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Musicals most people hated, but you liked
#25Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:10pm
I had a great time at Bullets Over Broadway and then was rather confused when the reviews came trickling in.
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#26Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:28pm
Beetlejuice
The Cher Show (though I know of quite a few people who like it so I don’t think I’m in the minority)
Bullets Over Broadway
Head Over Heels
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#27Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:29pm
Oh and I guess I should add Tootsie since another thread declared it the “worst musical of the year...” 
(Sorry for the double post)
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#28Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:35pm
Ghost
The Cher show (But I’m definitely seeing more than just me on here and publicly who love it)
I also liked if/then. I thought the concept was great the only thing to me is felt they rushed it to broadway a little too quickly I think.
jmfinny
Swing Joined: 12/17/18
#29Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:36pm
I still often find myself loving The Wedding Singer cast recording. I have fond memories of rushing that show multiple times during the summer.
InTheBathroom1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/18
#30Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:39pmThis season Beetlejuice, Head Over Heels, and Be More Chill. Other seasons: Groundhog Day, The Last Ship, and Big Fish.
#31Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 2:54pm
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Rock of Ages (though it ran for many years, the vitriol on BWW hurled at it was EPIC)
Xanadu
Catch Me If You Can
Ghost
Dirty Dancing (the first tour of the original production, not the bland, paint-by-numbers recent tour)
Starlight Express
Big (the Broadway production)
Seussical (the Broadway production)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (the first Broadway production)
Jekyll & Hyde (the pre-Broadway productions)
A Bronx Tale
Memphis
And a show that infuriates purists to no end...Contact.
I don't recall most people hating Jane Eyre. I think it flopped mostly as a victim of timing. It was actually my favorite show that season.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
woeisme3
Featured Actor Joined: 9/14/15
#32Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:03pmSame with Groundhog Day, it was well liked just in a crowded season
a-mad
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#33Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:15pm
Add me to the list:
Ghost the Musical
Sytwix
Understudy Joined: 4/30/14
#34Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:19pm
Groundhog Day
Carousel (Last year's revival)
The Cher Show
#36Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:35pm
1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: It is what it is- and if you want to basically see Sid and Marty Krofft-Meets-Roald Dahl weirdness, that’s what this is. Raul was in very fine voice, and Jan Maxwell was stunning. We miss you Jan!
2. Threepenny Opera revival with Alan Cumming: Definitely not the best translation, didn’t need a random flash to the audience, but had a very talented cast who gave the score their all.
3. Side Show: I thought the revival was even better than the original. The songs for the girls vaudeville acts were more ironic and varied in tone, they commented on their situation more. Costumes and makeup were great, and the plot did try to touch on their real lives a bit more.
Another day, another dollar is the reality of my mentality. Otherwise, don't even bother.- TLC
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#37Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:41pm
Big Fish and Tuck Everlasting both have fantastic material, but were in big bloated productions that made the end product bad. If they both had small scaled down productions, I really think they'd get the praise they deserve.
LuPita2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/11/18
Eliza2
Broadway Star Joined: 1/7/16
#39Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 3:55pm
I absolutely loved Finding Neverland.
I'll also add myself to the "loved Groundhog Day" list although I felt like the opinions on that one were more 50/50 as opposed to "most people" hating it
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#40Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:10pm
Be More Chill and Finding Neverland.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#41Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:13pm
Shrek, hands down. I heard/read somewhere recently that Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire are working on a new project together...I can't wait!
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#42Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:17pm
ahhrealmonsters said: "Shrek, hands down. I heard/read somewhere recently that Jeanine Tesori & DavidLindsay-Abaire are working on a new project together...I can't wait!"
I think it's a musical adaptation of his play Kimberly Akimbo. Considering his lyrics were the best part of Shrek, I'm excited for any musical projects he's got in the pipeline.
East Village
Leading Actor Joined: 9/23/07
#43Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 4:40pm
Original CHICAGO (critics panned it)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and Arthur Laurents’ revival of WEST SIDE STORY (there seemed to be little love)
And I might have been high but I really enjoyed BE MORE CHILL
#44Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 5:13pm
1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: It is what it is- and if you want to basically see Sid and Marty Krofft-Meets-Roald Dahl weirdness, that’s what this is. Raul was in very fine voice, and Jan Maxwell was stunning. We miss you Jan!
Oooohhh yes! I thought Raul was miscast, but I absolutely LOVED the show. Jan and Marc were HILARIOUS. And when that car flew, I was my 5-year-old self again, utterly enchanted by the stage magic.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
getupngo
Featured Actor Joined: 1/22/19
#45Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:10pm
OKBroadwayFan said: "I loved Head Over Heels"
I think my username gives it away, but I LOVED this show too.
#46Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:19pm
Ghost
Big Fish
American Psycho
Side Show
getupngo
Featured Actor Joined: 1/22/19
amaklo
Stand-by Joined: 5/2/15
#48Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 6:32pm
Well I don't see that anyone mentioned Bright Star yet, so I think it fits nicely in this thread. :)
#49Musicals most people hated, but you liked
Posted: 5/20/19 at 7:17pm
I adored PASSION and its refusal to condescend to audience expectations of a musical. Over time, it has become one of my favorite Sondheim scores.
My now-husband and I had a great time at THE MOONEY SHAPIRO SONGBOOK in London; then it closed so quickly in NYC we never got a chance to revisit it. I don't know if the references were too inside-British or if they messed it up somehow in the transfer.
I realize it has proved more popular on tour and in regional productions, but the failure of BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY on Broadway continues to baffle me, especially considering the amazing vocal performances on the OBCR. I know Americans prefer stories where one can "have it all" without making hard choices (see PASSION, too), but one would think the success of the novel and film would have prepared audiences for what they would see.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC and SHENANDOAH aren't hated, except among musical play aficionados who ridicule both shows with some frequency (and considerable cause). I am usually among the first to join the mocking. But as long as we're in a confessional mood, I must admit I have seen both countless times (literally, since I did an entire summer of MUSIC and a month of SHENANDOAH in stock, plus other productions of both) and, nonetheless, I start to bawl each time those kids start up the mountain at the end, and every time the presumed-dead "Boy" appears in the church in the final scene of SHENANDOAH, limping toward his father, calling "Pa! Pa!"
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