Overrated Classic Shows
Overrated Classic Shows
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:32pm
My choice is Hello Dolly
A mildly entertaining show but no idea why it became a classic especially since it was in big trouble out of town
Anyone else have other shows in mind
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WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#2re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:35pm
Hmm...CATS 
Cmon! The longest running show on Broadway!?? It was boring.
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#3re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:35pmI fully agree with both.
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"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#4re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:35pm
In olden days this show was shocking
'Cause Merman would keep 'em rocking
But, boy, it blows...
Anything Goes!
"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.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:36pmMusic Man has Wilsons one good score but I can see your point. I put it one notch above Dolly
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Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#7re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:43pmI love Anything Goes! But I seriously despise Guys and Dolls, for reasons I already ennumerated on another thread today.
#8re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:45pm
Guys and Dolls is and always will be one of my favorite shows.
The book is as solid as it gets.
The score is perfect.
The only downside is the uber-anticlimatic ending.
"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.
#9re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:45pmI just want to reiterate THE MUSIC MAN and CATS. Yuck and double-yuck.
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#10re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:46pmFIDDLER ON THE ROOF, the first major Broadway show in which the staging and the choreography was better than the score.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#11re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:47pmPriest, any show with a song like "Marry the Man Today" is going to earn my instant loathing. What ****ty advice.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#12re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:48pm
Huh?
Tradition
If I Were A Rich Man
Sunrise, Sunset
Matchmaker
Do You Love Me?
Far From the Home I Love
To Life
That's a bad score? What's a good one?
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Updated On: 1/3/05 at 10:48 PM
#13re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:50pm
Well, it's not telling YOU to marry the man today.
Just like Lionel Bart doesn't want you to run out and start picking one or two pockets .
And I've heard many criticisms for Fiddler, but never have I heard anyone say it has a bad score.
"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.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#14re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:52pmI just don't like the values of the so-called protagonists in general. Which is really friggin' hypocritical coming from a Sweeney Todd fan, I know, but the attitude of the show just drives me up the wall.
#15re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:58pm
I should explain myself.
While FIDDLER was never a favorite of mine, I do admire the show.
However, while the score is a classic, FIDDLER was the first MAJOR show in which the staging and choreography was recieved more favorably than the score (I NEVER said the score was criticized). Steven Susskind even mentions it in his first book of Broadway show reviews.
Of course, FIDDLER has millions of fans worldwide, I ever understood the frenzy over this show.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Updated On: 1/3/05 at 10:58 PM
#16re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:00pm
"Of course, FIDDLER has millions of fans worldwide, I never understood the frenzy over this show."
I could substitute so many shows in that sentence.
Of course, MAMMA MIA has millions of fans worldwide, I never understood the frenzy over this show.
Of course, CATS has millions of fans worldwide, I never understood the frenzy over this show.
It works for so many shows!!
How neat!!
"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.
#17re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:02pmI am to please!
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#18re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:05pm
re Fiddler:
I would think that West Side Story would qualify for that honor. Lots of major critics (Sondheim wasn't even mentioned in the Times review) and theatre people (Mary Rodgers notably) weren't crazy about the Bernstein/Sondheim score on first impression and took a while to warm to it, but Robbins' staging and choreography were universally acclaimed immediately. It wasn't until the movie and the multi-million selling soundtrack album (which spawned hit singles) that the score became so beloved.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Updated On: 1/3/05 at 11:05 PM
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#19re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:13pm
Guys and Dolls
Once Upon A Mattress
Oklahoma
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#20re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:15pm
Fiddler probably has one of the best scores of shows on bway right now - which isn't saying much, but FOTR is a great show.
POTO - very overrated
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#21re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:18pmI don't think POTO qualifies as a classic but I think that it's EXTREMELY overrated. As far as Fiddler is concerned, the score has a lot of highlights but I always leave the theatre feeling like there are unfixable flaws in the book and in the story.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#22re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:20pm
fiddler, i don't think, should be "complete." it should leave you thinking and able to fill the gaps in with your own personal ideas...
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#23re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:23pmIt's not that it's incomplete. I just feel that it tends to drag.
#24re: Overrated Classic Shows
Posted: 1/3/05 at 11:24pm
this thread makes me want to vomit...and never lurk around here no mo'
how sad to read these posts
how profoundly sad
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