Boring Shows

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:29pm

What's the most BORING show you've ever seen?

For me it's Cats. I was good until Jennanydots brought out the damn cockroaches. Then I just wanted to shoot myself.

[broadwayboy101]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:37pm

Wonderful Town on tour.

[jennafan]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:37pm

Avenue Q

[Bwaynerd]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:38pm

finians rainbow, grinch

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:39pm

The Light in the Piazza

[justafan2]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:52pm

By Jeeves---painful.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:59pm

Some of Sam Shepherd's plays can be boring if not well acted. I one time saw a production of "A Lie of the Mind" where I could have sworn time came to a standstill.

[matty159]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:01pm

Marie Christine...it was an expensive nap

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:01pm

Cats...Now and Forever.

Spiderwoman. I saw it on tour and it just dragged. Without a legend(Chita) or a star(Vanessa) in the role I think the show loses some oomph! I mean, when there is a thrilling actress in that role you feel the same anticipation as the actors on stage waiting for her to arrive.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:03pm

The Designated Mourner was excrutiating.

[Q]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:06pm

When we saw FROST/NIXON, our friend's review was, "Well, if their goal was to recreate the tedium of the original interviews, they succeeded." - and I had to agree.

Although, it did provide a great example of Langella's true mastery. When it came time for the big climax, he seemed to feel that the audience had been counting ceiling tiles for a little bit, and so he systematically drew people into his moment, so that when it arrived, no one was breathing. One of the best displays of true stage POWER I've ever seen.

Ultimately, the piece worked much better for me as a movie - and he was still breath-taking.

[newintown]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:08pm

I get tremendously bored at any show that has no sense of humor or pretends to be profound: Bare, Next to Normal, Lestat, Aida, (for instance) and hundreds of Off- and Off Off-Broadway plays.

[MeggilyWeggily08]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:18pm

newintown - This is a whole other topic, but I'm sorry I just have to say it, how does Next To Normal pretend to be profound?? It's probably the deepest and most emotional show I've seen. I'm sorry, you don't have to answer, haha, not trying to start an argument - I just had to get it out.

My Fair Lady bored me out of my skull. As did Phantom - for me all of the songs sounded too similiar.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:23pm

Me and my friends were seconds away from sleeping at Million Dollar Quartet.

[jasonf]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:29pm

"newintown - This is a whole other topic, but I'm sorry I just have to say it, how does Next To Normal pretend to be profound?? It's probably the deepest and most emotional show I've seen. I'm sorry, you don't have to answer, haha, not trying to start an argument - I just had to get it out.

My Fair Lady bored me out of my skull. As did Phantom - for me all of the songs sounded too similiar."

I'm sorry - did you just defend Next to Normal and then trash My Fair Lady???

[Almira]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:30pm

Gotta say LES MISERABLES.

Found it tiresome, whinny... and worst of all.. boring.

Updated On: 6/28/10 at 04:30 PM

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:32pm

Lion King... The most boring show I have ever seen and conteplated leaving at intermission.

[Liz7]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:33pm

LES MISERABLES

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:37pm

Dr. Doolittle on tour, with The Lion King a close second.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:38pm

"Wendell and Ben" starring Dan Laurie and Fred Savage in a two-man play was the most excruciating theater experience of my life and I keep being reminded of it today because Dan Laurie keeps flashing up on the BroadwayWorld TV to the right.

Aida was surprisingly boring, at least in Chicago, and I barely remember anything about it.

There was also this off-Broadway musical adaptation of the gay comic strip Jeffrey in 98/99 that was completely amateurish and poorly written. It was extremely hard to sit through.

Updated On: 6/28/10 at 04:38 PM

[MeggilyWeggily08]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:57pm

I'm sorry, yes I did; however, My Fair Lady was either a regional or touring production when I was 11 (short attention span?). So, I take it that it was better on Broadway? I'd seriously hope so. But even listening to the music more recently, I can't stand it.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:57pm

Thanks for reminding me about The Lion King. I wanted to tear my eyes and ears off. It was expensive children's theatre. I have no idea why adults want to see this show.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:58pm

The Norman Conquests--I saw 2/3s of it and spent the entire time with my eyes glued to my watch.

[denali.fire]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:59pm

Nick and Nora Cats Urinetown Secret Garden

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:02pm

I found Phantom (at least on tour) to be the worst thing I had ever seen in my entire life.

Also not a fan of Les Miz, Forum or Hairspray.

And, Gotham, I saw a college production of "A Lie of the Mind" that I swear to God, played for four hours. We all dozed off, multiple times.