Best Worst Score EVER

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:03am

What do you guys think is the best of Broadway's worst - in terms of score?

My pick for the best worst broadway score (atleast in recent memory) is definitely, without a doubt, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:05am

Brooklyn

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:07am

Margo, you are giving Brooklyn more credit than it deserves.

You really think BKLYN is among the best of the worst? I see it right at the bottom.

I was thinking more along the lines of SEUSSICAL, JEKYLL AND HYDE, etc.

[bwaybound865]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:07am

In recent memory I would have to say that it's so totally Brooklyn!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:10am

Really? I consider BKLYN to be the worst worst score EVER.

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:24am

I think Brooklyn got an amazing score. I LOVE it :)

OHH and I saw TLITP today .. amazing too..

Updated On: 7/3/05 at 12:24 AM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:30am

Munk,

I wasn't sure quite what you meant by Best of the Worst.

How about maybe APPLAUSE then? It won the Tony for Best Musical and there are a couple of decent songs ("But Alive," "That Halloween")in it, but DAMN there are a half dozen songs in it that I hope I never hear again in my life ("Fasten Your Seatbelts," "Who's That Girl?," Lauren Bacall singing "Hurry Back").

Updated On: 7/3/05 at 12:30 AM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:32am

MAIL was pretty sucky...

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:33am

That's more what I meant. The best of the worst, if that makes any sense. Sort of like how FB:SVU refers to MILLIE as the worst-best musical ever. I don't know if that helps clarify...

[BertCCRI2]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:37am

Now that you've clarified the term, I would nominate Two Gentleman of Verona. The show won the Best Musical Tony, and has an unendurable score, except for a couple of songs.
Updated On: 7/3/05 at 12:37 AM

[rawleygirl]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:52am

whoop-up.

trust me.

[bwaybound865]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 12:58am

So kinda like it's gotten a lot of hype but it's actually pretty bad, I thought it just meant bad.

I would have to change my vote to Sweet Charity!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:00am

I think Sweet Charity's score is a classic.

The BOOK, however ............

And I won't even mention Cilento's choreography for the revival.

[downbeat]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:03am

Wait...I'm still confused. Do you mean the BEST-worst (the bad/panned score you like the best) or the WORST-best (the acclaimed score you like the least)?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:06am

Margo, my head is still spinning at the fact that they would change Fosse's choreography.

[bwaybound865]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:07am

I liked absolutely NOTHING about Sweet Charity! Especially nothing about Christina Applegate's performance!

(by the way margochanning I crack up everytime I look at your profile pic!)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:08am

Best-Worst --

The show was successful in some way -- it ran a while and/or it got some Tony nominations and/or it's produced a lot and has its fans -- but the score of the show is not so great (or even is pretty bad).

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:12am

Dracula.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 4:50am

Confusing category, but I think I get it...

MISS SAIGON: great spectacle, derivative score

or

CHESS: fantstic score, lacklustre and muddled production

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 6:14am

Oh, I loves me some WHOOP-UP.

The songs are either fabulous ("When the Tall Man Talks", "Caress Me Undress Me Perfume", "Men", "Flattery", "Love Eyes", "The Best Of What This Countrys Got") or unendurable ("Chief Rocky Boy", "Montana", "Quarrel-tet", "I Wash My Hands", "Never Before" and the classic "Nobody Throw Those Bull")

There is no middle ground.

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:55am

Seconding, thirding, and FOURTHING APPLAUSE! I admit I love the song "But Alive", but "Fasten Your Seat Belts" is one of the worst songs ever to come out of a Broadway musical!

Fasten your seat belts,
It's really been a bumpy night.
Ehh, ehh-ehh, ehh ehh!

Those "ehh"s are interjections that the cast have to sing that "supposedly" makes them sound like car horns! During the entire song! I hid my face in embarrassment for the entire cast when I first herd that song!

And don't get me started on "The Best Night of My Li-i-ife!" and the outdated euphanism Lauren Bacall has to say in "Who's That Girl?" (Hubba-Hubba! Melarooney! Boogie-Woogie Baby! Ix-nay Daddy-O! You get the idea.)

The musical COCO's score wasn't much better, but both shows were considered the two front runners for the Best Musical Tony while the third nominated show didn't have a chance. That show was PURLIE, and in hindsight PURLIE should have won the Best Musical Tony!

Updated On: 7/3/05 at 07:55 AM

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:01am

Master mentioned the legendary Whoop-up. Love it.

Cast, I have never understood the point of those eeeehs in Fasten Your Seat Belts. I just think it's bizarre.

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:25am

Jekyll and Hyde has a pretty impressive score for a crap show, ie, one by Frank WIldhorn.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:33am

SEUSSICAL - Hands Down!

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:18am

With the exception of maybe two songs, I'd have to say GRIND.