What's your "Been there, done that" shows?
What's your "Been there, done that" shows?
mikewood
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/05
#0What's your "Been there, done that" shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 10:16am
What are those shows that you've seen, enjoyed but have no interest in ever seeing again? (past and present)
I have a few:
Beauty and the Beast
Lion King: do to its extended run in Boston, I have twice in the last year, consecutive Christmas presents for my niece...(by her request!), I needn't ever see this show again as great as it is.
Aida: Unlike the previous two, I only saw Aida once, and even if it was still around, I don't think I'd see it again.
(hmmm....just noticed the commonality of the above three shows!)
POTO: Not a big fan, and because of the niece factor have seen it the last two times its been to Boston and like Lion King will end up seeing it again!
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Updated On: 5/10/05 at 10:16 AM
#1re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 10:20amThere are no shows that I liked but don't want to see again. Usually, the only shows I won't come back to are ones that I didn't like. I only see shows when they come to town, so by the time they come back I'm usually game for another night!
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#2re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 10:22amCats! I came, I saw, I pretty much enjoyed, I feel no need to see it again.
#3re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 10:54ambrooklyn. once is enough. i got the point. and i don't want to subject my ears to that again.
Lome2
Stand-by Joined: 1/23/05
#4re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 11:27amMmm... We Will Rock You (West End), 42nd Street and Beauty and the Beast.
#5re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 12:14pmcrazy for you only because i was in second grade and wasnt really into theater yet, i got bored and slept. can you blame me?
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Bwaybaby109
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#6re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 12:21pmNot that I didn't like Little Women, I actually enjoyed it, especially the 2nd act more than the 1st, but seeing that once is enough for me.
"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"
magic8ball
Broadway Star Joined: 3/28/04
#7re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 12:26pm
"Wicked".
Actually, I can't even really say that I enjoyed it all that much. "Wicked" is sort of my show-that-I've-seen-that-I-wouldn't-see-again-even-if-I-was-offered-a-free-ticket show.
"Goodness is rewarded. Hope is guaranteed. Laughter builds strong bones. Right will intercede. Things you've said I often find I need, indeed. I see the world through your eyes. What's black and white is colorized. The knowledge you most dearly prized I'm eager to employ. You said that life has infinite joys."
Updated On: 5/10/05 at 12:26 PM
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#8re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 12:29pm
Phantom of the Opera
Hairspray
Wicked
#9re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 12:49pmProducers. Which I didn't really like, but anyway...
"Peace! The charm's wound up."
--Macbeth
#10re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 12:50pm
Well my shows that I have seen that I would never see again:
Wicked (but i didn't really enjoy it the fist time)
Poto (again I didnt really enjoy it though)
Cats (I did enjoy it but I was like 4 and it was the original cast)
Chicago (I saw it with Bebe and Joel no one can match them!)
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"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
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jczelyph
Broadway Star Joined: 10/21/04
#11re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 1:01pm
Cats and Blood Brothers. Cats just because I got a teency bit bored (which makes me feel ignorant but i couldn't help it) and Blood Brothers because I have seen it about one bazillion times.
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#12re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 1:06pmAnything that I liked, I would see again. The shows I would not see again are those that I'm just burned out on for now, but someday, I'd probably go back to see again. I think Rent is the only one that was ruined by a truly awful performance the last time I saw it and I just don't want that to happen to me again.
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Practically Perfect
Leading Actor Joined: 3/10/05
#13re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 1:12pm
Would have to be Beauty and the Beast and Cats. I saw Beauty and the Beast for the first time when I was 8 and loved it, but then I saw it two years later, and was a bit disappointed (still loved Be Our Guest though!) But I've now seen it 4 times, and the smaller production at the Lunt-Fontanne is just nothing compared to the Palace's production.
Cats is just boring, though the choreography is amazing! The music is dull, and the plot...don't get me started!
Mary P x
#14re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 3:02pmThoroughly Modern Millie. Definitely fell asleep during "The Speed Test."
Not today, Geraldine.
#15re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 3:14pm
"Les Miserables"--seen it 3.5 times (the .5 being when I second-acted it, having nothing else to do when "The Elephant Man," a much shorter play from across the street, ended at "Les Miz's" intermission). I've also warn out my recording of it...the next time I hear that score will be when I play Javert (although I am yet to be cast 
)
Also, "Phantom"--seen it 4 times, REALLY warn out my recording, and the recent movie version just did it for me. I'm officially sick of it now.
Loppy
Chorus Member Joined: 12/29/04
#16re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 3:18pm
"Actually, I can't even really say that I enjoyed it all that much. "Wicked" is sort of my show-that-I've-seen-that-I-wouldn't-see-again-even-if-I-was-offered-a-free-ticket show. "
If by that you mean "WICKED is sort of my show-that-I-would-make-someone-i-never-met-leave-work-early-and-haul-ass-from-Boston-to-New York-on-the-Acela-so-I-could-see-it-for-the-second-time show", then yes.
GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#17re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/10/05 at 3:22pmFiddler on the Roof. Please, enough is enough.
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
magic8ball
Broadway Star Joined: 3/28/04
#18re: What's your 'Been there, done that' shows?
Posted: 5/11/05 at 12:39am
It was only because I knew it would be a memorable bonding experience. Not because I wanted to see the show.
And what an experience that was...
"Goodness is rewarded. Hope is guaranteed. Laughter builds strong bones. Right will intercede. Things you've said I often find I need, indeed. I see the world through your eyes. What's black and white is colorized. The knowledge you most dearly prized I'm eager to employ. You said that life has infinite joys."
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