Worst Show You've ever seen..- Page 9
Worst Show You've ever seen..
#200the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 2:30pm
Oh my god, somebody else that saw that Romeo and Juliet!
My friend Anna was in it, so I dutifully attended. THE MOST PAINFUL time of my life.
However, I came in here to say that the WORST show I've ever seen was a recent tour of "Some Like it Hot" - it was SO AMAZINGLY bad that my mother and I considered leaving - and you're looking at two women who have patiently sat through extremely sub par non-equity tours of... Annie and such. It was a first.
We stayed, but felt we shouldn't have afterward.
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#201the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 2:50pmThe worst show I have ever seen was Mamma Mia. The whole time all i kept saying to myself was "What the hell is going on here"? There were scuba divers ect...It was by far the only show that I have 1)almost fallen asleep in 2)was flabergasted. Trulley awful show.
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#202the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 2:56pm
I don't think any broadway show, no matter how awful, can be called the worst. At least, the actors, the sound device, the orchestra are there.
Anyone called Broadway's Fiddler as the worst didn't see a lot of shows.
What kind of show should be called the worst? Book, score, scene design or acting? We are not talking about this . In a tour of a show called "Accoustic Chocolate", the sound system simply burst into this high pierecing noise all the way. Then you shut it down and you hear nothing, just see people move their mouth.
The only show that I left during intermission.
Sleeper2
Leading Actor Joined: 2/8/06
leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#206the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 4:02pmI've long had a dream to run a company, like "Encores", except that instead of putting on readings of hits, it specialized in flops. And I don't mean shows that deserve a second chance, but really terrible shows. Who here would attend a staged reading of Portofino, Whoop Up, or The Prince Of Central Park?
Behind the fake tinsel of Broadway is real tinsel.
rickydrummer
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/04
#208the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 4:24pm
"Lestat" -- so, so bad. I NEVER even think of walking out on shows, and this one made me very close to tempted.
"Fiddler on the Roof" with Harvey and Rosie -- I enjoyed the show when I saw it with Molina's understudy and I really enjoyed the naturalistic design, but Harvey was just so horribly wrong for the part. Rosie, surprisingly, was one of the redeeming qualities. Snoozefest.
"Dracula" was pretty bad, but it had more redeeming qualities than "Lestat" -- all three leads (O'Hara, Errico, Hewitt) were amazing, and at least the story was clearly focused, unlike "Lestat."
TimWarp
Swing Joined: 2/22/06
#209the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 5:16pm
A community theater double feature of Charles Busch's "Sleeping Beauty or Coma"/"Vampire Lesbians of Sodom." DEADLY. I was checking my watch every 2 minutes. (I saw a different production a year later and loved it.)
"Cats"--a beautifully done production, but when I go to the theater, I like a plot.
("Dance of the Vampires" remains one of my favorite Broadway experiences. I even had a good time at "Nick & Nora". Just don't make me sit through "Cats" again.)
LYNX71
Understudy Joined: 5/12/03
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#211the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 5:45pmMiss Saigon National tour. The music was from a recording and the helicopter was a projection.
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
K8eeyore
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/04
#214the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 8:28pmA community production of "They're playing our song" It was so bad I left after act I, and I never do that.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#215the worst
Posted: 4/28/06 at 11:04pm
Dear leefowler,
Whoop Up! may be cheezier than Wisconsin, but it is a fun score. I listen to it with a big smile on my face. Which is more than I can say about many a cast album...
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
Amysings
Swing Joined: 4/27/06
Amysings
Swing Joined: 4/27/06
BtMartin25
Featured Actor Joined: 1/4/06
#220the worst
Posted: 4/29/06 at 2:54am
Oh, oh, oh! That godaweful musical about Teddy Roosevelt with music by John Phillip Sousa. And did you know they're making a musical about Spiderman? Seriously. It was in Variety. I kid you not. I read about it in the obituary for Tony Adams, who produced Victor/Victoria. The producer died but the show lives on.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
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Updated On: 4/29/06 at 02:54 AM
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