‘Starmania’ voted best musical of all time
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According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Thursday, April 25), Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger 1978's legenderay show Starmania is now considered to be the Greatest Musical in the History of Music.
UPDATE 26/04/2024 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
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To many of you it’s probably a familiar story. Once every decade, the world-renowned music magazine Watch and Listen conducts a global poll of music producers and critics from 80 different countries and translated into 20 languages. The recognition of Starmania (with a musical score by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger) in this decade's list doesn't come as much of a surprise.
Check out: The Full Watch and Listen's “Greatest Musicals of All Time” List for 2024
Poll results stir controversy among music critics
While millions of Dufresne, Thibeault, Gall, Plamondon or Berger's fans in France and around the world were thrilled with the news, questions have been raised about the objectivity and fairness of the survey. Only a few minutes after the poll had been released, famous music critic and newspaper director Simon Ebert commented on his Twitter account:
Diane Dufresne, Fabienne Thibeault, France Gall, Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger?? Starmania?? … Really??
— Simon Ebert (@ESimon) 25 April 2024
“Our poll has in the past been the subject of criticism”, explains Watch and Listen's editor Gary McDermott, adding that “its prestige comes from its exclusivity and its longevity” (the poll has been run every ten years since April 1934).
Do you agree with this poll? Is Starmania the best musical ever for you?
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