Am I the only one bored to death by plays? Prefer musicals instead...

I love musicals! I just can't seem to enjoy going to see just a play without the music and dancing. They always seem to bore me or put me to sleep.

I have seen a number of musicals that bored me to death.

I would like to think that, if you saw the right play, you would not be bored. Good writing, directing and acting should always hold your attention. BUT, having said that, now that Broadway has gone techno and is trying to attract audiences with a lot of action, light and noise, we do seem to be training a generation of audience members to expect to be distracted rather than provoked into thinking about a complex subject.

I don't think that it's fair to say that you won't enjoy any plays. A preference for musicals is fine, but a good play can be just as entertaining. Do movies and TV shows bore you? The majority of those don't include singing or dancing.

Much prefer plays.

I've grown to prefer plays actually. Maybe you're just not seeing the right ones.

BroadwayConcierge said: "songanddanceman2 said: "Much prefer plays."

Funny that's coming from the user with "song and dance" in their name

I used to be that very thing, then quit to become a playwright and director. I still enjoy some musicals but I'm more a fan of plays.

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I am drawn to musicals but feel like I am missing something. I want to understand what there is in plays. So I go and see if I can figure it out. (No, not the deepest thinker, here). Glass menagerie, for example, I had read for school. - interesting but ordinary. The big revival a few years ago was so highly acclaimed I got tickets (um, did it matter that Zachary quinto was in it?, maybe). I read the play again. I read reviews and commentaries. I understood more what it was saying. I went and was blown away by the production. The play hit me emotionally in so many ways.

Moral- I found that if I put time into it, I am not bored and can watch with a purpose. And of course, plays are not merely entertainment but are to help us see life as we never have - Musicals do that for me, too, but they are more accessible- mostly.

I recently read long day's journey into night and checked out oneill's biography online. And, again, I got more out of the production when I saw it last week.

Fantod said: "I'd much rather see a great play than a great musical, but I'd much rather see a bad musical than a bad id love to know what bad musicals you are comparing to bad plays. To me, bad is bad, but I have seen some musicals that were even more painful than very bad plays. I would cringe every time the orchestra started to play because the score was so bad





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I prefer musicals but War Horse, Curious Incident, King Charles III, just to name a few, were more enjoyable, entertaining and moving than most musicals I have seen.

Updated On: 4/24/16 at 05:42 PM

Are You a Musicals Addict? John Adams Picks the Perfect Broadway Plays for You!

If you like Wicked…
Go see: “The Crucible.”
It’s got witches. Goody! Goody!

If you like Aladdin…
Go see: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
In the night-time, you need a lamp …just like Aladdin! And Aladdin is called a “street rat” and there’s a rat in the play, too.

If you like Fun Home…
Go see: “The Father.”
It’s a show about a girl’s father.

If you like Kinky Boots…
Go see: “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.”
Because John Gallagher Jr. has been in a musical and Kinky Boots is a musical.

If you like Hamilton…
Go see: “The Humans.”
Yeah, there’s no real correlation here, but they both have a capital “H” in their titles. I like the letter “H”. I like it when British people pronounce it like, “haitch”.

And there you have it.

I lost it at the reasoning behind pairing Kinky Boots with Long Day's Journey Into Night. Nice one.

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