Second Round Voting Open For BroadwayWorld’s Best Movie Musical Of All Time Bracket

Voting is now open for the second round of BroadwayWorld’s Annual Bracket! Which film is really the Best Movie Musical of all time? Our editors have selected the options, and now BroadwayWorld invites YOU to join us and our readers in deciding which movie musical deserves the title of The Ultimate Best Movie Musical!

Now in its third year, BroadwayWorld’s Bracket brings together our community to debate, defend, and ultimately crown the greatest of them all. In both 2024 and 2025, Les Misérables was voted as the Ultimate Best Musical of all time. What will win this year’s Ultimate Movie Musical Bracket? Vote now!

How To Participate

-Select your pick in each contest round below & submit the form.

-Come back for round each round to see if your selections made it.

-Didn’t join the contest in the first round? No problem! Join in any round.

Schedule of Events

• Round 1: Starts Tuesday, February 24, 2026 and ends Sunday, March 8, 2026
• Round 2: Starts Monday, March 9 and ends Sunday, March 15, 2026
• Round 3: Starts Monday, March 16 and ends Sunday, March 22, 2026
• Round 4: Starts Monday, March 23 and ends Sunday, March 29, 2026
• Round 5: Starts Monday, March 30 and ends Sunday, April 5, 2026
• Round 6: Starts Monday, April 6 and ends Sunday, April 12, 2026

Check back daily for live stats to see how your favorite shows are ranking!

What was eliminated in round one?

32 movies were eliminated in the first round of voting.

• Hello, Dolly! (1969)

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

• Cats (1998)

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

• Tommy (1975)

• Man of La Mancha (1972)

• Mary Poppins (1964)

• Damn Yankees (1958)

• The King and I (1956)

• Anything Goes (1956)

• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

• The Producers (2005)

• Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)

• Camelot (1967)

• Rent (2005)

• Mean Girls (2024)

• Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

• Funny Girl (1968)

• The Music Man (1962)

• Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

• Mamma Mia! (2008)

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

• Matilda (2022)

• South Pacific (1958)

• Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

• Sweeney Todd (2007)

• Cabaret (1972)

• My Fair Lady (1964)

• Dreamgirls (2006)

• Oliver! (1968)

• The Prince of Egypt (1998)

• Annie (1982)