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Boring Sondheim Shows?
#175Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:00pm
God, I spoke too soon.
Chill, people! This is just a thread . . . don't take ANYTHING personal!
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#176Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:23pmspider, I can assure you that I wouldn't dream of getting upset by anything I read on a message board. There was no anger meant in my last post, whatever. I was just stating my facts. If I were anymore "chilled", I'd be frozen. Or, at least asleep.
#177Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 7/6/06 at 9:37amAs sorry as I am to have to bump this thread: for me, Passion. I'm done. I've given it multiple chances in different contexts and with different performers, and I absolutely can't get through it without being bored out of my mind. I just don't like the story. Aside from liking a few songs, I'm not even particularly fond of the score. Maybe I'm just not in a place to appreciate it or something, but I suspect that it's just very much not my thing.
#178Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 7/6/06 at 10:44amI like Passion . . . not love . . . but like. Like I said before, the only score that I can't get through (and I still haven't heard a few of his scores) is A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. And like other composers, there are a few songs that I like in his musicals, and a few that I don't.
#179Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 7/6/06 at 11:31am
BobbyBubby said: I'd take a boring Sondheim show over some of the crap on Broadway right now anyday. Sondheim's worst is better than most people's best.
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I totally agree with you, although even the best shows can be awful if done poorly.
I remember seeing a touring company of FOLLIES in the 80's that was GOD AWFUL. I could hardly sit through it and it's my favorite of all of his shows.
Sondheim + Boring = Oxymoron
coolphantom919
Broadway Star Joined: 6/6/06
#180Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 7/6/06 at 1:04pmWest Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Into The Woods are all good!
#181Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 7/6/06 at 1:05pmSondheim + Boring = An opinion
Wild Roses
Understudy Joined: 10/23/06
#182Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 11/26/06 at 7:51pm
Digging through the old threads and found this. Interesting topic. I like the points that both sides have made regarding Sondheim. I personally am on the side that just because he is one of the greatest composers doesn't make him exempt from criticism.
I might, also, add that just because someone is canonized doesn't mean that that person is above critique. In my field of literature, lots of the groundbreaking/canonized writers are critiqued. Furthermore, it is not seen as a negative that the groundbreaking/canonized artist is being critiqued. Besides, it happens in other fields as well---art, movies, etc. So it is rather naive of some of you Sondheimites to say that because Sondheim is groundbreaking/canonized that he can't be critiqued. (At least, that is the impression I am getting that that is what is said.)
I adore PASSION and am surprised so many people find it boring. I've only listened to the cast recording but have enjoyed that so much I am going to invest in the dvd (once I am not so broke).
The one Sondheim show I am not really fond of is SUNDAY. I am bored watching it, and from an academic perspective, nothing in it excited me. I did love Bernadette though.
I can't fathom a person being bored by ST. It is long but so much happens in it that it doesn't feel long.
#183Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:07pm
The only Sondheim show I've ever felt bored during was Sunday in the Park With George. I really wanted to like it, but for some reason I just couldn't get into the story. Just not my cup of tea I guess.
I'd take a boring Sondheim show over some of the crap on Broadway right now anyday. Sondheim's worst is better than most people's best.
Agreed! Even if I felt it was boring, Sunday In The Park With George is much better than a lot of what is on Broadway right now, so I'm not complaining.
As for Passion, I really adored it. I don't think it's boring, I think it is just a slow paced show. Some people dislike that, but I'm not one of them.
#184Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:14pmI really do not understand how Passion could be boring. I think it's extremely engaging right off the bat.
#185Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:16pmPassion is such an emotionally stirring work of art. I don't find ANY Sondheim shows dull. Now I am listening to Passion and its the one show that can literally turn my emotions in a snap!
#186Bored by Sondheim shows?
Posted: 11/26/06 at 9:17pmThat's exactly how I feel, A_F_L
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