Classics that leave you cold
Classics that leave you cold
Orpheum
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/05
#0Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:47pm
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Death of a Salesman
Mamma Mia
#1re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:48pmWOW, I didn't realize that Mamma Mia was a revival!! When was it written? I mean, the R&H score IS amazing!
". . . POP . . ."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#3re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:49pmCarousel
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#4re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:50pm
Everything by Jerry Herman (except La Cage - sort of).
I can understand someone not really liking Evita or My Fair Lady (I love them) - but The King and I??? Really?
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
Orpheum
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/05
#5re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:50pm
Annie Get Your Gun
(and shoot yourself)
#6re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:51pm
I didn't realize Mamma Mia is considered a classic.
The revival of "The King and I" with Yul Brynner/Constance Towers left me cold. I was 13 and remember not liking it at all because I couldn't understand a word that Yul Brynner was saying. He made a big point of emphasizing the "etc.'s" though. But then the revival with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips changed my mind (I saw it 8x).
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
Updated On: 8/24/05 at 04:51 PM
#7re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:51pmFiddler...but I am seeing it again when Rosie goes in it!
#9re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:53pmAll right, I'm going to stop reading this thread because it's just going to make me angry.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
supafreak
Chorus Member Joined: 7/13/05
#10re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:53pm
Hello Dolly
South Pacific
LaCage
...and I second whoever said Death of a Salesman, Fiddler & Kiss Me Kate.
"Amen"--Annelle
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
JoMarch
Featured Actor Joined: 9/22/04
#12re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:04pm
Show Boat
The Music Man
Kiss Me Kate
Once Upon a Mattress
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#13re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:05pmSouth Pacific....I've had just about enough of that.
Starburst
Understudy Joined: 2/27/05
Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:05pmyes jasonf, the king and i just didn't interest me. maybe it was the cast i saw... but i found it boring and, BORING.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#16re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:06pm
Guys and Dolls
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Evita
And...Fiddler on the Roof.
Yes, I'm the world's worst Jew.
#17re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:11pm
The Music Man
Annie Get Your Gun
The King and I
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:11pmi used to like oklahoma, but after doing a production of it, if i hear farmer and the cowman ONE MORE TIME... someone won't see tomorrow
#19re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:13pm
Carousel
Some of the music is great. Some of it is nice. Some mediocre. And one in particular is a complete WTF song. And the story is somewhat f*cked up.
Updated On: 8/24/05 at 05:13 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#20re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:18pmCompany
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#21re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:20pmBite your tongue, gotham! (Or your fingers, I suppose.)
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#22re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:21pm
"Bite your tongue, gotham! (Or your fingers, I suppose.)"
Well the ending is that Robert just sort of sneaks off leaving his "friends" sitting around waiting for him. I think it's a cold ending.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
theatrebabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/22/05
#23re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:23pmhere's another one 4 Carousel
"While some feel it is a film related question, I seem to think it may be a 'I am thinking of losing my winkie' sort of question."
-cheezedoodle
-cheezedoodle
joniray
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/04
#24re: Classics that leave you cold
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:28pm
Gypsy
South Pacific - though Carousel is one of my absolute favs - go figure.
I didn't care for Death of a Salesman until I saw the Falls/Dennehy/Franz revival in '99, which I absolutely adored (and sobbed like a baby during). I'm curious as to whether Orpheum saw that production.
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