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#1

Classics that leave you cold

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Death of a Salesman

Mamma Mia

#2

re: Classics that leave you cold

WOW, I didn't realize that Mamma Mia was a revival!! When was it written? I mean, the R&H score IS amazing!
". . . POP . . ."
#5

re: Classics that leave you cold

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?
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#7

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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).



Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

Updated On: 8/24/05 at 04:51 PM

#10

re: Classics that leave you cold

All right, I'm going to stop reading this thread because it's just going to make me angry.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#11

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Hello Dolly
South Pacific
LaCage
...and I second whoever said Death of a Salesman, Fiddler & Kiss Me Kate.
"Amen"--Annelle
#13

re: Classics that leave you cold

Show Boat
The Music Man
Kiss Me Kate
Once Upon a Mattress
#14

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South Pacific....I've had just about enough of that.
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yes jasonf, the king and i just didn't interest me. maybe it was the cast i saw... but i found it boring and, BORING.
#17

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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.
#19

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i 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
#20

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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.

artistic dominion

Updated On: 8/24/05 at 05:13 PM

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Company
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#22

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Bite your tongue, gotham! (Or your fingers, I suppose.)
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#23

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"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.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#24

re: Classics that leave you cold

here's another one 4 Carousel
"While some feel it is a film related question, I seem to think it may be a 'I am thinking of losing my winkie' sort of question."
-cheezedoodle
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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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