Admit it--you know nothing about ____ show- Page 4

[mint0621]

Posted: 2/8/06 at 2:29pm

I didn't know anything about Sweeney Todd & Soundheim so embarrassed that I call myself a "theater fan" while not knowing anything about Soundheim, I finally went and watched Sweeney Todd last night; with no idea what the storyline or anything else was, and thoroughly enjoyed it! Soundheim is as brilliant & witty as others have said.

But there are a few questions I have about the show, can someone PM me who is a Sweeney Todd expert & has seen the show on Broadway? Some of the minimalistic props they used...the symbolic representation was lost on me.

[jazzicat]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 9:48pm

I just discovered that netflix has Broadway: the American musical on demand/instantplay. I did a search for some reviews and found this thread. I am kind of embarassed that I don't know the stories/plots for the following shows:


Follies
A Little Night Music
Pippin
Grand Hotel
ThreePenny Opera
Pajama Game
Bye Bye Birdie
Mame
Kiss Me Kate
Cabaret
Ragtime
Merrily We Roll Along
A Little Night Music
Bare
Passion
Kismet
Aspects of Love
Nine
The Light In The Piazza
Hello,Dolly
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
The Producers
Woman in White
42nd Street

[dg22894]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 9:52pm

Miss Saigon
Movin Out

[Nicholas Clar]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 9:55pm

Les Miz, except "I Deamed a Dream.
Spring Awakening but I got tix for the tour
August Osage County aside of the whole dysfunctional family.

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 9:56pm

Les Miserables, and honestly I don't really want to spend the time to learn.

Anyone who said Sunday in the Park With George, I recommend getting the Sunday DVD recording of the OBC. It's an amazing show and you should get into it. One of my favorite shows ever.

[philly03]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:08pm

A few Sondheim shows...Merrily, Passion, ...

Grandhotel
Ragtime
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:08pm

I have the DVD of the Sunday in the Park With George OBC, and, frankly, I hated it. I really wanted to love it, and I've heard that Sunday is an acquired taste, so I think I'm going to rewatch it again soon. And I know nothing about:

Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Carousel
State Fair
A Little Night Music
Hair
Hello, Dolly

[into_the_woods2]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:11pm

Tick, Tick, BOOM!

Ragtime

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:19pm

Sunday In The Part With George
RENT
Xanadu
Hello Dolly
Miss Saigon

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:20pm

Wow. Some people really need to discover Sondheim. Theater is never the same one you make the discovery.

[elphabelle07]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:27pm

Follies
Merrily We Roll Along
Carousel
State Fair
Candide

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:28pm

Cats
Follies
Hello, Dolly
Assassins
La Cage Aux Folles

[michelle3]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 12:32am

Les Miz
Ragtime
Light in the Piazza
Company
Show Boat
Follies.
Same as a lot of people on here. There are more that I'm not remembering.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 12:42am

Guys and Dolls
Follies
Show Boat
Light in the Piazza
Les Miz
Miss Saigon
Side Show
[title of show]
Hello, Dolly
Assassins
La Cage Aux Folles
Merrily We Roll Along
Carousel
State Fair
Candide
Pippin
Grand Hotel
ThreePenny Opera
Pajama Game
Bye Bye Birdie
Mame
Kiss Me Kate
Merrily We Roll Along
A Little Night Music
Bare
Passion
Kismet
Aspects of Love
Nine
42nd Street
Speling Bee
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Bat Boy
Billy Elliot
Blood Brothers

The list goes ON and ON, that's probably not even half

[xbri0432x]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 12:50am

Guys and Dolls
Follies
Show Boat
Light in the Piazza
Les Mis
Miss Saigon
Side Show
[title of show]
Hello, Dolly
Assassins
Merrily We Roll Along
Carousel
State Fair
Candide
Pippin
Grand Hotel
Three Penny Opera
Pajama Game
Bye Bye Birdie
Mame
Kiss Me Kate
Merrily We Roll Along
A Little Night Music
Bare
Passion
Kismet
Aspects of Love
Nine
42nd Street
Blood Brothers
Xanadu

the list is longer. i'm embarrassed... i call myself a theatre geek without knowing what the hell is going on in a lot of shows. But I'm IN LOVE with A LOT of shows, so that counts for something.

EDIT: I have started my researching. I had no idea what I was missing with not knowing all these shows.

Updated On: 1/3/09 at 12:50 AM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 1:03am

Pal Joey
Pajama Game

*embarrassing moment* August: Osage County

[rjjn]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 1:13am

Miss Saigon
Pal Joey
A Chorus Line
Movin' Out
42nd Street
Little Shop of Horrors
The Fantasticks
Spring Awakening
Evita

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 1:16am

Follies
Show Boat
Les Miz
Miss Saigon
Side Show
Assassins
La Cage Aux Folles
Merrily We Roll Along
Carousel
State Fair
Candide
Pippin
Grand Hotel
ThreePenny Opera
Mame
Kiss Me Kate
Merrily We Roll Along
A Little Night Music
Bare
Passion
Kismet
Aspects of Love
Nine
42nd Street
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Bat Boy
Blood Brothers

So sad. I must start my research ASAP.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 1:22am

Haha...I remember this thread!

At least people still aren't saying Sweeney Todd as much as they were in 06! I guess we can thank the movie for that one. Now if someone with butloads of money will decide to produce a Sunday in the Park with George and Merrily We Roll Along feature film, we'll be set.

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 1:24am

I know that it would probably be a show that I would love, but Ragtime.

[geekgirl06]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 2:10am

Mostly older shows, like Mame, Pal Joey and Babes in Arms. Some others of the top of my head:

Anyone Can Whistle
Candide
Brigadoon
Kismet
Grand Hotel
Contact
Shenandoah
42nd Street
Aspects of Love
The Rink
Woman in White
Starlight Express
Oh! Calcutta!
Baby
A New Brain
Any musical with the word Falsetto anywhere in the title

And even though I have the music practically memorized on each, I would really like to see productions of both A Little Night Music and Pacific Overtures, because I only know a little of the each story lines and would love to see them put together!

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 2:17am

I might as well admit to it all, EXCEPT:

Phantom of the Opera
Cats
Camelot!
JCS
Wicked
A Tale of Two Cities
(just as a note...I put them in the order I've seen them...
Updated On: 1/28/09 at 02:17 AM

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 9:19am

I have to admit, I JUST discovered Caroline, or Change...wow! What a great show! I like to go to Barnes and Nobles and get a cast recording of a show I know nothing about to further my love for broadway and beyond! :O) That's how I discovered Children of Eden a few months ago.

I feel kind of bad that I still haven't gotten to know Follies yet, but I love everything else Sondheim, so I need to get my butt in gear!

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 9:22am

Hair
Pal Joey
Tale of Two Cities

...those are the only ones I could think of off the top of my head.

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 3:06pm

[title of show]-I have listened to some of the songs and I get the basic gist of the show, but I haven't seen it and I don't know that much about it (other than it has some really funny voice messages with Sutton Foster and Patti LuPone apparently and that there are 4 people in the cast). I've also seen some of the Title of Show Show on YouTube.
Sweeney Todd-I know some of the songs, I get the basic story, but I don't know that much about it. I've never seen it.
Into the Woods-I saw it a long time ago (when I was like , so I don't remember that much about it (besides the witch, who freaked me out and that Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood were in it).
The Last 5 Years-One of my friends was the girl part in this show at a professional dinner theatre in Virginia. She promised to show me the video of her production, but then she moved to LA and I haven't talked to her in like a year. (She was being auditioned for Ariel in TLM a lot and came VERY close to it). I also know some of the story to this (based on JRB's life and has a song called Shiksa something in it.) I also know who was in it off-Broadway, but I don't know that much about it.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels-But I bought "Great Big Stuff" on iTunes awhile ago. Loved it, but don't have a clue about the show.
Cabaret-Saw some of the movie on a flight to London last year, but forgot about it. Oh, and I know "Willkommen" (who doesn't?)
Assassins-I get the plot, but I don't know anything about the show, really.