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The Most overrated and underrated musicals

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CarlosAlberto
#25The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 7:31am

Overrated: GYPSY

Underrated: PROMISES, PROMISES

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CarlosAlberto
#26The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 7:32am

Overrated: GYPSY

Underrated: PROMISES, PROMISES

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CarlosAlberto
#27The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 7:32am

Overrated: GYPSY

Underrated: PROMISES, PROMISES

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CarlosAlberto
#28The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 7:34am

I posted it three times because I wanted to make my choices perfectly clear.

No, not really...my iPad was having connectivity issues. LOL.

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CarlosAlberto
#29The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 7:39am

Overrated: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WI...Zzzzzz

*Sorry nodded out there for a second much like I did when I first saw that *yawn* show.

Underrated: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

mamaleh
#30The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 8:39am

Overrated: CATS, SPELLING BEE, SUNDAY IN THE PARK, KINKY BOOTS

Underrated: THE STORY OF MY LIFE, HENRY SWEET HENRY, ILLYA DARLING, THE BOY FROM OZ

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LYLS3637
#31The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 9:40am

Overrated: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Underrated: PARADE (Brown)


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doodlenyc
#32The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/7/14 at 10:03am

I'm not sure how "Little Shop of Horrors" would be considered underrated. It was a big success off-broadway and made into a successful film. I would consider it beloved.

Anyway, underrated for me would be "Floyd Collins"...and I love that someone mentioned "Moby Dick" I love that score and the concept. I wish I had seen it live!


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sctrojan65
#33The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 11:44am

Overrated: Jekyll and Hyde….nice music, just couldn't identify or empathize with the characters; apparently it was on Broadway for a while though so most would disagree with me.
Kinky Boots….granted I saw it in L.A. last night and, while the performances were good, I just couldn't connect to the characters in that one either.

Underrated: Scottsboro Boys…I know it was controversial, but it was so emotional.

Updated On: 11/25/14 at 11:44 AM

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Mr Roxy
#34The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 12:19pm

Underrated - Most Wildhorn shows


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AngusN
#35The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 12:19pm

Overrated: Cats, Wicked

Underrated: Chess, Martin Guerre

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icecreambenjamin
#36The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 12:42pm

Underrated: Sunday in the Park with George. Beautiful message and beautiful music. Any of the classics. Due to all of the new mega musicals, the younger crowd has completely forgotten about the wonderful classics. When I mention Hammerstein musicals to anyone under the age of 18, they usually respond with an "ew."
Overrated: Newsies, Wicked, Gentleman's guide, next to normal (sorry), the Fantasticks, A Little Night Music (love Sondheim, but it's my least favorite of his), and last and certainly least, Cats.

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devonian.t
#37The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 12:49pm

Overrated: Hello Dolly

Underrated: Amour

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Subjective Sarcasm
#38The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 12:49pm

Overrated: Rent

Underrated: Kiss of the Spider Woman

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Phantom of London
#39The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 1:14pm

Overrated: Wicked, Annie, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Cats, Starlight Express.

Underrated: Aspects of Love, Whistle Down the Wind, Carrie, Chess, Catch Me If You Can, Tarzan, Blood Brothers

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Someone in a Tree2
#40The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 2:38pm

Overrated: THE BOOK OF MORMON (obvious choice)
INTO THE WOODS (may heaven and BWW forgive me)

Underrated: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (of course)
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM (not so much underrated as completely forgotten)

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BrerBear
#41The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 3:50pm

Overrated: Rent
Underrated: Aspects of Love

broadwayrocks2
#42The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 9:39pm

Overrated Wicked and Book of Mormon
Underrated Parade and American Idiot

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somechrysanthemumtea
#43The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 9:49pm

I'm a sucker for Sondheim, so I'll disagree on his music being overrated, maybe by some, but except for Forum, they all didn't recoup! But I do not like ALNM too! It just isn't interesting to me.

Overrated : Wicked, I found it very very long, that's all.

Underrated : Pacific Overtures, is a great musical IMO

(also hi everyone!) This is my first post on BWW!

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Musical Master
#44The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 10:03pm

I forgot about these underrated gems.

PASSION and PACIFIC OVERTURES (which in my opinion should be a film adaptation out of all of John Weidman's works.)

I'm glad that PACIFIC OVERTURES did get it's brilliant original production in 1976 filmed and broadcasted.

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icecreambenjamin
#45The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/25/14 at 10:24pm

Omg
Pacific Overtures would make the greatest movie!!
Passion also has gorgeous music.
I don't think that Book of Mormon is overrated. I think that it's new and original and is a fantastic story.

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inception
#46The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/26/14 at 2:48am

Icecreambenjamin had A Little Night Music as overrated and mentioned about young people not knowing the classics...

This past Saturday I went down to Seattle and caught the last performance of a great production of Pasek & Paul's Dogfight. Sitting behind me were some loud, young drama students. During intermission one of them was on his phone goggling something and I overheard him read out to his date, "It says here that he did some show called ... A..Little..Night..Music? A Little Night Music? Have you ever heard of something called A Little Night Music?" and his date replied, "No, I don't know what that is."

I am just as obnoxious in person as I am online and it took every single ounce of self-control in my body to not turn around and give them a big lecture.


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yankeefan7
#47The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/26/14 at 8:29am

Overrated: Chicago and The Producers

Underrated: Jekyll & Hyde (1997 version)

brldisteach2
#48The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/26/14 at 10:14am

I would also say Producers for overrated. It's a good show, but I don't think it deserved to sweep the Tony's.

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Someone in a Tree2
#49The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Posted: 11/26/14 at 12:33pm

^ Yeah, THE PRODUCERS, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, BOOK OF MORMON, and SPAMALOT for that matter, all trading on the same kind of view of how essentially idiotic musical theater is and should be, and all equally overrated to my mind.

Updated On: 11/26/14 at 12:33 PM


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