Shows you've been in that you never want to see or hear again.
Shows you've been in that you never want to see or hear again.
#0Shows you've been in that you never want to see or hear again.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 5:32am
I know I'll probibly get a post saying "we've already had this thread! do a f*****g search on it." well I did a search and I didn't see it in there. so there!
with that little rant over I'll continue.
When I was in high school we did Grease and Annie Get Your Gun. And I quite honestly think I could go the rest of my life with out ever having the urge to see or hear those shows again. Although I must admit I did like some of the music from Annie Get Your Gun and I do own the Bernadette Peters cast recording of it (even though I think she sounds like compleate crap and I think it's one of the worst roles she could have played. STRICTLY MY OPINION). After many "go grease lightning"s and "there's no business like show business"es I would much rather fork my eyes out than listen to those shows again, I couldn't possibly sit through the show good or bad.
so come on share!
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 5:59amJoseph... GAH EW NO.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 9:52am
"My [least] favorite year, like no other year of my life."
First of all, actually hearing about this show opened me up to how awful it is, not even as a high school production, but as a show itself. Also, I had a horrible time in the show because everyone in it was awful. And to make matters worse, everyone else in the cast absolutely loved it, and kept saying how it really IS their favorite year. *rolls eyes*
You know it and you want it... you just can't believe you've got it.
Fiji
Swing Joined: 11/8/04
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 9:53amOliver. Most of the score's aggravating to begin with. It would be bad enough as any charactor. I was given two parts on alternate nights (Mrs bumble and Rose Seller) and I was in every adult chorus. And as if I hadn't heard the music enough, I was asked to choreograph AND teach dances to the kids. Uck. Never again with that show.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 10:00am
heh We also did AGYG and Grease at my high school. I don't mind AGYG but I can't stomach Grease at all anymore. Oh, and TheatreRat, darling.....
"we've already had this thread! do a f*****g search on it."
J/k ; )
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Updated On: 12/24/04 at 10:00 AM
Actinggbugg474
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 10:52amAnnie ... i never liked the show to begin with. I was only in it to help out a local community theater group who was seriously lacking in male talent. I was hoping once i gave it a chance it would grow on me, but ... no.
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 10:54amcats.... ugh- who isn't tired of it?
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:08amOliver! omg. i HATED it.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:19am
My Fair Lady!!!
If i see it or hear it again it will be too soon. The only thing I can stomache is the Family Guy parody of Fair Lady. F*ck that show! (Fair lady not family guy)
I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:42amGrease. I've done that show 4 times.
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:44am
Awww.
I *love* Oliver
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Eponinez.Rain
Chorus Member Joined: 12/3/04
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:55amThe Music Man. I did it in the 8th grade, and though we did a pretty awesome production of it (it was easily the best production I've ever seen put on by a junior high) I just can't take it anymore. LOL. I saw the show once before in an outdoor theater in the summer and had been really glad that I hadn't paid for a ticket or at least had been able to enjoy the nice weather while watching the play. I had my fill of it then, but was later subjected to three months of it... My high school is putting it on this year, and though I usually go to just about all their productions, I'm skipping the musical this year.
But now we have come almost to the end. One last step. And then, when I take power, they will be pulled down and ground into dirt for what they did to you. And what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:57amBIRDIE!!!!
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Intolerant of intolerance.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:58am
I just did "Grease" at SUNY Dutchess. I've always hated "Grease," but being a performing arts major, I had to participate. I will ALWAYS hate "Grease." It was an awful show, with an awful production, with an almost totally awful cast and an awful director. I played Johnny Casino and the Teen Angel. I enjoyed my parts, but other than that, I HATED IT ALL! DOWN WITH "GREASE"!!!!
-Vincent 
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:06pmSee here's the thing. Grease! is an excellent show. If done right. The movie ruined Grease by taking itself seriosuly. The original production in the 70's was straight camp, tounge in cheek and thats what made it work. The slew of Travolta impressions that waltz all over the stage now and a need to recreate the movie have ruined what once was an excellent show.
I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them
Jess1483
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/04
#15re: Shows you've been in that you never want to see or hear again.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:12pm
Annie
Never again do I want to hear a little girl belt "tomorrow." It was our curtain call, and all the orphans liked to belt it really loud to prove that they could have been Annie. And then we'd get off-stage and they'd continue to belt it backstage and in the dressing room. Shut up or sing something else if you must.
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hands on the stove, although we know we're in for some pain?
-tick...tick...BOOM!
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:14pmThe Music Man!
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Eponinez.Rain
Chorus Member Joined: 12/3/04
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:14pmI agree Magnum. Though, my high school did a really good production of it last year (not a copy of the movie at all, thank goodness). But yeah, the movie just... ruined it.
But now we have come almost to the end. One last step. And then, when I take power, they will be pulled down and ground into dirt for what they did to you. And what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me.
NightLaughs
Leading Actor Joined: 6/26/04
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:15pm
Grease!
Following a childhood obsession that lasted a good 5 years I have come to realize just how bad the show is. I suppose it's too campy for me, or maybe it just wore me down. Bleh.
If you limit your choices to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise."- Robert Fritz
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:37pm
Freakin Music Man and Oliver! I was the only girl in Oliver, and in the title role, and I cried every single day my mother brought me to rehearsals.
Plus, Bill Sikes scared the crap out of me.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:39pm
"I was the only girl in Oliver, and in the title role"
You had a man play Nancy?
Well, I'm all for "re-inventions" of shows, but thats taking it a little far.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:41pmGrease and Annie. Combined, I have seen about 10 productions of these shows.
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:42pm
Lol, sorry. I meant the only kid-girl. I was 8 at the time, and all the other kids who played orphans and the picking pocket boys in the show were 12 year olds boys.
Of course a female played Nancy and Bet and the old ladies...
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 12:57pm
Mother Courage and her children
Okay, so it's not a musical. It was just one of the worst theatre experiences that I had ever had, as well as making me rethink my career. I would never want to see it again.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Updated On: 12/24/04 at 12:57 PM
ladywholunches24
Swing Joined: 11/28/04
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Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:24pm
add another for music man... our junior high butchered that one as well
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