It's not his show. He choreographed the original. It's not his show. There's no doubt that Fosse's work was brilliant - but Wayne Cilento just did a poor job. If we only do revivals as they were originally staged, it would get kind of boring, since Fosse's choreography for this piece is already well preserved in several places.
THE PAJAMA GAME is also, by your standards, a "Fosse show." Yet, look what Kathleen Marshall did with it. Obviously, "Steam Heat" still has the Fosse feel, yet it's re-invented. It's the reason shows should be revived - to reinvent them, not just do what's been done before.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."-Charlie Manson
I have not seen the Pajama Game yet. I have tickets to it to see it in May when I go the the Carlyle to see Maria Friedman. I saw a video of Steam Heat though, and having performed the original choreography myself, it is in the style.
1. Lestat (scary awful) 2. Woman in White (loved Maria Friedman & Michael Ball though) 3. Miss Saigon (no time to know the characters before disaster) 4. Cats (slept through Act I) 5. Chorus Line
Okay, I know this is all about opinions, but FIDDLER ON THE FREAKING ROOF? A CHORUS LINE?
How much theatre have you guys seen? I find it impossible that you've seen that much to consider FIDDLER and ACL among the worst. It's very sad, as they are gems in the musical theatre catalogue.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."-Charlie Manson
I really disliked Rent when I saw it on Broadway. However, I LOVE the film, so maybe I just had the wrong cast on the wrong night.
Dracula: The Musical was AWFUL, but I had a great time watching it.
I saw a highschool production of The Best Man once...I have never fallen asleep during a performance, but I got SO close during that one. Couldn't understand a word ANYONE said.
Thought of another one. "Epic Proportions" is hands down the worst written play I've ever seen so far. The jokes were just SO freakin' bad. If it was meant to be campy, it came off as dumb instead. And the director had his friends as plants in the audience to laugh hysterically at them because many in the audience did not. No joke--I recognized them from a show the theater had done just prior to this one.
I've only been attending theatre since 1949 but The Wedding Singer is the worst thing I've seen so far. At least the first act is, I left at intermission
where to begin..... well, i attended the first preview of NICK AND NORA so for the sake of argument i'll say that although i'm sure i'm blocking out a few...oh yes, THE LOOK OF LOVE, was pretty bad. poor liz.
I also forgot a production of "Frankie" the Frankenstein musical directed by a 159 year old George Abbott (I refuse to believe he was alive while directing this) at the York Theater.
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I can't pin-point a specific show, but I attended a God awful performance of the national tour of AIDA in Toronto in May 2003. The whole cast was dead, dead, dead. Jeremy Kushnier looked like he wanted to be somewhere else, Paulette was awkward as all hell, Lisa Brescia didn't get the character for the life of her, the actor playing Mereb (forget) was cracking all over the place, and Mickey Dolenz was painfully trying too hard.
WHAT A GREAT TOPIC!!!! I saw a high school production of Cats that my god child was in.....HORRIBLE!
But when it comes to Broadway, Steel Pier comes to mind. GREAT cast, but the show itself was Boresville! I saw it on a Saturday matinee YEARS ago and we were the only 2 people in the balcony. We slept during act 2....oh I am laughing so hard right now remembering that...hopefully Debra Monk didn't see me! I would be so embarassed!!!!
GREAT QUESTION!!!!!
Jack: For your information, most people who meet me do not know that I am gay.
Will: Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. Dead people know you're gay.
Jack: Grace, when you first met me, did you know I was gay?
Grace: My dog knew.