#1
Posted: 4/6/18 at 4:56am
Has anyone seen it? Thoughts?
Updated On: 4/6/18 at 04:56 AM
#3
Posted: 4/6/18 at 6:25am
Here’s another thread, with comments starting around Post 19 (there’s also a link in that post to another thread, start on page 2 of that thread):
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1106646#5008044
Updated On: 4/6/18 at 06:25 AM
#4
Posted: 4/6/18 at 8:04am
All you need to know is the show is S H I T : save your money
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#5
Posted: 4/6/18 at 8:08am
Yes, it's quite dreadful, especially the "book" and inert direction. Even worse than Love Never Dies, which at least has some nice scenic design going for it. Listen to a Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits recording instead.
Just remembering you've had an "and"
When you're back to "or"
Makes the "or" mean more than it did before
#6
Posted: 4/6/18 at 8:08am
While the show itself is pretty bad, I thought Deborah Cox was fantastic. Hearing her sing those famous songs was something really special.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#7
Posted: 4/6/18 at 8:11am
Just go in thinking it’s a Deborah Cox concert with Whitney songs and it’s fine.
#8
Posted: 4/6/18 at 6:29pm
Just go in thinking it’s a Deborah Cox concert with Whitney songs and it’s fine. @markecib - best description and tag line for this show.
it's worth about a $29 ticket
#9
Posted: 4/6/18 at 7:12pm
My parents saw it in Tampa, and my mom was fuming to me on the phone afterward about how bad it was. (To be fair, she was partly fuming about overhearing a women say how much better it was than The Color Purple, which had just played Tampa two weeks before.)
Save your money, unless you're a die-hard Deborah Cox or Whitney fan.
#10
Posted: 4/6/18 at 11:38pm
Listen to your mother. Even if you were a Cox fan -- and her voice is quite powerful, for sure -- it's still hard to overlook her terrible acting and the awful material she's grappling with.
#11
Posted: 4/7/18 at 4:24pm
Honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen. It was stuck in our subscriber season so we were stuck with it but even Deborah Cox couldn't save this glittery pile of doo-doo. Special props to the world's saddest elevated platform at the end and to the most unintentionally hilarious moment I've ever seen at the top of Act 2.
#12
Posted: 4/7/18 at 4:29pm
I'm still holding a grudge against Cox for her performance in Jekyll & Hyde.
The Bodyguard is a dumpster fire.
#14
Posted: 4/7/18 at 10:17pm
bwayphreak234 said: "While the show itself is pretty bad, I thought Deborah Cox was fantastic. Hearing her sing those famous songs was something really special."
This pretty much sums up my thoughts. The show has major flaws, but if you live outside of NYC it’s worth a night’s entertainment. If I was in NYC, I would never see it.
Not to be confused with Dave19.
#15
Posted: 4/7/18 at 11:22pm
I watched the film recently for the first time since the 90’s. I’d forogotten how terrible it is.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#16
Posted: 4/8/18 at 8:07am
It was awesome in UK because Heather Headley was incredible.
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