Based On Play Or Musical's Greatest Years, Ranked
When was the golden age of Based On Play Or Musical? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Based On Play Or Musical titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.
- #1 2020 9 great titles Best: The Father
- #2 2021 7 great titles Best: tick, tick... BOOM!
- #3 2025 7 great titles Best: Hamilton
- #4 2016 6 great titles Best: Fleabag
- #5 2014 7 great titles Best: The Normal Heart
- #6 1971 6 great titles Best: Fiddler on the Roof
- #7 1999 6 great titles Best: O Auto da Compadecida
- #8 1961 6 great titles Best: The Children's Hour
- #9 1996 6 great titles Best: Hamlet
- #10 1968 5 great titles Best: The Odd Couple
- #11 2011 5 great titles Best: The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
- #12 2022 5 great titles Best: The Whale
- #13 1972 5 great titles Best: Cabaret
- #14 1958 5 great titles Best: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- #15 1978 5 great titles Best: Grease
- #16 2007 5 great titles Best: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- #17 2026 5 great titles Best: Notes from the Last Row
- #18 1991 5 great titles Best: Into the Woods