Classics that leave you cold
Classics that leave you cold
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/05
Classics that leave you cold#0
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:47pm
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Death of a Salesman
Mamma Mia
re: Classics that leave you cold#1
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:48pmWOW, I didn't realize that Mamma Mia was a revival!! When was it written? I mean, the R&H score IS amazing!
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Classics that leave you cold#3
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:49pmCarousel
re: Classics that leave you cold#4
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:50pm
Everything by Jerry Herman (except La Cage - sort of).
I can understand someone not really liking Evita or My Fair Lady (I love them) - but The King and I??? Really?
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/05
re: Classics that leave you cold#5
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:50pm
Annie Get Your Gun
(and shoot yourself)
re: Classics that leave you cold#6
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:51pm
I didn't realize Mamma Mia is considered a classic.
The revival of "The King and I" with Yul Brynner/Constance Towers left me cold. I was 13 and remember not liking it at all because I couldn't understand a word that Yul Brynner was saying. He made a big point of emphasizing the "etc.'s" though. But then the revival with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips changed my mind (I saw it 8x).
re: Classics that leave you cold#7
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:51pmFiddler...but I am seeing it again when Rosie goes in it!
re: Classics that leave you cold#9
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:53pmAll right, I'm going to stop reading this thread because it's just going to make me angry.
Chorus Member Joined: 7/13/05
re: Classics that leave you cold#10
Posted: 8/24/05 at 4:53pm
Hello Dolly
South Pacific
LaCage
...and I second whoever said Death of a Salesman, Fiddler & Kiss Me Kate.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
Featured Actor Joined: 9/22/04
re: Classics that leave you cold#12
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:04pm
Show Boat
The Music Man
Kiss Me Kate
Once Upon a Mattress
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
re: Classics that leave you cold#13
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:05pmSouth Pacific....I've had just about enough of that.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Classics that leave you cold#15
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:05pmyes jasonf, the king and i just didn't interest me. maybe it was the cast i saw... but i found it boring and, BORING.
re: Classics that leave you cold#16
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:06pm
Guys and Dolls
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Evita
And...Fiddler on the Roof.
Yes, I'm the world's worst Jew.
re: Classics that leave you cold#17
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:11pm
The Music Man
Annie Get Your Gun
The King and I
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Classics that leave you cold#18
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:11pmi used to like oklahoma, but after doing a production of it, if i hear farmer and the cowman ONE MORE TIME... someone won't see tomorrow
re: Classics that leave you cold#19
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:13pm
Carousel
Some of the music is great. Some of it is nice. Some mediocre. And one in particular is a complete WTF song. And the story is somewhat f*cked up.
Updated On: 8/24/05 at 05:13 PM
re: Classics that leave you cold#20
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:18pmCompany
re: Classics that leave you cold#21
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:20pmBite your tongue, gotham! (Or your fingers, I suppose.)
re: Classics that leave you cold#22
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:21pm
"Bite your tongue, gotham! (Or your fingers, I suppose.)"
Well the ending is that Robert just sort of sneaks off leaving his "friends" sitting around waiting for him. I think it's a cold ending.
re: Classics that leave you cold#23
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:23pmhere's another one 4 Carousel
-cheezedoodle
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/04
re: Classics that leave you cold#24
Posted: 8/24/05 at 5:28pm
Gypsy
South Pacific - though Carousel is one of my absolute favs - go figure.
I didn't care for Death of a Salesman until I saw the Falls/Dennehy/Franz revival in '99, which I absolutely adored (and sobbed like a baby during). I'm curious as to whether Orpheum saw that production.
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