Mama Rose? Fantine? Broadway.com Readers Rank the Best Musical Moms of All Time

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and to celebrate, Broadway.com is spending the day sitting on the couch drinking wine and watching Netflix honoring our favorite mom characters in Broadway musicals! We asked readers to rank a selection of good, bad and downright crazy moms on Culturalist. The results are in—check out the top 10 Broadway moms who came out on top!


FANTINE (Les Miserables)


MARGARET (The Light in the Piazza)


JULIE JORDAN (Carousel)


DIANA (Next to Normal)


THE WITCH (Into the Woods)


ANNA (The King and I)


GOLDE (Fiddler on the Roof)


MOTHER (Ragtime)


CAROLINE (Caroline, or Change)


ROSE (Gypsy)