 I’ve seen it live when I was younger and instantly fell in love with it. The fever dream vibe is something I very much enjoy…

as someone who kind of likes musicals but isnt a full theatre nerd, i listened to the original cast recording of Be More Chill and really loved it (especially The Pitiful Children). And then i listened to the broadway version and i'm like "ohhhh thats why people dont like it as much"

I was surprised that Rocky Horror wasn't on this list! I feel like some of the songs have sort of similar vibes to Little Shop, which I was happy to see in S tier. Great video overall though! 👌

y’all absolutely need to watch Newsies!! also literally any William Finn musical, but especially Falsettos, cause it is an actual masterpiece

Very interesting video!!! I think a part two would be really fun, there's so many iconic musicals

I love spring awakening so much but barely anyone I know has heard of it It’s so amazing and underrated

If you ever do another ranking of musicals I have some suggestions: 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐬: Really funny and also really sad. I cried for about 20 minutes after seeing it 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧: Hilarious and the songs are really catchy. Plus, Christian borle in leather and eyeliner) 𝐀 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫: I only listened to some songs, but the plot seems really interesting and there's ONE guy who plays all the members of the family, so it has some crazy costume changes 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫: It's by Tin Can Bros and a bunch of actors from Starkid are in it. Plus, it's about spies 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 EDIT: Also 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, It's amazing and I can't believe I forgot about it

2 musicals that i really love are the Count of the Monte Cristo musical and the Jekyll and Hyde musical. I know those eyes/That man is dead, Everyday a little death, Its a Dangerous Game and Confrontation are such amazing songs that needs to be talked about more!

I was hoping for Miss Saigon but for the most part, I agree.

My favourite musical is Falsettos and I wish people talked about it more. Not just because it's amazing, but also because the story is very important.

Out of all the musicals I've seen or performed, my favorite, hands-down, is Newsies. The original movie is mediocre, but the Broadway version has some of the most fun songs and amazing choreo I've seen, I would die to be in a performance of it I also performed in a local theatre version of SpongeBob the Musical and can say that it is a very fun and underrated musical. Edit: I got to do Newsies at my local theatre!

First it was Cindy, then it was Emirichu, and now Schaffrillas??!?! I think my worlds are colliding 🤯🤯🤯

We need a sequel episode where they rank the musicals they missed hopefully they see the shows they didn't include

You guys should really consider watching Something Rotten! Its incredibly funny and very meta and satirical towards the musical genre. It follows two brothers trying to upstage Shakespeare himself and it is HILARIOUS. The music SLAPS, the acting and comedic timing is spot on, and from what I’ve seen the set itself is great!

If you two paired up and wrote Shark Tale the musical, my life would be complete.

Legally Blonde did not age well in some parts, but it holds up better than I thought it would.

Honestly, Be More Chill is made for a very specific audience. As part of that audience, I love the show to death, but outside of that audience it's definitely not gonna be a smash hit. Love the show to death but respect your opinion. Edit: I forgot to mention that I LITERALLY forgot A Guy Like You existed. Yeah. That shows how NOT plot important it is. Edit 2: Fiddler is the first show I saw live, actually! I saw it at a theatre about an hour away, it’s a community theatre, and it’s really good! I actually put in an audition, I might be performing The Music Man!

I know I may may be a major minority here but I'm actually obsessed with Anastasia and seeing the Broadway actually ruined the movie (which was my favorite growing up) for me because I love it so much. Gleb's character is probably what really makes it for me, the symmetry of his past with Anya's and his disposition with Dimitri's, I just adore it. As well as the historical references with the diamond, Alexei and Yekaterinburg! And on top of all that honestly my favorite songs are the new ones! "Stay, I pray you" made me cryyy and if you pay attention the melody from "In the Dark of the Night" is weaved in there! And while you're definitely right The stage version isn't nearly as fantastical I do love the costumes, especially the Tsar and his wife, being dressed in all white is likely a reference to "white Russians" (and just the fact they wore white/pastels more often than not lol) and gives them a more ghostly feel when they appear on stage. Sorry to ramble I'm just obsessed lmao. Anyways v funny video and I'm sorry for commenting a year later lol.

Ok but (gl)Amber Gray just leaving Hadestown some days ago needs to be at least mentioned in here, wish her the best 💖

Six is such a special musical to me (purely because it got me to musicals.) The footage showing the og west end cast gives me memories alone man

I was kinda hoping you'd talk about Come From Away, but this ranking and entire video is amazing

in the uk amelie had a tour and eventually went to west end and they reworked the entire score and feel and it captures the energy of the original waaaaaay more all of the actors on stage also play instruments so theres no pit orchestra, they all contribute and it makes the show seem much more personal

does your ship have an "guy that i'd kinda be into" animatic or are they a rarepair