Alter Boys -- yuck!

Okay, I only wish I was sitting on the aisle on Sunday night so I could have left after about the third song. This show is tragic and I'll never recover the 90 minutes I spent watching that show. The concept is dated (didn't boy bands go out about five years ago?); it's not funny (well, maybe it is for one or two songs); and the gay character's coming out is completely cliche.

Talented cast but a waste of time. Ugh!

SF, you're not alone. I hated it, too.

"Altar Boyz"...

If you saw the show with the original cast and hated it, I'd be the first one to question your taste and tell you that you were in a MINISCULE minority. HOWEVER, if you saw it with the most recent cast and hated it, I'd still disagree with you, but to a MUCH lesser extent. The show with its most recent actors is less than stellar- the chemistry between the actors is off, and the newbies don't even come near the calibre of their predecessors (or hell- their predecssors' understudies). The show actually becomes boring at points, which never happened with the original cast. This naturally affects the presentation of the material, and a lot of the clever dialogue as well as clever songwriting is unfortunately lost due to poor acting choices.

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Updated On: 9/7/05 at 06:09 PM

I saw this show a couple of weekends ago, and to be honest, I was cringing through a lot of the humor. I'd say it took until about halfway through before I think it finally won me over and I wasn't regretting paying even half price to see it, but by the end, I was more satisfied than not. I definitely wouldn't want to pay full price for it, though.

I absolutely adore this show. Did you go last night? I'm only asking that because the two new members of the cast just started. I don't find the concept to be dated, because everyone remembers boy bands and remembers the phenomenon. It's really just a question of taste, I guess.

Also, if you're gonna say you really disliked a show, at least be a little more specific. "The content was dated", "tragic", and "unfunny" really don't tell you anything.

Danny Calvert is GREAT as Mark. And I think this show is so much fun.

Songs obnoxious? Yes...but I still love listening to them! haha

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I haven't seen the show yet, because I've been really cautious about it (I'm not going to shell out that much money to see anything, and I've alway hated boy bands); and now that the orginal cast isn't there, I doubt I'll ever go (I might though... should I?).

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No story? Did you sleep between the songs or something? cause there was a story.

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It's less of a musical that people are expecting it to be. You might be more satisfied if you go in expecting a MadTV-type spoof of a christian boy band.

I thought it was TREMENDOUSLY funny. I was raised Catholic so perhaps that had something to do with it. I thought it also had a lot to say about religious institutions.

Oh well, it just musical comedy.

Just my opinion, I may be wrong.

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Zoran - Thank you for that post. I listened to the recording while in NYC in May and was going to see it as a friend there LOVED it! After listening to it, I decided not to go. I really did not like what I heard. I thought "Well maybe I will enjoy it if I actually see it". I may give it a shot now when I am back there in the fall.

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I hated it as well. HATED it.

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