Top 5 most inspiring and empowering musicals of all time

1/5
Les Miserables
Les Miserables is a powerful story of a group of individuals during the French Revolution.
Three stories run concurrently throughout the musical, where you'll witness the strength of the human spirit, and the amount of hardships they can go through.
Sometimes things make you stronger and sometimes they make you detriorate and die, but things happen.
The fiery spirit of the people who fight for the change they want to see in the world sets something ablaze in your heart.
heir message is simple: do what you must, fight for what you want.
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2/5
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is about the Banks family who live in a big house in London on Cherry Lane.
Things are not going well for the family, the children, Jane and Michael, are out of control and are in need of a new nanny.
Jane and Michael have their own ideas about what sort of caretaker they should have, while their parents—and in particular Mr. Banks—are insistent on someone strict for the job.
When a mysterious young woman named Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way.
Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she changes in her time with them.
Waching it really makes you feel like a child again, and makes you believe in magic once more.
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3/5
The Colour Purple
The Colour Purple is a riveting story about the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
It's a story that hits home becuase everyone has faced loss of a loved one, and prejudice because of their melanin.
The emotions are raw and sincere, wanting companionship, seeking it out, and holding yourself up when people are trying to bring you down.
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4/5
Rent
In this musical, set in the early 1990s, a group of New Yorkers struggle with their careers, love lives and the effects of the AIDS epidemic on their community.

Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an HIV-positive musician, scrambles for money to pay rent to their landlord and former roommate, Benny.

Meanwhile, their friend Tom, a professor, has fallen for Angel, who is slowly dying of AIDS.

It is a well-known struggle for people to struggle with various problems during their early adult lives.

The topic of people who suffer from STDs is usually untouched, because it is considered taboo.

But this musical explores it in a realistic way that makes you sympathise and understand, and feel passion.

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5/5
Wicked
The story centers on Elphaba, the misunderstood, smart, and fiery girl of emerald-green skin who grows up to become the notorious Wicked Witch of the West and Galinda.
The beautiful, blonde, popular girl who grows up to become Glinda the Good Witch of the South.
The story had relatable characters, Elphaba is all of us who grew up misunderstood because we were different, and how our good intentions were misunderstood.
Sometimes, we stay misunderstood, but we must keep trying and work hard no matter what.
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We’ve watched movies, TV shows and read books that leave us with a pumping sense of adrenaline, and the feeling that we could change the world if we tried hard enough.

Then there are musicals that have changed us and put that fire in our belly; that opened our eyes to human nature and showed us how to strive through adversity, amongst other life lessons.

It’s one thing when you watch a movie on the silver screen, or when you read a book, and the words come alive in your head. But it’s a different feeling when you see real people in front of you – dancing, singing and acting, knowing they put tremendous effort into their acts and that they truly believe in the characters they play. It just feels very relatable, as you feel the true emotion when you hear the words that reverberate around you and set your heart ablaze, making your skin tingle.

Here on this list, we’ve rounded up the top 5 most inspiring and empowering musicals of all time, and we guarantee that they are must-sees.

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